Patents by Inventor Greg Gombert
Greg Gombert 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: 11807303Abstract: Splayed front horn for vehicle frames are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a first structural member extending along an axial direction of a vehicle, a second structural member coupled to the first structural member, the second structural member splayed relative the first structural member, second structural member including a first section having a first material property, the first section adjacent to the first structural member, and a second section joined to the first section, the second section having a second material property, the first material property different than the second material property.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Greg Gombert, Jeffrey A. Walesch, Leonard Anthony Shaner, Yu-Kan Hu, Mikolaj Tyksinski, Sukhwinder Singh Dhindsa, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Srinivasan Sundararajan
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Patent number: 11618388Abstract: A vehicle includes a hood at a front end, a frunk under the hood, and a cabin. The vehicle includes a cross-beam positioned between the frunk and the cabin, and configured to inhibit protrusion of the frunk into the cabin in a frontal impact. The vehicle also includes a frame and the cross-beam is coupled to the frame. The cross-beam is a unitary member that is coupled to the frame or the cross-beam includes two members separated by a gap and each member is coupled to the frame. The frame includes shock towers for coupling the cross-beam to the frame. The frame can also include a bracket for coupling the cross beam to the frame.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Greg Gombert, Leonard Anthony Shaner, Sukhwinder Singh Dhindsa, Vinay Satya, Mikolaj Tyksinski, Marcela Arana, Mary A. Mason
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Patent number: 11548361Abstract: This disclosure details systems and methods for supporting and protecting vehicle underbody-mounted battery packs. An exemplary electrified vehicle may include a frame, a battery support structure mounted to the frame, and a battery pack. The battery pack is supported relative to the frame by the battery support structure but is not itself directly coupled to the frame. The battery support structure may be configured to provide an under-frame mounting configuration, cross member positioning, skid plate positioning for battery pack protection, weight optimized sub-components, unique shapes for ground clearances, etc.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Marcela Arana, Jeffrey A. Walesch, Leonard Anthony Shaner, Greg Gombert, Diego Eduardo Mendoza Hernandez, Mikolaj Tyksinski
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Patent number: 11498629Abstract: Barriers for rear frame mounted spare tires are disclosed. An example vehicle disclosed herein includes a frame including a cross member, a spare tire, a skid plate, and a barrier extending between the skid plate and the cross member, the barrier abutting the spare tire, the barrier including a first surface having a first curvature, the first curvature concave relative to a rear of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Leonard Anthony Shaner, Diego Eduardo Mendoza Hernández, Greg Gombert, Marcela Arana, Peter Joseph Jargowsky, Sukhwinder Singh Dhindsa, Jeffrey A. Walesch, Chih-Yu Lin, Mikolaj Tyksinski, Grant Warr, William L. Duncan
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Publication number: 20220227299Abstract: A vehicle includes a hood at a front end, a frunk under the hood, and a cabin. The vehicle includes a cross-beam positioned between the frunk and the cabin, and configured to inhibit protrusion of the frunk into the cabin in a frontal impact. The vehicle also includes a frame and the cross-beam is coupled to the frame. The cross-beam is a unitary member that is coupled to the frame or the cross-beam includes two members separated by a gap and each member is coupled to the frame. The frame includes shock towers for coupling the cross-beam to the frame. The frame can also include a bracket for coupling the cross beam to the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Greg Gombert, Leonard Anthony Shaner, Sukhwinder Singh Dhindsa, Vinay Satya, Mikolaj Tyksinski, Marcela Arana, Mary A. Mason
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Publication number: 20220185378Abstract: Splayed front horn for vehicle frames are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a first structural member extending along an axial direction of a vehicle, a second structural member coupled to the first structural member, the second structural member splayed relative the first structural member, second structural member including a first section having a first material property, the first section adjacent to the first structural member, and a second section joined to the first section, the second section having a second material property, the first material property different than the second material property.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2022Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Greg Gombert, Jeffrey A. Walesch, Leonard Anthony Shaner, Yu-Kan Hu, Mikolaj Tyksinski, Sukhwinder Singh Dhindsa, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Srinivasan Sundararajan
