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: 20240375606
    Abstract: An assembly includes a vehicle seat including a seatback and a restraint frame including a first bar, a second bar spaced from the first bar, and a lap bar elongated from the first bar to the second bar. The seatback has a top end and a bottom end, is elongated along a first axis from the top end to the bottom end, and the first bar and the second bar each have a first end and a second end. The bars are elongated from the first ends to the second ends. The first ends of the bars are hingedly attached at the top end. The second ends are releasably lockable to the seatback at the bottom end. The restraint frame is hinged to the seatback and rotatable about a cross-seat axis from a raised position to a locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • Publication number: 20240375607
    Abstract: A vehicle including a seatbelt retractor having a frame and a spool. The spool has a first end and a second end each rotatably supported by the frame. The spool is elongated along an axis from the first end to the second end. The seatbelt retractor includes a slider slidably engaged with the frame. The slider is slidable from an undeployed position to a deployed position. The seatbelt retractor includes a post supported by the slider and moveable with the slider between the undeployed position and the deployed position. The post is engaged with the spool in the deployed position and disengaged with the spool in the undeployed position. The seatbelt retractor includes a locking device operatively coupled between the spool and the post to engage the spool with the post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • Publication number: 20240367607
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a hood having a vehicle-rearward end and a vehicle-forward end. An airbag is disposed below the vehicle-rearward end of the hood and is inflatable to the vehicle-forward end below the hood. A pyrotechnic actuator is disposed below the vehicle-forward end of the hood. A tether extends from the pyrotechnic actuator to the airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque
  • Publication number: 20240359652
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle seat having a seatback and a seat bottom defining an occupant-seating area. The vehicle includes an airbag housing having a first arm fixed to the seatback and a second arm rotatable from the seatback toward the seat bottom adjacent the occupant-seating area. An airbag extends from the first arm to the second arm. The airbag is fixed to the first arm and the second arm. The vehicle includes a computer including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to detect a removeable child-restraint system (CRS) on the occupant-seating area, and based on the detection of the removeable CRS on the occupant-seating area, inflate the airbag in response to detection of certain vehicle impacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • Publication number: 20240359653
    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: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 12128845
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a front pillar and a rear pillar spaced along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. The front pillar and the rear pillar define a door opening therebetween. The vehicle includes a first track on the front pillar and a second track on the rear pillar. A cable is moveably engaged with the first track and the second track from an undeployed position to a raised position. The cable extends across the door opening from the first track to the second track in the raised position. An airbag is moveable with the cable from the undeployed position to the raised position. The airbag is supported by the cable in the raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Rahul Arora, Saeed D. Barbat
  • Patent number: 12115928
    Abstract: An assembly includes a seat bottom and a seatback supported by the seat bottom, the seatback having a top end. The assembly includes a first airbag and a second airbag, each inflatable to an inflated position and supported by the seatback at the top end. The assembly includes a lap belt extending from the first airbag to the second airbag. The assembly includes a first retractor and a second retractor, both supported by the seat bottom and spaced from the seatback. The second retractor is spaced from the first retractor along the lateral axis. The assembly includes a first tether extending from the first retractor and fixed to the lap belt, and a second tether extending from the second retractor and fixed to the lap belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Zhenyan Gao
  • Patent number: 12115924
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a seatback and a seat bottom defining an occupant-seating area. An inflatable device is fixed to the seatback and is inflatable from the seatback vehicle-forward along the occupant-seating area from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The inflatable device has an inflation chamber. The inflatable device is a thermoplastic elastomer. The vehicle includes a computer including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to: detect a removeable child-restraint system on the occupant-seating area; and based on the detection of the removeable child-restraint system on the occupant-seating area, inflate the inflatable device in response to detection of certain vehicle impacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Publication number: 20240336217
    Abstract: An assembly includes a vehicle seat including a seat back, a first track mounted to the seat back, an upper airbag movable along the first track, a second track mounted to the seat back, a lower airbag movable along the second track, and a mechanical assembly configured to simultaneously move the upper airbag along the first track and the lower airbag along the second track in opposite directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 12109919
    Abstract: A seating assembly includes a rotation assembly. The rotation assembly includes a first portion, a second portion, and an arm portion. The first portion includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and a floor extending between the inner wall and the outer wall. The second portion is movable relative to the first portion. The arm portion includes a first end, a second end, and a tab. The first end of the arm portion is rotatably coupled to a circumferential surface of the second portion. The arm portion is movable between an engaged state and a disengaged state relative to a hole defined by a leg of the first portion and an opening defined by the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Saeed David Barbat
