Patents by Inventor S. M. Iskander Farooq

S. M. Iskander Farooq 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).

  • SEATBELT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190344743
    Abstract: A seatbelt assembly includes a retractor and an inflatable webbing. The inflatable webbing is supported by the retractor and elongated along an axis, the inflatable webbing having longitudinal threads extending along the axis and lateral threads interwoven with the longitudinal threads, the lateral threads extending transverse to the axis and being more stretchable than the longitudinal threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq, Zhenyan Gao
  • Vehicle airbag system
    Patent number: 10471919
    Abstract: An airbag system includes a first seat including a seat bottom. The airbag system includes an instrument panel. The airbag system includes a first airbag supported by the seat bottom and inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag system includes a pair of front airbags supported by the instrument panel and inflatable to inflated positions. The first airbag in the inflated position extends from the first seat to between the pair of front airbags in the inflated positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Seatbelt
    Patent number: 10464521
    Abstract: A seatbelt assembly includes a first webbing, a first plate attached to the first webbing, a second plate rotatably and irremovably coupled to the first plate, and a second webbing attached to the second plate. The seatbelt assembly may include a spring attached to the first plate and to the second plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • SEATBELT GUIDE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190315310
    Abstract: An assembly includes a seatbelt guide. The seatbelt guide includes a slot. A webbing extends through the slot. A releasable post is supported by the seatbelt guide and extends across the slot. The releasable post releases during a vehicle impact to allow the webbing to move along the slot to reduce chest deflection of an occupant during the vehicle impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • Pivoting latch plate for seatbelt
    Patent number: 10442393
    Abstract: A seatbelt latch plate assembly includes a latch plate, a D-ring, and a pivot stop. The D-ring is pivotably connected to the latch plate. The pivot stop is disposed between and rotatably fixes the latch plate to the D-ring. The pivot stop includes a deformable element. The deformable element is deformable at a predetermined pivot torque between the D-ring and the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, James Chih Cheng
  • VEHICLE ENERGY ABSORBER
    Publication number: 20190308576
    Abstract: A bumper assembly includes a bumper beam and a fin supported by the bumper beam. The fin has a proximate end proximate to the bumper beam and a distal end distal to the bumper beam and an axis extending from the proximate end to the distal end. The fin has a sinuous shape in a cross section normal to the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S.M. ISKANDER FAROOQ, MOHAMMAD OMAR FARUQUE, NIRMAL MURALIDHARAN, YALI LI, DEAN M. JARADI, SRINIVASAN SUNDARARAJAN, CHING-HUNG CHUANG, NINAD TRIFALE
  • Seatbelt anchor
    Patent number: 10434977
    Abstract: A seatbelt anchor includes an attachment portion. The seatbelt anchor includes a seatbelt support portion spaced from the attachment portion to define a slot therebetween. The seatbelt anchor includes a pair of connecting portions spaced from each other with the slot disposed therebetween and connecting the attachment portion to the seatbelt support portion and including a lattice structure that is plastically deformable relative to the attachment portion and the seatbelt support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ching-Hung Chuang, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • VEHICLE AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20190299908
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a roof and a first member supported by the roof. The first member is inflatable to an inflated position. The vehicle includes a second member supported by and in fluid communication with the first member and inflatable to an inflated position elongated along a vehicle-lateral axis and spaced from the roof. The vehicle includes an uninflatable panel extending from the roof and fixed to the second member in the inflated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Hidden foldable tray table
    Patent number: 10414313
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a table that may be selectively stored in a portion of a vehicle console. An outer housing member having a storage cavity therein attaches to a side of the vehicle console. A support shaft supporting a table is mounted for sliding and rotational movement with respect to the vehicle console. The support shaft is slidable in a first direction from a storage position wherein the table is positioned in a vertical orientation in the cavity of the outer housing member. The support shaft is also rotatable 270 degrees from the storage position to move the table into a horizontal use position after removal from the storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Scott Holmes Dunham, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque
  • DEPLOYABLE PANEL FOR PEDESTRIAN IMPACT
    Publication number: 20190275981
    Abstract: A system includes a bumper, an actuator fixed to the bumper, and a panel fixed to the actuator and moveable relative to the bumper. A first bracket is fixed to one of the bumper and the panel, and a second bracket is fixed to the other of the bumper and the panel. The second bracket is moveably engaged with the first bracket. A spring-loaded lock is fixed to the first bracket and is biased against the second bracket. The actuator may be triggered in response to a sensed pedestrian impact. In that case, the actuator moves the first and second brackets relative to each other to move the panel from a recessed position to an extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Nirmal Muralidharan, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Extendable two-piece seatbelt tongue
    Patent number: 10405613
