Patents by Inventor Deepak Patel
Deepak Patel 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: 11379439Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method for migrating data from a first database to a second database. The data is susceptible to change at the first database before all of the data is migrated to the second database and is available for access through the second database. The method transfers segments of data incrementally from the first database to the second database and generates a first digital signature for each transferred segment. The method identifies a set of transferred segments that have been modified in the first database before the data is available for access through the second database by generating a second digital signature for each transferred segment in the set and comparing the second digital signature for the segments with the first digital signature for the segments. The method transfers the modified segments from the first database to the second database in order to replace the previously transferred segments.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: DATOMETRY, INC.Inventors: Alberto Bengoa, Michael Alexander Duller, Deepak Patel, Dmitri Korablev, Florian Michael Waas
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Patent number: 11370376Abstract: A seat includes a seatback and an armrest supported by the seatback. The armrest is rotatable relative to the seatback to a deployed position. A swing bar is supported by the armrest and is rotatable relative to the armrest to a downward position. The swing bar in the downward position is elongated downwardly from the armrest. A drive belt is indexed with the armrest and the swing bar to rotate the swing bar to the downward position when the armrests rotates to the deployed position.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11370380Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes an airbag inflator. The assembly includes a curtain airbag including a main lobe and an inflatable flap. The main lobe and the inflatable flap are each inflatable by the airbag inflator to an inflated position. The main lobe includes an inboard panel and an outboard panel. The inflatable flap is at the inboard panel in the inflated position. The inflatable flap, in the inflated position, is at the inboard panel and abutting the inflator.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Joseph E. Abramczyk, Zhibing Deng, Deepak Patel, Lavanya Vemuri
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Publication number: 20220185218Abstract: An airbag system includes an airbag and an inflator positioned in an instrument panel. The airbag includes a first chamber and a second chamber spaced from the instrument panel by the first chamber. A plurality of tethers is positioned within the second chamber. Each tether is coupled between a central area of a lower side and a central area of an upper side. A first and second lower extensions and a first and second upper extensions extend from the lower side and the upper side of the airbag, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Tzu-Chen Weng, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11358551Abstract: An airbag system includes an airbag and an inflator positioned in an instrument panel. The airbag includes a first chamber and a second chamber spaced from the instrument panel by the first chamber. A plurality of tethers is positioned within the second chamber. Each tether is coupled between a central area of a lower side and a central area of an upper side. A first and second lower extensions and a first and second upper extensions extend from the lower side and the upper side of the airbag, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Tzu-Chen Weng, Deepak Patel
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Publication number: 20220176906Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes an airbag inflator. The assembly includes a curtain airbag including a main lobe and an inflatable flap. The main lobe and the inflatable flap are each inflatable by the airbag inflator to an inflated position. The main lobe includes an inboard panel and an outboard panel. The inflatable flap is at the inboard panel in the inflated position. The inflatable flap, in the inflated position, is at the inboard panel and abutting the inflator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Joseph E. Abramczyk, Zhibing Deng, Deepak Patel, Lavanya Vemuri
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Publication number: 20220097638Abstract: A seat includes a seatback and an armrest supported by the seatback. The armrest is rotatable relative to the seatback to a deployed position. A swing bar is supported by the armrest and is rotatable relative to the armrest to a downward position. The swing bar in the downward position is elongated downwardly from the armrest. A drive belt is indexed with the armrest and the swing bar to rotate the swing bar to the downward position when the armrests rotates to the deployed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11285907Abstract: A restraint system includes a side curtain airbag including an inboard panel, an outboard panel, and a perimeter at which the inboard panel and the outboard panel are connected to each other. The side curtain airbag includes a main portion formed of part of the inboard panel and part of the outboard panel, and a folded-over portion formed of part of the inboard panel and part of the outboard panel. The main portion and the folded-over portion each include a dead zone spaced from the perimeter at which the inboard panel and the outboard panel are connected to each other. The side curtain airbag is folded so that the inboard panel of the folded-over portion abuts the inboard panel of the main portion. The main portion and the folded-over portion are attached to each other via the respective dead zones.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Publication number: 20220089069Abstract: A seat for a vehicle includes a seat back and a seat bottom extending from the seat back along a seat-bottom axis. A track is fixed relative to the seat bottom and is elongated along the seat-bottom axis. A slider is slidably engaged with the track along the seat-bottom axis. A link is pivotally engaged with the slider. An armrest is pivotally engaged with the link. A pyrotechnic actuator connected to the slider. In the event of a sensed vehicle impact, the pyrotechnic actuator pulls the slider to move the armrest to a raised position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Publication number: 20220089116Abstract: A restraint system includes a side curtain airbag including an inboard panel, an outboard panel, and a perimeter at which the inboard panel and the outboard panel are connected to each other. The side curtain airbag includes a main portion formed of part of the inboard panel and part of the outboard panel, and a folded-over portion formed of part of the inboard panel and part of the outboard panel. The main portion and the folded-over portion each include a dead zone spaced from the perimeter at which the inboard panel and the outboard panel are connected to each other. The side curtain airbag is folded so that the inboard panel of the folded-over portion abuts the inboard panel of the main portion. The main portion and the folded-over portion are attached to each other via the respective dead zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11279269Abstract: A seat for a vehicle includes a seat back and a seat bottom extending from the seat back along a seat-bottom axis. A track is fixed relative to the seat bottom and is elongated along the seat-bottom axis. A slider is slidably engaged with the track along the seat-bottom axis. A link is pivotally engaged with the slider. An armrest is pivotally engaged with the link. A pyrotechnic actuator connected to the slider. In the event of a sensed vehicle impact, the pyrotechnic actuator pulls the slider to move the armrest to a raised position.