Patents by Inventor Laike Misikir
Laike Misikir has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10494028Abstract: A vehicle includes a body having a first rail and an upper rail spaced from the first rail. The upper rail has a base portion and a top prong and a bottom prong each extending from the base portion. The vehicle includes a bumper connected to the first rail and to the top prong, and a subframe connected to the bottom prong.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Chelliah Madasamy, Laike Misikir, Djamal Eddine Midoun, Jamil M. Alwan, Thiag Subbian, Thomas Mueller
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Publication number: 20180370569Abstract: A vehicle includes a body having a first rail and an upper rail spaced from the first rail. The upper rail has a base portion and a top prong and a bottom prong each extending from the base portion. The vehicle includes a bumper connected to the first rail and to the top prong, and a subframe connected to the bottom prong.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2017Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Chelliah Madasamy, Laike Misikir, Djamal Eddine Midoun, Jamil M. Alwan, Thiag Subbian, Thomas Mueller
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Patent number: 10144386Abstract: A belly pan is provided for a motor vehicle. The belly pan includes a body having at least one stiffener with a forwardmost zone of peak section force F1, an intermediate zone of peak section force F2 and a rearwardmost zone of peak section force F3 where F1<F2<F3. Advantageously, the belly pan functions to provide pedestrian protection while simultaneously limiting vehicle damage resulting from a low-speed collision.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Matthew B. Makowski, Aileen M. DeVoe, Se Kyoon Shin, Laike Misikir, Luis Rafael Reyes Flores, Djamal Eddine Midoun
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Patent number: 9663149Abstract: A vehicle hood includes an inner panel, an outer panel coupled to the inner panel, and an insert disposed between the outer panel and the inner panel. The insert is formed of a material that is brittle relative to a material of the outer panel. The insert includes a plurality of strips connected to each other. Each strip is elongated along and disposed adjacent to the outer panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Sushil Shastry, Randall R. Frank, Laike Misikir, Luis Jesus Chavela Guerra, Kevin Greene
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Patent number: 9637076Abstract: An energy absorbing device for a bumper assembly of a vehicle includes a plunger. A deformable wall extends along an axis and defines a cavity for receiving the plunger during relative movement between the plunger and the deformable wall resulting from impact between the bumper assembly and another object. A ledge is fixed to the deformable wall and extends between the cavity and the plunger for collapsing the deformable wall into the cavity. The deformable wall collapses inwardly to eliminate material stack up to accommodate packaging restraints in the design of the bumper assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Djamal Eddine Midoun, Laike Misikir, Shekar Prabhakar Erasala, Oliver O. Nwankwo, Bin Zhang, Matthew B. Makowski, Kirk David Arthurs
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Patent number: 9598032Abstract: A tire rotation blocking apparatus is disclosed for preventing a front tire of a vehicle from moving toward a passenger compartment in a small offset rigid barrier front-end collision. In one embodiment, an elongated bar is received by a plurality of guide members that each define an aperture extending in a longitudinal direction and that are fixedly attached to the vehicle. An actuator, such as a pyrotechnic device, is operatively connected to the bar to drive the bar longitudinally between the wheel and the passenger compartment in a front-end collision. In another embodiment, the actuator includes a spring attached to the bar, or blocker, that is released to drive the bar in a forward longitudinal direction. At least one stop engages the bar to hold the bar in the blocking position between the wheel and the passenger compartment.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Laike Misikir, Matthew B. Makowski, Shekar Prabhakar Erasala, Djamal Eddine Midoun
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Publication number: 20160280277Abstract: A vehicle hood includes an inner panel, an outer panel coupled to the inner panel, and an insert disposed between the outer panel and the inner panel. The insert is formed of a material that is brittle relative to a material of the outer panel. The insert includes a plurality of strips connected to each other. Each strip is elongated along and disposed adjacent to the outer panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2015Publication date: September 29, 2016Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Sushil Shastry, Randall R. Frank, Laike Misikir, Luis Jesus Chavela Guerra, Kevin Greene
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Publication number: 20160236644Abstract: A belly pan is provided for a motor vehicle. The belly pan includes a body having at least one stiffener with a forwardmost zone of peak section force F1, an intermediate zone of peak section force F2 and a rearwardmost zone of peak section force F3 where F1<F2<F3. Advantageously, the belly pan functions to provide pedestrian protection while simultaneously limiting vehicle damage resulting from a low-speed collision.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2015Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Matthew B. Makowski, Aileen M. DeVoe, Se Kyoon Shin, Laike Misikir, Luis Rafael Reyes Flores, Djamal Eddine Midoun
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Publication number: 20160059809Abstract: An energy absorbing device for a bumper assembly of a vehicle includes a plunger. A deformable wall extends along an axis and defines a cavity for receiving the plunger during relative movement between the plunger and the deformable wall resulting from impact between the bumper assembly and another object. A ledge is fixed to the deformable wall and extends between the cavity and the plunger for collapsing the deformable wall into the cavity. The deformable wall collapses inwardly to eliminate material stack up to accommodate packaging restraints in the design of the bumper assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2014Publication date: March 3, 2016Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Djamal Eddine Midoun, Laike Misikir, Shekar Prabhakar Erasala, Oliver O. Nwankwo, Bin Zhang, Matthew B. Makowski, Kirk David Arthurs
