Patents by Inventor Srividya Mudumbi

Srividya Mudumbi 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).

  • Passenger airbag having head orienting extension and depression
    Patent number: 10011243
    Abstract: An airbag system includes an airbag having a main portion having a first periphery. The main portion is inflatable in an inflation direction to a first thickness. An extension extends from the main portion and has a second periphery spaced from the first periphery. The extension is inflatable in the inflation direction to a second thickness. The first periphery and the second periphery define a gap therebetween. A depression is disposed between the main portion and the extension at the gap and the depression has a third thickness in the inflation direction less than the first thickness and the second thickness. The extension and the depression may receive a head of an occupant during an oblique impact, in which the head of the occupant may avoid the main portion of the airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Deepak Patel, Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Dinkar Sadashiv Karanth, Srividya Mudumbi, Zhibing Deng
  • PASSENGER AIRBAG HAVING HEAD ORIENTING EXTENSION AND DEPRESSION
    Publication number: 20170217399
    Abstract: An airbag system includes an airbag having a main portion having a first periphery. The main portion is inflatable in an inflation direction to a first thickness. An extension extends from the main portion and has a second periphery spaced from the first periphery. The extension is inflatable in the inflation direction to a second thickness. The first periphery and the second periphery define a gap therebetween. A depression is disposed between the main portion and the extension at the gap and the depression has a third thickness in the inflation direction less than the first thickness and the second thickness. The extension and the depression may receive a head of an occupant during an oblique impact, in which the head of the occupant may avoid the main portion of the airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Deepak Patel, Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Dinkar Sadashiv Karanth, Srividya Mudumbi, Zhibing Deng