Patents by Inventor Zhenyan Gao

Zhenyan Gao 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).

  • Middle console airbag
    Patent number: 11628795
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a middle console. The assembly includes a seatback including a vehicle-rearward side. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the middle console. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag in the inflated position includes a middle portion and an extension. The extension extends from the middle portion along the vehicle-rearward side of the seatback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Zhenyan Gao, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Luohui Long
  • Seat assembly with deployable panel
    Patent number: 11607980
    Abstract: A seat assembly for a vehicle includes a seatback having a seat frame. The seat assembly includes a panel having an end slidably supported by the seat frame. The panel is bowable outwardly from the seat frame to a deployed position. The seat assembly includes an actuator supported by the seat frame and connected to the end of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zhenyan Gao, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Seatbelt height adjuster
    Patent number: 11505159
    Abstract: A seatbelt height adjuster includes a track elongated along an axis and including a plurality of holes spaced from each other along the axis, a slider slideably coupled to the track, a D-ring supported by the slider, a pin supported by the slider and releasably engageable with one respective hole, and a pyrotechnic actuator supported by the slider and engaged with the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Huipeng Chen, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Zhenyan Gao, Robert William McCoy
  • Console airbag
    Patent number: 11479200
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an assembly having a middle console and a first airbag and second airbag each supported by and inflatable upwardly from the middle console to an inflated position. The first airbag and the second airbag each have a top distal to the middle console in the inflated position. A tether is external to the first airbag and the second airbag. The tether is connected to the top of the first airbag and the top of the second airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Zhenyan Gao, Dean M. Jaradi, Luohui Long
  • SEAT ASSEMBLY WITH DEPLOYABLE PANEL
    Publication number: 20220250518
    Abstract: A seat assembly for a vehicle includes a seatback having a seat frame. The seat assembly includes a panel having an end slidably supported by the seat frame. The panel is bowable outwardly from the seat frame to a deployed position. The seat assembly includes an actuator supported by the seat frame and connected to the end of the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zhenyan Gao, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • Vehicle airbag
    Patent number: 11325556
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a bulkhead. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the bulkhead and inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag in the inflated position includes a main chamber and a pair of side chambers that extend transversely from the main chamber. The vehicle includes a seat having a seatback and a seat bottom that extends from the seatback in a direction away from the bulkhead. The seatback is between the side chambers in the inflated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Zhenyan Gao
  • Airbag assembly
    Patent number: 11292422
    Abstract: A restraint system includes a reaction surface and an airbag supported by the reaction surface. The airbag is inflatable along an axis away from the reaction surface to an inflated position. The airbag includes an inner portion and an outer portion concentric with the inner portion about the axis. The inner portion and the outer portion define a gap therebetween in the inflated position. The airbag includes a panel extending radially across the gap from the inner portion to the outer portion. The panel is uninflatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Zhenyan Gao, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque
  • VEHICLE AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20220080921
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a bulkhead. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the bulkhead and inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag in the inflated position includes a main chamber and a pair of side chambers that extend transversely from the main chamber. The vehicle includes a seat having a seatback and a seat bottom that extends from the seatback in a direction away from the bulkhead. The seatback is between the side chambers in the inflated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Zhenyan Gao
  • Seatbelt assembly including airbag
    Patent number: 10940820
    Abstract: A seatbelt assembly includes a D-ring, a clip spaced from the D-ring, a webbing slideably engaged with the D-ring and the clip, and an airbag slideably receiving the webbing between the D-ring and the clip. The airbag includes a first portion, a second portion, and an intermediate portion therebetween. The first portion and the second portion are inflatable to an inflated position and the intermediate portion is uninflatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Zhenyan Gao, Robert William McCoy
  • Airbag having cavity open toward front console
    Patent number: 10889258