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Patent number: 9168883Abstract: A rail assembly for a frame of a vehicle includes a rail defining a cavity. The cavity extends along an axis for receiving an energy absorbing member of a bumper assembly. A brace is fixed to the rail and includes a side wall extending along the axis in the cavity. The brace includes an end wall extending from the side wall in the cavity transversely to the axis adjacent to the energy absorbing member in the cavity. The rail defines a hole and the brace defines a hole aligned with the hole of the rail for receiving a fastener to engage the energy absorbing member.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Djamal Eddine Midoun, Laike Misikir, Shekar Prabhakar Erasala, Matthew B. Makowski, Oliver O. Nwankwo, Bin Zhang
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Publication number: 20150233780Abstract: A fastening system includes an energy absorbing or impact indicator and at least one or more of the following: (1) a fastening base for mounting in an emergency vehicle, (2) a patient support engageable with a base, (3) a patient securement mechanism for securing a patient on a patient support, (4) a patient securement mechanism for securing a patient to a vehicle, (5) a patient support securement mechanism operable to secure a patient support in an emergency vehicle, or (6) a patient support securement mechanism operable to secure a patient support to a base, wherein the energy absorbing or impact indicator is located (1) at the patient securement mechanism, or (2) at the patient support securement mechanism, or wherein the energy absorbing or impact indicator is between (1) the base and the vehicle, (2) the patient support and the base, (3) the patient securement mechanism and the patient support, (4) the patient support and the emergency vehicle, (5) the patient and the emergency vehicle, or (6) the patienType: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Laike Misikir, Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Vishnu Mallapragada, Alfred James Dacey, IV, Keith Buffinga
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Patent number: 9022706Abstract: A fastening system includes an energy absorbing or impact indicator and at least one or more of the following: (1) a fastening base for mounting in an emergency vehicle, (2) a patient support engageable with a base, (3) a patient securement mechanism for securing a patient on a patient support, (4) a patient securement mechanism for securing a patient to a vehicle, (5) a patient support securement mechanism operable to secure a patient support in an emergency vehicle, or (6) a patient support securement mechanism operable to secure a patient support to a base, wherein the energy absorbing or impact indicator is located (1) at the patient securement mechanism, or (2) at the patient support securement mechanism, or wherein the energy absorbing or impact indicator is between (1) the base and the vehicle, (2) the patient support and the base, (3) the patient securement mechanism and the patient support, (4) the patient support and the emergency vehicle, (5) the patient and the emergency vehicle, or (6) the patienType: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Laike Misikir, Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Vishnu Mallapragada, Alfred James Dacey, IV, Keith Buffinga
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Publication number: 20130149064Abstract: A fastening system includes an energy absorbing or impact indicator and at least one or more of the following: (1) a fastening base for mounting in an emergency vehicle, (2) a patient support engageable with a base, (3) a patient securement mechanism for securing a patient on a patient support, (4) a patient securement mechanism for securing a patient to a vehicle, (5) a patient support securement mechanism operable to secure a patient support in an emergency vehicle, or (6) a patient support securement mechanism operable to secure a patient support to a base, wherein the energy absorbing or impact indicator is located (1) at the patient securement mechanism, or (2) at the patient support securement mechanism, or wherein the energy absorbing or impact indicator is between (1) the base and the vehicle, (2) the patient support and the base, (3) the patient securement mechanism and the patient support, (4) the patient support and the emergency vehicle, (5) the patient and the emergency vehicle, or (6) the patienType: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: STRYKER CORPORATIONInventors: Laike Misikir, Clifford Edwin Lambarth, Vishnu Mallapragada, Alfred James Dacey, IV, Keith Buffinga
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Patent number: 8262131Abstract: An automotive knee bolster system includes a cross-car beam, and a variable stiffness member attached to the cross-car beam and configured to absorb occupant knee impact energy. The member includes a plurality of nested panels each having a different length and substantially the same radius of curvature.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Laike Misikir, Wanjun Lei, Ami Nicole Kapadia
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Publication number: 20110018247Abstract: An automotive knee bolster system includes a cross-car beam, and a variable stiffness member attached to the cross-car beam and configured to absorb occupant knee impact energy. The member includes a plurality of nested panels each having a different length and substantially the same radius of curvature.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2009Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Laike Misikir, Wanjun Lei, Ami Nicole Kapadia
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Patent number: 5584509Abstract: An energy absorbing bolster (32) is provided for attachment to downward facing surfaces of an energy absorbing steering column support bracket (24). The bolster (32) includes longitudinally spaced mounting flanges (40, 42) for securement to the support bracket (24) and a energy absorbing linkage (44) arranged between the mounting flanges, the linkage taking the form of front and rear carrier portions (64, 46), depending from the support bracket and a bridge portion (66), and a load transfer portion (68) arranged between them.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1995Date of Patent: December 17, 1996Assignee: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Joseph P. Tekelly, James M. Hanford, Garry J. Schleicher, Jeffrey L. Laya, Ming T. Loo, Laike Misikir