Patents by Inventor Shakti P. Chavan

Shakti P. Chavan 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).

  • Double angled rail system for a vehicle
    Patent number: 9969431
    Abstract: In at least one implementation, a structural rail for a vehicle includes a main body and a front portion. The main body has an upper wall, a lower wall, an inner sidewall and an outer sidewall spaced from the inner sidewall. The front portion has a rear end adjacent to the second end of the main body and a front end spaced from the rear end. The main body has a first bend between the first end and second end so that a portion of the main body is angled outwardly and an included angle of less than 180 degrees is provided in the outer sidewall. The rail also includes a second bend between the first bend and the front end, and the second bend further angles at least part of the front portion outwardly relative to the outwardly angled portion of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Grzegorz Sopel, Rajkumar Rajagopalan, Joseph V Rozenbaum, Hassan H El-Hor, Rebecca L Tanguay, Zheng Qin, Michael Dreer, Shakti P Chavan, Venkata Vinod Pasumarthi
  • DOUBLE ANGLED RAIL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180043937
    Abstract: In at least one implementation, a structural rail for a vehicle includes a main body and a front portion. The main body has an upper wall, a lower wall, an inner sidewall and an outer sidewall spaced from the inner sidewall. The front portion has a rear end adjacent to the second end of the main body and a front end spaced from the rear end. The main body has a first bend between the first end and second end so that a portion of the main body is angled outwardly and an included angle of less than 180 degrees is provided in the outer sidewall. The rail also includes a second bend between the first bend and the front end, and the second bend further angles at least part of the front portion outwardly relative to the outwardly angled portion of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Grzegorz Sopel, Rajkumar Rajagopalan, Joseph V. Rozenbaum, Hassan H. El-Hor, Rebecca L. Tanguay, Zheng Qin, Michael Dreer, Shakti P. Chavan, Venkata Vinod Pasumarthi