Patents by Inventor Nagesh A. Basavanahalli

Nagesh A. Basavanahalli 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).

  • Closed loop vehicle frame structure for laterally spaced suspension components
    Patent number: 6113180
    Abstract: A framing structure for the rear portion of an automotive, including a pair of spaced and generally vertically oriented suspension strut towers each tower fixed at lower and upper end portions to a lower cross beam and an upper cross beam respectively and with each cross beam extending the full width of the vehicle and with each beam having a closed cross-sectional configuration to providing a high degree of structural rigidity as a mounting platform for the left and right rear wheel suspensions. A yoke-like structure on the upper ends of each suspension strut tower supports an end portion of the upper cross beam, each yoke including a pair of spaced side walls between which an end portion of the beam extends so that in vehicle assembly the beam's end portions are positioned or floated in a respective yoke in sliding engagement between the spaced side walls which permits independent lateral shifting of the upper end portion of each strut tower into desired alignment with the vehicle and with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Max A. Corporon, Norman B. Robbins, Nagesh A. Basavanahalli
  • Closed loop vehicle frame structure for laterally spaced suspension components
    Patent number: 6088918
    Abstract: A framing structure for the rear portion of an automotive, including a pair of spaced and generally vertically oriented suspension strut towers each tower fixed at lower and upper end portions to a lower cross beam and an upper cross beam respectively and with each cross beam extending the full width of the vehicle and with each beam having a closed cross-sectional configuration to providing a high degree of structural rigidity as a mounting platform for the left and right rear wheel suspensions. A yoke-like structure on the upper ends of each suspension strut tower supports an end portion of the upper cross beam, each yoke including a pair of spaced side walls between which an end portion of the beam extends so that in vehicle assembly the beam's end portions are positioned or floated in a respective yoke in sliding engagement between the spaced side walls which permits independent lateral shifting of the upper end portion of each strut tower into desired alignment with the vehicle and with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Max A. Corporon, Norman B. Robbins, Nagesh A. Basavanahalli