Patents by Inventor Daniel A. Ruen

Daniel A. Ruen 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).

  • System and method to establish a deployment force for an airbag
    Patent number: 11390230
    Abstract: One general aspect includes a system to establish a deployment force for an airbag of a vehicle, the system includes: a memory configured to include one or more executable instructions and a processor configured to execute the executable instructions, where the executable instructions enable the processor to carry out the following steps: monitoring a head position of a vehicle occupant; based on the monitored head position, calculating a distance of a body part of a vehicle operator relative to a portion of an interior cabin of the vehicle; and based on the distance of the body part, establishing the deployment force for the airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Ningsheng Qiao, Matthew R. Kirsch, Richard A. Weaver, Vipul A. Modi, Fred W. Huntzicker, Christian Iernea, Daniel A. Ruen
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ESTABLISH A DEPLOYMENT FORCE FOR AN AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20210122314
    Abstract: One general aspect includes a system to establish a deployment force for an airbag of a vehicle, the system includes: a memory configured to include one or more executable instructions and a processor configured to execute the executable instructions, where the executable instructions enable the processor to carry out the following steps: monitoring a head position of a vehicle occupant; based on the monitored head position, calculating a distance of a body part of a vehicle operator relative to a portion of an interior cabin of the vehicle; and based on the distance of the body part, establishing the deployment force for the airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Ningsheng Qiao, Matthew R. Kirsch, Richard A. Weaver, Vipul A. Modi, Fred W. Huntzicker, Christian Iernea, Daniel A. Ruen