Patents by Inventor Ritesh Mehbubani
Ritesh Mehbubani 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: 11686022Abstract: A wrappable, corrugated woven sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve includes a wall having opposite edges wrapped about a central axis into overlapping relation with one another. The wall has a plurality of layers overlying one another. Each layer includes warp yarns extending generally parallel to the central axis woven with fill yarns extending generally transversely to the warp yarns. Each layer includes a plurality of annular first bands and a plurality of annular second bands alternating with one another along the length of the wall. The first bands of each layer include monofilament weft yarn and multifilament weft yarn and the second bands of each layer include only one of monofilament weft yarn or multifilament weft yarn. The first bands overlie one another to form peaks and the second bands B overlie one another to form valleys, such that the wall has a corrugated contour.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLCInventors: Yuki Yoneshige, Tianqi Gao, Xiaodan Qiu, Danny Winters, Emma Adamski, Ritesh Mehbubani, Leigh Krauser
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Publication number: 20230014166Abstract: A sleeve for protecting an elongate member, including a bus-bar of a battery pack, and method of construction thereof are provided. The sleeve includes a knit wall having a circumferentially continuous outer surface extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite open ends. The knit wall is formed at least in part by multifilament flame-resistant yarn. The multifilament flame-resistant yarn is knit to form both the knit wall, and also first ribs extending lengthwise along the circumferentially continuous outer surface or second ribs extending annularly about said circumferentially continuous outer surface. An impervious, flame-resistant coating is bonded to an outer surface of the circumferentially continuous knit wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Ritesh Mehbubani, Xiaodan Qiu, Scott Ian McFarland, Kamel Fennell, Alexis Zambino
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Patent number: 11401631Abstract: A wrappable, woven sleeve includes a wall having opposite edges extending lengthwise between opposite ends, with the opposite edges being wrappable into overlapping relation to bound a central cavity. The wall has a plurality of layers extending from one edge to the opposite edge and from one end to the opposite end in overlying relation with one another. Each of the layers include warp yarns and fill yarns woven together. The wrapped wall has a radially outermost layer and a radially innermost layer. The radially outermost layer has at least one of a first tightness and/or first width and the radially innermost layer has at least one of a second tightness and/or second width, with the first tightness and first width being greater than the second tightness and second width.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLCInventors: Yuki Yoneshige, Xiaodan Qiu, Tianqi Gao, Danny Winters, Ritesh Mehbubani
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Publication number: 20220186408Abstract: A woven sleeve and method of construction are provided. The sleeve (10,10?) has a flexible, abrasion resistant elongate wall (12,12?) constructed from woven monofilament and/or multifilament yarns. The wall is configured to bound a cavity extending along a central axis (18) of the sleeve. The wall is woven with warp yarns (23) that extend generally parallel to the central axis of the sleeve and fill yarns (24) that extend circumferentially about the sleeve, generally transversely to the central axis. The warp yarns are bundled into individual, discrete groups (22), with each group (22) including a plurality of yarns (23) in side-by-side relation with one another, wherein each of the yarns (23) within the same discrete group (22) is interlaced over the same side of a common fill yarn (24).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Inventors: Xiaodan QIU, Tianqi GAO, Ritesh MEHBUBANI, Danny WINTERS, Emma ADAMSKI
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Patent number: 11180872Abstract: A woven sleeve for routing and protecting an elongate member and method of construction thereof are provided. The sleeve has a woven wall with a circumferentially continuous outer periphery extending along a central axis between opposite ends. Warp yarns extend generally parallel to the central axis and fill yarns extend generally transversely to the warp yarns. At least a portion of the wall has a plurality of layers in abutment with one another. At least one of the fill yarns is provided as a shrinkable yarn that provides the wall with an ability to remain in a first, diametrically enlarged assembly state to facilitate assembly of the sleeve about the elongate member, whereupon the wall can be radially constricted to a second, diametrically constricted assembled state to maintain the sleeve in the desired location, while also minimizing the outer circumference to facilitate use of the sleeve in tight spaces.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLCInventors: Xiaodan Qiu, Tianqi Gao, Danny Winters, Ritesh Mehbubani, Zhong Huai Zhang
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Publication number: 20210249848Abstract: A wrappable, corrugated woven sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve includes a wall having opposite edges wrapped about a central axis into overlapping relation with one another. The wall has a plurality of layers overlying one another. Each layer includes warp yarns extending generally parallel to the central axis woven with fill yarns extending generally transversely to the warp yarns. Each layer includes a plurality of annular first bands and a plurality of annular second bands alternating with one another along the length of the wall. The first bands of each layer include monofilament weft yarn and multifilament weft yarn and the second bands of each layer include only one of monofilament weft yarn or multifilament weft yarn. The first bands overlie one another to form peaks and the second bands B overlie one another to form valleys, such that the wall has a corrugated contour.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Yuki Yoneshige, Tianqi Gao, Xiaodan Qiu, Danny Winters, Emma Adamski, Ritesh Mehbubani, Leigh Krauser
