Patents by Inventor Nidhin Kuniyil

Nidhin Kuniyil 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: 11739572
    Abstract: A door handle assembly includes a frame, a mechanical deployment unit, and a handle. The frame is to be mounted to a door. The frame having a housing portion and an exterior surface having a cavity. The mechanical deployment unit is disposed in the housing portion. The handle is disposed in the cavity, pivoted to the frame and operably coupled to the mechanical deployment unit. The handle is flush with the exterior surface and locked with the mechanical deployment unit in an undeployed position. Upon a first actuation, the handle unlocks from the undeployed position to protrude from the cavity in a deployed position and moves back to the undeployed position upon a second actuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Nidhin Kuniyil, Ravindra Desai, Virupaxi P.
  • Publication number: 20230184008
    Abstract: A vehicle having a door operation assembly having an internal door handle assembly, an outside door handle assembly, and an arrester component. The arrester component includes a housing, a barrier, and an activator/deactivator. When the vehicle door is in a locked state and the outside door handle is in a flush position, the activator/deactivator causes the barrier to engage with an outside door handle of the door handle assembly to arrest the movement of the door handle from the flush position to a deployed position. When the vehicle door is in the locked state and the door handle is in the deployed position, the activator/deactivator causes the barrier to disengage from the door handle to allow the movement of the outside door handle from the deployed position to the flush position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Nidhin KUNIYIL, Ravindra DESAI, Virupaxi PAYANNAVAR, Amit NAMANNAVAR
  • Publication number: 20230133814
    Abstract: Examples of a door handle assembly are disclosed. The door handle assembly has a frame, a handle, a push-push assembly, and a bell crank. The frame has a housing portion and a cavity and is mountable to a door. The handle is disposed in the cavity and pivotably coupled to the frame. The push-push assembly is positioned with a longitudinal axis thereof substantially orthogonal to the handle. The bell crank is pivotably mounted to the frame and operably coupled to the handle and also in cooperative coupling with the push-push assembly. The bell crank has a primary profile having a slanted shape engaged with the push-push assembly to move the push-push assembly between discharged and recharged conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Nidhin KUNIYIL, Virupaxi PAYANNAVAR, Ravindra DESAI, Amit NAMANNAVAR
  • Publication number: 20200131814
    Abstract: Examples of a door handle assembly are disclosed. The door handle assembly includes a frame, a mechanical deployment unit, and a handle. The frame is to be mounted to a door. The frame having a housing portion and an exterior surface having a cavity. The mechanical deployment unit is disposed in the housing portion. The handle is disposed in the cavity, pivoted to the frame and operably coupled to the mechanical deployment unit. The handle is flush with the exterior surface and locked with the mechanical deployment unit in an undeployed position. Upon a first actuation, the handle unlocks from the undeployed position to protrude from the cavity in a deployed position and moves back to the undeployed position upon a second actuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Nidhin Kuniyil, Ravindra Desai, Virupaxi P.