Patents by Inventor Zhibing Deng
Zhibing Deng 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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Publication number: 20220250571Abstract: A vehicle includes a seat movable to a forward-facing position and a rearward-facing position. The vehicle includes a track elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis. The vehicle includes an airbag assembly movable along the track. The vehicle includes a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to move the airbag assembly along the track to a first position in response to identifying the seat is in the forward-facing position and to a second position in response to identifying the seat is in the rearward-facing position, the first position different than the second position relative to the seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2021Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11370376Abstract: A seat includes a seatback and an armrest supported by the seatback. The armrest is rotatable relative to the seatback to a deployed position. A swing bar is supported by the armrest and is rotatable relative to the armrest to a downward position. The swing bar in the downward position is elongated downwardly from the armrest. A drive belt is indexed with the armrest and the swing bar to rotate the swing bar to the downward position when the armrests rotates to the deployed position.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11370380Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes an airbag inflator. The assembly includes a curtain airbag including a main lobe and an inflatable flap. The main lobe and the inflatable flap are each inflatable by the airbag inflator to an inflated position. The main lobe includes an inboard panel and an outboard panel. The inflatable flap is at the inboard panel in the inflated position. The inflatable flap, in the inflated position, is at the inboard panel and abutting the inflator.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Joseph E. Abramczyk, Zhibing Deng, Deepak Patel, Lavanya Vemuri
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Publication number: 20220185218Abstract: An airbag system includes an airbag and an inflator positioned in an instrument panel. The airbag includes a first chamber and a second chamber spaced from the instrument panel by the first chamber. A plurality of tethers is positioned within the second chamber. Each tether is coupled between a central area of a lower side and a central area of an upper side. A first and second lower extensions and a first and second upper extensions extend from the lower side and the upper side of the airbag, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Tzu-Chen Weng, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11358551Abstract: An airbag system includes an airbag and an inflator positioned in an instrument panel. The airbag includes a first chamber and a second chamber spaced from the instrument panel by the first chamber. A plurality of tethers is positioned within the second chamber. Each tether is coupled between a central area of a lower side and a central area of an upper side. A first and second lower extensions and a first and second upper extensions extend from the lower side and the upper side of the airbag, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Tzu-Chen Weng, Deepak Patel
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Publication number: 20220176906Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes an airbag inflator. The assembly includes a curtain airbag including a main lobe and an inflatable flap. The main lobe and the inflatable flap are each inflatable by the airbag inflator to an inflated position. The main lobe includes an inboard panel and an outboard panel. The inflatable flap is at the inboard panel in the inflated position. The inflatable flap, in the inflated position, is at the inboard panel and abutting the inflator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Joseph E. Abramczyk, Zhibing Deng, Deepak Patel, Lavanya Vemuri
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Patent number: 11345264Abstract: An assembly includes a seat bottom having a rear and a pair of sides extending in a seat-forward direction from the rear. The assembly includes a seatback rotatably supported by the seat bottom. The assembly includes an active actuator operatively connected to the seatback to rotate the seatback about a vertical axis toward one of the sides of the seat bottom.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Fernando Lozano Omaña, Dante Arturo Rodriguez Camacho, Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Michelle Carolina Herrera Gutienez, Zhibing Deng
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Publication number: 20220105840Abstract: An assembly includes a seat bottom having a rear and a pair of sides extending in a seat-forward direction from the rear. The assembly includes a seatback rotatably supported by the seat bottom. The assembly includes an active actuator operatively connected to the seatback to rotate the seatback about a vertical axis toward one of the sides of the seat bottom.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Fernando Lozano Omaña, Dante Arturo Rodriguez Camacho, Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime, Michelle Carolina Herrera Gutienez, Zhibing Deng
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Patent number: 11292412Abstract: A vehicle includes a hinge pillar, a fender adjacent the hinge pillar, and a sealed bladder. The sealed bladder includes a first chamber and a second chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber. The first chamber is on the hinge pillar and the second chamber is in the fender. A pressure sensor is fixed to the second chamber and in fluid communication with the second chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Jesus Alfonso Alarcon Hernandez, Zhibing Deng, David James Bauch, Joseph Edward Abramczyk
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Publication number: 20220097638Abstract: A seat includes a seatback and an armrest supported by the seatback. The armrest is rotatable relative to the seatback to a deployed position. A swing bar is supported by the armrest and is rotatable relative to the armrest to a downward position. The swing bar in the downward position is elongated downwardly from the armrest. A drive belt is indexed with the armrest and the swing bar to rotate the swing bar to the downward position when the armrests rotates to the deployed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11285907Abstract: A restraint system includes a side curtain airbag including an inboard panel, an outboard panel, and a perimeter at which the inboard panel and the outboard panel are connected to each other. The side curtain airbag includes a main portion formed of part of the inboard panel and part of the outboard panel, and a folded-over portion formed of part of the inboard panel and part of the outboard panel. The main portion and the folded-over portion each include a dead zone spaced from the perimeter at which the inboard panel and the outboard panel are connected to each other. The side curtain airbag is folded so that the inboard panel of the folded-over portion abuts the inboard panel of the main portion. The main portion and the folded-over portion are attached to each other via the respective dead zones.