Patents by Inventor Gregory B. Manire

Gregory B. Manire 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).

  • Airbag with heat shield
    Patent number: 8622423
    Abstract: An airbag includes a fabric component defining an inflatable chamber. The airbag has an opening for receiving an inflation gas. A tubular heat shield is assembled with the airbag adjacent the opening. The tubular heat shield is a sheet of a flexible material rolled to form a tube and fixed to the airbag inside the airbag. The tubular heat shield has a passage for receiving at least a portion of an inflator. The flexible material of the tubular heat shield is selected from a group of materials consisting of fabrics, polymers, metals and metal alloys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
  • Air bag module including improved inflator retainer assembly
    Patent number: 7703796
    Abstract: An air bag module (20) including: an inflator (200) for providing inflation gas; a bracket assembly (100) having an integral spring portion for resiliently biasing the inflator toward a retained position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
  • Air bag module with deployment flap
    Patent number: 5823566
    Abstract: An air bag module (10) comprising a housing (12) having sides (14) and an open mouth (18); an air bag (22) mounted within the housing prior to deployment of thereof in a compact configuration; a retainer flap (100) comprising a single piece of material, having a tearable region (110) thereon, enveloping the air bag to retain the air bag in its compact configuration prior to deployment and being of sufficient length such that upon deployment of the air bag, the flap (100) is extendible to lie between the mouth of the housing and the deployed air bag to protect the air bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
  • Passenger air bag module with means for retaining an air bag deployment door to a housing
    Patent number: 5794967
    Abstract: An assembly for an air bag (56) adapted to fit within an opening (22) of a vehicle part (20) comprising: a housing (44) having: a first wall (100) and an opposite second wall (102), a flexible third wall (106) secured to the first wall (100) defining a space (150) therebetween, one of the first wall (100) and third wall (106) including a plurality of first tabs (112) extending into the space (150). The housing further including a locking tab (152a,b) to frictionally lock a cover thereto, the second wall (102) including a plurality of locating tabs (120a-c) and latching tabs extending outwardly therefrom. A deployment door or cover is used to enclose the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998