Patents by Inventor Mohammed Omar Faruque
Mohammed Omar Faruque 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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Publication number: 20180281649Abstract: An automotive armrest includes an elastic core defining a patterned array of channels extending therethrough such that the elastic core exhibits a predetermined target vertical stiffness and a predetermined target lateral stiffness different than the predetermined target vertical stiffness. The automotive armrest also includes a skin arranged with the elastic core.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Mohammed Omar Faruque, James Chih Cheng, Yijung Chen
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Patent number: 10086794Abstract: A seatbelt retractor assembly includes a disk having a cam surface and a cam follower surface. A lever that engages the cam surface when the lever is in a disengaged position and engages the cam follower surface when the lever is in an engaged position. The lever moves from the disengaged position to the engaged position in accordance with rotation of the disc. A Hall effect switch detects whether the lever is in the disengaged position or the engaged position.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Iskander Farooq, Robert William McCoy
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Patent number: 10086793Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine compartment and two rockers fixed relative to the engine compartment. The two rockers define a passenger cabin. A first water sensor is disposed in the engine compartment, and second and third water sensors are disposed in the passenger cabin at the rockers. A seatbelt buckle is disposed in the passenger cabin and has an actuator. A control module is in communication with the water sensors and the actuator. The control module is programmed to actuate the actuator based on signals from the water sensors.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNGLOGIES, LLCInventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
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Publication number: 20180265033Abstract: A restraint system includes a housing, a spool rotatably coupled to the housing, and an actuator fixed relative to the housing. The spool has a base plate with holes. The holes are spaced from each other circumferentially about the spool. The actuator has a pin movable between an engaged position extending into one of the holes and a disengaged position spaced from the holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dean M. Jaradi, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque
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Publication number: 20180265027Abstract: An impact absorbing system includes a vehicle floor, a rocker, and a reinforcement member. The rocker is disposed below the vehicle floor. The reinforcement member is supported on the rocker. The reinforcement member is deployable from an undeployed position beneath the vehicle floor to a deployed position above the vehicle floor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2017Publication date: September 20, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Saied Nusier, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
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Patent number: 10071690Abstract: A vehicle center console includes an expandable top disposed on a storage bin. The center console is slidably connected to a floor pan and is movable towards the second-row seats. The expandable top includes a central component having an upper side and an underside, and a telescoping mechanism attached to first and second movable side components. The telescoping mechanism includes a body connected to the underside and a pair of telescoping arms extending from opposing sides of the body and movable between at least an extended position and a collapsed position. Each of the side components are attached to one of the arms such that undersides of the side components overlap the upper side of the central component when the arms are in the collapsed position, and the upper side of the central component is substantially flush with upper sides of the side components when the arms are in the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mohammed Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
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Patent number: 10065592Abstract: An airbag includes a hub defining an inflation chamber and inflatable fins. The inflatable fins are connected to the hub and spaced from each other around a circumference of the hub. The inflatable fins extend radially from the hub in the inflated position.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Patent number: 10065586Abstract: A vehicle includes a frame, a wheel supported by the frame; and a device fixed to the frame. The device includes an inflator and an inflatable member in fluid communication with the inflator. The inflatable member is inflatable away from the frame and into contact with the wheel to push the wheel away from the frame during sensed impact of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Saeed David Barbat, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Patent number: 10059234Abstract: A seatback includes a lower frame, an upper frame, and a hinge coupling the lower and upper frames. An actuator is fixed relative to the lower frame, and a cable extends from the actuator to the upper frame. In the event of a collision, the actuator pulls the cable, and the upper frame moves from an upright position to a bent position relative to the lower frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Saeed David Barbat, Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque
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Patent number: 10059296Abstract: A vehicle interior includes an interior compartment and a table in the interior compartment. The table has a top surface including a perimeter. An airbag extends around the perimeter of the top surface of the table. The airbag is inflatable in response to a vehicle impact to limit the likelihood of an occupant impacting the table and/or to absorb energy from the occupant during the vehicle impact.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque
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Publication number: 20180236970Abstract: A vehicle includes seats having both a primary three-point seatbelt and a supplemental two-point seatbelt. Occupation of a first seat is determined. The three-point seatbelt is determined as being one of buckled and unbuckled. The two-point seatbelt is determined as being one of buckled and unbuckled. A warning signal is initiated upon determining that one of the seatbelts is unbuckled and the seat is occupied. The warning signal is terminated upon determining that both of the seatbelts are buckled and that the signal has been initiated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2017Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
