Patents by Inventor Omar Faruque

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).

  • Publication number: 20250062471
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle-battery enclosure including an upper plate and a lower plate spaced downwardly from the upper plate. The vehicle includes a vehicle battery between the upper plate and the lower plate. The vehicle includes vibration isolators, including a first vibration isolator and a second vibration isolator, between the vehicle-battery enclosure and the vehicle battery. The first vibration isolator is between vehicle battery and the upper plate. The second vibration isolator is between the vehicle battery and the lower plate. Each of the vibration isolators includes a coil spring and a molded portion encasing the coil spring. The molded portion is elastomeric polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • Publication number: 20250058737
    Abstract: A seat system includes a seat having a seatback and a seat bottom extending in a seat-forward direction from the seatback. A seatbelt retractor is mounted to the seatback and an anchor is carried by the seat bottom and movable seat-rearward and seat-forward between a retracted position and an extended position. A seatbelt webbing extends from the seatbelt retractor and is attached to the anchor. An actuator is operatively coupled to the anchor to move the anchor between the retracted position and the extended position. A lock is operable to selectively retain the anchor in the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque
  • Patent number: 12221059
    Abstract: A restraint system includes a retractor housing; a spool rotatably coupled to the retractor housing and defining an axis of rotation; an inner torsion bar elongated along the axis of rotation and positioned coaxially in the spool; an outer torsion bar elongated along the axis of rotation, extending coaxially around the inner torsion bar, and positioned coaxially in the spool; an engagement member selectively engageable with the outer torsion bar; and a solenoid operable to move the engagement member into engagement with the outer torsion bar and out of engagement with the outer torsion bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Publication number: 20250033716
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an underbody and a support frame supported by the underbody. The support frame is configured to support a spare wheel. The support frame includes a first end pivotally connected to the underbody and a second end releasably connected to the underbody. A tether extends from the support frame to the underbody. The tether is fixed to the support frame and the underbody. A stud is between the support frame and the underbody. The stud is releasably connected to the underbody.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Publication number: 20250033593
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle bumper and a plurality of airbag assemblies each fixed directly to the vehicle bumper. Each airbag assembly includes an airbag inflatable below the vehicle bumper and upwardly vehicle-forward of the vehicle bumper from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The airbag assemblies are spaced from each other when the airbags are in the uninflated position. An external tether is fixed to two of the airbags and extends along the vehicle bumper from one of the two airbags to the other of the two airbags when the airbags are in the uninflated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, Saeed D. Barbat
  • Publication number: 20250033590
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seatback and an armrest coupled to the seatback. An airbag is positioned in the armrest and is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The airbag includes a first chamber positioned to extend downward from the armrest and a second chamber positioned to extend upward from the armrest when the airbag is in the inflated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Patent number: 12208763
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seatback and an armrest coupled to the seatback. An airbag is positioned in the armrest and is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The airbag includes a first chamber positioned to extend downward from the armrest and a second chamber positioned to extend upward from the armrest when the airbag is in the inflated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Patent number: 12208758
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle frame and a bumper. The vehicle frame includes a frame-rail end. The frame-rail end has a vehicle-forward end and a bore at the vehicle-forward end. The vehicle includes a resettable energy absorber supporting the bumper at the vehicle-forward end of the frame-rail end. The resettable energy absorber is moveable with the bumper relative to the frame-rail end between an extended position and a compressed position. The resettable energy absorber extends into the bore of the frame-rail end from the extended position to the compressed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Patent number: 12208765
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a body defining a passenger cabin with a front end, the body having a bulkhead at the front end of the passenger cabin. The vehicle includes a telescoping member supported by the bulkhead and movable from a stowed position to a deployed position. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the telescoping member and movable from the stowed position to the deployed position, the airbag inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Zhenyan Gao, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Publication number: 20250026304
    Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seatback having a top end. The seat assembly includes an arm supported by the seatback, and movable from a stowed position to a deployed position. The seat assembly includes a first webbing guide supported by the seatback at the top end. The seat assembly includes a second webbing guide fixed to and movable with the arm, the second webbing guide at the top end of the seatback with the arm at the stowed position, and the second webbing guide spaced from the seatback in a seat-forward direction with the arm at the deployed position. The seat assembly includes a retractor supported by the seatback at the top end. The seat assembly includes a webbing extending from the retractor through the first webbing guide and the second webbing guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • Publication number: 20250010808
