Patents by Inventor Rohit Gunna

Rohit Gunna 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).

  • Array frame design for electrified vehicle battery arrays
    Patent number: 9508966
    Abstract: A battery pack according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a tray, an array frame positioned above the tray and that houses at least one battery cell and a retention clip mounted to the tray and engageable with a portion of the array frame. One of the portion and the retention clip is flexible and the other of the portion and the retention clip is rigid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Rohit Gunna, Patrick Daniel Maguire
  • Twist-lock battery pack attachment device
    Patent number: 9461286
    Abstract: An exemplary attachment device includes a twist-lock rotatable from a first position to a second position. The twist-lock in the first position permits movement of a battery array to and from an installed position within a battery pack. The twist-lock in the second position secures the battery array in the installed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Rajaram Subramanian, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Rohit Gunna, Steve Droste
  • BATTERY PACK RETENTION ASSEMBLY AND RETENTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20160133895
    Abstract: An exemplary assembly includes an extrusion providing a channel that receives a portion of a battery cell frame. The extrusion is securable to a support to secure the battery cell frame relative to the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Rajaram Subramanian, Tom M. Gunther, Saravanan Paramasivam, Steve Droste, Rohit Gunna
  • TWIST-LOCK BATTERY PACK ATTACHMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160056431
    Abstract: An exemplary attachment device includes a twist-lock rotatable from a first position to a second position. The twist-lock in the first position permits movement of a battery array to and from an installed position within a battery pack. The twist-lock in the second position secures the battery array in the installed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Rajaram Subramanian, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Rohit Gunna, Steve Droste
  • ARRAY FRAME DESIGN FOR ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE BATTERY ARRAYS
    Publication number: 20160036018
    Abstract: A battery array frame according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a frame body extending along a longitudinal axis and including a top surface, a bottom surface and frame arms that connect between the top surface and the bottom surface. At least one of the top surface and the bottom surface is rotationally symmetric about an axis that is transverse to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Rohit Gunna, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Steve Droste
  • ARRAY FRAME DESIGN FOR ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE BATTERY ARRAYS
    Publication number: 20160036020
    Abstract: A battery pack according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a tray, an array frame positioned above the tray and that houses at least one battery cell and a retention clip mounted to the tray and engageable with a portion of the array frame. One of the portion and the retention clip is flexible and the other of the portion and the retention clip is rigid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Rohit Gunna, Patrick Daniel Maguire
  • ARRAY FRAME DESIGN FOR ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE BATTERY ARRAYS
    Publication number: 20160036019
    Abstract: A battery array frame according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a frame body, and a thermal fin including a body embedded in the frame body and a leg that extends outside of the frame body. The thermal fin is flexible between a first position in which the leg is spaced farther from a surface of the frame body and a second position in which the leg is spaced closer to the surface of the frame body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Rohit Gunna, Patrick Daniel Maguire, George Albert Garfinkel