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Publication number: 20220185396Abstract: Barriers for rear frame mounted spare tires are disclosed. An example vehicle disclosed herein includes a frame including a cross member, a spare tire, a skid plate, and a barrier extending between the skid plate and the cross member, the barrier abutting the spare tire, the barrier including a first surface having a first curvature, the first curvature concave relative to a rear of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Leonard Anthony Shaner, Diego Eduardo Mendoza Hernández, Greg Gombert, Marcela Arana, Peter Joseph Jargowsky, Sukhwinder Singh Dhindsa, Jeffrey A. Walesch, Chih-Yu Lin, Mikolaj Tyksinski, Grant Warr, William L. Duncan
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Patent number: 11292522Abstract: Splayed front horn for vehicle frames are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a frame of a vehicle having a side rail directed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a splayed front horn coupled to the side rail, the splayed front horn angled outward relative to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein the splayed front horn includes a first section and a second section, the first and second sections having different physical properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Greg Gombert, Jeffrey A. Walesch, Leonard Anthony Shaner, Yu-Kan Hu, Mikolaj Tyksinski, Sukhwinder Singh Dhindsa, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Srinivasan Sundararajan
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Publication number: 20210245596Abstract: This disclosure details systems and methods for supporting and protecting vehicle underbody-mounted battery packs. An exemplary electrified vehicle may include a frame, a battery support structure mounted to the frame, and a battery pack. The battery pack is supported relative to the frame by the battery support structure but is not itself directly coupled to the frame. The battery support structure may be configured to provide an under-frame mounting configuration, cross member positioning, skid plate positioning for battery pack protection, weight optimized sub-components, unique shapes for ground clearances, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Marcela ARANA, Jeffrey A. WALESCH, Leonard Anthony SHANER, Greg GOMBERT, Diego Eduardo MENDOZA HERNANDEZ, Mikolaj TYKSINSKI
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Publication number: 20210171108Abstract: Splayed front horn for vehicle frames are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a frame of a vehicle having a side rail directed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a splayed front horn coupled to the side rail, the splayed front horn angled outward relative to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein the splayed front horn includes a first section and a second section, the first and second sections having different physical properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Greg Gombert, Jeffrey A. Walesch, Leonard Anthony Shaner, Yu-Kan Hu, Mikolaj Tyksinski, Sukhwinder Singh Dhindsa, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Srinivasan Sundararajan
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Patent number: 10988014Abstract: An assembly includes a first frame rail and a second frame rail elongated along a longitudinal axis and spaced from each other along a lateral axis. The assembly includes a crossbeam extending along the lateral axis and fixed under the first frame rail and the second frame rail. The assembly includes a first support member extending transversely from the crossbeam to a first end fixed to the first frame rail. The assembly includes a second support member extending transversely from the crossbeam to a second end fixed to the second frame rail.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Rahul Arora, Greg Gombert, Marcela Arana
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Publication number: 20210024131Abstract: An assembly includes a first frame rail and a second frame rail elongated along a longitudinal axis and spaced from each other along a lateral axis. The assembly includes a crossbeam extending along the lateral axis and fixed under the first frame rail and the second frame rail. The assembly includes a first support member extending transversely from the crossbeam to a first end fixed to the first frame rail. The assembly includes a second support member extending transversely from the crossbeam to a second end fixed to the second frame rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Rahul Arora, Greg Gombert, Marcela Arana
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Patent number: 10214243Abstract: A vehicle frame includes two frame rails fixed relative to each other and each having a tubular shape defining an exterior surface and an interior surface, a crush-initiating notch on each exterior surface, and a reinforcement extending along each interior surface and positioned in a vehicle-rearward direction from the notches.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Marwan Ahmad Elbkaily, Tushar B. Kamble, Gururaj Aralikatti, Greg Gombert, Benjamin Mansfield
