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).

  • Seatbelt airbag assembly
    Patent number: 9849855
    Abstract: A seatbelt assembly includes a webbing guide defining a slot, webbing extending through the slot, an airbag, and a clamp. The airbag includes a fixed end fixed relative to the webbing guide and an inflatable end portion inflatable away from the fixed end along the webbing. The clamp is attached to the inflatable end portion and is movable from an unlocked position disengaged with the webbing to a locked position engaging the webbing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammed Omar Faruque, Saeed David Barbat, Dean M. Jaradi, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • Hidden foldable tray table
    Patent number: 9849819
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a table that may be selectively stored in a portion of a vehicle console. An outer housing member having a storage cavity therein attaches to a side of the vehicle console. A support shaft supporting a table is mounted for sliding and rotational movement with respect to the vehicle console. The support shaft is slidable in a first direction from a storage position wherein the table is positioned in a vertical orientation in the cavity of the outer housing member. The support shaft is also rotatable 270 degrees from the storage position to move the table into a horizontal use position after removal from the storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Scott Holmes Dunham, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque
  • AIRBAG ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AIRBAG AND PANEL HAVING DEPRESSED REGION
    Publication number: 20170361802
    Abstract: An airbag assembly includes an airbag and a panel. The panel extends from a first apex to a second apex each spaced from the airbag. The panel includes a depressed region between the first apex and the second apex. The depressed region is attached to the airbag. During a vehicle impact, the momentum of the occupant may move the occupant toward the depressed region of the panel. The airbag may absorb energy from the occupant, and the apexes encourage the occupant to be retained in the depressed region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque
  • One-piece closure member for a vehicle
    Patent number: 9845115
    Abstract: A closure panel including an outer shell for closing an opening defined by a vehicle body and an inner reinforcement. The outer shell and inner reinforcement are formed as a plurality of additive layers. The inner reinforcement includes an integral thickened edge formed around the periphery of the outer shell, an integral latch buttress provided on a first side of the inner reinforcement and a pair of integral hinge buttresses provided on a second side of the inner reinforcement. Internally threaded protrusions may be formed as additive deposits on the integral buttresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • VEHICLE SEATBACK
    Publication number: 20170355288
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Saeed David Barbat, Dean M. Jaradi, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque
  • Deployable hood release handle
    Patent number: 9840858
    Abstract: A motor vehicle hood latch mechanism comprises a latch assembly including a primary latch and a secondary latch. The secondary latch restrains the hood in a released position subsequent movement of the primary latch to an unlocked position. The secondary latch secures a striker to restrain the hood in a released position and allows the hood to move to an open position upon manipulation. An improved secondary latch release handle comprises a secondary latch release handle arm having a retracted position and a deployed position outside of the motor vehicle, the secondary latch release handle arm extending longitudinally forward relative the motor vehicle in each of the retracted and deployed positions, wherein the secondary latch release handle arm is extended forward to the deployed position by purely translational motion upon movement of the primary latch to the unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, Gary Steven Strumolo
  • SEATBELT AIRBAG ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20170349130
    Abstract: A seatbelt assembly includes a webbing guide defining a slot, webbing extending through the slot, an airbag, and a clamp. The airbag includes a fixed end fixed relative to the webbing guide and an inflatable end portion inflatable away from the fixed end along the webbing. The clamp is attached to the inflatable end portion and is movable from an unlocked position disengaged with the webbing to a locked position engaging the webbing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammed Omar Faruque, Saeed David Barbat, Dean M. Jaradi, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • LOAD-LIMITING RETRACTOR
    Publication number: 20170341625
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Saeed David Barbat, Mohammed Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • Bumper reinforcing assembly
    Patent number: 9827931
    Abstract: A vehicle front end includes a bumper and a carrier attached to the bumper. A plurality of fins are movably attached to the carrier and are spaced from each other. The fins taper in a direction transverse to the bumper. The fins may be moved to a deployed position to reinforce the bumper to improve low-speed damageability of the bumper, and may be moved to an inactive position, which may allow a fascia to more easily deform relative to the deployed position to provide energy absorption for pedestrian impacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Nirmal Muralidharan, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Sudip Sankar Bhattacharjee, Mohammed Omar Faruque
  • Load limiting seat belt buckle assemblies
    Patent number: 9827947
    Abstract: A seat belt buckle assembly includes a buckle housing; a plate extending from the buckle housing and defining a slot; and a bracket including a rivet engaged in the slot. The plate and rivet are configured such that, in response to an impact force that exceeds a threshold acting to pull the buckle housing away from the bracket, the slot plastically deforms, permitting the buckle housing and plate to translate relative to the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Shenaq, Mohammed Omar Faruque
