Patents Assigned to Autoliv ASP
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Publication number: 20120280477Abstract: The airbag cushion has a passive venting system that remains open or transitions to a closed position depending on the impact of the airbag with an occupant and the position of the occupant. The venting system self closes upon deployment when an occupant is not out of position but remains open when an occupant is out of position. The venting system self closes due to cushion membrane tension.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: AUTOLIV ASP, INC.Inventors: Larry D. Young, Jeffrey D. Williams, John C. Newkirk
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Patent number: 8297649Abstract: Inflatable airbag cushions can be formed with one or more inflatable chambers, each having different inflated widths and volumes. For example, an inflatable knee airbag can have a first chamber that is adjacent to the periphery of the airbag and a second chamber that is nested within the first chamber. The two chambers can be fluidly coupled and the second chamber may have a vent formed in it that can release inflation gas out of the airbag. The airbag may have more than one nested chamber. The nested chambers can be defined by one or more internal tethers that can be formed from one or more pieces of material. The airbag can be configured such that it and any internal tethers are produced from a single panel of material.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2009Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventor: Mark L. Enders
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Patent number: 8297650Abstract: An inflatable knee airbag is typically stored in a packaged state within an airbag housing. The housing often has a cover, which can be either a cosmetic cover or an unfinished cover, if the cover will not be readily visible to an occupant. During inflatable airbag deployment, the housing may contribute to determining the airbag's trajectory. A car-forward portion of an airbag housing that is horizontally oriented may rotate in a car-downward direction to allow a deployment trajectory of the deploying airbag to be more vertically oriented.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventor: Mark L. Enders
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Patent number: 8297653Abstract: A pyrotechnic inflator assembly including a shell member and an end cap joinable with the shell member to form a subassembly. The subassembly containing a quantity of pyrotechnic material and at least in part defining a combustion chamber wherein at least a portion of the quantity of pyrotechnic material is reactable to form product gas for inflation of an associated airbag cushion and to generate pressure within the combustion chamber. The inflator assembly further including an overwrap about at least a portion of the subassembly to form a pyrotechnic inflator assembly that withstands the pressure generated within the combustion chamber upon reaction of the pyrotechnic material.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2011Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventor: Bradley W. Smith
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Publication number: 20120256406Abstract: An initiator assembly can include an outer body can have a first end, a second end, and an internal passage between the first and second ends. An initiator canister can be joined to the outer body at the first end and can define a charge chamber that includes a pair of pins extending therefrom. An insulative material can be molded within the passage to form an insulative structural member that joins the canister and pins to the outer body and insulates the pins and a portion of the canister from electrical contact with the outer body. An electrostatic discharge dissipater can be formed from an electrically conductive material and can be molded to the canister and the outer body at the first end. The dissipater can electrically connect the canister to the outer body to provide a controlled dissipation path for electrostatic discharge energy carried by the initiator assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2011Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: AUTOLIV ASP, INC.Inventors: Scott C. Gordon, Jeffrey T. Kida
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Publication number: 20120242070Abstract: A depth to which an inflatable airbag can deploy may varied by internal tethers. If the tethers are coupled to a release assembly, then in an unreleased state, the tethers can limit the depth of airbag deployment; however, if the tethers are released, the airbag can deploy of a full depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: AUTOLIV ASP, INC.Inventors: Don Paxton, Geoffrey Mills, Brent Parks, Michael P. Jordan, R. Mark Hubbard, Marcus Weber
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Publication number: 20120242068Abstract: A depth to which an inflatable airbag can deploy may varied by internal tethers. If the tethers are coupled to a release assembly, then in an unreleased state, the tethers can limit the depth of airbag deployment; however, if the tethers are released, the airbag can deploy of a full depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: AUTOLIV ASP, INC.Inventors: Don Paxton, Geoffrey Mills, Brent Parks, Michael P. Jordan, R. Mark Hubbard, Marcus Weber
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Publication number: 20120242069Abstract: A depth to which an inflatable airbag can deploy may be varied by internal tethers. If the tethers are coupled to a release assembly, then in an unreleased state, the tethers can limit the depth of airbag deployment; however, if the tethers are released, the airbag can deploy of a full depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventors: Brent Parks, Michael P. Jordan, R. Mark Hubbard, Marcus Weber
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Patent number: 8272664Abstract: The airbag assembly features an airbag cushion, a deployment flap, an extension flap attached to the deployment flap, and a lateral flap. The deployment flap is configured to protect the airbag cushion as it deploys from the module housing. The extension flap is configured to position the airbag cushion during deployment. The lateral flap is configured to allow for proper airbag deployment.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2007Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventors: Jesse Benny, Michael Lachat, Anna Libby, Bobby Lusk
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Patent number: 8272667Abstract: An inflatable knee airbag can have a plurality of inflatable chambers. The inflatable chambers can be formed as independent chambers, rather than a single chamber being divided by an internal tether. The inflatable chambers can be arranged in a serial configuration, wherein the chambers form an “L” shape so that when the airbag is deployed, it conforms to the shape of an instrument panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2009Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventors: David W. Schneider, Michael Joseph Lachat, ChangSoo Choi, Christina R. Morris
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Publication number: 20120234839Abstract: An inflator device includes a steel member to at least in part form a pressure vessel and an external composite wrap overlying at least a portion of the metal member. The metal member can be tubular and have an elongated length such as to form a steel inner liner that is incapable of withstanding the pressure generated within the pressure vessel upon actuation of the inflator device without support provided by the composite overwrap.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventors: Bradley W. Smith, Michael P. Jordan
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Publication number: 20120235392Abstract: A pyrotechnic inflator assembly including a shell member and an end cap joinable with the shell member to form a subassembly. The subassembly containing a quantity of pyrotechnic material and at least in part defining a combustion chamber wherein at least a portion of the quantity of pyrotechnic material is reactable to form product gas for inflation of an associated airbag cushion and to generate pressure within the combustion chamber. The inflator assembly further including an overwrap about at least a portion of the subassembly to form a pyrotechnic inflator assembly that withstands the pressure generated within the combustion chamber upon reaction of the pyrotechnic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventor: Bradley W. SMITH
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Publication number: 20120239225Abstract: Remote sensor units for a vehicle are described. A remote sensor unit may comprise an electronic assembly. The electronic assembly may comprise an electronic component. The electronic assembly may comprise one or more signal terminals coupled to the electronic component. The electronic assembly may comprise a protective enclosure arranged to encapsulate the electronic component. The protective enclosure is arranged to isolate the electronic component from thermal energy, pressure or residual material stress associated with one or more satellite housings. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: AUTOLIV ASP, INC.Inventors: Dario G. Brisighella, JR., Stephen Bogdan, William M. Leach, Jeffrey T. Kida, Richard Rakes, JR.
