Patents by Inventor Vidyakant C. Revankar

Vidyakant C. Revankar 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).

  • Active pedestrian protection system
    Patent number: 9586555
    Abstract: A method for cushioning a pedestrian during contact with a moving vehicle. The method includes steps providing an energy-absorbing pedestrian interface structured to cushion the pedestrian during contact, providing an interface deployment mechanism operatively coupled to the interface and structured to move the interface between a stowed position and a deployed position, and moving the pedestrian interface to the deployed position when the vehicle is in motion and prior to contact between the pedestrian and the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: TK Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Vidyakant C. Revankar, Larry M. Wilmot
  • Active knee protection system
    Patent number: 9550464
    Abstract: An active leg engagement system for a vehicle includes a selectively deployable leg-engaging member containing an airbag or expandable energy absorber for protecting a pedestrian from collision with the vehicle. An alternative embodiment may include an expandable energy absorber within or behind a vehicle bumper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: TK Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Vidyakant C. Revankar, Larry M. Wilmot, Jay Z. Zhao, Ning Zhang
  • Active lower leg engagement system
    Patent number: 9365176
    Abstract: An active leg engagement system for a vehicle includes a selectively deployable leg-engaging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: TK Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Vidyakant C. Revankar, Larry M. Wilmot, Mike Leschuk, James P. Karlow, Jay Z. Zhao, Ning Zhang
  • Active Pedestrian Protection System
    Publication number: 20150203067
    Abstract: A method for cushioning a pedestrian during contact with a moving vehicle. The method includes steps providing an energy-absorbing pedestrian interface structured to cushion the pedestrian during contact, providing an interface deployment mechanism operatively coupled to the interface and structured to move the interface between a stowed position and a deployed position, and moving the pedestrian interface to the deployed position when the vehicle is in motion and prior to contact between the pedestrian and the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: TK Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Vidyakant C. Revankar, Larry M. Wilmot
  • Active Knee Protection System
    Publication number: 20150183395
    Abstract: An active leg engagement system for a vehicle includes a selectively deployable leg-engaging member containing an airbag or expandable energy absorber for protecting a pedestrian from collision with the vehicle. An alternative embodiment may include an expandable energy absorber within or behind a vehicle bumper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: TK Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Vidyakant C. Revankar, Larry M. Wilmot, Jay Z. Zhao, Ning Zhang
  • ACTIVE LOWER LEG ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150151700
    Abstract: An active leg engagement system for a vehicle includes a selectively deployable leg-engaging member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: TK Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Vidyakant C. Revankar, Larry M. Wilmot, Mike Leschuck, James P. Karlow, Jay Z. Zhao, Ning Zhang