Patents by Inventor Venkat Lakshminarayan

Venkat Lakshminarayan 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).

  • System and method for clearing crush space in a vehicle through the use of active components
    Patent number: 7658254
    Abstract: A system for clearing crush space in an automotive vehicle, the system including a vehicle having a passenger compartment, an impact displaced component assembled to the vehicle in a spaced relationship to the passenger compartment, an intervening component mounted on the vehicle between the passenger compartment and the impact displaced component, an active component secured to the vehicle in close proximity to the intervening component, a controller mounted on the vehicle, the controller activating the active component when the vehicle is involved in a collision, and the active component causing the intervening component to move when the active component is activated wherein crush space for movement of the impact displaced component is at least partially cleared in the event of a collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Lee Buchwitz, Noah Barlow Mass, Venkat Lakshminarayan, Gennadiy Goldenshteyn, Andrew Charles Samyn
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEARING CRUSH SPACE IN A VEHICLE THROUGH THE USE OF ACTIVE COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20080290642
    Abstract: A system for clearing crush space in an automotive vehicle, the system including a vehicle having a passenger compartment, an impact displaced component assembled to the vehicle in a spaced relationship to the passenger compartment, an intervening component mounted on the vehicle between the passenger compartment and the impact displaced component, an active component secured to the vehicle in close proximity to the intervening component, a controller mounted on the vehicle, the controller activating the active component when the vehicle is involved in a collision, and the active component causing the intervening component to move when the active component is activated wherein crush space for movement of the impact displaced component is at least partially cleared in the event of a collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Lee Buchwitz, Noah Barlow Mass, Venkat Lakshminarayan, Gennadiy Goldenshteyn, Andrew Charles Samyn