Patents by Inventor Raed Essa EL-Jawahri
Raed Essa EL-Jawahri 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).
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Patent number: 11958431Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle body having a body side. A seat is adjacent the body side. The seat includes a seatback and a seat bottom extending in a seat-forward direction from the seatback. The seatback and seat bottom defines an occupant-seating area. A head airbag is mounted to the seatback and is inflatable over the occupant-seating area. A knee airbag is mounted to the body side. The knee airbag is inflatable from the body side to an inflated position. The knee airbag in the inflated position is adjacent to the seat bottom in the seat-forward direction from the seat bottom.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Raed Essa EL-Jawahri, Marcos Silva Kondrad
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Patent number: 11858446Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a dash. The assembly includes a seat having a seatback and a head restraint extending upwardly from the seatback. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the seatback. The airbag is inflatable from the seatback toward the dash in a seat-rearward direction to an inflated position. The airbag includes an upper portion adjacent the head restraint and a pair of lobes extending from the upper portion along the head restraint in a seat-forward direction in the inflated position. The head restraint is between the lobes in the inflated position.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ming Shen, Huipeng Chen, Agnes S. Kim, Robert William McCoy, James Chih Cheng, Raed Essa EL-Jawahri
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Publication number: 20230406177Abstract: A motor vehicle seating assembly includes a conventional common seat back frame, a plurality of forward soft trim carrier assemblies each having a unique configuration, a plurality of corresponding seat back panel and closeout assemblies, and an adapter carrier coupled with the common seat back frame and disposed between the forward soft trim carrier assembly and the corresponding seat back panel and closeout assembly. The adapter carrier includes a composite upper portion and a pair of depending frame attachment brackets coupled with a lower inboard and outboard lateral side of the composite upper portion of the adapter carrier. The pair of depending frame attachment brackets are coupled with a pair of opposed lateral side rails of the common seat back frame. The adapter carrier has a unique configuration corresponding with one of the plurality of forward soft trim carrier assemblies and the seat back panel and closeout assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: JOHNATHAN ANDREW LINE, Benjamin Yilma, Marcos Silva Kondrad, S M Akbar Berry, Raed Essa El-Jawahri, Kevin Michael Pline, Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Robyne McBride
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Patent number: 11634098Abstract: An assembly includes a vehicle seat. The assembly includes an armrest supported by the vehicle seat. The armrest includes an upright portion elongated along an axis and an arm support portion supported by the upright portion. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the arm support portion of the armrest. The airbag inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes an upper portion extending upwardly from the arm support portion when the airbag is in the inflated position and a lower portion extending downwardly from the arm support portion when the airbag is in the inflated position. The upper portion is vehicle-inboard of the axis and the lower portion being vehicle-outboard of the axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, S. M. Akbar Berry, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Robyne Mcbride, Benjamin Yilma, Raed Essa El-Jawahri, Jeffrey C. Paddock, Chuck R. Reese
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Publication number: 20220340095Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a dash. The assembly includes a seat having a seatback and a head restraint extending upwardly from the seatback. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the seatback. The airbag is inflatable from the seatback toward the dash in a seat-rearward direction to an inflated position. The airbag includes an upper portion adjacent the head restraint and pair of lobes extending from the upper portion along the head restraint in a seat-forward direction in the inflated position. The head restraint is between the lobes in the inflated position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ming Shen, Huipeng Chen, Agnes S. Kim, Robert William McCoy, James Chih Cheng, Raed Essa EL-Jawahri
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Publication number: 20220048458Abstract: A seat includes a seatback. The seat includes a seat bottom extending away from the seatback in a seat-forward direction to a front of the seat bottom distal to the seatback. The seat bottom has a top surface defining an occupant-leg area. The seat includes an airbag supported by the seat bottom at the front of the seat bottom and inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The airbag in the inflated position extends away from the seat bottom in the seat-forward direction and includes an uppermost surface positioned below the occupant-leg area of the seat bottom.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Raed Essa EL-Jawahri, Agnes S. Kim, Cortney Stancato, Ming Shen
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Patent number: 11247629Abstract: A seat includes a seatback. The seat includes a seat bottom extending away from the seatback in a seat-forward direction to a front of the seat bottom distal to the seatback. The seat bottom has a top surface defining an occupant-leg area. The seat includes an airbag supported by the seat bottom at the front of the seat bottom and inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The airbag in the inflated position extends away from the seat bottom in the seat-forward direction and includes an uppermost surface positioned below the occupant-leg area of the seat bottom.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Raed Essa El-Jawahri, Agnes S. Kim, Cortney Stancato, Ming Shen
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Patent number: 11124147Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seatback having a back support portion centrally disposed thereon. A retractor mechanism is operably coupled to the seatback. A belt member is coupled to the retractor mechanism. The belt member further includes a body portion disposed between first and second ends of the belt member. The body portion of the belt member is operable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The belt member is disposed in front of the back support portion of the seatback in the deployed position. The belt member is disposed in an interior portion of the seatback in the stowed position. The seat assembly further includes an airbag assembly to which the belt member is attached. The belt member is deployed when the airbag assembly is deployed as coupled thereto.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Sean Bayle West, Edward Joseph DeSmet, Benjamin Yilma, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Alan George Dry, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Spencer Robert Hoernke, S. M. Akbar Berry, Derek Board, Raed Essa EL-Jawahri
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Patent number: 11001217Abstract: An assembly includes a front console having an outer surface and a pair of outboard ends spaced along an axis and defining a center therebetween. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the front console at one of the outboard ends and inflatable from an uninflated position elongated transverse to the axis to an inflated position extending along the outer surface toward the center.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Ming Shen, Raed Essa El-Jawahri