    Abstract: A seatbelt tongue includes a tongue plate, a latch plate, a guide pin and a first retention bump. The tongue plate includes a belt slot. The latch plate is slidably connected with the tongue plate and is translatable between a first position and a second position. The guide pin is fixed to one of the tongue plate and the latch plate. The guide pin slidably passes through a pin slot in the other of the tongue plate and the latch plate. The first retention bump in the pin slot defines a pin pocket receiving the pin in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Robert W. McCoy
  • Head restraint with hidden storage receptacles
    Patent number: 10406957
    Abstract: A head restraint for a seating assembly of a vehicle comprising: an exterior surface; one or more interior wall surfaces disposed beneath the exterior surface forming an internal receptacle; an opening into the internal receptacle; the internal receptacle comprising a bottom; and the one or more interior wall surfaces are configured to prevent an object resting on the bottom from falling out of the internal receptacle through the opening during normal use of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M Jaradi, Scott Holmes Dunham
  • Local navigation system for vehicle navigation
    Patent number: 10403139
    Abstract: A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to, upon receiving a first message including a map, a vehicle location, and a first location, navigate the vehicle to the first location, and then, after stopping the vehicle at the first location, navigate the vehicle to a second location upon receiving a second message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: S.M. Iskander Farooq, Mark A. Cuddihy, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Seatbelt anchor
    Patent number: 10399536
    Abstract: A seatbelt assembly includes a monolithic anchor having a first plate, a second plate spaced from the first plate, and a spring connecting the first plate to the second plate. The first plate has a webbing mount. The second plate has a vehicle mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Seat belt assembly
    Patent number: 10391970
    Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seat back and a headrest adjustably coupled to the seat back. The headrest defines a first guide passage and a second guide passage, each extending through the headrest. The seat assembly includes a retractor and a belt. The belt extends continuously from a first end to a second end. The first end is engaged with the retractor. The belt has a looped portion from the first guide passage to the second guide passage. The belt extends from the looped portion through the first guide passage to the first end, and extends from the looped portion through the second guide passage to the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Saeed David Barbat, Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque
  • Airbag assembly including internal and external tethers
    Patent number: 10391968
    Abstract: An airbag assembly includes a base, an airbag supported by the base and defining an inflation chamber, an external tether, and an internal tether. The airbag includes a panel and an extension extending transverse to the panel. The panel includes an internal surface facing the inflation chamber and an external surface facing away from the inflation chamber. The external tether extends from the extension to the external surface of the panel. The internal tether extends from the base to the internal surface of the panel. During a vehicle impact, the momentum of the occupant may move the occupant towards the extension. The extension may absorb energy from the occupant and reduce or prevent the head of the occupant from sliding across the panel and/or rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, James Chih Cheng, Robert William McCoy
  • BOW TIE DRIVER AIRBAG SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190256032
    Abstract: An airbag system includes a center airbag, a first side-wing airbag, a second side-wing airbag, and a tether. The center airbag is disposed in a steering wheel of a vehicle. The first side-wing airbag is disposed on a first side of a support housing disposed between the steering wheel and an instrument panel of the vehicle. The second side-wing airbag is disposed on a second side of the support housing. The tether connects the side-wing airbags and is disposed above the support housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: MOHAMMAD OMAR FARUQUE, DEAN M. JARADI, S.M. ISKANDER FAROOQ, ROBERT WILLIAM MCCOY
  • Plus-two belt reminder system
    Patent number: 10384639
    Abstract: A plus-two belt system is provided. The plus-two belt system is a supplement to a traditional three-point belt system. The plus-two belt system has a longitudinal webbing anchored at a first end and coiled on a retractor at a second end. When an occupant is sensed and the vehicle engine is on, a reminder chime can sound when a magnetic strip in the webbing of the plus-two belt system is detected. The magnetic strip can be detected with a Hall effect sensor and the Hall effect sensor can be located adjacent the retractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert William McCoy, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq
  • Restraint system
    Patent number: 10377340
    Abstract: A restraint system includes a housing, a spool rotatably coupled to the housing, and an actuator fixed relative to the housing. The spool has a base plate with holes. The holes are spaced from each other circumferentially about the spool. The actuator has a pin movable between an engaged position extending into one of the holes and a disengaged position spaced from the holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammed Omar Faruque
  • SEATBELT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190217809
    Abstract: An assembly includes a seat. The assembly includes a buckle supported by the seat. The assembly includes a buckle mechanism pivotable relative to the seat between a stowed position and a latching position, and having a carrier movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The assembly includes a latch plate supported by the carrier and engaged with the buckle when the buckle mechanism is in the latching position and the carrier is in the extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S.M. Iskander Farooq