Patents by Inventor Sumanth Muthyala

Sumanth Muthyala 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).

  • Publication number: 20240157863
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a system including a seat assembly and at least one controller is provided. The seat assembly performs one or more seat operations for a vehicle occupant. The at least one controller is programmed to receive a first signal indicative of battery charge status for one or more batteries and to control the one or more seat operations based on at least the battery charge status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Sumanth MUTHYALA, Arjun YETUKURI, Jose Gabriel FERNANDEZ BANARES
  • Publication number: 20240131992
    Abstract: A cargo-module arrangement for a vehicle having a body-in-white (BIW) portion and a load floor secured to the BIW portion may include a cargo platform disposed above the load floor and having a front edge and a back edge. The cargo platform may be selectively movable along a track arrangement in forward and rearward directions and include a cargo gate disposed proximate to the back edge. The cargo gate may include a forward edge and a rearward edge and may be pivotable upward about at least one of the forward edge or the rearward edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sumanth MUTHYALA, Lea Thomas SMITH, Aaron ROGGOW, Salim MAROUF, Arjun YETUKURI
  • Publication number: 20240059205
    Abstract: A system for moving cargo includes an in-vehicle conveyor system mounted in a vehicle cargo space, the in-vehicle conveyor system comprising one or more rails. The rails may be mounted to walls, floor, or ceiling of the vehicle cargo space. The system also includes one or more cargo storage units attached to the in-vehicle conveyor system. Each of the one or more cargo storage units is secured to the rails such that the one or more cargo storage units are raised with respect to a floor of the vehicle cargo space and define a circuit as based on a travel path of the one or more cargo storage units. Upon instruction, the cargo storage units are movable along the circuit to move a specified cargo storage unit to a predetermined location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark FARQUHAR, Brian PHILLIPS, Jeanene F. MUNROE, Evan KATZ, Praveen DODAMANI, Nilesh MATE, Gegi GEORGE, Kyle CALVERT, Eric VEINE, Krzysztof WROBLEWSKI, Stephen REDWOOD, Vishal SARODE, Chris ARMBRUSTER, Kevin GASPAROTTO, Andrew SHOWICH, Christopher D. JOHNSON, Sumanth MUTHYALA, Aaron ROGGOW, Salim MAROUF, Lea Thomas SMITH, Anthony MOLLICA, Michael CURRIE, Erik ELIE, Jason Scott
  • Publication number: 20230202401
    Abstract: A seat assembly may include a seatback, a seat base, and/or a retractable cover assembly connected to the seat base. The retractable cover assembly may include a retractable cover that is selectively connectable to the seatback. The retractable cover assembly may include a housing mounted to an underside of the seat base. The seat base may be configured to rotate relative to the seatback between a seating position and a storage position. The retractable cover may be selectively connectable to the seatback at least when the seat base is in the seating position. The retractable cover may be selectively connectable to a second seatback of a second seat at least when the seat base is in the storage position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Mark Weaver, Sumanth Muthyala, Brandon Landry, Paul Severinski, Michael R. Powell