Patents Assigned to Autoliv Developement AB
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Patent number: 12060026Abstract: A hanging lug for a safety airbag includes a first sewing piece, a second sewing piece, and a connecting piece. The first sewing piece and the second sewing piece are respectively provided at two ends of the connecting piece. The connecting piece is used for passing through a slit of a metal member. The connecting piece is folded in half after passing through the metal member. The first sewing piece and the second sewing piece are arranged in a staggered manner. Also provided is a safety airbag. The connecting piece is folded in half after passing through the metal member, and the first sewing piece and the second sewing piece are arranged in a staggered manner, thereby increasing the total sewing line length of the hanging lug, preventing an OPW from being damaged, reducing the number of sewn layers, and facilitating sewing operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Dengyang Zhang, Dongjun Li, Jiao Wen, Pengfei Guo
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Patent number: 12060030Abstract: A safety airbag device, including a safety airbag having an inflated state and a stowed state, a gas generator, used to generate gas to inflate the safety airbag so that the safety airbag enters the inflated state; and a deflector, used to guide the gas generated by the gas generator before the gas generated by the gas generator enters the safety airbag. The deflector includes a first cavity and a second cavity. The first cavity includes a first gas inlet and a first gas outlet. The second cavity includes a second gas inlet and a second gas outlet. The first gas outlet and the second gas inlet are in fluid communication with each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Wujian Chen, Xiaoyu Liang, Shaobing Shao, Liang Huang
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Patent number: 12049187Abstract: A safety airbag, including: an air bag, having an inflated and stowed state; and a gas generator, used to inflate the air bag to the inflated state, wherein the air bag includes a body portion and a cut-out portion, the cut-out portion being formed as being cut out from the air bag, but still remaining integral with the body portion, and in the inflated state, the cut-out portion being oriented in a predetermined direction relative to the body portion via an orienting member. Using the cut-out portion to provide protection for the head of an occupant increases the utilization rate of a material for making an air bag. In addition, the height of the airbag curtain is relatively large only at the cut-out portion, and is relatively small at the remaining positions, thereby reducing the volume of the air bag.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Liang Wang, Shaobing Shao
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Patent number: 12049185Abstract: An airbag assembly includes: an air bag, mounted to a vehicle seat and capable of inflating from an undeployed state to a deployed state, wherein in the deployed state, the air bag extends along the head and torso of an occupant in the vehicle seat, arranged to surround the head and torso of the occupant; and a strap, for mounting the air bag to the vehicle seat and having a first section and a second section, wherein in the deployed state, the strap is tightened, the first section being mounted to the air bag on an outer surface of the air bag in an extension direction of the air bag, and the second section extending on at least one outer side surface of the air bag in a direction at an angle with respect to the extension direction of the air bag.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventor: Kan Wang
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Patent number: 12043209Abstract: A seat belt retractor, with a belt shaft mounted rotatably in a frame, a blocking device for blocking the belt shaft in an extension direction of the seat belt, a control device having a control disc with a toothing for activating the blocking device, an electric actuator with a first blocking lever, which is spring-loaded into the toothing of the control disc in an engagement direction, an ECL blocking lever which, in a first position, blocks the first blocking lever of the actuator during a first belt band extension in a position in which said blocking lever does not engage in the toothing of the control disc, and an LC blocking lever which, in a first position, blocks the first blocking lever of the actuator when a predetermined belt band extension length is fallen short of in a first position.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Antto-Christian Glässer, Markus Hueg, Florian Künzler
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Patent number: 12036919Abstract: A lighting device for a vehicle steering wheel rim, comprising a holding body comprising at least one internal wall with at least one opening, at least one light source arranged to emit light, a diffuser arranged to diffuse the light coming from the at least one light source towards the vehicle occupant, a light guide arranged to guide the light emitted from the at least one light source towards the diffuser, wherein the light guide comprises a light collecting face arranged on a first side of the opening, a light emitting face arranged on a second side of the opening, and the light guide is also engaged with the diffuser to shape it with a predetermined size.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Olivier Bertrand, Hugues Doursoux