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Publication number: 20210123168Abstract: A wrappable, woven sleeve includes a wall having opposite edges extending lengthwise between opposite ends, with the opposite edges being wrappable into overlapping relation to bound a central cavity. The wall has a plurality of layers extending from one edge to the opposite edge and from one end to the opposite end in overlying relation with one another. Each of the layers include warp yarns and fill yarns woven together. The wrapped wall has a radially outermost layer and a radially innermost layer. The radially outermost layer has at least one of a first tightness and/or first width and the radially innermost layer has at least one of a second tightness and/or second width, with the first tightness and first width being greater than the second tightness and second width.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Yuki Yoneshige, Xiaodan Qiu, Tianqi Gao, Danny Winters, Ritesh Mehbubani
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Patent number: 10982355Abstract: A knit sleeve for providing thermal protection about an elongate member contained therein and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve includes a knit inner wall with opposite edges extending lengthwise between opposite ends and a circumferentially continuous tubular outer wall knit integrally with the inner wall. The outer wall bounds a central cavity that extends lengthwise along a central axis between open opposite ends of the outer wall. The opposite edges of the inner wall are substantially parallel to the central axis and are wrappable toward one another to form the inner wall as being tubular. The circumferentially continuous tubular outer wall is configured to be everted about the wrapped inner wall to circumferentially surround and protect the inner wall from abrasion and provide the sleeve with a dual layer wall.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLCInventors: Zhong Huai Zhang, Ritesh Mehbubani, Linwood Ludy
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Patent number: 10427362Abstract: A nonwoven trough and method of construction thereof are provided. The nonwoven trough includes at least one nonwoven wall formed from a mixture of bonded natural cellulosic fibers and thermoplastic fibers. The at least one nonwoven wall extends along a longitudinal axis and has a midsection and opposite end portions. The midsection has a base and a pair of walls extending upwardly from the base to provide the midsection with a generally U-shaped cross-section taken generally transversely to the longitudinal axis. At least one flange extends laterally from the at least one nonwoven wall, wherein the flange is configured for attachment to a vehicle member.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLCInventors: Philip E. Marks, Eric Staudt, Ritesh Mehbubani, Ali Khosroshahi
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Patent number: 10006157Abstract: A powder resin layered nonwoven material and a method of construction thereof are provided. The method includes forming a nonwoven web; applying a powder resin material on the nonwoven web to form a coated portion of the nonwoven web; and cross-lapping the nonwoven web to sandwich separate powder resin layers of the powder resin material between layers of the nonwoven web.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLCInventor: Ritesh Mehbubani
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Publication number: 20180062364Abstract: A woven sleeve for routing and protecting an elongate member and method of construction thereof are provided. The sleeve has a woven wall with a circumferentially continuous outer periphery extending along a central axis between opposite ends. Warp yarns extend generally parallel to the central axis and fill yarns extend generally transversely to the warp yarns. At least a portion of the wall has a plurality of layers in abutment with one another. At least one of the fill yarns is provided as a shrinkable yarn that provides the wall with an ability to remain in a first, diametrically enlarged assembly state to facilitate assembly of the sleeve about the elongate member, whereupon the wall can be radially constricted to a second, diametrically constricted assembled state to maintain the sleeve in the desired location, while also minimizing the outer circumference to facilitate use of the sleeve in tight spaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Xiaodan Qiu, Tianqi Gao, Danny Winters, Ritesh Mehbubani, Zhong Huai Zhang
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Publication number: 20180023222Abstract: A knit sleeve for providing thermal protection about an elongate member contained therein and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve includes a knit inner wall with opposite edges extending lengthwise between opposite ends and a circumferentially continuous tubular outer wall knit integrally with the inner wall. The outer wall bounds a central cavity that extends lengthwise along a central axis between open opposite ends of the outer wall. The opposite edges of the inner wall are substantially parallel to the central axis and are wrappable toward one another to form the inner wall as being tubular. The circumferentially continuous tubular outer wall is configured to be everted about the wrapped inner wall to circumferentially surround and protect the inner wall from abrasion and provide the sleeve with a dual layer wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Zhong Huai Zhang, Ritesh Mehbubani, Linwood Ludy
