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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Patent number: 9067555Abstract: A vehicle system includes at least one sensor configured to detect an impact and a restraint device configured to deploy in response to the impact. A processing device is configured to deploy the restraint device in accordance with a first timing if the impact includes a front impact and a second timing if the impact includes a side impact. The second timing includes the first timing delayed by a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Senthilkumar Mahadevan, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, David James Bauch, Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam
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Publication number: 20150151616Abstract: A vehicle includes a rocker panel and a pillar reinforcement extending in a direction transverse to the rocker panel. The vehicle further includes a door having a bracket disposed over an intersection of the rocker panel and the pillar reinforcement when the door is in a closed position. The bracket is configured to reduce intrusion propagation of the door toward a passenger compartment and redirect an impact load laterally along the rocker panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Matthew B. Makowski, Zhibing Deng, Tahmidur Rahman, Moises Blancas Galicia
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Publication number: 20150061267Abstract: A vehicle side impact airbag has an inflator, a main inflatable chamber disposed for contact with the side arm of the vehicle occupant when inflated, and a separate laterally extending thoracic chamber in metered fluid communication with the main inflatable chamber of the side airbag extending laterally into the passenger compartment. The laterally extending thoracic chamber of the airbag is disposed for contact with the lower thoracic region of the vehicle occupant below the occupant side arm when inflated, whereby the side airbag simultaneously engages the occupant lower thoracic region and side arm when inflated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Michael Dong, Harish Honnavalli Dutt
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Publication number: 20150054265Abstract: A vehicle side air curtain has an inflator, a main inflatable chamber, and an integral separate, self-contained controlled pressure chamber in limited fluid communication with the main inflatable chamber of the side air curtain and disposed for impact by the head and upper thoracic region of a vehicle occupant. The main inflatable chamber is inflated to an initial pressure within an initial impact time period immediately following actuation of the inflator and a second lower stabilized pressure thereafter to extend the duration of the pressurization of the main inflatable chamber of the side air curtain beyond the initial impact time period. The controlled pressure chamber of the side air curtain is inflated to an initial pressure substantially lower than the first pressure of the main inflatable chamber and favorable to side impact occupant protection immediately following actuation of the inflator pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Tahmidur Rahman, Pardeep Kumar Jindal
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Publication number: 20140265429Abstract: Side structure for a motor vehicle includes an upper leg pusher located immediately outboard of a panel adjacent to a seat and inboard of a structural member such as a side impact beam. The upper leg pusher has a lower-stiffness portion adjacent to the rear section of the panel and aligned with an upper thigh position of the seat, and a higher-stiffness portion adjacent to the forward section of the panel, which is offset outboard relative to the rear section. When the structural component is urged inboard during a side impact event, the higher-stiffness portion of the pusher begins to urge the forward panel section inboard before the lower stiffness portion begins to urge the rear panel section inboard. The rear panel section may be located below an arm rest of a door, and the forward panel section may be forms a recessed surface above a storage pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Shahram Haghi, Tahmidur Rahman, Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati, Paul Schryer
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Patent number: 8827350Abstract: Side structure for a motor vehicle includes an upper leg pusher located immediately outboard of a panel adjacent to a seat and inboard of a structural member such as a side impact beam. The upper leg pusher has a lower-stiffness portion adjacent to the rear section of the panel and aligned with an upper thigh position of the seat, and a higher-stiffness portion adjacent to the forward section of the panel, which is offset outboard relative to the rear section. When the structural component is urged inboard during a side impact event, the higher-stiffness portion of the pusher begins to urge the forward panel section inboard before the lower stiffness portion begins to urge the rear panel section inboard. The rear panel section may be located below an arm rest of a door, and the forward panel section may be forms a recessed surface above a storage pocket.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Shahram Haghi, Tahmidur Rahman, Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati, Paul Schryer
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Patent number: 8733820Abstract: A trim panel retention assembly for a vehicle includes a retention bracket mounted to an inner door panel and a trim panel bracket mounted to a door trim panel. The trim panel bracket is proximate and spaced from the retention bracket such that the retention bracket deters the trim panel bracket and door trim panel from detaching from the inner door panel during a side impact collision.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati, Kenneth S. Laird, Paul Schryer, Zhibing Deng, Yun Shin Lee
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Publication number: 20130205546Abstract: A trim panel retention assembly for a vehicle includes a retention bracket mounted to an inner door panel and a trim panel bracket mounted to a door trim panel. The trim panel bracket is proximate and spaced from the retention bracket such that the retention bracket deters the trim panel bracket and door trim panel from detaching from the inner door panel during a side impact collision.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2012Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati, Kenneth S. Laird, Paul Schryer, Zhibing Deng, Yun Shin Lee
