公开(公告)号：US09636888B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-02

申请号：US14613407

申请日：2015-02-04

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Raj S. Roychoudhury

IPC: B29C45/16 ,  B32B3/28 ,  B29L31/30 ,  B29L22/02

CPC classification number: B32B3/28 ,  B29C45/0062 ,  B29C45/0441 ,  B29C45/164 ,  B29C45/1657 ,  B29C45/1671 ,  B29C45/1675 ,  B29C45/32 ,  B29C2045/0063 ,  B29C2045/1668 ,  B29L2022/027 ,  B29L2031/3041 ,  B32B2605/003

Abstract: Described are joint designs, tooling, and molding methods for a hollow object, such as an automobile bolster. The methods and structures provide a process and system that facilitates mold alignment, part alignment, material strength, design adaptability, efficient processing, reduced labor, increased production rates, reduced energy consumption per part, aesthetically pleasing surfaces, and reduces or eliminates the need for welding.

公开(公告)号：US20170080879A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-23

申请号：US14857968

申请日：2015-09-18

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Raj S. Roychoudhury

IPC: B60R13/01 ,  B29C49/20 ,  B32B7/04 ,  B32B5/02 ,  D05C17/02 ,  B32B3/08

Abstract: A load floor for a vehicle includes a carpet having a tuft attached to a backing, a plurality of inserts attached to a second side of the backing, a top surface fused to the carpet and encapsulating the inserts, and a bottom surface fused to the encapsulated inserts. The inserts may be varied in material, shape, thickness, and spacing to provide a tunable stiffness. A related method includes forming a parison feeding the parison between mold halves shaped like a load floor, hanging a carpet and a plurality of inserts in the first mold half, clamping the parison by moving the mold halves together to form a mold, and pushing the parison outward, using blown air, such that the parison is adjacent the backing in the first mold forming a top surface and encapsulating the inserts, and adjacent the second mold half forming a bottom surface fused to the parison encapsulating the inserts.

公开(公告)号：US20160311394A1

公开(公告)日：2016-10-27

申请号：US14695329

申请日：2015-04-24

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Raj S. Roychoudhury ,  John A. Young

IPC: B60R21/276 ,  B60R21/26

CPC classification number: B60R21/239 ,  B60R2021/2395

Abstract: An apparatus includes a main body substantially enclosing an interior volume. The main body is elastically expandable to an inflated configuration. The apparatus further includes a vent aperture in the main body and a vent cover at least partially overlapping the vent aperture. The vent aperture and the vent cover define a passage from the interior volume to outside of the main body. In the inflated configuration of the main body and within a pressure threshold of the interior volume, the vent cover constricts the passage proportionately to a pressure increase in the interior volume of the main body.

Abstract translation: 一种装置包括基本上包围内部容积的主体。 主体可弹性膨胀成膨胀构型。 该装置还包括主体中的通气孔和至少部分地与通气孔重叠的通气盖。 通气孔和通气盖限定了从内部体积到主体外部的通道。 在主体的膨胀构造中并且在内部体积的压力阈值内，通气盖将通道成比例地压缩至主体内部体积的压力增加。

公开(公告)号：US20180022312A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-25

申请号：US15215163

申请日：2016-07-20

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Raj S. Roychoudhury

IPC: B60R22/34 ,  B60R22/02

CPC classification number: B60R22/34 ,  B60R22/00 ,  B60R22/02 ,  B60R2022/027 ,  B60R2022/3424

Abstract: A seat belt assembly includes a first lap belt portion having an anchored end and a first plate, and a second lap belt portion having an anchored end and a second plate. A first shoulder belt having a retractor end and a buckle end extends through a first slot in the first plate between the retractor end and the buckle end. A second shoulder belt having a retractor end and a tongue end extends through a first slot in the second plate between the retractor end and the tongue end. The buckle end is fixedly attached to a buckle and the tongue end is fixedly attached to a tongue. The buckle and the tongue are releasably attachable.

