Patents by Inventor Srinivasan Sundararajan
Srinivasan Sundararajan 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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Publication number: 20200122662Abstract: A bumper assembly includes a bumper beam and a fin supported by the bumper beam. The fin extends along an axis from a proximate end proximate to the bumper beam to a distal end distal to the bumper beam. The fin has a sinuous cross section and a thickness each normal to the axis. The thickness at the distal end is less than the thickness at the proximate end.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: S.M. ISKANDER FAROOQ, MOHAMMAD OMAR FARUQUE, CHING-HUNG CHUANG, SRINIVASAN SUNDARARAJAN, NINAD TRIFALE, NIRMAL MURALIDHARAN, DEAN M. JARADI
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Patent number: 10618485Abstract: A bumper assembly includes a bumper beam and a fin supported by the bumper beam. The fin has a proximate end proximate to the bumper beam and a distal end distal to the bumper beam and an axis extending from the proximate end to the distal end. The fin has a sinuous shape in a cross section normal to the axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Nirmal Muralidharan, Yali Li, Dean M. Jaradi, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ching-Hung Chuang, Ninad Trifale
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Publication number: 20200066136Abstract: A lidar is actuated to collect data in a cargo zone in a vehicle. Upon identifying an object in the cargo zone, based on the collected lidar data, output to a user device is actuated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2017Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Jialiang LE, James Chih CHENG, Srinivasan SUNDARARAJAN
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Patent number: 10525928Abstract: A system includes a bumper, an actuator fixed to the bumper, and a panel fixed to the actuator and moveable relative to the bumper. A first bracket is fixed to one of the bumper and the panel, and a second bracket is fixed to the other of the bumper and the panel. The second bracket is moveably engaged with the first bracket. A spring-loaded lock is fixed to the first bracket and is biased against the second bracket. The actuator may be triggered in response to a sensed pedestrian impact. In that case, the actuator moves the first and second brackets relative to each other to move the panel from a recessed position to an extended position.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Nirmal Muralidharan, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Dean M. Jaradi
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Publication number: 20190389350Abstract: An assembly includes a seat and an armrest moveable relative to the seat. A first arm and a second arm each include a first hinge and a second hinge. The first hinges are spaced from each other and fixed relative to the seat. The second hinges are spaced from each other and fixed relative to the armrest.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: ALAN GEORGE DRY, JOHNATHAN ANDREW LINE, BRIAN ROBERT SPAHN, SRINIVASAN SUNDARARAJAN, DEREK BOARD, BENJAMIN YILMA, S.M. AKBAR BERRY
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Publication number: 20190389420Abstract: An assembly includes a seatback. The assembly includes a first airbag and a second airbag, each inflatable to an inflated position spaced from each other at the seatback and abutting each other in front of and spaced from the seatback. The assembly includes a sheet extending from the first airbag to the second airbag in front of where the first airbag abuts the second airbag in the inflated positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: ALAN GEORGE DRY, SRINIVASAN SUNDARARAJAN, JOHNATHAN ANDREW LINE, BRIAN ROBERT SPAHN, BENJAMIN YILMA, DEREK BOARD, S. M. AKBAR BERRY
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Publication number: 20190381961Abstract: A vehicle includes a bumper. The vehicle includes a pair of swing arms. The vehicle includes a beam pivotally supported by the swing arms. The vehicle includes a crossmember fixed to the beam and movable from a retracted position toward the bumper to an extended position. The vehicle includes a lock operatively engaging one of the swing arms when the crossmember is in the extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2018Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Saeed David Barbat, James Chih Cheng, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
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Patent number: 10479306Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat pan operably coupled to a seatback. The vehicle seating assembly further includes a restraint bar coupled to the seatback and operable between a first position and a second position. The restraint bar is equipped with at least one deployable occupant restraint and the restraint bar is generally U-shaped.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Marcos Silva Kondrad, Johnathan Andrew Line, Brian Robert Spahn, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Derek Board, James Chih Cheng, Kevin Wayne Preuss
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Publication number: 20190308576Abstract: A bumper assembly includes a bumper beam and a fin supported by the bumper beam. The fin has a proximate end proximate to the bumper beam and a distal end distal to the bumper beam and an axis extending from the proximate end to the distal end. The fin has a sinuous shape in a cross section normal to the axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2018Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: S.M. ISKANDER FAROOQ, MOHAMMAD OMAR FARUQUE, NIRMAL MURALIDHARAN, YALI LI, DEAN M. JARADI, SRINIVASAN SUNDARARAJAN, CHING-HUNG CHUANG, NINAD TRIFALE
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Patent number: 10434975Abstract: A seatbelt assembly includes a seatbelt, a conductive sensing conductor and a conductive shield. The seatbelt has a lap band. The conductive sensing conductor is fixed to a first side of the lap band. The conductive shield is fixed to a second side of the lap band and is substantially aligned with and substantially overlaps the sensing conductor. An insulating layer is disposed between the sensing conductor and the conductive shield.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mark A. Cuddihy, Srinivasan Sundararajan
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Publication number: 20190291678Abstract: A restraint system includes a seatback an airbag. The airbag includes two lateral portions and a central chamber connecting the lateral portions. When the airbag is inflated, each lateral portion includes a plurality of lateral chambers arranged consecutively from the seatback to the central chamber, and the lateral portions and central chamber define a gap positioned directly above and directly in front of space for a head of a 50th-percentile dummy sitting against the seatback.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: JAEHO CHO, ROBERT WILLIAM MCCOY, SRINIVASAN SUNDARARAJAN, JAMES CHIH CHENG