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Patent number: 8272679Abstract: A strategically located door spacer block for transferring door beam bend/kink away from the occupant seating position is provided. The door spacer block is positioned between the door inner panel and the door outer panel and is aligned with the door beam. The door spacer block of the disclosed invention is placed between door inner panel and the door outer panel with the intention of minimizing the effect that the bend/kink in the door beam has on the occupant loading. The door spacer block engages the door beam and transfers the effective position of the kink of the door structure in a side impact away from the occupant seating position, thus freeing up crushable space in the occupant loading zone. The door spacer block of the disclosed invention eliminates or delays the loading of the beam surface to the pelvis bolster material, thus enabling additional free-crush space and allowing for a lower force transfer to the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2010Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Djamal Eddine Midoun, Richard Lee Matson, Matthew Ammons
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Patent number: 8167360Abstract: A vehicle cross member assembly is provided which includes first and second cross members each having first and second ends, and first and second connectors connects to the first ends of the cross member to vehicle structures. The assembly includes a bracket connected to a tunnel structure on a vehicle. The bracket includes first and second brackets for connecting the second ends of the first and second cross members. At least one of the first and second cross members is configured to move laterally inward and downward into the tunnel during a sufficient lateral impact of the vehicle. Additionally, one or more seats may be mounted to the cross members such that the seats move inward and rotate away from the point of impingement during a side impact event.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Se Kyoon Shin, Shekar Prabhakar Erasala, Bhimaraddi Venkaraddi Alavandi, John Joseph Nizienski
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Patent number: 8152218Abstract: A door trim substrate having a construction which includes, in combination, an energy-absorbing pre-crush protective portion and a pelvic bolster portion is provided for use in a vehicle. The pre-crush protective portion is configured so as to protect the pelvic bolster portion from pre-crush in a vehicle side-impact event. The pre-crush portion is defined by a rib cassette structure which is preferably integrally molded into the door trim substrate below the pelvic bolster portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2008Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ian Brewster Hall, Zhibing Deng, Rabin Bhojan, John Pinkerton
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Publication number: 20120019026Abstract: A vehicle cross member assembly is provided which includes first and second cross members each having first and second ends, and first and second connectors connects to the first ends of the cross member to vehicle structures. The assembly includes a bracket connected to a tunnel structure on a vehicle. The bracket includes first and second brackets for connecting the second ends of the first and second cross members. At least one of the first and second cross members is configured to move laterally inward and downward into the tunnel during a sufficient lateral impact of the vehicle. Additionally, one or more seats may be mounted to the cross members such that the seats move inward and rotate away from the point of impingement during a side impact event.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventors: Zhibing Deng, Se Kyoon Shin, Shekar Prabhakar Erasala, Bhimaraddi Venkaraddi Alavandi, John Joseph Nizienski
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Patent number: 8029041Abstract: An integrated door substrate and pelvic bolster is provided for use in a vehicle. The integrated component is formed from a polymerizable material by injection molding. The pelvic bolster is formed from thin lateral walls that buckle and tear under compressive loading. The pelvic bolster is designed to bend but not fracture under load, thus maintaining a continuous loading curve.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2008Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Ian Brewster Hall, John Pinkerton, Ammad Bhatti, Srinivas Sanikommu, Zhibing Deng, Leiping Huang
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Publication number: 20110204679Abstract: A strategically located door spacer block for transferring door beam bend/king away from the occupant seating position is provided. The door spacer block is positioned between the door inner panel and the door outer panel and is aligned with the door beam. The door spacer block of the disclosed invention is placed between door inner panel and the door outer panel with the intention of minimizing effect that the bend/kink in the door beam has on the occupant loading. The door spacer block engages the door beam and transfers the effective position of the kink of the door structure in a side impact away from the occupant seating position, thus freeing up crushable space in the occupant loading zone. The door spacer block of the disclosed invention eliminates or delays the loading of the beam surface to the pelvis bolster material, thus enabling additional free-crush space and allowing for a lower force transfer to the occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2010Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Joseph Edward Abramczyk, Djamal Eddine Midoun, Richard Lee Matson, Matthew Ammons
