Patents by Inventor Luis Enrique Castillo jaime

Luis Enrique Castillo jaime 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).

  • Arrangement configured to oppose movement of vehicle door
    Patent number: 11964547
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle with an arrangement configured to oppose movement of a vehicle door, and a corresponding method. An example motor vehicle includes a body, a door configured to slide relative to the body between an open position and a closed position, and a bracket connected to the door. The bracket includes a slot. Further, a locking arm is mounted to the body, and, when the door is in the closed position, the locking arm is configured to move such that the locking arm is received in the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Michelle Carolina Herrera Gutierrez, Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Antonio Dario Garay Serrano, Alejandro Sánchez Islas, Zhibing Deng
  • ARRANGEMENT CONFIGURED TO OPPOSE MOVEMENT OF VEHICLE DOOR
    Publication number: 20230066207
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle with an arrangement configured to oppose movement of a vehicle door, and a corresponding method. An example motor vehicle includes a body, a door configured to slide relative to the body between an open position and a closed position, and a bracket connected to the door. The bracket includes a slot. Further, a locking arm is mounted to the body, and, when the door is in the closed position, the locking arm is configured to move such that the locking arm is received in the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Michelle Carolina Herrera Gutierrez, Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Antonio Dario Garay Serrano, Alejandro Sánchez Islas, Zhibing Deng
  • Vehicle seat assembly
    Patent number: 11345264
    Abstract: An assembly includes a seat bottom having a rear and a pair of sides extending in a seat-forward direction from the rear. The assembly includes a seatback rotatably supported by the seat bottom. The assembly includes an active actuator operatively connected to the seatback to rotate the seatback about a vertical axis toward one of the sides of the seat bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Fernando Lozano Omaña, Dante Arturo Rodriguez Camacho, Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Michelle Carolina Herrera Gutienez, Zhibing Deng
  • VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20220105840
    Abstract: An assembly includes a seat bottom having a rear and a pair of sides extending in a seat-forward direction from the rear. The assembly includes a seatback rotatably supported by the seat bottom. The assembly includes an active actuator operatively connected to the seatback to rotate the seatback about a vertical axis toward one of the sides of the seat bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Fernando Lozano Omaña, Dante Arturo Rodriguez Camacho, Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Michelle Carolina Herrera Gutienez, Zhibing Deng
  • Vehicle airbag
    Patent number: 10821930
    Abstract: An assembly includes a track and a base movable along the track. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the base. The assembly includes a pyrotechnic device designed to move the base along the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Gustavo Morales Cabrera, Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Jorge Carlos Tellez Valdes
  • VEHICLE AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20200094766
    Abstract: An assembly includes a track and a base movable along the track. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the base. The assembly includes a pyrotechnic device designed to move the base along the track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: SRINIVAS REDDY MALAPATI, GUSTAVO MORALES CABRERA, LUIS ENRIQUE CASTILLO JAIME, JORGE CARLOS TELLEZ VALDES
  • Airbag assembly
    Patent number: 10518737
    Abstract: An airbag includes a main panel defining an inflation chamber and being inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes an extension extending from the main panel and defining an extension chamber. The airbag includes a side panel spaced from the main panel in the inflated position and fixed to the extension. The side panel is external to the extension chamber. The side panel, the extension, and the main panel define a cavity external to the extension chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Moises Blancas Galicia, Srinivas Reddy Malapati
  • AIRBAG ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190054887
    Abstract: An airbag includes a main panel defining an inflation chamber and being inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes an extension extending from the main panel and defining an extension chamber. The airbag includes a side panel spaced from the main panel in the inflated position and fixed to the extension. The side panel is external to the extension chamber. The side panel, the extension, and the main panel define a cavity external to the extension chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Moises Blancas Galicia, Srinivas Reddy Malapati
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ILLUMINATING A CARGO AREA OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190031094
    Abstract: An illumination system for illuminating a cargo area of a motor vehicle includes a displaceable floor panel, a lift point on the floor panel, a first light source configured to illuminate that lift point and a second light source configured to illuminate a spare tire and tools contained in a well below the floor panel and a third light that illuminates a warning image located on the face oriented toward the rear of the motor vehicle when the floor panel is raised from the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Nicole Pamela Herrera Gutierrez, Michelle Carolina Herrera Gutierrez, Scott Holmes Dunham, Stuart C. Salter
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ILLUMINATING A SPARE TIRE HELD IN A WELL UNDER A FLOORBOARD OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190031093