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11267427Abstract: A restraint system includes a first seat and a second seat spaced from each other along a cross-vehicle axis. An airbag is supported by the first seat and is inflatable towards the second seat. The airbag includes an upper portion having a top surface and a lower portion having a bottom surface facing in an opposite direction than the top surface. An external tether is releasably engaged with the first seat. The external tether is connected to the top surface and the bottom surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11260820Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an assembly that has a seat, which can move between an upright position and a reclined position. The assembly also includes a track that is coupled to a side of the seat and a rail operably coupled to the rail. The assembly further includes an airbag inflator module that is mounted on the rail, such that the airbag inflator module slides along the rail when the seat moves between the upright position and the reclined position.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Deepak Patel, Zhibing Deng, Joseph Edward Abramczyk
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Patent number: 11254248Abstract: A seat assembly for a vehicle includes a seat frame. The seat assembly includes an armrest. A hinge pivotally connects the armrest to the seat frame. The armrest includes an upper extension extending upwardly from the hinge and a lower extension extending downwardly from the hinge. The seat assembly includes a deformable member between the seat frame and the lower extension of the armrest. The deformable member is deformable relative to the seat frame and the armrest.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Russell Joseph Mihm, Chuck R. Reese, Jimmy Moua, Eric Axel Smitterberg, Nicholas Alphonse Billardello, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Sean Bayle West, Zhibing Deng, Deepak Patel
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Publication number: 20210408383Abstract: Organic light-emitting diodes are disclosed comprising an electron transport layer and a hole transport layer. At least one of the transport layers is formed by (a) dissolving tubulin or microtubules in a mixture of water and a solvent that changes the surface charge of tubulin, wherein the percentage of solvent in the mixture is selected so that the tubulin acquires a desired surface charge, and (b) using the tubulin with the desired surface charge to fabricate the at least one of the transport layers. Advantageously, the solvent may be DMSO. Methods of fabricating such organic light emitting diodes are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: Novocure GmbHInventors: Aarat Pratyaksh KALRA, Jack Adam TUSZYNSKI, Sahil Deepak PATEL, Karthik SHANKAR
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Patent number: 11208070Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an airbag system which is operable to deploy in a vehicle crash event. The airbag system includes an airbag having an upper chamber, a lower chamber, an actuator, a tether, and an actuatable pin. In one example, the tether has a predetermined length and extends between the actuator and the lower chamber. The actuator is disposed at a predetermined lateral distance from the lateral chamber and is configured to inflate the upper chamber and the lower chamber to a predefined pressure. Furthermore, the actuatable pin is configured to maintain the tether in an indirect path when the airbag is not deployed and the actuatable pin is configured to allow the tether to have a direct path between the actuator and the lower chamber when the airbag is deployed.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Zhibing Deng, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11203319Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes an airbag inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes a first panel, a second panel, and an inflation chamber between the first panel and the second panel. The assembly includes an inflation restraint exterior to the inflation chamber. The inflation restraint includes a first end fixed to the first panel and a second end fixed to the second panel. The inflation restraint includes a releasable extension between the first end and the second end. The releasable extension is movable from an unreleased position to a released position as the airbag inflates to the inflated position.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11173866Abstract: An airbag assembly includes an airbag having a knee chamber and an upper chamber. A wall fluidly isolates the knee chamber and the upper chamber. A sleeve extends from the knee chamber through the wall to the upper chamber and fluidly communicates the knee chamber and the upper chamber. A one-way vent is in the sleeve. The one-way vent allows for the knee chamber and the upper chamber to be maintained at different relative pressures.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Tzu-Chen Weng, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11173863Abstract: A restraint system includes a first plate, a second plate rotatably coupled to the first plate and rotatable away from the first plate from an undeployed position to a deployed position, a panel connected to the first plate and to the second plate, and a pyrotechnic activator coupled to the second plate. The panel is flexible relative to the first plate and the second plate. The first plate, the second plate, and the panel form a chamber having an interior volume. The pyrotechnic activator is arranged to, when discharged, rotate the second plate from the undeployed position toward the deployed position. One of the first plate or the second plate includes a vent hole in communication with the interior volume of the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11173861Abstract: An assembly includes an airbag that has a panel defining an inflation chamber. The assembly includes a foam pad exterior to the inflation chamber with the foam pad fixed to the panel of the airbag. The foam pad is intended to provide an additional layer of reinforcement for the inflation chamber 18 when the foam pad interacts with its surroundings upon inflation.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Joseph E. Abramczyk, Zhibing Deng, Jeffrey C. Paddock, Deepak Patel