Patents by Inventor Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar
Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar 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).
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Patent number: 11827063Abstract: A wheel assembly for a non-pneumatic tire includes a wheel including an inboard side, an outboard side, and an outer surface, the outer surface including at least one taper extending from the inboard side to the outboard side, and a locking ring configured to abut against at least one of the inboard side and the outboard side of the wheel and to secure the non-pneumatic tire to the wheel.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2023Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Cindy Sofia Barrera-Martinez, Janice Lisa Tardiff, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Adam Wirth, David Scott Rohweder, Robert Henry Camilleri, Ryan Buttimer
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Publication number: 20230150310Abstract: A wheel assembly for a non-pneumatic tire includes a wheel including an inboard side, an outboard side, and an outer surface, the outer surface including at least one taper extending from the inboard side to the outboard side, and a locking ring configured to abut against at least one of the inboard side and the outboard side of the wheel and to secure the non-pneumatic tire to the wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Cindy Sofia Barrera-Martinez, Janice Lisa Tardiff, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Adam Wirth, David Scott Rohweder, Robert Henry Camilleri, Ryan Buttimer
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Patent number: 11613218Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive a series of pressure maps indicating a respective series of sitting positions of an occupant in a seat, wherein the pressure maps include a current pressure map; update a profile of the occupant based on the pressure maps, wherein the profile includes a plurality of clusters of sitting positions and classifications of the clusters as preferred or nonpreferred, and updating the profile includes sorting one of the sitting positions into one of the clusters that is classified as preferred in response to the occupant remaining in that sitting position for greater than a threshold time; and adjust a physical configuration of the seat in response to the current sitting position being in one of the clusters that is classified as nonpreferred.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Fling Finn Tseng, Shiqi Qiu, Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Patrick Maloney, Alex Perkins, Himanshu Verma, Nikhil Kailas Jamdade, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Victoria Leigh Schein, Samuel Laidlaw, Bhagyashri Satyabodha Katti, Kalyani Purushottam Sonawane
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Patent number: 11590872Abstract: An articulation assembly for a vehicle seat includes a planar engagement surface. An inflatable member is operably coupled to the planar engagement surface. The inflatable member includes a plurality of polyhedral bodies that are configured to be formed via additive manufacturing. Each of the polyhedral bodies has a foldable portion that defines crease lines. A plurality of elastomeric members are disposed on each crease line. A planar base includes a port fluidly coupled to the polyhedral bodies. A manifold is fluidly coupled to the port of the planar base and is configured to translate fluid through the port to the polyhedral bodies.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Alexander Perkins, Ireneusz Trybula, Patrick Maloney, Siddharthan Selvasekar, Chaitanya Nimmagadda, Victoria Leigh Schein, Sangram Tamhankar, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar
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Patent number: 11577550Abstract: A tire and wheel assembly includes a non-pneumatic tire and a wheel. The non-pneumatic tire has a tread, a plurality of spokes, and an inner liner with a first side, a second side, and at least one taper extending between the first side and the second side. The wheel has an inboard side, an outboard side, and an outer surface with at least one complementary taper extending between the inboard side and the outboard side such that the non-pneumatic tire is serviceably mounted on the wheel. A locking ring can be included and the locking ring can be configured to abut against the inboard side or the outboard side of the wheel. Also, a wheel flange extending inwardly from the inner liner can be included and the wheel flange is configured to abut against the outboard side or the inboard side of the wheel.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Cindy Sofia Barrera-Martinez, Janice Lisa Tardiff, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Adam Wirth, David Scott Rohweder, Robert Henry Camilleri, Ryan Buttimer
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Publication number: 20220363176Abstract: A support assembly for a vehicle is provided that includes a base fixedly coupled to a vehicle interior, a panel disposed on the base, and a track assembly disposed between the base and the panel. The track assembly includes a track and an actuator slidably coupled with the track and coupled with the panel and movable from a first position to a second position to move the panel from a stored position to a deployed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2021Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Sangram Tamhankar, Victoria Leigh Schein
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Publication number: 20220348125Abstract: An articulation assembly for a vehicle seat includes a planar engagement surface. An inflatable member is operably coupled to the planar engagement surface. The inflatable member includes a plurality of polyhedral bodies that are configured to be formed via additive manufacturing. Each of the polyhedral bodies has a foldable portion that defines crease lines. A plurality of elastomeric members are disposed on each crease line. A planar base includes a port fluidly coupled to the polyhedral bodies. A manifold is fluidly coupled to the port of the planar base and is configured to translate fluid through the port to the polyhedral bodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: November 3, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Alexander Perkins, Ireneusz Trybula, Patrick Maloney, Siddharthan Selvasekar, Chaitanya Nimmagadda, Victoria Leigh Schein, Sangram Tamhankar, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar
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Patent number: 11485266Abstract: A support assembly for a vehicle is provided that includes a base fixedly coupled to a vehicle interior, a panel disposed on the base, and a track assembly disposed between the base and the panel. The track assembly includes a track and an actuator slidably coupled with the track and coupled with the panel and movable from a first position to a second position to move the panel from a stored position to a deployed position.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Sangram Tamhankar, Victoria Leigh Schein
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Publication number: 20220340069Abstract: A vehicle door assembly includes, among other things, a ramp pivotable back-and-forth between a stowed position and a deployed position. The vehicle door assembly further includes a door slidable back-and-forth between a closed position and an open position. The door and the ramp are configured to slide together when the ramp is in the stowed position. The door is configured to slide relative to the ramp when the ramp is in the deployed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Sangram Tamhankar, Victoria Leigh Schein, Patrick Maloney
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Patent number: 11472326Abstract: A vehicle door assembly includes, among other things, a ramp pivotable back-and-forth between a stowed position and a deployed position. The vehicle door assembly further includes a door slidable back-and-forth between a closed position and an open position. The door and the ramp are configured to slide together when the ramp is in the stowed position. The door is configured to slide relative to the ramp when the ramp is in the deployed position.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Sangram Tamhankar, Victoria Leigh Schein, Patrick Maloney
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Patent number: 11440453Abstract: An article, such as a vehicle seat, includes a one-piece vehicle head restraint structure that defines a frame and a plurality of receptacles. There are metallic resonators disposed in the receptacles. Polymeric dampers line the receptacles and circumscribe the metallic resonators.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Sangram Tamhankar, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Chaitanya Nimmagadda, Cindy Sofia Barrera-Martinez, John Edward Huber
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Patent number: 11420567Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seatback having a cushioned component pivotally coupled to the seatback and operable between deployed and retracted positions. The cushioned component includes an interior cavity. A rack assembly is positioned within the interior cavity and includes a forward-most rack with a first receiving area. The rack assembly further includes a rearward-most rack having a second receiving area. A first cartridge assembly is removeably received in the first receiving area of the rack assembly. A second cartridge assembly is removeably received in the second receiving area of the rack assembly. The rack assembly may also include one or more intermediate rack assemblies positioned between the forward-most and rearward-most rack assemblies for supporting other intermediate cartridge assemblies. Each cartridge assembly includes a different density profile for providing variated comfort settings to the seatback of the seat assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Sangram Tamhankar, Christian J. Hosbach, Patrick Maloney, Alex Perkins, Victoria Leigh Schein, Kevin VanNieulande
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Patent number: 11364828Abstract: A seat assembly includes a cushioned component having a lattice matrix, wherein the lattice matrix includes a first portion defined by a first pattern of interconnected links which defines a first set of cells, and a second portion defined by a second pattern of interconnected links which defines a second set of cells. The first portion of the lattice matrix includes a density profile that is different than a density profile of the second portion of the lattice matrix. An air bladder is disposed within a core portion of the lattice matrix and includes a non-porous outer casing surrounding an interior cavity. The outer casing of the air bladder and the lattice matrix are integrated components comprised of a common material to define a monolithic structure created using an additive manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Patrick Maloney, Alex Perkins, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Sangram Tamhankar, Kevin VanNieulande, Victoria Leigh Schein, Christian J. Hosbach
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Publication number: 20220185210Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive a series of pressure maps indicating a respective series of sitting positions of an occupant in a seat, wherein the pressure maps include a current pressure map; update a profile of the occupant based on the pressure maps, wherein the profile includes a plurality of clusters of sitting positions and classifications of the clusters as preferred or nonpreferred, and updating the profile includes sorting one of the sitting positions into one of the clusters that is classified as preferred in response to the occupant remaining in that sitting position for greater than a threshold time; and adjust a physical configuration of the seat in response to the current sitting position being in one of the clusters that is classified as nonpreferred.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Fling Finn Tseng, Shiqi Qiu, Johannes Geir Kristinsson, Patrick Maloney, Alex Perkins, Himanshu Verma, Nikhil Kailas Jamdade, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Victoria Leigh Schein, Samuel Laidlaw, Bhagyashri Satyabodha Katti, Kalyani Purushottam Sonawane
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Publication number: 20220118898Abstract: An article, such as a vehicle seat, includes a one-piece vehicle head restraint structure that defines a frame and a plurality of receptacles. There are metallic resonators disposed in the receptacles. Polymeric dampers line the receptacles and circumscribe the metallic resonators.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Sangram Tamhankar, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Chaitanya Nimmagadda, Cindy Sofia Barrera-Martinez, John Edward Huber
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Patent number: 11292375Abstract: A headrest assembly includes a headrest bun having an interior portion. A support armature includes a portion thereof disposed within the interior portion of the headrest bun. A support member includes a lattice matrix comprised of a plurality of interconnected links. The support member is supported within the interior portion of the headrest bun by the support armature. A receptacle is operably coupled to the lattice matrix of the support member within the interior portion of the headrest bun and includes an interior cavity. A weighted insert is removeably received within the interior cavity of the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Sangram Tamhankar, Chaitanya Nimmagadda, John Edward Huber, Siddharthan Selvasekar, Patrick Maloney, Janice Lisa Tardiff, Alex Perkins
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Patent number: 11230210Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a frame with an engagement portion, a carrier, and a strap disposed between the frame and the carrier, wherein if the carrier is in an attached position relative to the frame, then application of an actuating force to the strap moves the carrier to a detached position relative to the frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Sangram Laxman Tamhankar, Patrick Maloney, Kevin VanNieulande
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Patent number: 11130432Abstract: A seat of a vehicle seating assembly includes a seat carrier, a thigh tilt housing, a thigh extension housing, and an inflatable member. The thigh tilt housing is coupled to a forward region of the seat carrier. A recess is defined by the thigh tilt housing, with the recess being positioned in an upper surface of the thigh tilt housing. A motor is received within the recess. The thigh extension housing is coupled to the motor, with the thigh extension housing being movable in a fore-aft direction relative to the thigh tilt housing. A fastener couples the thigh tilt housing to the seat carrier in a manner that permits pivotable motion of the thigh tilt housing along a vertical plane. The inflatable member is positioned between the seat carrier and the thigh tilt housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: John Wayne Jaranson, Johnathan Andrew Line, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Patrick Maloney, Christian J. Hosbach, Sangram Tamhankar, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar
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Publication number: 20210237634Abstract: A seat assembly includes a cushioned component having a lattice matrix, wherein the lattice matrix includes a first portion defined by a first pattern of interconnected links which defines a first set of cells, and a second portion defined by a second pattern of interconnected links which defines a second set of cells. The first portion of the lattice matrix includes a density profile that is different than a density profile of the second portion of the lattice matrix. An air bladder is disposed within a core portion of the lattice matrix and includes a non-porous outer casing surrounding an interior cavity. The outer casing of the air bladder and the lattice matrix are integrated components comprised of a common material to define a monolithic structure created using an additive manufacturing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Patrick Maloney, Alex Perkins, Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Sangram Tamhankar, Kevin VanNieulande, Victoria Leigh Schein, Christian J. Hosbach
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Publication number: 20210178976Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seatback having a cushioned component pivotally coupled to the seatback and operable between deployed and retracted positions. The cushioned component includes an interior cavity. A rack assembly is positioned within the interior cavity and includes a forward-most rack with a first receiving area. The rack assembly further includes a rearward-most rack having a second receiving area. A first cartridge assembly is removeably received in the first receiving area of the rack assembly. A second cartridge assembly is removeably received in the second receiving area of the rack assembly. The rack assembly may also include one or more intermediate rack assemblies positioned between the forward-most and rearward-most rack assemblies for supporting other intermediate cartridge assemblies. Each cartridge assembly includes a different density profile for providing variated comfort settings to the seatback of the seat assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Vishal Vinayak Nageshkar, Sangram Tamhankar, Christian J. Hosbach, Patrick Maloney, Alex Perkins, Victoria Leigh Schein, Kevin VanNieulande