Patents by Inventor Jamel E. Belwafa
Jamel E. Belwafa 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: 11535182Abstract: A vehicle includes a pair of frame rails and a bumper assembly. The bumper assembly includes a bumper beam supported by the frame rails and an airbag. The airbag includes a first airbag chamber supported by the bumper beam and inflatable to an inflated position, and a second airbag chamber supported by the bumper and inflatable to an inflated position. The first airbag chamber is disposed in a cross-vehicle direction relative to the second airbag chamber. The first airbag chamber has a first volume in the inflated position. The second airbag chamber has a second volume in the inflated position. The first volume is different than the second volume.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Rahul Arora, Jamel E. Belwafa, Saeed David Barbat
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Publication number: 20220134981Abstract: A vehicle includes a pair of frame rails and a bumper assembly. The bumper assembly includes a bumper beam supported by the frame rails and an airbag. The airbag includes a first airbag chamber supported by the bumper beam and inflatable to an inflated position, and a second airbag chamber supported by the bumper and inflatable to an inflated position. The first airbag chamber is disposed in a cross-vehicle direction relative to the second airbag chamber. The first airbag chamber has a first volume in the inflated position. The second airbag chamber has a second volume in the inflated position. The first volume is different than the second volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Rahul Arora, Jamel E. Belwafa, Saeed David Barbat
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Patent number: 11254240Abstract: A network of rails for a vehicle includes a lateral rail that extends primarily along a lateral axis of the vehicle, a longitudinal rail that extends primarily along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and a circular rail that interacts with at least one of the lateral rail and the longitudinal rail.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Rahul Arora, Saied Nusier, Jamel E. Belwafa
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Patent number: 11161550Abstract: A vehicle frame assembly includes, among other things, a lower main rail of a vehicle, a deflector assembly that is disposed adjacent a forward end portion of the lower main rail, and a positioning bracket of the deflector assembly. The positioning bracket is secured directly to the lower main rail and configured to separate from the lower main rail if a load that exceeds a threshold load is applied to a front of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Saied Nusier, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Saeed David Barbat, Jamel E. Belwafa
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Publication number: 20210291906Abstract: A vehicle frame assembly includes, among other things, a lower main rail of a vehicle, a deflector assembly that is disposed adjacent a forward end portion of the lower main rail, and a positioning bracket of the deflector assembly. The positioning bracket is secured directly to the lower main rail and configured to separate from the lower main rail if a load that exceeds a threshold load is applied to a front of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Saied Nusier, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Saeed David Barbat, Jamel E. Belwafa
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Patent number: 11027690Abstract: An inflatable restraint device for fastening to a seat of a vehicle includes at least one inflatable cushion with an outer surface and a plurality of tethers. Each tether includes a first end and a second end. The tethers are fastened at the first ends to the outer surface of the cushion and the second ends of the tethers are designed to be fastened to a seat. The tethers are designed to be releasably fastened on at least one of the ends.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Philipp Kuepper, Jamel E. Belwafa
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Patent number: 10737592Abstract: A seat includes a seat-bottom frame, a seat-back frame rotatable relative to the seat-bottom frame between a forward position and a rearward position, and a first wedge and a second wedge on opposite side of the seat-back frame. The first wedge extends from the seat-back frame in the forward position to the seat-bottom frame, and the second wedge extends from the seat-back frame in the rearward position to the seat-bottom frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Saied Nusier, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Jamel E. Belwafa
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Publication number: 20200171980Abstract: A network of rails for a vehicle includes a lateral rail that extends primarily along a lateral axis of the vehicle, a longitudinal rail that extends primarily along a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and a circular rail that interacts with at least one of the lateral rail and the longitudinal rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventors: Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Rahul Arora, Saied Nusier, Jamel E. Belwafa
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Publication number: 20200070767Abstract: An inflatable restraint device for fastening to a seat of a vehicle includes at least one inflatable cushion with an outer surface and a plurality of tethers. Each tether includes a first end and a second end. The tethers are fastened at the first ends to the outer surface of the cushion and the second ends of the tethers are designed to be fastened to a seat. The tethers are designed to be releasably fastened on at least one of the ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Philipp Kuepper, Jamel E. Belwafa
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Patent number: 10525923Abstract: A system includes a sensor, a controller, and a seatbelt retractor. The controller is programmed to receive a signal from the sensor indicating detection of a vehicle front oblique impact. The seatbelt retractor includes a load limiting mechanism selectively releasable from a high load mode to a low load mode. The controller is programmed to release the load limiting mechanism from the high load mode to the low load mode at a predetermined time in response to a signal from the sensor indicating a vehicle front oblique impact.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Christopher Stephen O'Connor, Jacob Wookeun Lee, Elizabeth G. Owen, Keith Trudgeon, Jamel E. Belwafa
