Patents by Inventor Abdelmonaam Sassi
Abdelmonaam Sassi 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: 9673433Abstract: An exemplary electrified vehicle assembly includes, among other things, a lower wall of a battery enclosure and an upper wall of the battery enclosure. The upper wall includes an upper wall deformation area that is configured to deform in response to a load applied to the battery enclosure prior to other areas of the upper wall.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Anil Reddy Pullalarevu, Peyman Aghssa, Abdelmonaam Sassi, Amar Marpu, Nathan Kristofor Tardif, Adam Denlinger
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Patent number: 9637081Abstract: A curtain airbag for a motor vehicle includes an inflatable cushion and a protective sheet having an attachment edge attached to the airbag and a free-length extending from the attachment edge. The cushion formed into a folded condition from which it is deployable in a deployment direction, and the free-length of the sheet is positioned adjacent to the deployment direction of the cushion. The airbag is installed in the vehicle to deploy adjacent to a daylight opening of the vehicle. Deployment of the cushion during inflation causes the protective sheet to be drawn along with the cushion in the deployment direction so that the sheet overlays the outboard-facing side of the cushion (between the cushion and the daylight opening) and thereby provides a degree of protection against damage to the cushion that may be caused by, for example, broken window glass.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc.Inventors: Sean Timothy Ryan, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Abdelmonaam Sassi, Michal Jan Swiniarski, Barry Grindle, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Marcus John Scott Ward, Jay Blackson, Joseph Giaimo
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Publication number: 20170080980Abstract: A vehicle sill reinforcement includes a first elongate member and a second elongate member. Each of the first elongate member and the second elongate member includes steps and walls disposed in alternating arrangement along an axis. The walls of the first elongate member are fixed to the walls of the second elongate member. The steps of the first elongate member and the steps of the second elongate member are aligned along the axis and define cavities therebetween. The steps and walls of the sill reinforcement resist buckling in response to both vertical and horizontal components of impact force applied to the sill reinforcement.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jamil M. Alwan, Abdelmonaam Sassi, Thiag Subbian, Djamal Eddine Midoun
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Patent number: 9505442Abstract: An exemplary rocker assembly includes a vehicle rocker at a lateral side of a vehicle, and a battery rocker at a lateral side of a battery pack of the vehicle. An exemplary energy absorbing method includes directing a first portion of a side load through a first load path that extends through a vehicle rocker at a lateral side of a vehicle, and directing a second portion of the side load through a second load path that extends through a battery rocker at a lateral side of a battery pack.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Chi-Chin Wu, Abdelmonaam Sassi, Lawrence Bis
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Patent number: 9493190Abstract: A vehicle sill reinforcement includes a first elongate member and a second elongate member. Each of the first elongate member and the second elongate member includes steps and walls disposed in alternating arrangement along an axis. The walls of the first elongate member are fixed to the walls of the second elongate member. The steps of the first elongate member and the steps of the second elongate member are aligned along the axis and define cavities therebetween. The steps and walls of the sill reinforcement resist buckling in response to both vertical and horizontal components of impact force applied to the sill reinforcement.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jamil M. Alwan, Abdelmonaam Sassi, Thiag Subbian, Djamal Eddine Midoun
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Publication number: 20160257346Abstract: An exemplary rocker assembly includes a vehicle rocker at a lateral side of a vehicle, and a battery rocker at a lateral side of a battery pack of the vehicle. An exemplary energy absorbing method includes directing a first portion of a side load through a first load path that extends through a vehicle rocker at a lateral side of a vehicle, and directing a second portion of the side load through a second load path that extends through a battery rocker at a lateral side of a battery pack.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Chi-Chin Wu, Abdelmonaam Sassi, Lawrence Bis
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Patent number: 9327666Abstract: A vehicle includes a floor structure and one or more tubular rocker structures. Each rocker structure includes an outer cladding and/or an inner structure extending across an interior space of the rocker structure. At least one acceleration sensor is connected to a central portion of the floor structure to detect acceleration resulting from a crash event. The vehicle may also include pressure sensors that detect changes in pressure in the door cavities that result from side impacts. The cladding and/or inner structure of the rockers reduce the time required to detect acceleration due to a side impact on the rocker structures.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Abdelmonaam Sassi, Matthew B. Makowski, Aruna Nandadeva Tilakasiri, Diego Santos, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Echung Su, Jonathan Beaudoin
