Patents by Inventor Kirit N. Shah

Kirit N. Shah 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).

  • Receiver for a trailer hitch
    Patent number: 6846001
    Abstract: A vehicle trailer hitch including an aluminum tubular U-shaped strut and a cast aluminum receiver mounted thereto. Ends of the strut tube are flatted to form integral planar mounting flanges for mounting the hitch to a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Dinesh C. Seksaria, John W. Cobes, Robert P. Evert, Walter R. Reichelt, Jeffrey M. Shoup, Kirit N. Shah
  • Formed panel and associated method
    Publication number: 20040200256
    Abstract: An improved method of forming a panel out of a workpiece, the panel being substantially free of ripples and free of ruptures, includes forming a number of smooth bulges in the workpiece in order to effectively spread a quantity of excess material that results from forming a number of desirable features into the workpiece by taking up in the bulges an amount of material. The quantity, dimensions, locations, orientations, shapes, and configurations of the bulges with respect to the features are determined by an iterative process that examines the degree to which the excess material resulting from formation of the features is effectively spread about the panel. Effective material spreading can be characterized by at least one of reduced thickening of the workpiece, reduced amplitude of ripples in the workpiece, and increased period of the ripples. An improved panel formed according to the aforementioned process is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Edmund W. Chu, Jeffrey M. Shoup, Kirit N. Shah
  • Trailer hitch
    Patent number: 6669223
    Abstract: A vehicle trailer hitch including an aluminum tubular U-shaped strut and a cast aluminum receiver mounted thereto. Ends of the strut tube are flatted to form integral planar mounting flanges for mounting the hitch to a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Dinesh C. Sekaria, John W. Cobes, Robert P. Evert, Walter R. Reichelt, Jeffrey M. Shoup, Kirit N. Shah
  • Receiver for a trailer hitch
    Publication number: 20030184049
    Abstract: A vehicle trailer hitch including an aluminum tubular U-shaped strut and a cast aluminum receiver mounted thereto. Ends of the strut tube are flatted to form integral planar mounting flanges for mounting the hitch to a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Dinesh C. Seksaria, John W. Cobes, Robert P. Evert, Walter R. Reichelt, Jeffrey M. Shoup, Kirit N. Shah
  • Trailer hitch
    Publication number: 20030038453
    Abstract: A vehicle trailer hitch including an aluminum tubular U-shaped strut and a cast aluminum receiver mounted thereto. Ends of the strut tube are flatted to form integral planar mounting flanges for mounting the hitch to a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Dinesh C. Seksaria, John W. Cobes, Robert P. Evert, Walter R. Reichelt, Jeffrey M. Shoup, Kirit N. Shah
  • Trailer hitch
    Patent number: 6464240
    Abstract: A vehicle trailer hitch including an aluminum tubular U-shaped strut and a cast aluminum receiver mounted thereto. Ends of the strut tube are flatted to form integral planar mounting flanges for mounting the hitch to a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Dinesh C. Seksaria, John W. Cobes, Robert P. Evert, Walter R. Reichelt, Jeffrey M. Shoup, Kirit N. Shah