Bhavani Shanker Thota

8511733, Aug 20, 2013

Sep 1, 2011

13/223528

Kathleen Blackmore - Northville MI, US
Thomas William Pietila - Brighton MI, US
Anthony Ligi - Chelsea MI, US
Bhavani Thota - Sterling Heights MI, US

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

B60R 7/12
B60R 7/06

296 3712, 211 62, 224281, 224483, 224544, 224915

A panel end cap storage unit is disposed on an instrument panel end cap adjacent a vehicle door and is configured such that the unit is not accessible when the vehicle door is closed. In this way, the present invention provides a nonvisible secure storage unit that is only accessible when the adjacent vehicle door is open.

20110047882, Mar 3, 2011

Aug 31, 2009

12/550509

Bhavani Thota - Sterling Heights MI, US
Kenneth S. Laird - Canton MI, US
Chris Richardson - Hampton VA, US
Gary D. Mullen - Farmington MI, US
Kevin Murphy - Dexter MI, US
Adrian Nicholas Alexander Elliott - Dearborn MI, US

E05D 15/06
B60J 5/06

49404, 296202

A sliding door panel for covering an opening in a trim panel of a sliding door includes a bracket having a first guiding member. The sliding door panel includes is a sliding appliqué having a second guiding member capable of associating with the first guiding member, and wherein the sliding appliqué includes a first end having a protruding configuration extending away from the trim panel.

20130135884, May 30, 2013

Nov 30, 2011

13/307312

John Andrew Stakoe - Bloomfield Hills MI, US
Chi Li - Farmington Hills MI, US
Bhavani Thota - Macomb MI, US
Guillermo Alanis - Cd Satelite Poniente, MX
Jesus Miranda Lujan - Gustavo A. Madero, MX

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC - Dearborn MI

B60Q 1/26
B23P 11/00
B23P 17/00

362488, 29428, 2952501, 2952511

An interior grab handle and lamp assembly for a vehicle including a bracket configured for attachment by fasteners to a structural roof member. The bracket is disposed on an back side surface of a headliner. An elongate handle is operably connected to the bracket via first and second mounting members disposed on an visible surface of the headliner. A light source is operably connected with an intermediate portion of the bracket. The light source is disposed on the visible surface of the headliner between the first and second mounting members.

20130175821, Jul 11, 2013

Jan 9, 2012

13/346336

Scott Simon - Dexter MI, US
Eric Jonathan Rifel - Huntington Woods MI, US
Gian Carlo Moriet Ugalde - Huxquilucan, MX
Bhavani Thota - Sterling Heights MI, US
Jane Maria Aselage - White Lake MI, US
Colleen Maraffino - Northville MI, US
Michelle Schneider - Northville MI, US

B60R 7/04

296 3714, 296 2433

A vehicle load floor assembly having a load floor coupled with a handle. The handle is operable between first and second positions. At least one support leg is coupled to the load floor. The at least one support leg is retracted when the handle is in the first position and deployed when the handle is in the second position. A base wall supports the at least one support leg, when deployed, to maintain the load floor in a substantially lateral position. The base wall supports an underside of the load floor when the at least one support leg is retracted.

20200263724, Aug 20, 2020

Feb 18, 2019

16/278516

- Dearborn MI, US
Bhavani S. Thota - Novi MI, US
Linh Ngoc Doan - Belleville MI, US
Ryan Mowery - Albion MI, US

F16B 37/00
B60R 13/02
F16B 5/02

A fastener boss includes a body having a receiving column. The receiving column includes a first section with a first wall thickness and a second section with a second wall thickness wherein the first wall thickness is greater than the second wall thickness. A motor vehicle component incorporating the fastener boss is also disclosed.

20200238917, Jul 30, 2020

Jan 30, 2019

16/262415

- Dearborn MI, US
Linh Ngoc Doan - Belleville MI, US
Bhavani Thota - Novi MI, US

B60R 7/04

An apparatus is provided for holding an article in a motor vehicle. That apparatus includes a motor vehicle storage compartment having a receiver and a reversible insert held in the receiver. A storage system is also disclosed including a left-hand storage compartment including a first receiver, a right-hand storage compartment including a second receiver and a reversible insert configured for receipt in the first receiver and the second receiver.

20200223368, Jul 16, 2020

Jan 11, 2019

16/245473

- Dearborn MI, US
Bhavani Thota - Novi MI, US
Steven Nicholas Fidh - Ann Arbor MI, US
Gary D. Mullen - Plymouth MI, US
Linh Ngoc Doan - Belleville MI, US

B60R 7/04
B60R 13/02
B60R 7/08

A apparatus includes a trim panel and a displaceable face pane. The trim panel includes a storage compartment and a guideway having a latching slot and a positioning rack. The displaceable face panel has a trunnion received for sliding movement along the guideway.

20200207191, Jul 2, 2020

Mar 10, 2020

16/814161

- Dearborn MI, US
Bhavani Thota - Novi MI, US
Daniel Morin - Southgate MI, US
Juergen Koehler - Koln, DE
Linh Doan - Belleville MI, US

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

B60J 5/04
B60R 13/02

A vehicle door includes a first interlock coupled to an inner frame panel. A second interlock coupled to an inner trim panel. The first and second interlocks are separated to define a ready state. During an impact condition, the first and second interlocks selectively engage one another to define an impact state that resists deflection of the inner trim panel away from the inner frame panel.