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Patent number: 9296431Abstract: A vehicle upper body structural brace apparatus includes a first member having a first end in a rear region of a vehicle and second and third members each coupled to a second end of the first member. The second and third members are configured to couple lower and upper unibody vehicle structural components, respectively. The first, second and third members transfer impact forces at the first end of the first member from the first end, around first and second vehicle interior regions, and to the lower and upper unibody vehicle structural components.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Peyman Aghssa, Michael Kryzaniwskyj, Djamal Eddine Midoun, Jamil M. Alwan, Abdelmonaam Sassi, Kumar Mahadevan
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Publication number: 20160009246Abstract: A curtain airbag for a motor vehicle includes an inflatable cushion and a protective sheet having an attachment edge attached to the airbag and a free-length extending from the attachment edge. The cushion formed into a folded condition from which it is deployable in a deployment direction, and the free-length of the sheet is positioned adjacent to the deployment direction of the cushion. The airbag is installed in the vehicle to deploy adjacent to a daylight opening of the vehicle. Deployment of the cushion during inflation causes the protective sheet to be drawn along with the cushion in the deployment direction so that the sheet overlays the outboard-facing side of the cushion (between the cushion and the daylight opening) and thereby provides a degree of protection against damage to the cushion that may be caused by, for example, broken window glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Sean Timothy Ryan, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Abdelmonaam Sassi, Michal Jan Swiniarski, Barry Grindle, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Marcus John Scott Ward, Jay Blackson, Joseph Giaimo
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Publication number: 20150258956Abstract: A vehicle includes a floor structure and one or more tubular rocker structures. Each rocker structure includes an outer cladding and/or an inner structure extending across an interior space of the rocker structure. At least one acceleration sensor is connected to a central portion of the floor structure to detect acceleration resulting from a crash event. The vehicle may also include pressure sensors that detect changes in pressure in the door cavities that result from side impacts. The cladding and/or inner structure of the rockers reduce the time required to detect acceleration due to a side impact on the rocker structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Abdelmonaam Sassi, Matthew B. Makowski, Aruna Nandadeva Tilakasiri, Diego Santos, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Echung Su, Jonathan Beaudoin
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Publication number: 20110012328Abstract: An inflatable safety curtain for use in a vehicle interior is provided. A first inflatable portion may be mounted to the vehicle interior. A second inflatable portion may be mounted to the first portion. The first and second portions may be in fluid communication. A pressure control device is disposed between the first and second inflatable portions to selectively prevent fluid communication between the first and second portion. The pressure control device is a flexible valve from fabric or a memory shape material, a chamber valve having an enlarged opening, or a flapper valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2009Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Kurt Lewis Ewing, Matthew B. Makowski, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Brian Robert Spahn, Mary A. Mason, Anthony Edmond Rencher, Abdelmonaam Sassi, Selvakumar Inbaraj Daniel
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Patent number: 7726727Abstract: An energy absorbing vehicle door is disclosed comprised of an inner panel, an outer panel joined to the inner panel, door trim panel material on the inner panel, and at least one energy absorbing member mounted on the inner panel. The energy absorbing member has a first surface adjacent the outer member and a second surface adjacent the door trim panel. The energy absorbing member is mounted at a position corresponding to the vicinity of the vehicle operator's lower leg to reduce dynamic motion between the occupant's femur and lower leg, thereby reducing femur distal movement response during a vehicle impact event.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2008Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Sudip Bhattacharjee, Abdelmonaam Sassi
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Publication number: 20090278380Abstract: An energy absorbing vehicle door, comprising an inner panel, an outer panel joined to the inner panel, a door trim panel material on the inner panel, and an energy absorbing member mounted on the inner panel. The energy absorbing member has a first surface adjacent the outer member and a second surface adjacent the door trim panel. The energy absorbing member is mounted at a position corresponding to the vicinity of the vehicle occupant's lower leg to reduce dynamic motion between the occupant's femur and lower leg, thereby reducing said femur distal movement response during a vehicle said impact event.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2008Publication date: November 12, 2009Inventors: Sudip Sankar Bhattacharjee, Abdelmonaam Sassi