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Patent number: 12040144Abstract: A pyrotechnic switch having a casing, at least one electrical conductor passing through the casing, a piston housed in the casing, the piston-casing assembly being designed to cut the electrical conductor at least at three separate locations, so as to form at least two free conductive strands, separate from the rest of the electrical conductor, a pyrotechnic actuator designed to force the piston to cut the electrical conductor, wherein the piston-casing assembly is designed to cut the electrical conductor such that each free strand has at least one base portion with either no or two folded wings arranged on either side of the base portion, and to create at least one free strand with two folded wings.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Valentin Primel, Francois Gaudinat, Jean Champendal, Ludovic Lageat, Philippe Fernandez, Gildas Clech, Catherine Lebarh
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Patent number: 12030430Abstract: A steering wheel. The steering wheel includes a steering wheel rim and a light-emitting assembly, the steering wheel rim having an inner cavity, and the light-emitting assembly being provided in the inner cavity so as to be used to cause the steering wheel rim to emit light, wherein the light-emitting assembly includes a light source, a first printed circuit board, and a second printed circuit board, wherein the light source is provided on the first printed circuit board, the second printed circuit board being provided with a control assembly for controlling the light source, the second printed circuit board being configured to control the light source by means of an electrical connection with the first printed circuit board, the first printed circuit board being configured to be a flexible circuit board, and the second printed circuit board being configured to be a rigid circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Linlin Xu, Liang Ding, Xiaoshan Lu
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Patent number: 12024219Abstract: A vehicle steering wheel, comprising: —a framework (10) consisting of an electroconductive material; at least one sensor for detecting the position and/or contact (20) of a limb of the user on the steering wheel; at least one decorative part (30) comprising an electroconductive material; fixing means arranged so as to hold the decorative part (30) on the steering wheel; and at least one anchoring part (42) arranged so as to secure the fixing means onto the framework (10).Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Gweltaz Jacq, Thierry Matrat, Jonathan Boittiaux, Vincent Lemevel, David Sourisseau
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Patent number: 12024254Abstract: To provide a motorcycle airbag device that contributes to the stabilization of the deployment behavior and the deployment posture of the airbag. An airbag device mounted on a motorcycle having a gas generator that generates an expansion gas, where the airbag is expanded by the expansion gas, and by deploying in front of the occupant, restrains forward movement of the occupant. Furthermore, the airbag has a stepped portion that protrudes forward when deployed and is supported by a structural portion around the top of the handlebars of the motorcycle.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Makoto Fuma, Sho Murakami, Ryota Ishigaki, Masaru Habu
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Patent number: 12024111Abstract: A driver seat airbag apparatus includes a steering wheel and an airbag module. The steering wheel has a central hub and a rim. The rim has a shape in which a portion of the upper portion of the rim is omitted. The hub includes: a module housing part which houses the airbag module; and a cover which covers the module housing and is cleavable at the expansion pressure of the cushion. The cover includes cover doors which open at the expansion pressure of the cushion. When the cover is cleaved, the cover doors are open in the right and left diagonal upward directions when viewed from the center of the hub, while a space portion without the cover doors is formed in the direction directly above the center of the hub when viewed from the center of the hub.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Kazuki Morita, Kazuhiro Abe
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Patent number: 12005850Abstract: An airbag that prevents heavy interference with the head of an occupant during expansion and deployment even when the occupant is not seated in a vehicle seat in a regular position is configured to be positioned to the sides of the center in the left-right direction of a vehicle seat and has a pair of chambers physically coupled by a coupling section that deploy forward of the occupant when expansion and deployment are complete. The pair of chambers are independent during expansion and deployment and expand and deploy frontward from both the left and right sides of the vehicle seat, having side protecting chambers that cover at least the side sections of the occupant. The side protecting chambers are coupled by coupling sections positioned to the sides of the center in the left-right direction of the vehicle seat, and the coupling section is thinner than the side protecting chambers at least during initial expansion and deployment.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshiki Ito