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Publication number: 20220089116Abstract: A restraint system includes a side curtain airbag including an inboard panel, an outboard panel, and a perimeter at which the inboard panel and the outboard panel are connected to each other. The side curtain airbag includes a main portion formed of part of the inboard panel and part of the outboard panel, and a folded-over portion formed of part of the inboard panel and part of the outboard panel. The main portion and the folded-over portion each include a dead zone spaced from the perimeter at which the inboard panel and the outboard panel are connected to each other. The side curtain airbag is folded so that the inboard panel of the folded-over portion abuts the inboard panel of the main portion. The main portion and the folded-over portion are attached to each other via the respective dead zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Publication number: 20220089069Abstract: A seat for a vehicle includes a seat back and a seat bottom extending from the seat back along a seat-bottom axis. A track is fixed relative to the seat bottom and is elongated along the seat-bottom axis. A slider is slidably engaged with the track along the seat-bottom axis. A link is pivotally engaged with the slider. An armrest is pivotally engaged with the link. A pyrotechnic actuator connected to the slider. In the event of a sensed vehicle impact, the pyrotechnic actuator pulls the slider to move the armrest to a raised position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11279269Abstract: A seat for a vehicle includes a seat back and a seat bottom extending from the seat back along a seat-bottom axis. A track is fixed relative to the seat bottom and is elongated along the seat-bottom axis. A slider is slidably engaged with the track along the seat-bottom axis. A link is pivotally engaged with the slider. An armrest is pivotally engaged with the link. A pyrotechnic actuator connected to the slider. In the event of a sensed vehicle impact, the pyrotechnic actuator pulls the slider to move the armrest to a raised position.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11267427Abstract: A restraint system includes a first seat and a second seat spaced from each other along a cross-vehicle axis. An airbag is supported by the first seat and is inflatable towards the second seat. The airbag includes an upper portion having a top surface and a lower portion having a bottom surface facing in an opposite direction than the top surface. An external tether is releasably engaged with the first seat. The external tether is connected to the top surface and the bottom surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11260820Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an assembly that has a seat, which can move between an upright position and a reclined position. The assembly also includes a track that is coupled to a side of the seat and a rail operably coupled to the rail. The assembly further includes an airbag inflator module that is mounted on the rail, such that the airbag inflator module slides along the rail when the seat moves between the upright position and the reclined position.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Deepak Patel, Zhibing Deng, Joseph Edward Abramczyk
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Patent number: 11254248Abstract: A seat assembly for a vehicle includes a seat frame. The seat assembly includes an armrest. A hinge pivotally connects the armrest to the seat frame. The armrest includes an upper extension extending upwardly from the hinge and a lower extension extending downwardly from the hinge. The seat assembly includes a deformable member between the seat frame and the lower extension of the armrest. The deformable member is deformable relative to the seat frame and the armrest.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Russell Joseph Mihm, Chuck R. Reese, Jimmy Moua, Eric Axel Smitterberg, Nicholas Alphonse Billardello, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Sean Bayle West, Zhibing Deng, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11208070Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an airbag system which is operable to deploy in a vehicle crash event. The airbag system includes an airbag having an upper chamber, a lower chamber, an actuator, a tether, and an actuatable pin. In one example, the tether has a predetermined length and extends between the actuator and the lower chamber. The actuator is disposed at a predetermined lateral distance from the lateral chamber and is configured to inflate the upper chamber and the lower chamber to a predefined pressure. Furthermore, the actuatable pin is configured to maintain the tether in an indirect path when the airbag is not deployed and the actuatable pin is configured to allow the tether to have a direct path between the actuator and the lower chamber when the airbag is deployed.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Zhibing Deng, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11203319Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes an airbag inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes a first panel, a second panel, and an inflation chamber between the first panel and the second panel. The assembly includes an inflation restraint exterior to the inflation chamber. The inflation restraint includes a first end fixed to the first panel and a second end fixed to the second panel. The inflation restraint includes a releasable extension between the first end and the second end. The releasable extension is movable from an unreleased position to a released position as the airbag inflates to the inflated position.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel
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Patent number: 11173863Abstract: A restraint system includes a first plate, a second plate rotatably coupled to the first plate and rotatable away from the first plate from an undeployed position to a deployed position, a panel connected to the first plate and to the second plate, and a pyrotechnic activator coupled to the second plate. The panel is flexible relative to the first plate and the second plate. The first plate, the second plate, and the panel form a chamber having an interior volume. The pyrotechnic activator is arranged to, when discharged, rotate the second plate from the undeployed position toward the deployed position. One of the first plate or the second plate includes a vent hole in communication with the interior volume of the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph E. Abramczyk, Deepak Patel