Patents by Inventor MANOJ PATNALA

MANOJ PATNALA 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: 10752197
    Abstract: An instrument panel includes a housing and an airbag. The housing includes a chute elongated to an end and a door at least partially covering the end of the chute. The airbag is disposed in the chute. The housing includes a first ridge elongated along a perimeter of the end of the chute and a second ridge elongated along a perimeter of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Manoj Patnala, Nicholas Andrew Mazzocchi, Alan Perelli
  • Patent number: 10703318
    Abstract: An instrument panel includes a substrate having an outer surface and an inner surface, a covering, a foam layer between the outer surface and the covering, and a chute elongated to an end. The end is attached to the inner surface. The end includes a protrusion elongated along a perimeter of the end and extending through the substrate into the foam layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Manoj Patnala, Nicholas Andrew Mazzocchi, Alan Perelli
  • Publication number: 20200016798
    Abstract: A method of forming wrapped components includes positioning an injection molded skin in a mold, forming a foam-in-place (FIP) foam substrate against the injection molded skin, removing the injection molded skin from the FIP foam substrate, bonding an external wrap to the FIP foam substrate, and reusing the injection molded polyolefin skin to form additional FIP foam substrates. A spacer layer may be bonded between and to the FIP foam substrate and the external wrap. The injection molded skin may be formed from a polyolefin polymer and may be a thermoplastic elastomer such as a thermoplastic vulcanizate. The FIP foam substrate may a FIP urethane foam substrate and the external wrap may be a leather wrap or a faux leather wrap. The injection molded skin reusable and may used a predetermined number of times, e.g., at least ten times, before being replaced by a replacement injection molded skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Bari Brown, Manoj Patnala
  • Publication number: 20190315301
    Abstract: An instrument panel includes a housing and an airbag. The housing includes a chute elongated to an end and a door at least partially covering the end of the chute. The airbag is disposed in the chute. The housing includes a first ridge elongated along a perimeter of the end of the chute and a second ridge elongated along a perimeter of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: MANOJ PATNALA, NICHOLAS ANDREW MAZZOCCHI, ALAN PERELLI
  • Publication number: 20190315302
    Abstract: An instrument panel includes a substrate having an outer surface and an inner surface, a covering, a foam layer between the outer surface and the covering, and a chute elongated to an end. The end is attached to the inner surface. The end includes a protrusion elongated along a perimeter of the end and extending through the substrate into the foam layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Manoj Patnala, Nicholas Andrew Mazzocchi, Alan Perelli