Patents by Inventor A. D. Shaleena

A. D. Shaleena 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).

  • Bumper assembly including twin energy absorbers
    Patent number: 7086690
    Abstract: A bumper system for an automobile vehicle includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a first beam configured to attached to the vehicle and a first energy absorber coupled to the first beam. The first energy absorber is tunable for meeting predetermined criteria for both low speed and pedestrian impacts, and includes a plurality of tunable lobes. The lobes are tuned so that a stiffness of the first energy absorber varies from a center of the first energy absorber to each end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stephen F. Shuler, Alok Nanda, Takaaki Nemoto, Frank Mooijman, Katsuhisa Kumagai, A. D. Shaleena
  • Bumper assembly including twin energy absorbers
    Publication number: 20060043743
    Abstract: A bumper system for an automobile vehicle includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a first beam configured to attached to the vehicle and a first energy absorber coupled to the first beam. The first energy absorber is tunable for meeting predetermined criteria for both low speed and pedestrian impacts, and includes a plurality of tunable lobes. The lobes are tuned so that a stiffness of the first energy absorber varies from a center of the first energy absorber to each end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Stephen Shuler, Alok Nanda, Takaaki Nemoto, Frank Mooijman, Katsuhisa Kumagai, A.D. Shaleena