Patents by Inventor Ammeswara Rao Sajja
Ammeswara Rao Sajja 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: 10821870Abstract: A head restraint assembly includes a headrest bun including an interior portion and a rear outer surface. A frame member is disposed within the interior portion of the headrest bun. A support block is disposed adjacent to the frame member and includes first and second access slots disposed through a body portion thereof. A bracket includes a body portion operably coupled between the support block and the frame member. The bracket includes first and second fins rearwardly extending from the body portion of the bracket through the first and second access slots of the support block and through the rear outer surface of the headrest bun. The distal ends of the first and second fins are spaced-apart from one another and positioned outside of the interior portion of the headrest bun in assembly, and are configured to contact a glass pane of a vehicle during a deceleration event.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Chris Fredriksson, Manobalaji S, Ammeswara Rao Sajja, Abdul Raguman Thajudeen
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Patent number: 10344796Abstract: A hinge assembly for a folding vehicle seat includes upper and lower arms pivotally coupled to one another between open and closed positions. The lower arm is fixedly coupled to a support surface, such as a vehicle body, and the upper arm is fixedly coupled to a lower surface of a seat pan. A retaining bar is disposed on the lower arm and outwardly extends therefrom. An outwardly opening clip member is disposed on the upper arm. The clip member releasably receives the retaining bar of the lower arm when the upper and lower arms are in the closed position to retain the vehicle seat in a folded down use position.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Nicholas Salenbien, Kevin Mozurkewich, Ammeswara Rao Sajja, Chih-Cheng Liao
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Patent number: 10336262Abstract: A seating assembly comprises a lower seating assembly having a lower surface displaced above a floor pan, a mounting bracket operably coupling a forward edge of the lower seating assembly to the floor pan, and a storage bin comprising a horizontally disposed frame member disposed between the lower surface and the floor pan, wherein the storage bin, the floor pan, and the lower surface define an enclosure below the lower seating assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Kevin Mozurkewich, Murtatha Zalzala, Nicholas Salenbien, Ammeswara Rao Sajja, Ken Liao
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Patent number: 10259395Abstract: A folding seat assembly for e vehicle includes a folding seat pan that is pivotally mounted to a support surface and includes a mounting aperture disposed therethrough. A seatback is coupled to the support surface and includes an outwardly extending bracket with an upwardly extending engagement feature disposed thereon. An engagement member having a frame portion disposed on a lower surface of the seat pan and first and second sidewalls upwardly extending through the mounting aperture, the sidewalls including opposed inwardly extending tabs for receiving the engagement feature therebetween when the seat pan is in a use position.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Nicholas Salenbien, Kevin Mozurkewich, Ammeswara Rao Sajja, Chih-Cheng Liao
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Publication number: 20180297533Abstract: A seating assembly comprises a lower seating assembly having a lower surface displaced above a floor pan, a mounting bracket operably coupling a forward edge of the lower seating assembly to the floor pan, and a storage bin comprising a horizontally disposed frame member disposed between the lower surface and the floor pan, wherein the storage bin, the floor pan, and the lower surface define an enclosure below the lower seating assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2017Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Kevin Mozurkewich, Murtatha Zalzala, Nicholas Salenbien, Ammeswara Rao Sajja, Ken Liao
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Publication number: 20180265011Abstract: A folding seat assembly for e vehicle includes a folding seat pan that is pivotally mounted to a support surface and includes a mounting aperture disposed therethrough. A seatback is coupled to the support surface and includes an outwardly extending bracket with an upwardly extending engagement feature disposed thereon. An engagement member having a frame portion disposed on a lower surface of the seat pan and first and second sidewalls upwardly extending through the mounting aperture, the sidewalls including opposed inwardly extending tabs for receiving the engagement feature therebetween when the seat pan is in a use position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2017Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Nicholas Salenbien, Kevin Mozurkewich, Ammeswara Rao Sajja, Chih-Cheng Liao
