Patents by Inventor Venkata Siva C. Chillara

Venkata Siva C. Chillara 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).

  • Morphing fender skirt for a steered wheel
    Patent number: 11072374
    Abstract: A morphing fender skirt includes a rigid, open-ended arched base, stretchable exterior skin connected across the base, and a structural, bendable rib array connected over the base subjacent to the skin. The rib array is configured to bend between a flattened shape over the base, whereby the rib array imparts the flattened shape to the skin across the base, and a domed shape over the base, whereby the rib array imparts the domed shape to the skin across the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: The Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Umesh N. Gandhi, Marcelo J. Dapino, Venkata Siva C. Chillara, Leon M. Headings
  • MORPHING FENDER SKIRT FOR A STEERED WHEEL
    Publication number: 20190210657
    Abstract: A morphing fender skirt includes a rigid, open-ended arched base, stretchable exterior skin connected across the base, and a structural, bendable rib array connected over the base subjacent to the skin. The rib array is configured to bend between a flattened shape over the base, whereby the rib array imparts the flattened shape to the skin across the base, and a domed shape over the base, whereby the rib array imparts the domed shape to the skin across the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Umesh N. Gandhi, Marcelo J. Dapino, Venkata Siva C. Chillara, Leon M. Headings