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Patent number: 7992920Abstract: An energy absorbing vehicle door having a door block strategically located within the door is disclosed. The door block has an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion is wider than the lower portion and is attached to the inner panel of the door. A door beam is provided between the inner panel of the door and the outer panel. A portion of the door beam is positioned between the inner panel and the lower portion of the door block. The door beam may be attached to the lower portion of the door block. The attachment surface of the lower portion of the door block may have a geometry that is the same as or is substantially the same as the geometry of the door beam.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Djamal Eddine Midoun, Shekar Prabhakar Erasala, Chunhui Kevin Lee, Liqi Dong, Tracy Christopher Bakos
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Publication number: 20110169302Abstract: An energy absorbing vehicle door having a door block strategically located within the door. The door block has an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion is wider than the lower portion and is attached to the inner panel of the door. A door beam is provided between the inner panel of the door and the outer panel. A portion of the door beam is positioned between the inner panel and the lower portion of the door block. The door beam may be attached to the lower portion of the door block. The attachment surface of the lower portion of the door block may have a geometry that is the same as or is substantially the same as the geometry of the door beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2010Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Djamal Eddine Midoun, Shekar Prabhakar Erasala, Chunhui Kevin Lee, Liqi Dong, Tracy Christopher Bakos
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Patent number: 7832781Abstract: An integrated combined extended map pocket close-out and pelvic bolster component for attachment to a door trim substrate used in a vehicle door is disclosed. The component comprises a map pocket close-out portion, a pelvic bolster portion, and a bridge connecting the map pocket close-out portion and the pelvic bolster portion. The pelvic bolster portion is substantially hollow and preferably defines a box. The component includes a plurality of walls and the thickness of some of the walls is greater than the thickness of other walls. One or more of the walls may be angled. The map pocket close-out portion has a depth and the pelvic bolster portion has a depth. The depth of the map pocket close-out portion is greater than the depth of the pelvic bolster portion. The one-piece component is a molded component formed from a polymerized material.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2009Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Nagaraj Mariyapp, Alvin Lee, John Pinkerton, Michael Dong, Richard Wang
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Patent number: 7821429Abstract: A parallel to serial conversion circuit includes a plurality of switching units and a voltage output unit providing an operating voltage for the switching units. Each of the plurality of switching units is operable to receive a first clock signal and a second clock signal which have the same frequency, a phase shift exists between the first clock signal and the second clock signal for each of the switching units, and a phase difference exists between the first clock signals received by adjacent two switching units of the plurality of switching units. The plurality of switching units receive data bits of parallel data in sequence according to the phase difference, particularly, each of the plurality of switching units receives one data bit within a time window corresponding to the phase shift. In comparison with the prior art, the inventive solution implement the parallel to serial conversion using a single system clock frequency, so that the complexity and power consumption of the system is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2009Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) CorporationInventors: Qianyu Yu, Josh Chiachi Yang, Zhibing Deng
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Publication number: 20100171337Abstract: An integrated combined extended map pocket close-out and pelvic bolster component for attachment to a door trim substrate used in a vehicle door is disclosed. The component comprises a map pocket close-out portion, a pelvic bolster portion, and a bridge connecting the map pocket close-out portion and the pelvic bolster portion. The pelvic bolster portion is substantially hollow and preferably defines a box. The component includes a plurality of walls and the thickness of some of the walls is greater than the thickness of other walls. One or more of the walls may be angled. The map pocket close-out portion has a depth and the pelvic bolster portion has a depth. The depth of the map pocket close-out portion is greater than the depth of the pelvic bolster portion. The one-piece component is a molded component formed from a polymerized material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2009Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zhibing Deng, Nagaraj Mariyappa, Alvin Lee, John Pinkerton, Michael Dong, Richard Wang
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Publication number: 20100123609Abstract: A parallel to serial conversion circuit includes a plurality of switching units and a voltage output unit providing an operating voltage for the switching units. Each of the plurality of switching units is operable to receive a first clock signal and a second clock signal which have the same frequency, a phase shift exists between the first clock signal and the second clock signal for each of the switching units, and a phase difference exists between the first clock signals received by adjacent two switching units of the plurality of switching units. The plurality of switching units receive data bits of parallel data in sequence according to the phase difference, particularly, each of the plurality of switching units receives one data bit within a time window corresponding to the phase shift. In comparison with the prior art, the inventive solution implement the parallel to serial conversion using a single system clock frequency, so that the complexity and power consumption of the system is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2009Publication date: May 20, 2010Applicant: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) CorporationInventors: Qianyu Yu, Josh Chiachi Yang, Zhibing Deng