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Publication number: 20210078521Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seatback having a back support portion centrally disposed thereon. A retractor mechanism is operably coupled to the seatback. A belt member is coupled to the retractor mechanism. The belt member further includes a body portion disposed between first and second ends of the belt member. The body portion of the belt member is operable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The belt member is disposed in front of the back support portion of the seatback in the deployed position. The belt member is disposed in an interior portion of the seatback in the stowed position. The seat assembly further includes an airbag assembly to which the belt member is attached. The belt member is deployed when the airbag assembly is deployed as coupled thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Sean Bayle West, Edward Joseph DeSmet, Benjamin Yilma, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Alan George Dry, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Spencer Robert Hoernke, S.M. Akbar Berry, Derek Board, Raed Essa EL-Jawahri
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Patent number: 10825359Abstract: A method includes receiving data including 3-dimensional scans of a plurality of torsos, dividing each scan into a plurality of cross-sections, calculating an area for each cross-section, and calculating a torso volume based on the calculated areas. The method may include fitting a curve defined by parameters to each cross-section. The area for each cross-section may be an area enclosed by the curve. The method may include receiving a desired torso volume percentile, and determining values for the parameters of the curves corresponding to the desired percentile.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Srinivasan Sundararajan, Parakrama Valentine Weerappuli, Kevin Michael Pline, Raed Essa El-Jawahri
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Publication number: 20200317153Abstract: An assembly includes a front console having an outer surface and a pair of outboard ends spaced along an axis and defining a center therebetween. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the front console at one of the outboard ends and inflatable from an uninflated position elongated transverse to the axis to an inflated position extending along the outer surface toward the center.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: October 8, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ming Shen, Raed Essa EL-Jawahri
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Patent number: 10266140Abstract: A restraint system for a vehicle includes a floor, a platform, and a deployable device. A hinge couples the platform to the floor. The deployable device is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. A material forming the platform is stiffer than a material forming the deployable device.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Raed Essa EL-Jawahri, James Chih Cheng, Robert William McCoy
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Publication number: 20180277020Abstract: A method includes receiving data including 3-dimensional scans of a plurality of torsos, dividing each scan into a plurality of cross-sections, calculating an area for each cross-section, and calculating a torso volume based on the calculated areas. The method may include fitting a curve defined by parameters to each cross-section. The area for each cross-section may be an area enclosed by the curve. The method may include receiving a desired torso volume percentile, and determining values for the parameters of the curves corresponding to the desired percentile.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Srinivasan Sundararajan, Parakrama Valentine Weerappuli, Kevin Michael Pline, Raed Essa EL-Jawahri
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Publication number: 20180201215Abstract: A restraint system for a vehicle includes a floor, a platform, and a deployable device. A hinge couples the platform to the floor. The deployable device is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. A material forming the platform is stiffer than a material forming the deployable device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Raed Essa EL-Jawahri, James Chih Cheng, Robert William McCoy
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Patent number: 10000186Abstract: A plus-two-point belt system is disclosed. The plus-two-point belt system includes a longitudinal webbing anchored at a first end to a seat and fixed at a second end to a retractor. The webbing is extendable from the retractor to allow an occupant to slip their arm under the webbing to provide a supplemental restraint. The webbing includes first and second portions where the second portion is retractably coiled on the retractor and the second portion has at least one conductive marker. A sensor is provided to sense the marker and a processor is provided to set an alarm when the marker is not detected.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jialiang Le, Manoharprasad K. Rao, Raed Essa El-Jawahri, Robert William McCoy
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Patent number: 9963101Abstract: An airbag system includes an inflator and an airbag in communication with the inflator. The airbag system includes a tether actuator and tethers extending from the tether actuator to the airbag. A controller is programmed to receive signals from an impact sensing system and a steering wheel angle sensor. The controller is programmed to instruct the tether actuator to release at least one of the tethers based at least on the signals from the steering wheel angle sensor and the impact sensing system.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Raed Essa EL-Jawahri, Jamel E. Belwafa, James Chih Cheng
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Publication number: 20170291576Abstract: A plus-two-point belt system is disclosed. The plus-two-point belt system includes a longitudinal webbing anchored at a first end to a seat and fixed at a second end to a retractor. The webbing is extendable from the retractor to allow an occupant to slip their arm under the webbing to provide a supplemental restraint. The webbing includes first and second portions where the second portion is retractably coiled on the retractor and the second portion has at least one conductive marker. A sensor is provided to sense the marker and a processor is provided to set an alarm when the marker is not detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jialiang Le, Manoharprasad K. Rao, Raed Essa EL-Jawahri, Robert William McCoy
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Publication number: 20170088086Abstract: An airbag system includes an inflator and an airbag in communication with the inflator. The airbag system includes a tether actuator and tethers extending from the tether actuator to the airbag. A controller is programmed to receive signals from an impact sensing system and a steering wheel angle sensor. The controller is programmed to instruct the tether actuator to release at least one of the tethers based at least on the signals from the steering wheel angle sensor and the impact sensing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Raed Essa EL-Jawahri, Jamel E. Belwafa, James Chih Cheng
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Patent number: 9550465Abstract: An airbag system includes an inflator and an airbag in communication with the inflator. The airbag system includes a tether actuator and tethers extending from the tether actuator to the airbag. A controller is programmed to receive signals from an impact sensing system and a steering wheel angle sensor. The controller is programmed to instruct the tether actuator to release at least one of the tethers based at least on the signals from the steering wheel angle sensor and the impact sensing system.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2016Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Raed Essa EL-Jawahri, Jamel E. Belwafa, James Chih Cheng