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Publication number: 20190016387Abstract: A vehicle frame includes two frame rails fixed relative to each other and each having a tubular shape defining an exterior surface and an interior surface, a crush-initiating notch on each exterior surface, and a reinforcement extending along each interior surface and positioned in a vehicle-rearward direction from the notches.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2017Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Marwan Ahmad Elbkaily, Tushar B. Kamble, Gururaj Aralikatti, Greg Gombert, Benjamin Mansfield
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Patent number: 7549657Abstract: A wheel support knuckle and trailing arm assembly that is attached to a toe link of a vehicle suspension system. The trailing arm assembly is formed by a blade member and a reinforcement member. The wheel support knuckle defines an axle bore and includes an integrally formed upper link receptacle and an integrally formed brake caliper track. The toe link is retained on the trailing arm assembly by a clevis formed by a transverse wall formed in the blade member and a parallel transverse wall formed in the reinforcement member. An alternative embodiment discloses a one-piece trailing arm that defines a clevis for connection to the toe link between a transverse wall and a tab that extends parallel to the transverse wall. A method of making cast wheel support knuckle and stamped trailing arm assembly is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2008Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Peter Jargowsky, Jaspal Sohal, Greg Gombert, Oskar Rozalski, Chris Allard
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Publication number: 20090008889Abstract: A wheel support knuckle and trailing arm assembly that is attached to a toe link of a vehicle suspension system. The trailing arm assembly is formed by a blade member and a reinforcement member. The wheel support knuckle defines an axle bore and includes an integrally formed upper link receptacle and an integrally formed brake caliper track. The toe link is retained on the trailing arm assembly by a clevis formed by a transverse wall formed in the blade member and a parallel transverse wall formed in the reinforcement member. An alternative embodiment discloses a one-piece trailing arm that defines a clevis for connection to the toe link between a transverse wall and a tab that extends parallel to the transverse wall. A method of making cast wheel support knuckle and stamped trailing arm assembly is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2008Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Peter Jargowsky, Jaspal Sohal, Greg Gombert, Oskar Rozalski, Chris Allard
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Patent number: 7431315Abstract: A wheel support knuckle and trailing arm assembly that is attached to a toe link of a vehicle suspension system. The trailing arm assembly is formed by a blade member and a reinforcement member. The wheel support knuckle defines an axle bore and includes an integrally formed upper link receptacle and an integrally formed brake caliper track. The toe link is retained on the trailing arm assembly by a clevis formed by a transverse wall formed in the blade member and a parallel transverse wall formed in the reinforcement member. An alternative embodiment discloses a one-piece trailing arm that defines a clevis for connection to the toe link between a transverse wall and a tab that extends parallel to the transverse wall. A method of making cast wheel support knuckle and stamped trailing arm assembly is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2005Date of Patent: October 7, 2008Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Peter Jargowsky, Jaspal Sohal, Greg Gombert, Oskar Rozalski, Chris Allard
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Publication number: 20070007741Abstract: A wheel support knuckle and trailing arm assembly that is attached to a toe link of a vehicle suspension system. The trailing arm assembly is formed by a blade member and a reinforcement member. The wheel support knuckle defines an axle bore and includes an integrally formed upper link receptacle and an integrally formed brake caliper track. The toe link is retained on the trailing arm assembly by a clevis formed by a transverse wall formed in the blade member and a parallel transverse wall formed in the reinforcement member. An alternative embodiment discloses a one-piece trailing arm that defines a clevis for connection to the toe link between a transverse wall and a tab that extends parallel to the transverse wall. A method of making cast wheel support knuckle and stamped trailing arm assembly is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2005Publication date: January 11, 2007Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Peter Jargowsky, Jaspal Sohal, Greg Gombert, Oskar Rozalski, Chris Allard