    Abstract: An apparatus for illuminating a spare tire and changing tools held in a well under a floorboard of a motor vehicle includes a light source and an activation switch. The activation switch is configured to turn on the light source when the floorboard is raised to access the spare tire and changing tools in the well. A related method of illuminating a spare tire held in a well under a floorboard of a motor vehicle is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Nicole Pamela Herrera Gutierrez, Michelle Carolina Herrera Gutierrez, Scott Holmes Dunham, Stuart C. Salter
  • Rotatably supported airbag
    Patent number: 10160417
    Abstract: An assembly includes a base having a pinion. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the base. The assembly includes a rack configured to engage the pinion. The assembly includes a pyrotechnic device configured to move the rack relative to the base and cause the rack to engage the pinion and rotate the base upon actuation of the pyrotechnic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Gustavo Morales Cabrera, Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Jorge Carlos Tellez Valdes
  • Restraint system
    Patent number: 10118582
    Abstract: A restraint system includes a side air curtain, a sail panel, and a secondary cushion. The side air curtain is inflatable to an inflated position and has a top edge, a bottom edge, and a forward edge extending from the top edge to the bottom edge. The sail panel extends from the forward edge. The secondary cushion is inflatable to an inflated position and is elongated in a direction away from the bottom edge and the forward edge toward the top edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Deepak Patel, Zhibing Deng, Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Nand K. Kochhar
  • Rotatably supported airbag
    Patent number: 10112573
    Abstract: An assembly includes a base having a pinion. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the base. The assembly includes a rack configured to engage the pinion. The assembly includes a pyrotechnic device configured to move the rack relative to the base and cause the rack to engage the pinion and rotate the base upon actuation of the pyrotechnic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Gustavo Morales Cabrera, Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Jorge Carlos Tellez Valdes
  • ROTATABLY SUPPORTED AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20180304847
    Abstract: An assembly includes a base having a pinion. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the base. The assembly includes a rack configured to engage the pinion. The assembly includes a pyrotechnic device configured to move the rack relative to the base and cause the rack to engage the pinion and rotate the base upon actuation of the pyrotechnic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Gustavo Morales Cabrera, Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Jorge Carlos Tellez Valdes
  • RESTRAINT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180170300
    Abstract: A restraint system includes a side air curtain, a sail panel, and a secondary cushion. The side air curtain is inflatable to an inflated position and has a top edge, a bottom edge, and a forward edge extending from the top edge to the bottom edge. The sail panel extends from the forward edge. The secondary cushion is inflatable to an inflated position and is elongated in a direction away from the bottom edge and the forward edge toward the top edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Deepak Patel, Zhibing Deng, Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Nand K. Kochhar
  • Vehicle side airbag with secondary chamber
    Patent number: 9994184
    Abstract: A side curtain airbag that has a rear chamber, a front chamber and a secondary chamber affixed to said front chamber. The side curtain air bag has tear stitching and permanent stitching connecting the secondary chamber to an inboard panel of the air curtain such that, in a deployed state, the secondary chamber occupies a gap between a driver airbag and the curtain airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Zhibing Deng, Luis Enrique Castillo jaime, Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Nial James Wykes
  • Vehicle impact absorbing system
    Patent number: 9862347
    Abstract: A first airbag has a first joining panel. A second airbag has a second joining panel. The first and second airbags are both inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The first and second joining panels are spaced from each other in the uninflated position. In the inflated position, the first joining panel is fixed to the second joining panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zhibing Deng, Luis Enrique Castillo jaime, Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Deepak Patel
  • VEHICLE IMPACT ABSORBING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170355342
    Abstract: A first airbag has a first joining panel. A second airbag has a second joining panel. The first and second airbags are both inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The first and second joining panels are spaced from each other in the uninflated position. in the inflated position, the first joining panel is fixed to the second joining panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zhibing Deng, Luis Enrique Castillo jaime, Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Deepak Patel
  • VEHICLE SIDE AIRBAG WITH SECONDARY CHAMBER
    Publication number: 20160288762
    Abstract: A side curtain airbag that has a rear chamber, a front chamber and a secondary chamber affixed to said front chamber. The side curtain air bag has tear stitching and permanent stitching connecting the secondary chamber to an inboard panel of the air curtain such that, in a deployed state, the secondary chamber occupies a gap between a driver airbag and the curtain airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Zhibing Deng, Luis Enrique Castillo jaime, Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Nial James Wykes