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Publication number: 20170232689Abstract: A nonwoven trough and method of construction thereof are provided. The nonwoven trough includes at least one nonwoven wall formed from a mixture of bonded natural cellulosic fibers and thermoplastic fibers. The at least one nonwoven wall extends along a longitudinal axis and has a midsection and opposite end portions. The midsection has a base and a pair of walls extending upwardly from the base to provide the midsection with a generally U-shaped cross-section taken generally transversely to the longitudinal axis. At least one flange extends laterally from the at least one nonwoven wall, wherein the flange is configured for attachment to a vehicle member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2017Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: PHILIP E. MARKS, ERIC K. STAUDT, RITESH MEHBUBANI, ALI KHOSROSHAHI
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Publication number: 20170207005Abstract: A textile sleeve for routing and protecting an elongate member against abrasion and method of construction thereof are provided. The sleeve includes a flexible wall having a plurality of yarns interlaced with one another. At least some of the plurality of yarns are provided as improved multifilament yarns having low-melt filaments and non-low-melt filaments. The low-melt filaments have a first melt temperature and the non-low-melt filaments having a second melt temperature, with the second melt temperature being greater than the first melt temperature. The low-melt filaments are bonded with the non-low-melt filaments to prevent relative sliding movement therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Ali Khosroshahi, Tianqi Gao, Leigh Krauser, Yi Li, Ritesh Mehbubani
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Patent number: 9637071Abstract: A nonwoven trough and method of construction thereof are provided. The nonwoven trough includes at least one nonwoven wall formed from a mixture of bonded natural cellulosic fibers and thermoplastic fibers. The at least one nonwoven wall extends along a longitudinal axis and has a midsection and opposite end portions. The midsection has a base and a pair of walls extending upwardly from the base to provide the midsection with a generally U-shaped cross-section taken generally transversely to the longitudinal axis. At least one flange extends laterally from the at least one nonwoven wall, wherein the flange is configured for attachment to a vehicle member.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLCInventors: Philip E. Marks, Eric K. Staudt, Ritesh Mehbubani, Ali Khosroshahi
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Patent number: 9457739Abstract: A flexible, resilient, non-woven acoustic sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve has an elongate nonwoven layer with opposite sides bonded to one along a lengthwise extending bonded seam, thereby forming a circumferentially enclosed inner cavity sized for receipt of an elongate member therethrough. The sleeve further includes a generally smooth inner scrim layer bonded to an inner surface of the nonwoven layer, wherein the smooth inner scrim layer forms a circumferentially continuous, smooth inner surface bounding the cavity, with the material of the inner scrim layer forming at least a portion of the bonded seam.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain, Inc.Inventors: Hiroki Yamaguchi, Maeda Takuto, Ritesh Mehbubani, Aleksandr Ilyin, John E. Burdy
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Publication number: 20160144805Abstract: A flexible, resilient, non-woven acoustic sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve has an elongate nonwoven layer with opposite sides bonded to one along a lengthwise extending bonded seam, thereby forming a circumferentially enclosed inner cavity sized for receipt of an elongate member therethrough. The sleeve further includes a generally smooth inner scrim layer bonded to an inner surface of the nonwoven layer, wherein the smooth inner scrim layer forms a circumferentially continuous, smooth inner surface bounding the cavity, with the material of the inner scrim layer forming at least a portion of the bonded seam.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Hiroki Yamaguchi, Maeda Takuto, Ritesh Mehbubani, Aleksandr Ilyin, John E. Burdy
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Publication number: 20160082904Abstract: A nonwoven trough and method of construction thereof are provided. The nonwoven trough includes at least one nonwoven wall formed from a mixture of bonded natural cellulosic fibers and thermoplastic fibers. The at least one nonwoven wall extends along a longitudinal axis and has a midsection and opposite end portions. The midsection has a base and a pair of walls extending upwardly from the base to provide the midsection with a generally U-shaped cross-section taken generally transversely to the longitudinal axis. At least one flange extends laterally from the at least one nonwoven wall, wherein the flange is configured for attachment to a vehicle member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Philip E. Marks, Eric K. Staudt, Ritesh Mehbubani, Ali Khosroshahi
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Publication number: 20140272343Abstract: A nonwoven, moldable material and method of construction thereof is provided. The nonwoven material includes at least one nonwoven mat formed from blended and bonded natural cellulosic fibers and Polypropylene containing Maleic Anhydride grafted Polypropylene fibers. A scrim layer is at least partially melted and diffused into the nonwoven mat to form an alloy region containing material of both the nonwoven mat and the scrim layer, which provides the nonwoven, moldable material having a density between about 300-1200 gsm with a flexural strength across machine direction of about 76N.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Federal-Mogul Powertrain, Inc.Inventors: Ritesh Mehbubani, Ali Khosroshahi, Brian Taylor, Stephen P. Yanchek, Eric K. Staudt
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Publication number: 20140120306Abstract: A powder resin layered nonwoven material and a method of construction thereof are provided. The method includes forming a nonwoven web; applying a powder resin material on the nonwoven web to form a coated portion of the nonwoven web; and cross-lapping the nonwoven web to sandwich separate powder resin layers of the powder resin material between layers of the nonwoven web.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Federal-Mogul Powertrain, Inc.Inventor: Ritesh Mehbubani