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Publication number: 20180264978Abstract: A hinge assembly for a folding vehicle seat includes upper and lower arms pivotally coupled to one another between open and closed positions. The lower arm is fixedly coupled to a support surface, such as a vehicle body, and the upper arm is fixedly coupled to a lower surface of a seat pan. A retaining bar is disposed on the lower arm and outwardly extends therefrom. An outwardly opening clip member is disposed on the upper arm. The clip member releasably receives the retaining bar of the lower arm when the upper and lower arms are in the closed position to retain the vehicle seat in a folded down use position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2017Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Nicholas Salenbien, Kevin Mozurkewich, Ammeswara Rao Sajja, Chih-Cheng Liao
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Patent number: 9102247Abstract: A vehicle seat bar assembly having a seat with first and second engagement members. A rear seat bracket extends between the first and second engagement members of a seat. A torsion bar extends between the first and second engagement members and is operably engaged therewith. The torsion bar includes an intermediate bracket engagement portion and a first and second linear portion that extends between the first engagement member and the intermediate bracket engagement portion and the second engagement member and the intermediate bracket engagement portion. The torsion bar also includes a first and second distal end configured to engage the first and second engagement members, respectively, which induces a torsional resistance in the torsion bar when the seatback is at a fully reclined position and when the seatback is at a fully folded position.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Richard Li, Paul Gerard Ferraiuolo, Roy Chapman, Ammeswara Rao Sajja, Glenn Scott, Brandon Nichols
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Patent number: 8882197Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a track assembly having a rail and a base member slidably engaged with the rail and supporting a seatback. A bracket is coupled to the rail and supports a seat with an articulation feature. A linkage couples the seat with the seatback. A coupler is engaged with the articulation feature. Movement of the coupler relative to the articulation feature translates the seating assembly between a deployed position, wherein the seat is generally orthogonal to the seatback, and a stowed position, wherein the seatback abuts the seat and is generally parallel to the rail. A hinge in the linkage causes translation from the deployed position to an access position. The seat is generally orthogonal to the rail and the seatback is slid to a forward segment of the rail.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Dumitru Dan Nae, Steven McInally, Ammeswara Rao Sajja, Curtis D. Stanhope, Gornique'Ka Mo'Nya Heath, Daniel Ferretti, Kurt Kormos
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Publication number: 20140265505Abstract: A vehicle seat bar assembly having a seat with first and second engagement members. A rear seat bracket extends between the first and second engagement members of a seat. A torsion bar extends between the first and second engagement members and is operably engaged therewith. The torsion bar includes an intermediate bracket engagement portion and a first and second linear portion that extends between the first engagement member and the intermediate bracket engagement portion and the second engagement member and the intermediate bracket engagement portion. The torsion bar also includes a first and second distal end configured to engage the first and second engagement members, respectively, which induces a torsional resistance in the torsion bar when the seatback is at a fully reclined position and when the seatback is at a fully folded position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Richard Li, Paul Gerard Ferraiuolo, Roy Chapman, Ammeswara Rao Sajja, Glenn Scott, Brandon Nichols
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Publication number: 20140062158Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a track assembly having a rail and a base member slidably engaged with the rail and supporting a seatback. A bracket is coupled to the rail and supports a seat with an articulation feature. A linkage couples the seat with the seatback. A coupler is engaged with the articulation feature. Movement of the coupler relative to the articulation feature translates the seating assembly between a deployed position, wherein the seat is generally orthogonal to the seatback, and a stowed position, wherein the seatback abuts the seat and is generally parallel to the rail. A hinge in the linkage causes translation from the deployed position to an access position. The seat is generally orthogonal to the rail and the seatback is slid to a forward segment of the rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Dumitru Dan Nae, Steven McInally, Ammeswara Rao Sajja, Curtis D. Stanhope, Gornique'Ka Mo'Nya Heath, Daniel Ferretti, Kurt Kormos