Patents by Inventor Carl Crittenden

Carl Crittenden 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).

  • Patterned weakening of airbag coverings
    Patent number: 8567814
    Abstract: A panel for use over a vehicle airbag includes a skin layer with a plurality of stress concentrators formed in an inner surface in a uniform two-dimensional pattern. A deployment opening may be formed through the skin layer with no pre-determined tear seam location. Multiple possible tear seam locations may be defined along stress concentrators arranged in such patterns. One method of forming stress concentrators in the desired pattern or arrangement includes a calendering operation that may be the same or similar operation used to form decorative grain patterns on the outer surface of the skin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Faurecia Interior Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Carl Crittenden
  • PATTERNED WEAKENING OF AIRBAG COVERINGS
    Publication number: 20120292892
    Abstract: A panel for use over a vehicle airbag includes a skin layer with a plurality of stress concentrators formed in an inner surface in a uniform two-dimensional pattern. A deployment opening may be formed through the skin layer with no pre-determined tear seam location. Multiple possible tear seam locations may be defined along stress concentrators arranged in such patterns. One method of forming stress concentrators in the desired pattern or arrangement includes a calendering operation that may be the same or similar operation used to form decorative grain patterns on the outer surface of the skin layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Carl Crittenden