Patents by Inventor Senthilkumar Mahadevan

Senthilkumar Mahadevan 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).

  • Side impact vehicle restraint deployment
    Patent number: 9067555
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes at least one sensor configured to detect an impact and a restraint device configured to deploy in response to the impact. A processing device is configured to deploy the restraint device in accordance with a first timing if the impact includes a front impact and a second timing if the impact includes a side impact. The second timing includes the first timing delayed by a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zhibing Deng, Senthilkumar Mahadevan, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, David James Bauch, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam
  • Sport utility vehicle (SUV) frame architecture for improved vehicle-to-vehicle compatibility
    Patent number: 8109535
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies
    Inventors: Saeed D Barbat, James C Cheng, Raj Jayachandran, Senthilkumar Mahadevan
  • SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE (SUV) FRAME ARCHITECTURE FOR IMPROVED VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMPATIBILITY
    Publication number: 20060125226
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: SAEED BARBAT, JAMES CHENG, RAJ JAYACHANDRAN, SENTHILKUMAR MAHADEVAN