Patents by Inventor Abhijeet Atwadkar

Abhijeet Atwadkar 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).

  • SEATBELT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240025372
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seatbelt device (1) for motor vehicles comprising a belt buckle (2) with an insertion slot (3), a belt tongue (4) which can be plugged into the insertion slot (3) of the belt buckle (2), can be locked therein, and has a belt tongue main body (5) and a belt tongue trim panel (6), and a seatbelt (7), wherein the seatbelt (7) runs through a hoop (8) of the belt tongue (4). The belt buckle (2) and the belt tongue (4) are configured to transmit electrical power and/or signals from the belt buckle (2) to the belt tongue (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Ashwin BALARAM, Abhijit SWAIN, Abhijeet ATWADKAR, Iulian ROTARIU, Timo NEHRENHEIM, Ole SCHARNBERG
  • Control method for an electric seatbelt retractor and electric seatbelt retractor
    Patent number: 10882490
    Abstract: A control method for an electric seatbelt retractor and an electric seatbelt retractor including a spindle (2) and a seatbelt (3) wound thereon, and an electric motor (4) driving the spindle (2) via a rotor (3) in pull-in or in pull-out direction when activated, and a sensor device (10) detecting the movement of the spindle (2), wherein a spring (11) is provided, which is arranged between the spindle (2) and the rotor (3) enabling a relative movement of the spindle (2) to the rotor (3) or to a retractor-fixed part, wherein the electric motor (4) is controlled by a signal of the sensor device (10) generated by the relative movement of the spindle (2) to the rotor (3) or a retractor-fixed part with torsional tensioning or expanding the spring (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Saravana Shanmugam, Abhijeet Atwadkar, Vijay Shetty, Thouseef Aqeeb, Andreas Lucht, Geert Helge Wittenberg, Carstensen Holger, Patrick Süllau, Günter Clute
  • CONTROL METHOD FOR AN ELECTRIC SEATBELT RETRACTOR AND ELECTRIC SEATBELT RETRACTOR
    Publication number: 20190092277
    Abstract: A control method for an electric seatbelt retractor and an electric seatbelt retractor including a spindle (2) and a seatbelt (3) wound thereon, and an electric motor (4) driving the spindle (2) via a rotor (3) in pull-in or in pull-out direction when activated, and a sensor device (10) detecting the movement of the spindle (2), wherein a spring (11) is provided, which is arranged between the spindle (2) and the rotor (3) enabling a relative movement of the spindle (2) to the rotor (3) or to a retractor-fixed part, wherein the electric motor (4) is controlled by a signal of the sensor device (10) generated by the relative movement of the spindle (2) to the rotor (3) or a retractor-fixed part with torsional tensioning or expanding the spring (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Saravana Shanmugam, Abhijeet Atwadkar, Vijay Shetty, Thouseef Aqeeb, Andreas Lucht, Geert Helge Wittenberg, Carstensen Holger, Patrick Süllau, Günter Clute