Patents by Inventor Huai-Yang Chiang
Huai-Yang Chiang 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: 10392053Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame system having a frame rail that extends along and is laterally offset from a longitudinal axis. A body is mounted to the frame system, and includes a rocker panel that extends along the longitudinal axis, and is disposed outboard of the first frame rail. A side load transfer device is positioned between the frame rail and the rocker panel. The side load transfer device is attached to one of the frame rail or the body. The side load transfer device is operable to transfer an applied load from the rocker panel to the frame rail. The applied load being applied to the rocker panel in an inboard direction transverse to the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Jungryoung Kim, Huai-yang Chiang, Hari Prasada Reddy Lingala, Terry A. Swartzell, Jayavardhan Tallapragada, Warren J. Parsons
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Patent number: 10137933Abstract: A load management assembly can manage and/or absorb the energy from an external force applied to a vehicle. The load management assembly includes a frame rail and a mounting bracket coupled to the frame rail. In addition, the load management assembly includes a shield coupled to the frame rail. The shield partly surrounds the mounting bracket in order to protect the mounting bracket from an external force and to redirect a load path of the external force. The load management assembly may further include a reinforcement bracket to assist in directing the load path of the external force. The reinforcement bracket is coupled to the frame rail and may be in contact with the mounting bracket.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Huai-yang Chiang, Vikas V. Joshi, Gheorghe Barbuta, Hari Prasada Reddy Lingala, Frank Burger, Len V. Peschansky
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Publication number: 20180273100Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame system having a frame rail that extends along and is laterally offset from a longitudinal axis. A body is mounted to the frame system, and includes a rocker panel that extends along the longitudinal axis, and is disposed outboard of the first frame rail. A side load transfer device is positioned between the frame rail and the rocker panel. The side load transfer device is attached to one of the frame rail or the body. The side load transfer device is operable to transfer an applied load from the rocker panel to the frame rail. The applied load being applied to the rocker panel in an inboard direction transverse to the longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Jungryoung Kim, Huai-yang Chiang, Hari Prasada Reddy Lingala, Terry A. Swartzell, Jayavardhan Tallapragada, Warren J. Parsons
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Publication number: 20180265133Abstract: A body-mounted tire blocker assembly can absorb and/or manage energy when a vehicle body assembly is subjected to an external force. This vehicle body assembly may include a vehicle body defining a passenger compartment. The vehicle body further includes a rocker panel defining a first panel end and a second panel end opposite the first panel end. The tire blocker assembly is coupled to the rocker panel and includes a first blocker body and a second blocker body coupled to the first blocker body. The first blocker body is farther from the first panel end than the second blocker body in order to guide a wheel away from the passenger compartment when an external force is applied to the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2017Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Huai-yang Chiang, Vikas V. Joshi, Hari Prasada Reddy Lingala, Warren J. Parsons, Terry A. Swartzell
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Patent number: 10077014Abstract: A body-mounted tire blocker assembly can absorb and/or manage energy when a vehicle body assembly is subjected to an external force. This vehicle body assembly may include a vehicle body defining a passenger compartment. The vehicle body further includes a rocker panel defining a first panel end and a second panel end opposite the first panel end. The tire blocker assembly is coupled to the rocker panel and includes a first blocker body and a second blocker body coupled to the first blocker body. The first blocker body is farther from the first panel end than the second blocker body in order to guide a wheel away from the passenger compartment when an external force is applied to the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Huai-yang Chiang, Vikas V. Joshi, Hari Prasada Reddy Lingala, Warren J. Parsons, Terry A. Swartzell
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Publication number: 20170217497Abstract: A load management assembly can manage and/or absorb the energy from an external force applied to a vehicle. The load management assembly includes a frame rail and a mounting bracket coupled to the frame rail. In addition, the load management assembly includes a shield coupled to the frame rail. The shield partly surrounds the mounting bracket in order to protect the mounting bracket from an external force and to redirect a load path of the external force. The load management assembly may further include a reinforcement bracket to assist in directing the load path of the external force. The reinforcement bracket is coupled to the frame rail and may be in contact with the mounting bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2016Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Huai-yang Chiang, Vikas V. Joshi, Gheorghe Barbuta, Hari Prasada Reddy Lingala, Frank Burger, Len V. Peschansky
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Patent number: 9421927Abstract: A load transfer apparatus for a vehicle includes a first deflector member that is securable both to a body mount bracket that extends from a frame rail and to the frame rail so that a first portion of the frame rail is between the body mount bracket and the bumper, and a second portion of the frame rail is between the body mount bracket and the first deflector member. The first deflector member at least partially forms a load path from the bumper to the frame rail under a sufficient offset load applied to the bumper. The load transfer apparatus may also include a second deflector member securable to the bumper to extend from the bumper such that the second deflector member is spaced from and free from contact with the body mount bracket and the first deflector member prior to application of the sufficient offset load to the bumper.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2014Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Vedanth M. Basappa, Len V. Peschansky, Bradley E. Bowers, Bhushan W. Dandekar, Huai-Yang Chiang, Wayne J. Sturgill
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Publication number: 20150274209Abstract: A load transfer apparatus for a vehicle includes a first deflector member that is securable both to a body mount bracket that extends from a frame rail and to the frame rail so that a first portion of the frame rail is between the body mount bracket and the bumper, and a second portion of the frame rail is between the body mount bracket and the first deflector member. The first deflector member at least partially forms a load path from the bumper to the frame rail under a sufficient offset load applied to the bumper. The load transfer apparatus may also include a second deflector member securable to the bumper to extend from the bumper such that the second deflector member is spaced from and free from contact with the body mount bracket and the first deflector member prior to application of the sufficient offset load to the bumper.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Vedanth M. Basappa, Len V. Peschansky, Bradley E. Bowers, Bhushan W. Dandekar, Huai-Yang Chiang, Wayne J. Sturgill