Patents by Inventor Kris Allyn Warmann

Kris Allyn Warmann 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).

  • Patent number: 10604108
    Abstract: A restraint system includes a webbing-guide shell including a guide portion and a sloping portion, and a member reinforcing the sloping portion. The guide portion includes a slot and an opening from the slot through the guide portion, and the sloping portion includes a top surface sloping downwardly in a vehicle-inboard direction. The material of the member is stronger than the material of the webbing-guide shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Joseph Abramoski, Edward Joseph DeSmet, Jr., Christopher Donald Schop, Travis Justin Raines, Kris Allyn Warmann
  • Publication number: 20190161055
    Abstract: A restraint system includes a webbing-guide shell including a guide portion and a sloping portion, and a member reinforcing the sloping portion. The guide portion includes a slot and an opening from the slot through the guide portion, and the sloping portion includes a top surface sloping downwardly in a vehicle-inboard direction. The material of the member is stronger than the material of the webbing-guide shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Joseph Abramoski, Edward Joseph DeSmet, JR., Christopher Donald Schop, Travis Justin Raines, Kris Allyn Warmann
  • Patent number: 10252689
    Abstract: A knee airbag includes a front panel, a rear panel and first and second tethers. The first tether is between the panels and defines an outboard chamber. The second tether is between the panels and defines an inboard chamber. The tethers cooperatively define a center chamber. The chambers, in an inflated position, are substantially vertical and parallel. The inboard chamber is thinner than the other chambers. In the inflated position, the tethers respectively define first and second knee-receiving pockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Deepak Patel, Kris Allyn Warmann, Edward Joseph Abramoski, Zhibing Deng, Morteza Tanbakuchi
  • Publication number: 20190039551
    Abstract: A knee airbag includes a front panel, a rear panel and first and second tethers. The first tether is between the panels and defines an outboard chamber. The second tether is between the panels and defines an inboard chamber. The tethers cooperatively define a center chamber. The chambers, in an inflated position, are substantially vertical and parallel. The inboard chamber is thinner than the other chambers. In the inflated position, the tethers respectively define first and second knee-receiving pockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Deepak Patel, Kris Allyn Warmann, Edward Joseph Abramoski, Zhibing Deng, Morteza Tanbakuchi
  • Patent number: 10000112
    Abstract: A door assembly for a vehicle includes a door panel and a door trim panel comprising a shaped pelvic load path energy-absorbing feature disposed on a door panel-facing surface of the door trim panel. The shaped pelvic load path energy-absorbing feature is defined by a plurality of stepped surfaces, which in turn may define as various cross-sectional shapes for the shaped pelvic load path energy-absorbing feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Deepak Patel, Li Lu, Linh Doan, Bhavani Thota, Kris Allyn Warmann
  • Publication number: 20180065454
    Abstract: A door assembly for a vehicle includes a door panel and a door trim panel comprising a shaped pelvic load path energy-absorbing feature disposed on a door panel-facing surface of the door trim panel. The shaped pelvic load path energy-absorbing feature is defined by a plurality of stepped surfaces, which in turn may define as various cross-sectional shapes for the shaped pelvic load path energy-absorbing feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Deepak Patel, Li Lu, Linh Doan, Bhavani Thota, Kris Allyn Warmann
  • Patent number: 8857898
    Abstract: A collision management system comprising at least one of a guiding-bracket and a catch configured to inhibit forward movement of an under-hung spare-tire during a collision. The guiding-bracket may connect to and extend downward from a floor, or sprung-mass component, of the vehicle. The spare-tire may contact the guiding-bracket during a collision substantially inhibiting further movement, deflecting it downward away from the vehicle, deflecting it toward a suspension component, and/or deflecting it toward the catch. The catch may be connected to and extend upward from a suspension component. The catch may also inhibit spare-tire forward movement, may puncture the tire of the spare-tire, and may pull the spare-tire downward with the movement of the suspension component to which it is attached during the collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hassan Najib Dubaisi, Kris Allyn Warmann, Anderson Luis de Castro Oliveira