公开(公告)号：US20170320460A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-09

申请号：US15148205

申请日：2016-05-06

Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Raj S. Roychoudhury ,  Roger J. Chen

IPC: B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/207 ,  B60R21/261 ,  B60R21/231 ,  B60R21/00 ,  B60R21/26

CPC classification number: B60R21/233 ,  B60R21/207 ,  B60R21/239 ,  B60R21/261 ,  B60R2021/0004 ,  B60R2021/0032 ,  B60R2021/0041 ,  B60R2021/0048 ,  B60R2021/0051 ,  B60R2021/0053 ,  B60R2021/0055 ,  B60R2021/23153 ,  B60R2021/23324 ,  B60R2021/26094 ,  B60R2021/2615

Abstract: An airbag includes a manifold having an outer panel and an inflation chamber defined at least in party by the outer panel. The airbag further includes a first compartment and a second compartment spaced from the first compartment connected to the outer panel and positioned external to the inflation chamber. A first one-way valve is in fluid communication with the manifold and the first compartment, and a second one-way valve is in fluid communication with the manifold and the second compartment.

公开(公告)号：US09789794B1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-17

申请号：US15213436

申请日：2016-07-19

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Raj S. Roychoudhury ,  Michael Medoro

IPC: B60N2/42 ,  B60N2/427 ,  B60R21/055 ,  B60N2/48

CPC classification number: B60N2/42727 ,  B60N2/4228 ,  B60N2/42781 ,  B60N2/809 ,  B60N2/856 ,  B60N2/865 ,  B60N2/874 ,  B60N2/885

Abstract: An active head restraint for a seating assembly of a motor vehicle comprises a structural support for a seatback of the seating assembly, a movable head restraint pad having a stowed position and a deployed position, and a linkage deployment mechanism. The linkage deployment mechanism comprises an upper and lower bar pivotally attached at a forward end to a rear surface of the movable head restraint pad and pivotally attached at a rearward end to an outer tube fixed to an upper portion of the structural support. An inner tube reciprocates within the outer tube. A trigger mechanism is operatively connected with a lower end of the inner tube and urges the inner linkage and an actuating link to a raised deployed position in response to a rear impact event. The actuating link applies an upward force to the lower bar to deploy the movable head restraint pad.

公开(公告)号：US20160332544A1

公开(公告)日：2016-11-17

申请号：US14709582

申请日：2015-05-12

Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Raj S. Roychoudhury ,  Michael Medoro

IPC: B60N2/46 ,  B29C49/22 ,  B29C49/00 ,  B29C44/02

CPC classification number: B29C49/0005 ,  B29C44/14 ,  B29C44/3403 ,  B29C44/583 ,  B29C48/0017 ,  B29C49/22 ,  B29K2023/12 ,  B29K2105/043 ,  B29K2105/045 ,  B29L2031/3026 ,  B29L2031/3044 ,  B60N2/75

Abstract: An armrest for a captain's chair of a vehicle includes an outer layer and an inner layer including a foaming agent and defining a hollow core. At least one of the inner layer and the outer layer may include a reinforcing material and/or may be varied in thickness along its length. The armrest may include a third layer defining the hollow core. A related method includes heating a parison having a first and second layers, mixing a foaming agent into the second layer prior to heating, feeding the heated parison between mold halves, clamping the heated parison by moving the mold halves together, and pushing the layers of the heated parison outward, using blown air, such that the first layer is adjacent the mold and the second layer forms a hollow core of the armrest, the hollow core being partially filled by expansion of the second layer during cooling.

Abstract translation: 用于车辆的椅子椅子的扶手包括外层和包含发泡剂并且限定中空芯的内层。 内层和外层中的至少一层可以包括增强材料和/或沿其长度可以变化的厚度。 扶手可以包括限定中空芯的第三层。 相关方法包括加热具有第一层和第二层的型坯，在加热之前将发泡剂混合到第二层中，将加热的型坯在半模之间进料，通过将半模移动在一起来夹紧加热型坯，并推动层 加热的型坯使用吹塑空气向外，使得第一层与模具相邻，第二层形成扶手的中空芯，中空芯部通过冷却期间第二层的膨胀部分地填充。