  • Publication number: 20240324547
    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: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • Publication number: 20240313322
    Abstract: A vehicle battery enclosure includes a first member elongated along an axis and a second member spaced from the first member. The vehicle battery enclosure includes a battery compartment between the first member and the second member. A wing is rotatably connected to the first member and is rotatable relative to the first member from a stowed position (FIGS. 1, 4A, 4B) to a deployed position (FIGS. 2, 3, 5A, 8, and 9). The wing is aligned with the battery enclosure along the axis in the deployed position. A pyrotechnic actuator is operatively coupled to the wing to rotate the wing to the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Saeed D. Barbat
  • Publication number: 20240300433
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a front pillar and a rear pillar. The front pillar and the rear pillar define a door opening. The vehicle includes a first track supported by the front pillar and a second track supported by the rear pillar. The vehicle includes a bar extending from the first track to the second track. The bar is moveable relative to the first track and the second track from a lowered position to a raised position. The bar extends across the door opening in the raised position. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the bar. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position when the bar is in the raised position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Saeed D. Barbat
  • Publication number: 20240304937
    Abstract: The electric-vehicle battery assembly includes a battery enclosure defining a cavity and includes battery cells enclosed by the battery enclosure in the cavity. An outlet extends through the battery enclosure and in fluid communication with the cavity. A vent includes a frame moveably supported by the battery enclosure. The frame is moveable relative to outlet between an open position allowing fluid flow from the cavity between the outlet and the frame and a closed position preventing fluid flow from the cavity between the outlet and frame. The vent includes a microporous membrane supported by the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Patent number: 12077119
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle floor and a post is extendable relative to the vehicle floor from a retracted position to an extended position. A net is moveably engaged with the post and the net is moveable relative to the post between a lowered position and a raised position. An airbag is supported on the post and is inflatable to an inflated position when the post is in the extended position and the net is in the raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 12077122
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a front pillar and a rear pillar. The front pillar and the rear pillar define a door opening. The vehicle includes a first track supported by the front pillar and a second track supported by the rear pillar. The vehicle includes a bar extending from the first track to the second track. The bar is moveable relative to the first track and the second track from a lowered position to a raised position. The bar extends across the door opening in the raised position. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the bar. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position when the bar is in the raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Saeed D. Barbat
  • Patent number: 12077127
    Abstract: A system includes a base. The system includes a buckle movable from a retracted position away from the base to an extended position. The system includes an actuator supported by the base and operatively coupled to the buckle to move the buckle to the extended position. The system includes a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to actuate the actuator to move the buckle to the extended position in response to determining that tension of a seatbelt webbing is above a predetermined threshold and that a vehicle impact has not been detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 12077218
    Abstract: A fastener includes a head, a tail, and a body disposed between the head and the tail. The body includes a first portion that includes a lattice structure and a second portion that includes a solid structure. The second portion has an axial length that is greater than an axial length of the first portion. The lattice structure is configured to fracture under a predetermined loading condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Patent number: 12071092
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle-seat assembly. The vehicle-seat assembly includes a vehicle seat having a seatback. The vehicle-seat assembly includes a head restraint having a frame supported by the seatback and a sliding member supported by the frame. The vehicle-seat assembly includes a track between the sliding member and the frame. The sliding member is slidable along the track from an undeployed position to a deployed position. The vehicle-seat assembly includes an airbag inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The airbag has a base fixed to the sliding member in the uninflated position and the inflated position. The base forces the sliding member from the undeployed position to the deployed position as the airbag moves from the uninflated position to the inflated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 12071094
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle roof, a front pillar extending downwardly from the vehicle roof, and a hinge pillar extending downwardly from the front pillar. The vehicle includes a track having a first portion having a first axis elongated along the front pillar and a second portion having a second axis elongated along the hinge pillar. The second axis is transverse to the first axis. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the vehicle roof and slidably engaged with the track. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag is engaged to the first portion of the track and the second portion of the track in the inflated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi