Patents by Inventor Saeed Barbat
Saeed Barbat 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: 11725451Abstract: Systems and methods of opening a vehicle liftgate based on an interior radar sensor that may be used to detect a user outside the rear of the vehicle are provided. The interior radar sensor may be installed behind the center line of a headliner of the vehicle, and detect the user's head and/or an upper-body gesture through the rear window of the vehicle. e.g., upon detection of a key fob carried by the user outside the vehicle. Upon detection of a valid gesture, e.g., a predetermined pattern of movement, by the user, the liftgate may be actuated to open.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jun Lin, Jialiang Le, Saeed Barbat
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Publication number: 20220341248Abstract: Systems and methods of opening a vehicle liftgate based on an interior radar sensor that may be used to detect a user outside the rear of the vehicle are provided. The interior radar sensor may be installed behind the center line of a headliner of the vehicle, and detect the user's head and/or an upper-body gesture through the rear window of the vehicle. e.g., upon detection of a key fob carried by the user outside the vehicle. Upon detection of a valid gesture, e.g., a predetermined pattern of movement, by the user, the liftgate may be actuated to open.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jun Lin, Jialiang Le, Saeed Barbat
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Patent number: 11097659Abstract: The vehicle rear occupant alert system provides alerts corresponding to occupancy of rear seats. The system comprises a door position sensor, an ignition sensor, and an alert system. Further, the alert system comprises a processor and a memory. The door position sensor determines a rear door status between an ajar position and a closed position. The ignition sensor determines an ignition state between an ON state and an OFF state. The alert system is coupled with the sensors. The processor adjusts status of the alert system as armed if the rear door transitions from ajar to closed position and the ignition transitions from OFF to ON state. The alert system notifies and alerts a driver to check the rear seat when the ignition transitions to OFF state. The processor rearms the alert system after the ignition transitions from OFF to ON state within a predefined time.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mahmoud Abdelhamid, Meisam Yousif, Sonya (S. D.) Bentley, Nathan Rinderer, Saeed Barbat
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Patent number: 10899213Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle frame. The vehicle includes a subframe connected to the vehicle frame. The vehicle includes a tray supported by the vehicle frame. The vehicle includes a V-shaped member having an end at the tray and a pair of legs extending from the end in a vehicle-forward direction to the subframe.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Mohamed Ridha Baccouche, Saeed Barbat, Rahul Arora, Saied Nusier
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Publication number: 20200207198Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle frame. The vehicle includes a subframe connected to the vehicle frame. The vehicle includes a tray supported by the vehicle frame. The vehicle includes a V-shaped member having an end at the tray and a pair of legs extending from the end in a vehicle-forward direction to the subframe.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: MOHAMED RIDHA BACCOUCHE, SAEED BARBAT, RAHUL ARORA, SAIED NUSIER
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Patent number: 10266081Abstract: A seating assembly includes a seat and one or more slide rails that slidably engage an underside of the seat and permit longitudinal movement of the seat along the slide rail. The seating assembly further includes one or more load-dissipating assemblies operably coupled to an underside of the slide rail.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ridha Baccouche, Saeed Barbat, Jamel E. Belwafa, Rahul Arora
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Publication number: 20180334063Abstract: A seating assembly includes a seat and one or more slide rails that slidably engage an underside of the seat and permit longitudinal movement of the seat along the slide rail. The seating assembly further includes one or more load-dissipating assemblies operably coupled to an underside of the slide rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2017Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Ridha Baccouche, Saeed Barbat, Jamel E. Belwafa, Rahul Arora
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Publication number: 20080249687Abstract: A restraint control system (40) for an automotive vehicle (10) is illustrated with a first sensor such as a door cavity pressure sensor (28) and a second sensor such as an accelerometer (30). A restraint device (54) is coupled to a controller (52) that controls the operation of the restraint device in response to the first sensor (28) and the second sensor (30). When either the signal from the first sensor or the signal from the second sensor is above a first or second threshold, respectively, the two signals are compared. In response to the comparison, the restraint device (54) is deployed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Jialiang Le, Cliff C. Chou, Todd N. Clark, Rachelle Tustanowski, Saeed Barbat
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Patent number: 7284788Abstract: An energy-absorbing underrun protection system for a vehicle. The energy-absorbing underrun protection system is comprised of a deformable construction adapted for deforming along a longitudinal axis to absorb crash energy. This deformable construction has a torque arm member extending substantially perpendicularly therefrom for receiving an impact load offset from the longitudinal axis and bending the deformable construction toward the impact load.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2005Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Saeed Barbat, Gregory Frederick, Li Chai, Phillip Przybylo, Xiaowei Li
