Patents by Inventor Sungmee Park

Sungmee Park 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).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling air bag deployment
    Patent number: 6254130
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air bag control system comprising a restraining apparatus adapted to be connected to an occupant side of an air bag, an extension/retraction device used to adjust the degree to which the restraining apparatus can be extended, and a control device for controlling extension and retraction of the extension/retraction device. In operation, the restraining apparatus can be retracted by the extension/retraction device in response to a signal sent by the control device to limit the physical extent to which the air bag can deploy to prevent injury of a vehicle occupant adjacent the air bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Sundaresan Jayaraman, Rangaswamy Rajamanickam, Chandramohan Gopalsamy, Sungmee Park
  • Full-fashioned weaving process for production of a woven garment with intelligence capability
    Patent number: 6145551
    Abstract: A full-fashioned weaving process for the production of a woven garment which can accommodate and include holes, such as armholes. The garment is made of only one single integrated fabric and has no discontinuities or seams. Additionally, the garment can include intelligence capability, such as the ability to monitor one or more body vital signs, or garment penetration, or both, by including a selected sensing component or components in the weave of the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corp.
    Inventors: Sundaresan Jayaraman, Sungmee Park, Rangaswamy Rajamanickam