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Publication number: 20190275981Abstract: A system includes a bumper, an actuator fixed to the bumper, and a panel fixed to the actuator and moveable relative to the bumper. A first bracket is fixed to one of the bumper and the panel, and a second bracket is fixed to the other of the bumper and the panel. The second bracket is moveably engaged with the first bracket. A spring-loaded lock is fixed to the first bracket and is biased against the second bracket. The actuator may be triggered in response to a sensed pedestrian impact. In that case, the actuator moves the first and second brackets relative to each other to move the panel from a recessed position to an extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2018Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Nirmal Muralidharan, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Dean M. Jaradi
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Patent number: 10407018Abstract: A system includes a roof and an airbag supported by the roof. The airbag is inflatable away from the roof to an inflated position. The airbag includes an apex adjacent to the roof. The airbag includes a first leg inflatable away from the apex to an end, and a second leg inflatable away from the apex to an end spaced from the end of the first leg. The airbag includes a bottom portion spaced from the apex and inflatable to the inflated position. The bottom portion extends from the end of the first leg to the end of the second leg.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Srinivasan Sundararajan, Fubang Wu, Robert William McCoy
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Publication number: 20190259305Abstract: A jacket includes a ventral piece; left and right inferior dorsal pieces shaped to cover a left and a right inferior dorsal torso, respectively; and a posterior piece shaped to cover a posterior. The ventral piece includes a ventral portion shaped to cover a ventral torso, a superior dorsal portion connected to the ventral portion and shaped to cover a superior dorsal torso, and a detachably attachable seam splitting the superior dorsal portion. The inferior dorsal pieces are each attachable to the ventral portion and detachably attachable to each other. The posterior piece is detachably attachable to the inferior dorsal pieces.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Parakrama Valentine Weerappuli, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Kevin Michael Pline
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Patent number: 10336275Abstract: A vehicle includes a floor having a front portion, a rear portion, and a middle portion between the front and rear portions. A partition is supported on the floor between the front and middle portions, extending in a cross-vehicle direction. An airbag housing supported by the partition has an airbag inflatable from the housing to an inflated position. In the inflated position, the airbag extends from the housing in a vehicle-rearward direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Srinivasan Sundararajan, Saeed David Barbat
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Patent number: 10276848Abstract: A cage assembly is provided to protect a battery pack in a vehicle. The cage assembly includes a top sub-assembly and a bottom sub-assembly that are secured together to protect the battery pack. U-shaped frames and base frames are connected together by tubular members. A method of making a cage for a battery pack of a vehicle is provided. The method may include assembling a first plurality of spaced tubes and a plurality of spaced inverted U-shaped frames to from a first sub-assembly. The method may also include assembling a second plurality of spaced tubes and a plurality of spaced frames to form a second sub-assembly. The first sub-assembly and the second sub-assembly may be assembled together to enclose the battery pack.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Srinivasan Sundararajan, Fubang Wu, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Michael M. Azzouz, Sino Johan Van Dyk
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Publication number: 20190106073Abstract: A system includes a roof and an airbag supported by the roof. The airbag is inflatable away from the roof to an inflated position. The airbag includes an apex adjacent to the roof. The airbag includes a first leg inflatable away from the apex to an end, and a second leg inflatable away from the apex to an end spaced from the end of the first leg. The airbag includes a bottom portion spaced from the apex and inflatable to the inflated position. The bottom portion extends from the end of the first leg to the end of the second leg.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2017Publication date: April 11, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Srinivasan Sundararajan, Fubang Wu, Robert William McCoy
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Publication number: 20190084521Abstract: An assembly includes a hood. The assembly includes an airbag assembly secured to the hood. The airbag assembly includes inflatable members inflatable to an inflated position, and uninflatable panels in an alternating arrangement with the inflatable members.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Saeed David Barbat, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, Nirmal Muralidharan
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Publication number: 20190071050Abstract: A vehicle includes an A-pillar. The vehicle includes a windshield including an external surface and supported by the A-pillar. The vehicle includes an airbag inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position, the airbag in the uninflated position supported by the A-pillar, and the airbag in the inflated position including a first portion that extends along the A-pillar and abuts the external surface of the windshield and a second portion that extends transversely from the first portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2017Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Saeed David Barbat, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, Nirmal Muralidharan
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Publication number: 20190071113Abstract: An assembly includes a steering column. The assembly includes a pair of steering handles pivotally supported by the steering column and pivotable from an extended position toward the steering column to a retracted position. The assembly includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to pivot the steering handles to the retracted position upon detecting a triggering event.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: DEREK BOARD, SRINIVASAN SUNDARARAJAN, KEVIN MICHAEL PLINE