Patents by Inventor Mark R. Risdale

Mark R. Risdale 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).

  • Tether clip
    Patent number: 8480120
    Abstract: Tether clip locks garnish to vehicle body pillar, and when airbag body expands, tether clip releases garnish from vehicle body pillar without breaking garnish and prevents flying of garnish. Tether clip covers, from vehicle interior side, vehicle body pillar in which airbag body is housed, wherein tether clip locks garnish to vehicle body pillar. Tether clip includes: inner locking portion locked to pillar garnish; outer locking portion locked to vehicle body pillar; connecting portion for connecting inner locking portion and outer locking portion; and wire for tethering inner locking portion and outer locking portion to each other, wherein connecting portion is formed fragile against pressing force that is generated when airbag body presses garnish by expanding and developing, and wherein wire is wound around either inner locking portion or outer locking portion in direction around axis extending from inner locking portion to outer locking portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    Inventors: Takeru Fukuda, Takashi Honda, Toshihiko Tani, Mark R. Risdale, Mark O. Lepper, Fumihito Ito