Patents by Inventor Christopher Paul Kavanagh

Christopher Paul Kavanagh 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).

  • Circular air bag made of two simultaneously woven fabrics
    Patent number: 5685347
    Abstract: A method of forming an air bag which includes the steps of weaving on a loom an upper and lower fabric simultaneously, the two fabrics being combined in selected areas to define a seam of substantially circular shape. A bag is produced by cutting within the seam. The bag does not have an additional coating, but the permeability of the bag is determined by controlling the sett thereby utilizing the permeability of the weave itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Airbags International Limited
    Inventors: Raymond Graham, Christopher Paul Kavanagh, Simon Valkenburg, Michael Gervase Litton
  • Circular air bag made of two simultaneously woven fabrics
    Patent number: 5651395
    Abstract: A method of forming an air bag which includes the steps of weaving on a loom an upper and lower fabric simultaneously, the two fabrics being combined in selected areas to define a seam of substantially circular shape. A bag is produced by cutting within the seam. The air bag does not have an additional coating, but the permeability of the bag is determined by controlling the sett thereby utilizing the permeability of the weave itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Airbags International Limited
    Inventors: Raymond Graham, Christopher Paul Kavanagh, Simon Valkenburg, Michael Gervase Litton