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Publication number: 20180236967Abstract: A seat assembly for a vehicle includes a seat, and a first seatbelt having a first end and a second end. The first end of the first seatbelt is coupled to the seat. The seat assembly includes a latch plate and a second seatbelt. The latch plate is fixed to the second end of the first seatbelt, and the second seatbelt is slideably coupled to the latch plate. The first seatbelt and the second seatbelt increase lateral support of the occupant during, e.g., a rollover event, oblique or side impacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2017Publication date: August 23, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
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Patent number: 10053164Abstract: A vehicle includes a wall having a cylindrical shape and surrounding a passenger compartment. The vehicle includes a table in the passenger compartment, a circular track fixed in the compartment and extending around the table, and a plurality of seats mounted to and independently slidable along the track.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Mohammed Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
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Publication number: 20180229681Abstract: An airbag assembly includes a base member and an airbag supported by the base member and being inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes a panel and a plurality of sheets attached to the panel. The panel includes a first portion extending in a first direction from the base member to a distal end and a second portion extending in a second direction transverse to the first direction from the base member to a distal end. Each sheet is elongated in the first direction along the first portion of the panel and elongated in the second direction along the second portion of the panel. During a vehicle impact, the momentum of the occupant may move the occupant towards the airbag. The airbag may absorb energy from the head and knees of the occupant, which may assist in reducing injuries.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
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Publication number: 20180229688Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine compartment and two rockers fixed relative to the engine compartment. The two rockers define a passenger cabin. A first water sensor is disposed in the engine compartment, and second and third water sensors are disposed in the passenger cabin at the rockers. A seatbelt buckle is disposed in the passenger cabin and has an actuator. A control module is in communication with the water sensors and the actuator. The control module is programmed to actuate the actuator based on signals from the water sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
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Patent number: 10046723Abstract: A passive energy absorber to be supported by a bumper of a vehicle is disclosed. The passive energy absorber may include a base extending laterally, multiple fins, and multiple stoppers. Each fin may extend longitudinally from the base and be spaced laterally from adjacent fins to form lateral gaps therebetween. Each stopper may form, with a corresponding portion of the base, a triangular prism in a different lateral gap. The base, multiple fins, and multiple stoppers may be formed of polymeric material.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Mohammed Omar Faruque, James Chih Cheng
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Patent number: 10046675Abstract: A vehicle includes a wall having a hanger. The vehicle also includes a floor having a track. A seatback of a seat is supported by the hanger and the track.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Michael James Whitens, Dean M. Jaradi, Cortney Stancato, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Saied Nusier
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Patent number: 10040421Abstract: A retractor includes a spool, a torsion bar and a torsion tube rotationally fixed to the spool, and a locking member aligned with the torsion bar. The torsion bar and the torsion tube extend coaxially from the spool to respective first ends, and the torsion bar has a key. The locking member is movable from an unlocked position rotationally disengaged with the torsion bar to a locked position wherein the key rotationally fixes the locking member to the first end of the torsion bar. When the locking member is in the unlocked position, the torsion bar may be plastically deformed to limit the load applied by webbing against an occupant. If sufficient force is applied to the webbing, the locking member moves to the locked position in which both torsion bar and the torsion tube are locked together and, in tandem, limit the load applied by the webbing.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Saeed David Barbat, Mohammed Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Publication number: 20180215338Abstract: An airbag for a vehicle includes a top, a bottom, a first panel, and a second panel spaced from the first panel. The airbag includes a first leg, a second leg, and a middle leg. The first leg extends from the first panel in a rearward direction. The second leg extends from the second panel in the rearward direction. The middle leg extends from the first panel and the second panel in the rearward direction. The first panel and the second panel each slant in the rearward direction along a direction from the top to the bottom of the airbag. The first panel and the second panel of the airbag in the inflated position may urge occupants to remain upright during an impact event, reducing loading on a chest of the occupants from seat belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mohammed Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
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Patent number: 10035484Abstract: A seat in a vehicle includes a seatback and an airbag assembly. The seatback includes a frame and an upholstery supported by the frame. The upholstery includes an inner surface facing the frame. The airbag assembly is fixed to the inner surface of the upholstery. The airbag assembly of the seat provides coverage of the seatback so as to absorb impact energy for knees and a head of an occupant seated behind the seat.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq