Patents by Inventor Joseph Edward Abramczyk
Joseph Edward 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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Patent number: 11351404Abstract: An apparatus includes a door frame, a carriage movable along a path relative to the door frame, a window, a bolt fixing the window to the carriage, a housing fixed to the window by the bolt, a striker mounted in the housing, and a pyrotechnic charge positioned to drive the striker into the window.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Joseph David Hyde, Nathan Kristofor Tardif, Joseph Edward Abramczyk
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Patent number: 11292412Abstract: A vehicle includes a hinge pillar, a fender adjacent the hinge pillar, and a sealed bladder. The sealed bladder includes a first chamber and a second chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber. The first chamber is on the hinge pillar and the second chamber is in the fender. A pressure sensor is fixed to the second chamber and in fluid communication with the second chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jesus Alfonso Alarcon Hernandez, Zhibing Deng, David James Bauch, Joseph Edward Abramczyk
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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: 11225214Abstract: A vehicle includes a window and a striker positioned to strike the window. The vehicle includes an actuator positioned to drive the striker. The vehicle includes a temperature sensor in communication with the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Joseph Hyde, Garam Jun, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Nathan Kristofor Tardif, Matthew B. Makowski
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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: 11161473Abstract: An assembly includes a seatback frame having a pair of upright frame members. Each of the upright frame members has an inward side and an outward side. The inward sides are spaced from each other and face each other. The outward sides face away from each other. The assembly includes a cross-member extending from one of the upright frame members to the other of the upright frame members. The assembly includes an airbag having a first connection fixed to the outward side and a second connection fixed to the inward side of one of the upright frame members.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11091111Abstract: An airbag assembly includes a housing and a side airbag inflatable to an inflated position. The side airbag in the inflated position has an upper lobe and a lower lobe supporting the upper lobe on the housing. The side airbag includes an internal panel between the upper lobe and the lower lobe. A tether has a first end anchored to the housing and a second end anchored to the upper lobe.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Alison Callaghan, Deepak Patel, Michelle Carolina Herrera Gutierrez, Joseph Edward Abramczyk
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Patent number: 11084451Abstract: A vehicle includes a door, a seat spaced from the door, and an airbag supported by the seat and inflatable to an inflated position between the door and the seat. The airbag includes a plurality of first threads and a plurality of second threads being a different type of thread than the first threads. The airbag includes a first portion having the first threads interwoven with each other. The airbag includes a second portion having the second threads interwoven with the first threads. The second portion faces the door in the inflated position.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Zhibing Deng, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Deepak Patel
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Publication number: 20210221315Abstract: An assembly includes a seatback frame having a pair of upright frame members. Each of the upright frame members has an inward side and an outward side. The inward sides are spaced from each other and face each other. The outward sides face away from each other. The assembly includes a cross-member extending from one of the upright frame members to the other of the upright frame members. The assembly includes an airbag having a first connection fixed to the outward side and a second connection fixed to the inward side of one of the upright frame members.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2020Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11007961Abstract: An assembly includes a seat. The assembly includes a bin adjacent the seat and defining a chamber having an open top. The assembly includes an uninflatable member having a front and a rear and above the open top, the uninflatable member movable to an elevated position with the front and the rear spaced from the bin.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Deepak Patel, Yun Cai, Zhaorong Li
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Publication number: 20210094499Abstract: An airbag assembly includes a housing and a side airbag inflatable to an inflated position. The side airbag in the inflated position has an upper lobe and a lower lobe supporting the upper lobe on the housing. The side airbag includes an internal panel between the upper lobe and the lower lobe. A tether has a first end anchored to the housing and a second end anchored to the upper lobe.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: ZHIBING DENG, ALISON CALLAGHAN, DEEPAK PATEL, MICHELLE CAROLINA HERRERA GUTIERREZ, JOSEPH EDWARD ABRAMCZYK