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Publication number: 20120229366Abstract: A low profile antenna array for UWB radar antenna applications is disclosed. It may be used as a mid-range receiving antenna array (RXM) or as a mid-range transmitting antenna array (TXM). In some embodiments, the RXM or the TXM may include a plurality of radiation patch elements formed on a top layer of a printed circuit board (PCB), a distribution feeding network in the mid-layer of the PCB having a patch array, and a serial feeding arrangement from a ?/4 coupling slot to each feeding patch. This antenna may have a desirable large frequency bandwidth with relatively flat antenna gain over a frequency range from 22 GHz to 26.5 GHz. In addition, sidelobe levels for the elevation patterns may be below ?20 dB. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2011Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: AUTOLIV ASP, INC.Inventor: Xueru Ding
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Patent number: 8240701Abstract: Mounting assemblies can be used to retain an inflatable airbag cushion in a packaged configuration and attach the cushion to a vehicle structure. The mounting assemblies can have a mounting bracket and a wrapping member. The assemblies can also have a connecting member that connects the mounting bracket to the wrapper. The mounting bracket is attached to a vehicle structure and the wrapping member wraps and retains the cushion after it has been rolled and/or folded. During airbag deployment, the wrapping member releases the cushion so that it can be fully inflated and the mounting structure continues to anchor the cushion to the vehicle structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2009Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventors: Blake L. Cheal, Kurt L. Gammill
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Patent number: 8235415Abstract: Textile gas guides adapted for use with inflatable cushions and airbag systems are configured to be formed in a manner that reduces or eliminates the need for specialized equipment during manufacturing, and to be sufficiently reinforced to withstand damage during use. Such textile gas guides may comprise a second edge of a first fabric member overlapping and coupled with a shear seam to a portion of a third edge of a second fabric member. The third edge and a fourth edge of the second fabric member may be coupled together with a second seam sewed through the two edges of the second fabric member. The second fabric member at least substantially encompasses the first fabric member. Airbag systems employing such textile gas guides may include at least one inflatable cushion, a portion of which is coupled to the textile gas guide.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventors: Kurt L. Gamill, Bryan Walston
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Patent number: 8234034Abstract: Remote sensor units for a vehicle are described. A remote sensor unit may comprise an electronic assembly. The electronic assembly may comprise an electronic component. The electronic assembly may comprise one or more signal terminals coupled to the electronic component. The electronic assembly may comprise a protective enclosure arranged to encapsulate the electronic component. The protective enclosure is arranged to isolate the electronic component from thermal energy, pressure or residual material stress associated with one or more satellite housings. Other embodiments are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventors: Dario G. Brisighella, Jr., Stephen Bogdan, William M. Leach, Jeffrey T. Kida, Richard Rakes, Jr.
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Patent number: 8231747Abstract: An inflator assembly having an inflator body that forms a chamber wherein a quantity of a gas generating solid reacts to form gas. A quantity of gas treatment material is included to treat the formed gas to form a treated gas. At least one assembly exit opening permits the treated gas to exit the inflator assembly. The required gas generating solid has a flame temperature of no more than 1670 K with the inflator assembly having significant weight and volume reductions as compared to an otherwise identical performing inflator assembly that utilizes gas generating composition having higher flame temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventors: Ivan V. Mendenhall, Gary K. Lund
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Patent number: 8226118Abstract: The airbag cushion has a passive venting system that remains open or transitions to a closed position depending on the impact of the airbag with an occupant and the position of the occupant. The venting system self closes upon deployment when an occupant is not out of position but remains open when an occupant is out of position. The venting system self closes due to cushion membrane tension.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventors: Larry D. Rose, Jeffrey D. Williams, John C. Newkirk
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Patent number: 8226122Abstract: A linear pretensioner for use as part of a motor vehicle occupant belt restraint system mountable to vehicle structure and coupled with a belt restraint system component. The pretensioner includes at least one base plate having a slot and at least one closure plate fixedly attached to the base plate. The closure plate(s) and the slot of the base plate(s) form a cavity having an open end. A piston plate has a piston tail slidably disposed within the cavity and a piston head extending from the open end. A cable is coupled with the piston plate, the base plate(s), and/or the closure plate(s). The piston plate, the slot of the base plate(s), and the closure plate(s) cooperate to form an expanding chamber that enlarges when pressurized by a gas generator, which drives the piston plate and the base plate relative to each other to exert tension on the cable.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventor: Wendell Chenney Lane, Jr.