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Patent number: 7237828Abstract: An underbody crash device for a vehicle. The underbody crash device comprises a pillar member attached to the vehicle. The vehicle has a primary load path for absorbing crash energy in a collision. The pillar member is movable to a deployed position for supporting the vehicle directly on the ground and positioning the primary load path to increase crash energy absorbed therein.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2005Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Gregory Frederick, Phillip Przybylo, Xiaowei Li, Saeed Barbat, Hikmat Mahmood
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Publication number: 20070102963Abstract: An underbody crash device for a vehicle. The underbody crash device comprises a pillar member attached to the vehicle. The vehicle has a primary load path for absorbing crash energy in a collision. The pillar member is movable to a deployed position for supporting the vehicle directly on the ground and positioning the primary load path to increase crash energy absorbed therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2005Publication date: May 10, 2007Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Gregory Frederick, Phillip Przybylo, Xiaowei Li, Saeed Barbat, Hikmat Mahmood
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Publication number: 20060125226Abstract: According to one embodiment, the invention provides for a light truck including a frame with opposing longitudinal frame rails running along each side of the vehicle. The frame rails include at least a leading portion with vertical placement lowered and selected to substantially align with a passenger car energy management structure. In this embodiment, the vertical placement of the leading portion of the light truck frame rails is selected to direct impact energy to a passenger car longitudinal energy management structure, improving vehicle-to-vehicle compatibility in the event of a front longitudinal impact with a passenger car. The present invention also provides embodiments which increase the impact energy absorption capacity of a light truck by providing geometric softening of the frame rails and material softening of the frame rails.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2004Publication date: June 15, 2006Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: SAEED BARBAT, JAMES CHENG, RAJ JAYACHANDRAN, SENTHILKUMAR MAHADEVAN
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Publication number: 20050127645Abstract: A seat mounting structure is disclosed for reducing injury to vehicle occupants in side impact collisions. The seat mounting structure may include an inflation module, a linkage system, a sensor system, and a side airbag. The inflation module may include an inflatable structure and inflator or a piston device. The linkage system attaches the seat mounting structure to a seat and may help guide the movement of the seat. The sensor system may include a radar sensor and an optical sensor to help the sensor system anticipate an impending side impact. The seat mounting structure mitigates injury to the occupant by moving the occupant vertically up and laterally toward a centerline of the vehicle, thus increasing the space between the sidewall of the vehicle and the occupant. Additionally, the inflation module may comprise an inflatable structure that stiffens a floor structure of the vehicle upon inflation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2003Publication date: June 16, 2005Inventors: Bradley Smith, Saeed Barbat, Donald Paxton
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Publication number: 20050087998Abstract: An airbag (10) for mounting in the bumper (18) of a motor vehicle (12) is provided. The airbag can have an up-side-down āLā shape or a cylindrical shape. Further, multiple bags can be combined within one system. The airbag is configured to cover substantially the width of the vehicle upon deployment and also provide protection to the occupant of a struck vehicle (36) in the event the occupant is partially expelled from the struck vehicle in the direction of the bag. The airbag is combined with an inflation (23), collision sensor (34) and an electronic control unit (38) to form the airbag system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2002Publication date: April 28, 2005Inventors: Paul Curry, Wesley Pack, Steve Hailstone, Jeffrey Baker, Robert McClenathan, Michael Vecchio, Saeed Barbat, Priya Prasad
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Publication number: 20050068224Abstract: A system for adjusting a height of a first road vehicle with respect to the ground prior to impacting a second road vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a predictive crash sensor mounted to the first vehicle for sensing the second road vehicle, a control unit, and a height adjustment apparatus. The control unit is in communication with the predicative crash sensor for receiving a predictive crash signal and determining whether the first and the second road vehicles will collide. The height adjustment apparatus is mounted to the first road vehicle and in communication with the control unit. The height adjustment apparatus includes a shock absorber, a bladder, and a first valve. The shock absorber is mounted at a first end to a vehicle body of the first road vehicle and at a second end to a vehicle axle of the first road vehicle. The bladder is fixed at a first end to the first end of the shock absorber and at a second end to the second end of the shock absorber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2003Publication date: March 31, 2005Inventors: Bernard De Mersseman, Saeed Barbat, Charles Sherwin, Stephen Decker