Patents by Inventor Douglas Michael Cappabianca

Douglas Michael Cappabianca 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).

  • Knee bolster assembly
    Patent number: 7735865
    Abstract: A knee bolster, disposed within the instrument panel of an automotive vehicle, for absorbing energy from impact with the knees of an occupant of the automotive vehicle, the knee bolster assembly comprising a skin defining a show surface of the instrument panel, an inner panel secured to the skin, the inner panel including at least one male portion protruding therefrom in a direction away from the skin, at least one energy absorbing structure extending in a direction away from the inner panel, the energy absorbing structure having portions defining at least one recess therein, the male portions of the inner panel being received within the recess of the energy absorbing structures in a non-contacting alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Michael Cappabianca, Joseph Anthony Camilletti, III, Zhenjian Huang, Paul Gregory St. Angelo
  • KNEE BOLSTER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20090020993
    Abstract: A knee bolster, disposed within the instrument panel of an automotive vehicle, for absorbing energy from impact with the knees of an occupant of the automotive vehicle, the knee bolster assembly comprising a skin defining a show surface of the instrument panel, an inner panel secured to the skin, the inner panel including at least one male portion protruding therefrom in a direction away from the skin, at least one energy absorbing structure extending in a direction away from the inner panel, the energy absorbing structure having portions defining at least one recess therein, the male portions of the inner panel being received within the recess of the energy absorbing structures in a non-contacting alignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Douglas Michael Cappabianca, Joseph Anthony Camilletti, III, Zhenjian Huang, Paul Gregory St. Angelo
  • One-piece knee bolster
    Patent number: 6474687
    Abstract: A one-piece knee bolster for a motor vehicle includes a knee bolster cover adapted to mount to vehicle structure in an interior of a motor vehicle and at least one hollow reinforcing channel member extending along the knee bolster cover to reinforce the knee bolster cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Michael Cappabianca, Dale Paul Moore, Joseph A. Bollo, Kumar Balakrishna Kulkarni, Ravi Thyagarajan, Venkat Reddy
  • ONE-PIECE KNEE BOLSTER
    Publication number: 20010035640
    Abstract: A one-piece knee bolster for a motor vehicle includes a knee bolster cover adapted to mount to vehicle structure in an interior of a motor vehicle and at least one hollow reinforcing channel member extending along the knee bolster cover to reinforce the knee bolster cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 1999
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Applicant: Douglas Michael
    Inventors: DOUGLAS MICHAEL CAPPABIANCA, DALE PAUL MOORE, JOSEPH A. BOLLO, KUMAR BALAKRISHNA KULKARNI, RAVI THYAGARAJAN, VENKAT REDDY