Patents by Inventor Shunmugam Baskar
Shunmugam Baskar 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: 11465271Abstract: An apparatus for holding a hood of a vehicle open during e-coat application and painting. The apparatus includes a support incorporating first and second pairs of legs attached to spaced locations on right and left sides of an engine compartment. The two pairs of legs are connected at an upper portion of the legs. A hood support bar is connected to the upper portion of both the first and second pairs of legs and extends transversely across the engine compartment. A hood striker receiving bracket may be provided on the hood support bar. The apparatus is adjustable to position the hood striker receiving bracket in a range of vertical, transverse and longitudinal locations. The adjustability of the apparatus provides a flexible hood support that reduces thermal distortion or sag due to thermal load.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Shunmugam Baskar, Michael J. Gardynik, Christopher Pope, Christina Dung Nguyen, Venkatasamy Veluchamy
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Patent number: 10711501Abstract: An active anti-flutter system is provided for a motor vehicle. That active anti-flutter system includes an electromagnet on a first component, a ferromagnetic target on a second component and a controller. The controller is configured to energize the electromagnet to generate a magnetic flux that attracts the ferromagnetic target toward the electromagnet thereby reducing vibration of one of the first component and the second component. A method of reducing flutter of a closure panel on a motor vehicle is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Shunmugam Baskar, Michael J. Gardynik, Venkatasamy Veluchamy, Christina Dung Nguyen
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Patent number: 10696147Abstract: A vehicle closure member sealing system includes a first seal including a first bulb section and an inflatable geometric feature disposed on a discrete portion of the first seal. The inflatable geometric feature includes a second bulb section separate from the first bulb section. A pressure source is configured to communicate a fluid into the second bulb section to inflate the inflatable geometric feature between a first position and a second position. The vehicle closure member sealing system may be utilized to seal a side door or liftgate.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Shunmugam Baskar, Lohitha Dewasurendra
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Publication number: 20200198117Abstract: An apparatus for holding a hood of a vehicle open during e-coat application and painting. The apparatus includes a support incorporating first and second pairs of legs attached to spaced locations on right and left sides of an engine compartment. The two pairs of legs are connected at an upper portion of the legs. A hood support bar is connected to the upper portion of both the first and second pairs of legs and extends transversely across the engine compartment. A hood striker receiving bracket may be provided on the hood support bar. The apparatus is adjustable to position the hood striker receiving bracket in a range of vertical, transverse and longitudinal locations. The adjustability of the apparatus provides a flexible hood support that reduces thermal distortion or sag due to thermal load.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Shunmugam BASKAR, Michael J. GARDYNIK, Christopher POPE, Christina Dung NGUYEN, Venkatasamy VELUCHAMY
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Patent number: 10611015Abstract: An apparatus for holding a hood of a vehicle open during e-coat application and painting. The apparatus includes a support incorporating first and second pairs of legs attached to spaced locations on right and left sides of an engine compartment. The two pairs of legs are connected at an upper portion of the legs. A hood support bar is connected to the upper portion of both the first and second pairs of legs and extends transversely across the engine compartment. A hood striker receiving bracket may be provided on the hood support bar. The apparatus is adjustable to position the hood striker receiving bracket in a range of vertical, transverse and longitudinal locations. The adjustability of the apparatus provides a flexible hood support that reduces thermal distortion or sag due to thermal load.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Shunmugam Baskar, Michael J. Gardynik, Christopher Pope, Christina Dung Nguyen, Venkatasamy Veluchamy
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Publication number: 20190256150Abstract: A vehicle body includes a floor side panel, a rocker panel, and a reinforcement structure. The floor side panel is secured to the rocker panel. The floor side panel and the rocker panel each extend longitudinally from a front to a rear of the vehicle body and define a cavity therebetween. The reinforcement structure is disposed within the cavity and forms a plurality of longitudinally aligned crush cans. Each crush can extends laterally from the floor side panel to the rocker panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Geoffrey John COOPER, AmirReza LATIF, Sagar Ashok DHOND, Shunmugam BASKAR, Sreekanth GONDIPALLE
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Patent number: 10370040Abstract: A vehicle body includes a floor side panel, a rocker panel, and a reinforcement structure. The floor side panel is secured to the rocker panel. The floor side panel and the rocker panel each extend longitudinally from a front to a rear of the vehicle body and define a cavity therebetween. The reinforcement structure is disposed within the cavity and forms a plurality of longitudinally aligned crush cans. Each crush can extends laterally from the floor side panel to the rocker panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Geoffrey John Cooper, AmirReza Latif, Sagar Ashok Dhond, Shunmugam Baskar, Sreekanth Gondipalle
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Publication number: 20190168592Abstract: A vehicle closure member sealing system includes a first seal including a first bulb section and an inflatable geometric feature disposed on a discrete portion of the first seal. The inflatable geometric feature includes a second bulb section separate from the first bulb section. A pressure source is configured to communicate a fluid into the second bulb section to inflate the inflatable geometric feature between a first position and a second position. The vehicle closure member sealing system may be utilized to seal a side door or liftgate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Shunmugam Baskar, Lohitha Dewasurendra
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Publication number: 20180298667Abstract: An active anti-flutter system is provided for a motor vehicle. That active anti-flutter system includes an electromagnet on a first component, a ferromagnetic target on a second component and a controller. The controller is configured to energize the electromagnet to generate a magnetic flux that attracts the ferromagnetic target toward the electromagnet thereby reducing vibration of one of the first component and the second component. A method of reducing flutter of a closure panel on a motor vehicle is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2017Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Shunmugam Baskar, Michael J. Gardynik, Venkatasamy Veluchamy, Christina Dung Nguyen
