Patents by Inventor Mohammed Omar

Mohammed Omar 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).

  • 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
  • Downwardly inflatable vehicle airbag
    Patent number: 9789840
    Abstract: A vehicle interior includes a roof, a seat including a seatback, and an airbag supported by the roof. The airbag is inflatable away from the roof to an inflated position surrounding the seatback. During an impact of the vehicle, the airbag may be inflated from an uninflated position to the inflated position to absorb energy from an occupant of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque
  • Seat-belt retractor assembly
    Patent number: 9789848
    Abstract: A restraint system includes a housing, a spool, a disc, a cutter, a plate, and an actuator. The spool is rotatably coupled to the housing. The disc is fixed to the spool. The cutter is moveable along a path from a spaced position away from the disc to a cutting position adjacent the disc. The plate is moveable between an engaged position extending in the path and a disengaged position spaced from the path. The actuator is coupled to the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Mohammed Shenaq
  • Bumper assembly including lower leg stiffener
    Patent number: 9783153
    Abstract: A bumper assembly includes a bumper beam, an actuator, and a lower stiffener. The actuator includes a base mounted to the bumper beam, and a rod moveably engaged with the base along a vertical axis. The lower stiffener is fixed to the rod. Depending on pre-determined vehicle speeds, the lower stiffener moves from a deployed position to a retracted position based on pedestrian leg impact considerations and to reduce the likelihood of lower stiffener damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Iskander Farooq, James Chih Cheng, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, Brian Robert Spahn
  • DOWNWARDLY INFLATABLE VEHICLE AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20170267204
    Abstract: A vehicle interior includes a roof, a seat including a seatback, and an airbag supported by the roof. The airbag is inflatable away from the roof to an inflated position surrounding the seatback. During an impact of the vehicle, the airbag may be inflated from an uninflated position to the inflated position to absorb energy from an occupant of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque
  • SEAT-BELT RETRACTOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20170267210
    Abstract: A restraint system includes a housing, a spool, a disc, a cutter, a plate, and an actuator. The spool is rotatably coupled to the housing. The disc is fixed to the spool. The cutter is moveable along a path from a spaced position away from the disc to a cutting position adjacent the disc. The plate is moveable between an engaged position extending in the path and a disengaged position spaced from the path. The actuator is coupled to the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Mohammed Shenaq
  • VEHICLE TABLE WITH DEPLOYABLE AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20170259772
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque
  • BUMPER REINFORCING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20170259766
    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: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Nirmal Muralidharan, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Sudip Sankar Bhattacharjee, Mohammed Omar Faruque
  • Restraint system
    Patent number: 9758127
    Abstract: A restraint system in a vehicle includes a first retractor, a second retractor, a first webbing retractably coupled to the first retractor, a second webbing retractably coupled to the second retractor, a first lower vest panel attached to the first webbing, and a second lower vest panel attached to the second webbing. The lower vest panels are inflatable and releasably attachable to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Methods and systems for a detachable fuel pipe of a vehicle fueling system
    Patent number: 9751395
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a detachable fuel pipe of a vehicle fuel system. In one example, a method may include, in response to a detected vehicle collision, removing physical and fluidic couplings between the detachable fuel pipe and a fuel tank. The method may further include sealing the fuel tank upon removing the couplings to the detachable fuel pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammed Omar Faruque, Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
  • SPRING-ASSIST LOCK AND RELEASE LOWER LEG FRONT-END STIFFENER
    Publication number: 20170247014
    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: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Srinivasan Sundararajan, James Chih Cheng, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • HIDDEN FOLDABLE TRAY TABLE
    Publication number: 20170246973
    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: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: S. M. Iskander FAROOQ, Scott Holmes DUNHAM, Dean M. JARADI, Mohammed Omar FARUQUE
  • Upwardly inflatable vehicle airbag
    Patent number: 9744932
    Abstract: A vehicle interior includes a floor, an airbag supported by the floor and being inflatable away from the floor to an inflated position. The airbag includes an outer panel, an inner panel, and an inflation chamber defined between the inner panel and the outer panel. In the inflated position, the outer panel and the inner panel extend along a curved path about an axis transverse to the floor. During a vehicle impact, the airbag may be inflated to the inflated position to absorb energy from an occupant of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammed Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
  • One-Piece Closure Member for a Vehicle
    Publication number: 20170241191
    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: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • DEFORMABLE ARMREST HAVING A PATTERNED ARRAY OF CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20170232872
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Mohammed Omar Faruque, James Chih Cheng, Yijung Chen