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Patent number: 10926735Abstract: A restraint system includes a seat, a center console spaced from the seat in a cross-vehicle direction, and an airbag inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag in the inflated position includes a first leg elongated in the cross-vehicle direction and spaced from the center console. The airbag in the inflated position includes a second leg supported by the seat and elongated from the first leg towards the center console in a direction transverse to the cross-vehicle direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Publication number: 20210039575Abstract: A vehicle includes a window and a striker positioned to strike the window. The vehicle includes an actuator positioned to drive the striker. The vehicle includes a temperature sensor in communication with the actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: JOSEPH HYDE, GARAM JUN, JOSEPH EDWARD ABRAMCZYK, NATHAN KRISTOFOR TARDIF, MATTHEW B. MAKOWSKI
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Publication number: 20200353888Abstract: A vehicle includes a door, a seat spaced from the door, and an airbag supported by the seat and inflatable to an inflated position between the door and the seat. The airbag includes a plurality of first threads and a plurality of second threads being a different type of thread than the first threads. The airbag includes a first portion having the first threads interwoven with each other. The airbag includes a second portion having the second threads interwoven with the first threads. The second portion faces the door in the inflated position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2019Publication date: November 12, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: JOSEPH EDWARD ABRAMCZYK, ZHIBING DENG, JEFFREY CHARLES PADDOCK, DEEPAK PATEL
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Publication number: 20200317155Abstract: A restraint system includes a seat, a center console spaced from the seat in a cross-vehicle direction, and an airbag inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag in the inflated position includes a first leg elongated in the cross-vehicle direction and spaced from the center console. The airbag in the inflated position includes a second leg supported by the seat and elongated from the first leg towards the center console in a direction transverse to the cross-vehicle direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: ZHIBING DENG, JOSEPH EDWARD ABRAMCZYK, DEEPAK PATEL
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Publication number: 20200298028Abstract: An apparatus includes a door frame, a carriage movable along a path relative to the door frame, a window, a bolt fixing the window to the carriage, a housing fixed to the window by the bolt, a striker mounted in the housing, and a pyrotechnic charge positioned to drive the striker into the window.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2019Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Joseph David Hyde, Nathan Kristofor Tardif, Joseph Edward Abramczyk
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Publication number: 20200262378Abstract: A vehicle includes a hinge pillar, a fender adjacent the hinge pillar, and a sealed bladder. The sealed bladder includes a first chamber and a second chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber. The first chamber is on the hinge pillar and the second chamber is in the fender. A pressure sensor is fixed to the second chamber and in fluid communication with the second chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2019Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jesus Alfonso Alarcon Hernandez, Zhibing Deng, David James Bauch, Joseph Edward Abramczyk
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Patent number: 10703321Abstract: An airbag assembly includes a first airbag and a second airbag each inflatable to an inflated position, and a panel. In the inflated position, each of the first and second airbags have a bend, and first and second legs extending from the bend. The panel extends from the first airbag to the second airbag in the inflated position.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Publication number: 20200017052Abstract: An assembly includes a seat. The assembly includes a bin adjacent the seat and defining a chamber having an open top. The assembly includes an uninflatable member having a front and a rear and above the open top, the uninflatable member movable to an elevated position with the front and the rear spaced from the bin.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2018Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Deepak Patel, Yun Cai, Zhaorong Li
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Patent number: 10336276Abstract: A vehicle door includes a door inner and a trim panel fixed to the door inner. An energy absorber having a vehicle-rearward end and a vehicle-forward end is disposed between the door inner and the trim panel and elongated in a vehicle-forward direction from the vehicle-rearward end to the vehicle-forward end. The energy absorber includes a first energy-absorbing component defining a cavity facing the trim panel, and a second energy-absorbing component disposed in the cavity. The energy absorber has a stiffness that decreases in the vehicle-forward direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Srivardhan Tallapragada, Tahmidur Rahman, Linh Doan, Bhavani Thota, Joseph Edward Abramczyk