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Publication number: 20190366884Abstract: A seat includes a seat-bottom frame, a seat-back frame rotatable relative to the seat-bottom frame between a forward position and a rearward position, and a first wedge and a second wedge on opposite side of the seat-back frame. The first wedge extends from the seat-back frame in the forward position to the seat-bottom frame, and the second wedge extends from the seat-back frame in the rearward position to the seat-bottom frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2018Publication date: December 5, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: SAIED NUSIER, MOHAMED RIDHA BACCOUCHE, JAMEL E. BELWAFA
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Patent number: 10407015Abstract: A restraint system includes a seat and a seat airbag supported by the seat and inflatable to an inflated position. The restraint system includes an instrument panel and a forward airbag supported by the instrument panel and inflatable to an inflated position. When the seat airbag is in the inflated position and the forward airbag is in the inflated position, the seat airbag extends from the seat to the forward airbag.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jamel E. Belwafa, Mohammad Omar Faruque, James Chih Cheng
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Patent number: 10401260Abstract: A system for testing an impact of a vehicle includes a rail, a cable moveable along the rail, a shuttle fixed to the cable and slideably coupled to the rail, and a cart. The cart includes a connector horizontally spaced from the rail and a centerline parallel to and horizontally spaced from the rail. An arm is fixed to the shuttle and extends from the shuttle to the connector. The arm is releasably connectable to the connector.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jamel E. Belwafa, Stephen Philip Panoff, David Collino
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Patent number: 10363968Abstract: An autonomous vehicle including a body defining a door opening for a front door and a rear door. The doors are attached to the body a track that guides the doors between an open position and a closed position. A rocker assembly includes an outer rocker panel defining a slot, an inner rocker panel attached to the outer rocker panel, and an insert including an upper tube and a lower tube disposed between the outer rocker panel and the inner rocker panel. The tubes extend between a front end and a rear end of the rocker assembly, a track is assembled between the upper and lower tubes, and the slot in the outer rocker panel provides access to the track for brackets that have rollers that engage the track. The brackets are attached to the doors.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Saied Nusier, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Saeed David Barbat, Jamel E. Belwafa
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Patent number: 10300954Abstract: A vehicle is provided. The vehicle may include a first A-pillar, spanning between a roof rail and shotgun, and a frame assembly. The first A-pillar may carry a windshield. The frame assembly may include a second A-pillar, spanning between the roof rail and a hinge pillar, and a C-pillar. The frame assembly may define a side ingress/egress opening of a cabin having a rearward-facing front seat. The opening may span between the second A-pillar and C-pillar without a B-pillar.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Saied Nusier, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Saeed David Barbat, Jamel E. Belwafa
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Publication number: 20190135349Abstract: An autonomous vehicle including a body defining a door opening for a front door and a rear door. The doors are attached to the body a track that guides the doors between an open position and a closed position. A rocker assembly includes an outer rocker panel defining a slot, an inner rocker panel attached to the outer rocker panel, and an insert including an upper tube and a lower tube disposed between the outer rocker panel and the inner rocker panel. The tubes extend between a front end and a rear end of the rocker assembly, a track is assembled between the upper and lower tubes, and the slot in the outer rocker panel provides access to the track for brackets that have rollers that engage the track. The brackets are attached to the doors.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Saied NUSIER, Mohamed Ridha BACCOUCHE, Saeed David BARBAT, Jamel E. BELWAFA
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Patent number: 10266137Abstract: A vehicle is provided. The vehicle may include at least one crush can, a controller and a pump. The crush can may include front and rear chambers. The controller may receive a first signal indicative of a loading condition generated at the time of an impact, and the pump may displace a nano-porous liquid in response to a second signal from the controller into at least one of the front and rear chambers of the crush can.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Rahul Arora, Saeed David Barbat, Jamel E. Belwafa
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Patent number: 10266081Abstract: A seating assembly includes a seat and one or more slide rails that slidably engage an underside of the seat and permit longitudinal movement of the seat along the slide rail. The seating assembly further includes one or more load-dissipating assemblies operably coupled to an underside of the slide rail.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ridha Baccouche, Saeed Barbat, Jamel E. Belwafa, Rahul Arora
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Publication number: 20190100247Abstract: A vehicle is provided. The vehicle may include a first A-pillar, spanning between a roof rail and shotgun, and a frame assembly. The first A-pillar may carry a windshield. The frame assembly may include a second A-pillar, spanning between the roof rail and a hinge pillar, and a C-pillar. The frame assembly may define a side ingress/egress opening of a cabin having a rearward-facing front seat. The opening may span between the second A-pillar and C-pillar without a B-pillar.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Saied NUSIER, Mohamed Ridha BACCOUCHE, Saeed David BARBAT, Jamel E. BELWAFA
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Publication number: 20190077354Abstract: A system includes a sensor, a controller, and a seatbelt retractor. The controller is programmed to receive a signal from the sensor indicating detection of a vehicle front oblique impact. The seatbelt retractor includes a load limiting mechanism selectively releasable from a high load mode to a low load mode. The controller is programmed to release the load limiting mechanism from the high load mode to the low load mode at a predetermined time in response to a signal from the sensor indicating a vehicle front oblique impact.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Christopher Stephen O'Connor, Jacob Wookeun Lee, Elizabeth G. Owen, Keith Trudgeon, Jamel E. Belwafa