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a front console and an airbag supported by the front console. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag in the inflated position has an inboard side and an outboard side spaced from each other in a cross-vehicle direction. The airbag in the inflated position has a cavity open toward the front console and extending through the inboard side and the outboard side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Zhenyan Gao
  • Vehicle seat belt system
    Patent number: 10882426
    Abstract: A vehicle seating system includes a vehicle floor, a seat supported by the vehicle floor, a retractor mounted to the vehicle floor beneath the seat, a webbing guide supported by the seat, and a webbing extending from the retractor through the webbing guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Zhenyan Gao
  • SEATBELT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20200384936
    Abstract: A seatbelt assembly includes a D-ring, a clip spaced from the D-ring, a webbing slideably engaged with the D-ring and the clip, and an airbag slideably receiving the webbing between the D-ring and the clip. The airbag includes a first portion, a second portion, and an intermediate portion therebetween. The first portion and the second portion are inflatable to an inflated position and the intermediate portion is uninflatable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: DEAN M. JARADI, S. M. ISKANDER FAROOQ, MOHAMMAD OMAR FARUQUE, ZHENYAN GAO, ROBERT WILLIAM MCCOY
  • SEATBELT HEIGHT ADJUSTER
    Publication number: 20200339063
    Abstract: A seatbelt height adjuster includes a track elongated along an axis and including a plurality of holes spaced from each other along the axis, a slider slideably coupled to the track, a D-ring supported by the slider, a pin supported by the slider and releasably engageable with one respective hole, and a pyrotechnic actuator supported by the slider and engaged with the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: DEAN M. JARADI, HUIPENG CHEN, MOHAMMAD OMAR FARUQUE, S. M. ISKANDER FAROOQ, ZHENYAN GAO, ROBERT WILLIAM MCCOY
  • AIRBAG HAVING CAVITY OPEN TOWARD FRONT CONSOLE
    Publication number: 20200339058
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a front console and an airbag supported by the front console. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag in the inflated position has an inboard side and an outboard side spaced from each other in a cross-vehicle direction. The airbag in the inflated position has a cavity open toward the front console and extending through the inboard side and the outboard side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Zhenyan Gao
  • Seatbelt assembly
    Patent number: 10752203
    Abstract: An assembly includes a base and a seatbelt anchor. The seatbelt anchor has a first end defining a circular hole pivotally supported by the base and a second end fixed in position relative to the first end. The assembly includes a buckle fixed in position relative to the second end. The assembly includes a pyrotechnic actuator secured to the base. The assembly includes a connector extending from the pyrotechnic actuator to the seatbelt anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Zhenyan Gao, James Chih Cheng
  • Roof mounted seat support airbag
    Patent number: 10640075
    Abstract: An airbag includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion is for extending from a vehicle roof and engagement with a head rest of a seat in an inflated position. The lower portion forms a cushion board that extends downwardly from the upper portion for engagement with and disposition between a seatback and a restraining bar located rearward of the seatback in the inflated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Huipeng Chen, Zhenyan Gao, Robert William McCoy
  • RESTRAINT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200114793
    Abstract: A restraint system includes a seatback frame, a webbing guide attached to the seatback frame, webbing extending from below the seatback frame through the webbing guide, and a tether attached to the webbing and retractable to the seatback frame above the webbing guide. The restraint system may include a roller coupled to the seatback frame above the webbing guide, and the tether is at least partially wound around the roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Zhenyan Gao
  • Restraint system
    Patent number: 10611281
    Abstract: A restraint system includes a seatback frame, a webbing guide attached to the seatback frame, webbing extending from below the seatback frame through the webbing guide, and a tether attached to the webbing and retractable to the seatback frame above the webbing guide. The restraint system may include a roller coupled to the seatback frame above the webbing guide, and the tether is at least partially wound around the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Zhenyan Gao
  • VEHICLE AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20200062213
    Abstract: An assembly includes a center console elongated along a longitudinal axis and having a first side and a second side spaced from each other along a lateral axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the center console and inflatable to an inflated position extending along the first side to above the center console and along the lateral axis toward the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: ZHENYAN GAO, ROBERT WILLIAM MCCOY, SAEED DAVID BARBAT, HUIPENG CHEN
  • VEHICLE SEAT BELT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200055431
    Abstract: A vehicle seating system includes a vehicle floor, a seat supported by the vehicle floor, a retractor mounted to the vehicle floor beneath the seat, a webbing guide supported by the seat, and a webbing extending from the retractor through the webbing guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Zhenyan Gao