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Publication number: 20180298647Abstract: A supplemental locking mechanism for a vehicle center-opening door assembly includes a first retaining member carried by a first door panel upper latch mechanism and a second retaining member associated with a second door panel. The second retaining member is adapted to engage the first retaining member on placing the first door panel and the second door panel in a closed and latched position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2017Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Shunmugam Baskar, Bruce Richard Ghastin
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Publication number: 20180073808Abstract: A thermal distortion arrestor includes a body having a base and a plurality of positioning lugs that extend from a first face of the base. A related door assembly and method of installing a thermal distortion arrestor in a door assembly are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: March 15, 2018Inventors: Shunmugam Baskar, Bruce Richard Ghastin, Christina Dung Nguyen
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Publication number: 20170165826Abstract: An apparatus for holding a hood of a vehicle open during e-coat application and painting. The apparatus includes a support incorporating first and second pairs of legs attached to spaced locations on right and left sides of an engine compartment. The two pairs of legs are connected at an upper portion of the legs. A hood support bar is connected to the upper portion of both the first and second pairs of legs and extends transversely across the engine compartment. A hood striker receiving bracket may be provided on the hood support bar. The apparatus is adjustable to position the hood striker receiving bracket in a range of vertical, transverse and longitudinal locations. The adjustability of the apparatus provides a flexible hood support that reduces thermal distortion or sag due to thermal load.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2015Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventors: Shunmugam BASKAR, Michael J. GARDYNIK, Christopher POPE, Christina Dung NGUYEN, Venkatasamy VELUCHAMY
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Patent number: 9527370Abstract: A damping and stiffening assembly for a body panel. The assembly includes a first damping patch and a second damping patch that are attached to the body panel. The assembly also includes a stiffening lamination that has a first end, a middle portion, and a second end. The first end of the stiffening lamination attaches to and overlaps the first damping patch. The middle portion of the stiffening lamination attaches to the body panel. The second end of the stiffening lamination attaches to and overlaps the second damping patch.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jason Douglas Scott, Bruce Richard Ghastin, Shunmugam Baskar
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Publication number: 20150375604Abstract: A damping and stiffening assembly for a body panel. The assembly includes a first damping patch and a second damping patch that are attached to the body panel. The assembly also includes a stiffening lamination that has a first end, a middle portion, and a second end. The first end of the stiffening lamination attaches to and overlaps the first damping patch. The middle portion of the stiffening lamination attaches to the body panel. The second end of the stiffening lamination attaches to and overlaps the second damping patch.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2014Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Jason Douglas SCOTT, Bruce Richard GHASTIN, Shunmugam BASKAR
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Patent number: 8955900Abstract: A door for selectively opening and closing at least a portion of an opening in a vehicle includes an outer door panel and an inner door panel. The inner panel is attached to the outer panel thus defining a space between the inner and outer panels. The inner panel is characterized by height and length. A reinforcement beam having a length substantially equal to the length of the inner panel is attached to the inner panel such that the beam is disposed in the defined space. A reinforcement bracket having a height and a length is attached to the inner panel intermediate the first and second ends of the length of the inner panel such that the beam is disposed in the space between the inner and outer panels. The length of the bracket is smaller than the length of the reinforcement beam.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2013Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Shunmugam Baskar, Salman A. Khan, Stephen D. Rusnak
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Publication number: 20140319869Abstract: A door for selectively opening and closing at least a portion of an opening in a vehicle includes an outer door panel and an inner door panel. The inner panel is attached to the outer panel thus defining a space between the inner and outer panels. The inner panel is characterized by height and length. A reinforcement beam having a length substantially equal to the length of the inner panel is attached to the inner panel such that the beam is disposed in the defined space. A reinforcement bracket having a height and a length is attached to the inner panel intermediate the first and second ends of the length of the inner panel such that the beam is disposed in the space between the inner and outer panels. The length of the bracket is smaller than the length of the reinforcement beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2013Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Shunmugam Baskar, Salman A. Khan, Stephen D. Rusnak
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Patent number: 8371639Abstract: A door assembly for a vehicle includes an exterior panel and an impact beam coupled to the exterior panel and spaced from an interior surface of the exterior panel a gap distance. A bracket is attached to the impact beam via a snap fit connection. The bracket includes an outboard surface disposed between the impact beam and the interior surface to at least partially span the gap distance. The snap fit connection allows for repositioning and removal of the bracket from the door assembly without negatively affecting the structural integrity of the impact beam.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Kenneth G. Danaj, Shunmugam Baskar, Sarah J. Pike, Raymond Lyszczarz
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Publication number: 20120091750Abstract: A door assembly for a vehicle includes an exterior panel and an impact beam coupled to the exterior panel and spaced from an interior surface of the exterior panel a gap distance. A bracket is attached to the impact beam via a snap fit connection. The bracket includes an outboard surface disposed between the impact beam and the interior surface to at least partially span the gap distance. The snap fit connection allows for repositioning and removal of the bracket from the door assembly without negatively affecting the structural integrity of the impact beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: Kenneth G. Danaj, Shunmugam Baskar, Sarah J. Pike, Raymond Lyszczarz