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a vehicle bumper and a crush can to support the vehicle bumper on the vehicle frame. The crush can may include an inflation chamber, which is inflatable from an uninflated state to an inflated state. The vehicle can also include an inflator in fluid communication with the inflation chamber of the crush can.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Saeed D. Barbat, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 12187218
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a vehicle seat having a seatback. An airbag is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. A linear actuator is fixed to the seatback and the airbag. The airbag is moveable by the linear actuator from an undeployed position upwardly away from the seatback to a deployed position. The linear actuator supports the airbag on the seatback in the uninflated position and in the inflated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 12187210
    Abstract: A bumper assembly of a vehicle includes a vehicle bumper and a first inflatable device supported by the bumper. The first inflatable device is deployable downwardly from the bumper from an undeployed position to a deployed position. A second inflatable device is supported by the bumper and spaced cross-vehicle from the first inflatable device. The second inflatable device is deployable downwardly from the bumper from an undeployed position to a deployed position. An uninflatable panel is below the bumper 12 and extends from the first inflatable device to the second inflatable device in the deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Publication number: 20250001966
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a vehicle seat having a seatback. An airbag is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. A linear actuator is fixed to the seatback and the airbag. The airbag is moveable by the linear actuator from an undeployed position upwardly away from the seatback to a deployed position. The linear actuator supports the airbag on the seatback in the uninflated position and in the inflated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 12179693
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a seatbelt retractor including a housing and a spool rotatably supported by the housing. The seatbelt retractor includes a load limiter fixed to the spool and lockable with the housing. The load limiter has a first coupling and a second coupling spaced from the first coupling on the rotational axis. The first coupling has a first energy absorber retained in a first cavity. The first energy absorber is compressible relative to a first male segment and a first female segment of the coupling. The second coupling has a second energy absorber retained in a second cavity. The second energy absorber is compressible relative to a second male segment and a second female segment of the second coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Saeed D. Barbat
  • Publication number: 20240416997
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body having a wheel well. The vehicle includes a linear actuator supported by the vehicle body vehicle-rearward of the wheel well. The vehicle includes a first member extending between a first end and a second end, the first end pivotally connected to the vehicle body. The vehicle includes a second member extending between a first end and a second end, the first end of the second member pivotally connected to the second end of the first member, the second end of the second member connected to the linear actuator. The linear actuator, the first member, and the second member movable from a stowed position toward the wheel well to a deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Publication number: 20240416861
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle roof and an airbag supported by the vehicle roof. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag defines an inflation chamber in the inflated position. The airbag includes a distal end below the vehicle roof in the inflated position. The vehicle includes an inflatable device supported by the vehicle roof. The inflatable device is a thermoplastic elastomer and inflatable to an inflated position. The inflatable device is in the inflation chamber of the airbag when the inflatable device and the airbag are in the inflated positions. The inflatable device includes a distal end in the inflation chamber of the airbag. The distal end of the inflatable device is below the vehicle roof and above the distal end of the airbag in the inflated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Zhenyan Gao
  • Patent number: 12162426
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body. The vehicle includes a first track and a second track supported by the vehicle body. The first track and the second track are elongated along a longitudinal axis. The vehicle includes a third track and a fourth track supported by the vehicle body. The third track and the fourth track are elongated along a vertical axis. The vehicle includes a harness having a first webbing movable along the first track, a second webbing movable along the second track, a third webbing movable along the third track, and a fourth webbing movable along the fourth track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • Publication number: 20240399844
    Abstract: An assembly including a vehicle battery tray. The assembly includes a track fixed relative to the vehicle battery tray. The track is elongated along a cross-vehicle axis. The assembly includes a brace slideably engaged with the track. The brace is slidable along the track relative to the vehicle battery tray along the cross-vehicle axis in a vehicle-outboard direction from an undeployed position to a deployed position. The assembly includes a pyrotechnic actuator operatively coupled to the brace to slide the brace along the track from the undeployed position to the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Patent number: 12156506
    Abstract: An assembly includes an inflatable harness having a first loop of webbing, a second loop of webbing, and a panel connecting the first loop of webbing to the second loop of webbing. The assembly includes an inflatable tether extending from the first loop of webbing, the inflatable tether in fluid communication with the inflatable harness. The assembly includes a latch plate fixed to the inflatable tether, the latch plate defining a fluid passage in fluid communication with the inflatable tether to provide inflation medium to the inflatable harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq