Patents by Inventor Joseph E Abramczyk
Joseph E Abramczyk 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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Publication number: 20220324405Abstract: A system for a vehicle includes computer including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to identify a longitudinal position of a seat. The instructions include to identify a rotational position of the seat. The instructions include to selectively inflate one or more of a plurality of inflation chambers of an airbag adjacent the seat based on the longitudinal position and the rotational position of the seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2021Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Joseph E. Abramczyk, Zhibing Deng, Deepak Patel
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Publication number: 20220250571Abstract: A vehicle includes a seat movable to a forward-facing position and a rearward-facing position. The vehicle includes a track elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. The vehicle includes an airbag assembly movable along the track. The vehicle includes a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to move the airbag assembly along the track to a first position in response to identifying the seat is in the forward-facing position and to a second position in response to identifying the seat is in the rearward-facing position, the first position different than the second position relative to the seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: 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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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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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: 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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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: 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
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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: 11110881Abstract: A restraint system includes a seat defining a lateral axis and an airbag housing supported by the seat. The airbag housing includes a first arm and a second arm. The first arm is rotatable relative to the seat about a rotational axis generally parallel to the lateral axis, and the second arm is fixed relative to the seat. An airbag is disposed between the first arm and the second arm. The airbag is attached to one of the first arm or the second arm.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Deepak Patel, Joseph E. Abramczyk
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Patent number: 11110883Abstract: An assembly includes an airbag having a fold releasable to a released position. The airbag has a vent. The assembly has a vent cover slidably supported by the airbag and slidable relative to the vent. The assembly has a first tether having an end connected to the fold and another end connected to the airbag. The assembly has a second tether connected to the fold and to the vent cover.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Publication number: 20210213903Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2020Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: ZHIBING DENG, JOSEPH E. ABRAMCZYK, DEEPAK PATEL
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Patent number: 11040688Abstract: A side airbag assembly includes a housing and an airbag in the housing. The housing has a top surface and a panel. The panel has a top end and a hinge connecting the top end to the top surface. The panel has a bottom end and two side ends extending from the top end to the bottom end. The panel has weakened joints at the bottom end and the side ends. The panel is rotatable relative to the top surface from an undeployed position to a generally upright position and the panel abuts the top surface in the generally upright position.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Publication number: 20210179001Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: JOSEPH E. ABRAMCZYK, ZHIBING DENG, JEFFREY C. PADDOCK, DEEPAK PATEL