  • Energy absorber with fixed angled fins
    Patent number: 9827933
    Abstract: An energy absorbing system includes a carrier having a wall extending along a longitudinal axis. The energy absorber has a first leg and a second leg extending in a first direction away from the wall. A plurality of fins are fixed to and extend from the wall in the first direction, at approximately 60 to 65 degrees relative to the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Chih Cheng, Srinivasan Sundararajan, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Nirmal Muralidharan, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • ACTIVE VEHICLE INTERIOR TRIM PANEL WITH ACCORDION FOLD
    Publication number: 20170334368
    Abstract: An active trim panel is for covering at least a portion of a pillar in a vehicle interior. The panel may include a body for covering the portion of the pillar. The body includes at least one accordion fold for expanding from a first position with the body closer to the pillar to a second position with the body spaced from the pillar as a result of the expansion of the accordion fold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Mohammed Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
  • ENERGY ABSORBER WITH FIXED ANGLED FINS
    Publication number: 20170334381
    Abstract: An energy absorbing system includes a carrier having a wall extending along a longitudinal axis. The energy absorber has a first leg and a second leg extending in a first direction away from the wall. A plurality of fins are fixed to and extend from the wall in the first direction, at approximately 60 to 65 degrees relative to the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: James Chih Cheng, Srinivasan Sundararajan, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Nirmal Muralidharan, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Spring assist lock and release lower leg front-end stiffener
    Patent number: 9821754
    Abstract: A vehicle front-end stiffener includes a hinge bracket pivotally coupled to a support bracket. The hinge bracket supports a stiffener beam. A spring engages the support bracket and the hinge bracket biasing the stiffener beam in a deployed position. A moving element in a locking mechanism can retractably interlock the hinge bracket when a vehicle exceeds a threshold speed to maintain the stiffener beam in the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Srinivasan Sundararajan, James Chih Cheng, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Seat-belt mounting system
    Patent number: 9821759
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a mounting plate having at least one deformable opening arranged to receive a securing member. The opening is configured to deform when a load on the mounting plate exceeds a predetermined threshold. The apparatus includes a ring member connected to the mounting plate. The ring member includes an opening to receive a strap there-through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Inflatable cushion disposed between front and rear seats of a vehicle
    Patent number: 9821697
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a floor, a rear seat, and a front seat rotatable relative to the rear seat from a first position facing the rear seat to a second position facing away from the rear seat. An inflatable cushion is supported by the floor and is disposed between the front seat and the rear seat. A pressure control device is in communication with the inflatable cushion. The inflatable cushion may be used by an occupant of the vehicle as a footrest and/or a bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Hinge for a vehicle hood
    Patent number: 9821755
    Abstract: A hinge for a hood of a vehicle includes a first bracket, a member coupled to and rotatable relative to the first bracket, and a second bracket coupled to and rotatable relative to the member. An actuator includes a base connected to the first bracket and a rod moveable relative to the base. The rod moves from a retracted position to an extended position in contact with the second bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Sudip Sankar Bhattacharjee, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Pretensioning, force-limiting seat belt assembly
    Patent number: 9821758
    Abstract: A seat belt assembly for a vehicle includes a pretensioner, and a cable connected to the pretensioner. The seat belt assembly includes a torsion bar having a plurality of teeth. The cable has slots interlocking with the teeth. During a sensed impact of the vehicle, the pretensioner is activated to retract the cable to pretension the seat belt assembly relative to an occupant of the vehicle. The interlocking of the slots with the teeth exerts torsional forces on the torsion bar, which yields to reduce forces on a chest of the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Shenaq, Mohammed Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Robert William McCoy
  • STAMPING DIE ADJUSTMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20170326648
    Abstract: A method of adjusting a stamping die is provided. The method includes providing a two-sided stamping die configured to form parts from sheet metal blanks according to a desired geometry upon closing the die, adjusting the desired geometry of the part, and repeatedly depositing layer upon layer of material onto a first side of the die in a stacked configuration to modify the geometry of the first side of the die such that the die forms parts from sheet metal blanks according to the adjusted desired geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: James Chih CHENG, Mohammed Omar FARUQUE, Yijung CHEN
  • External roof-rack mounted airbag
    Patent number: 9815427
    Abstract: Systems for providing for an external vehicle airbag to mitigate the negative effects of vehicle rollover are described. In an exemplary implementation, one or more airbags are disposed inside the roof rails attached to a vehicle roof. In the event of a vehicle rollover, the airbags will deploy and extend downward along the sides of the vehicle. The airbags may be held in desirable deployed position by one or more elastic tethers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Saeed David Barbat, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi