Patents by Inventor Yeruva Satya Reddy
Yeruva Satya Reddy 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: 9643554Abstract: An apparatus includes a closed body having a varied configuration between a first location and at least a second location. The apparatus further includes a pressure sensor coupled to the closed body at the first location. When forces with substantially equal magnitudes are respectively applied to the closed body at different locations between the first and second locations, the closed body respectively translates the forces to substantially equal pressure differentials at the first location.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Yeruva Satya Reddy, Paul Kevin Kula, Bill Pappas, Todd N. Clark
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Patent number: 9616836Abstract: A vehicle system includes a sensor that outputs an impact signal and a processing device that is programmed to calculate an acceleration envelope from the impact signal, determine a number of times the impact signal crosses a predetermined threshold, and determine whether the impact signal represents a pedestrian impact. Whether the impact is a pedestrian impact is based at least in part on the acceleration envelope and the number of times the impact signal crosses the predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jialiang Le, Hubert Szawarski, Manoharprasad K. Rao, Yeruva Satya Reddy
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Publication number: 20160214555Abstract: A vehicle system includes a sensor that outputs an impact signal and a processing device that is programmed to calculate an acceleration envelope from the impact signal, determine a number of times the impact signal crosses a predetermined threshold, and determine whether the impact signal represents a pedestrian impact. Whether the impact is a pedestrian impact is based at least in part on the acceleration envelope and the number of times the impact signal crosses the predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2015Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jialiang Le, Hubert Szawarski, Manoharprasad K. Rao, Yeruva Satya Reddy
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Patent number: 9260072Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling deployment of pedestrian head protection devices on a motor vehicle having a metal bumper is disclosed. The disclosed inventive concept involves strategic placement of accelerometer sensing devices and the derivation of a real time impact signal from the signals generated by the accelerometers. This real time impact signal is used along with thresholds and a time window to control deployment. The apparatus includes a metal bumper, two support brackets attaching the bumper to the vehicle and at least two accelerometers fitted to the bumper proximate the brackets. The derivation and use of a single impact signal from said first and second signal-generating accelerometers is achieved by taking the larger of two absolute values derived from the accelerometers.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jialiang Le, Manoharprasad K. Rao, Yeruva Satya Reddy, Kowling Cheng
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Publication number: 20150274107Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling deployment of the pedestrian head protection devices on a motor vehicle having a metal bumper is disclosed. The disclosed inventive concept involves strategic placement of accelerometer sensing devices and the derivation of a real time impact signal from the signals generated by the accelerometers. This real time impact signal is used along with thresholds and time window to control deployment. The apparatus includes a metal bumper, two support brackets attaching the bumper to the vehicle and at least two accelerometers fitted to the bumper proximate the brackets. The derivation and use of a single impact signal from said first and second signal-generating accelerometers is achieved by taking the larger of two absolute values derived from the accelerometers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Jialiang Le, Manoharprasad K. Rao, Yeruva Satya Reddy, Kowling Cheng
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Publication number: 20150274102Abstract: An apparatus includes a closed body having a varied configuration between a first location and at least a second location. The apparatus further includes a pressure sensor coupled to the closed body at the first location. When forces with substantially equal magnitudes are respectively applied to the closed body at different locations between the first and second locations, the closed body respectively translates the forces to substantially equal pressure differentials at the first location.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Yeruva Satya Reddy, Paul Kevin Kula, Bill Pappas, Todd N. Clark
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Patent number: 9067553Abstract: A vehicle includes a fascia, a bumper beam, and a sensor including a pressure chamber disposed between and along the fascia and bumper beam. The vehicle further includes a plurality of pusher blocks disposed between and along the fascia and bumper beam. The pusher blocks impinge upon the pressure chamber during fascia impact. Contact areas defined by the pusher blocks decrease toward a center of the pressure chamber and increase toward ends of the pressure chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam, Yeruva Satya Reddy, Abraham G. Philip, Steven Yellin Schondorf
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Publication number: 20150006037Abstract: A vehicle sensing system may include a plurality of sensing components, each component including a housing configured to maintain a first sensor and a second sensor, an interface connected to each of the first sensor and the second sensor, and a first module and a second module connected to the interface, each configured to receive data from at least one of the first sensor and the second sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mahmoud Yousef GHANNAM, Abraham G. PHILIP, David James TIPPY, Yeruva Satya REDDY, Jennifer Danielle SHAW, Tania VAZQUEZ
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Publication number: 20140367979Abstract: An automotive vehicle fascia assembly is provided. The fascia assembly includes a bumper cover and an impact sensor assembly attached to, without mechanically fastening, the bumper cover. The impact sensor assembly includes a housing, a sensor disposed within the housing, and a planar tab bonded to the bumper cover. The impact sensor assembly is spaced away from the bumper cover a distance no greater than a thickness of the planar tab.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Paul Kevin Kula, Steven Yellin Schondorf, Yeruva Satya Reddy, Erich Kemnitz
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Patent number: 8894119Abstract: An automotive vehicle fascia assembly is provided. The fascia assembly includes a bumper cover and an impact sensor assembly attached to, without mechanically fastening, the bumper cover. The impact sensor assembly includes a housing, a sensor disposed within the housing, and a planar tab bonded to the bumper cover. The impact sensor assembly is spaced away from the bumper cover a distance no greater than a thickness of the planar tab.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2013Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Paul Kevin Kula, Steven Yellin Schondorf, Yeruva Satya Reddy, Erich Kemnitz