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Patent number: 11993218Abstract: An occupant protecting device provided inside or below a seat cushion of a vehicle seat, comprising an airbag cushion capable of expanding and deploying a seat surface of the seat cushion; and an inflator. The airbag cushion includes a lower panel, an upper panel longer than the lower panel in the front-rear direction of the vehicle seat, and mutually opposing side panels joined to the lower panel and the upper panel. The airbag cushion has a first mounting point attached to the vehicle seat side and a second mounting point attached to the vehicle seat side on the rear side of the first mounting point in the front-rear direction of the vehicle seat. The lower panel and the upper panel are mutually joined to a first mounting point and a second mounting point.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventor: Ryota Ishigaki
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Patent number: 11993220Abstract: A driver seat airbag device includes an airbag cushion installed at a center portion 108 of a steering wheel of a vehicle which is configured to expand and deploy toward an occupant in a driver seat; and an inflator that supplies gas to the airbag cushion. The airbag cushion includes a steering side panel provided on the steering wheel side and an occupant side panel joined to the occupant side of the steering side panel. The shape of the expanded and deployed airbag cushion is such that the portion, which is the largest area of the cross section orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the steering wheel, is formed further toward the front side of the vehicle than the center portion between the frontmost portion of the steering side panel and the rearmost portion of the occupant side panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Ryota Ishigaki, Yutaka Hirota, Christopher Banatin
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Patent number: 11987282Abstract: Detection device for a steering wheel of a vehicle, said device being configured to detect contact or proximity of a person with or to the steering wheel, comprising sensors, of which there are only three, of which: a first sensor (21) is intended to be arranged on a left-hand half of a first face of the steering wheel, a second sensor (22) is intended to be arranged on a right-hand half of said first face of the steering wheel, and a third sensor (23) is intended to be arranged on a second face opposed to said first face of the steering wheel, and said first face is a rear face of the steering wheel.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Pierre Sabourin, Nathalie Potel-Charlette, Laurent Groleau
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Patent number: 11987309Abstract: A steering wheel device for a vehicle in which an airbag module is attached with an engagement element that engages with the steering wheel, where the engagement element is provided on the airbag module side and has an engaging part that releasably engages with an engaged part formed on the steering wheel side, the engagement elements include at least a first engagement element positioned below the center of steering and a second engagement element positioned above the center of steering with reference to the neutral position of the steering wheel, and the first engagement element is a vibration damping part having an elastic member and the second engagement element includes a second bushing made of a material having a Young's modulus greater than that of the elastic member.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Kaname Tanaka, Keisuke Honma, Kazuhiro Abe
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Patent number: 11987197Abstract: An occupant protection device capable of suppressing the occurrence of submarining and ensuring initial waist restraint performance. An occupant protection device provided inside or below a seat cushion of a vehicle seat, provided with: an airbag cushion capable of expanding and deploying to push up a seat surface of the seat cushion; and an inflator that supplies gas for expansion and deployment into the interior space of the airbag cushion during a vehicle emergency. The airbag cushion includes an expansion and deployment part that expands and deploys by gas from the inflator, and an exhaust vent part protruding from the peripheral edge of the airbag cushion. The expanded and deployed airbag cushion is configured such that the exhaust vent opens and allows the internal space of the expansion and deployment part to communicate with the outside when a load acts on the expansion and deployment part.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Ryota Ishigaki, Yutaka Nakajima
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Patent number: 11981367Abstract: A steering wheel configured to rotate about a steering axis, comprising a rim formed of a body molded onto a frame, the body having a first mold release axis, a first groove arranged in the body in a demoldable manner relative to the first mold release axis, a sheathing reinforcement arranged to be inserted into the first groove of the body and at least partially form a second groove, wherein the second groove is arranged to receive an insert in an insertion direction separate from the first mold release axis, and in that the sheathing reinforcement comprises at least one portion which is undercut relative to the first mold release axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventor: Matthis Barritault
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Patent number: 11964720Abstract: An airbag module that serves as a damper mass mounted to the steering wheel surrounding the center of steering of the steering wheel via vibration damping parts, the vehicle steering wheel structure damping steering wheel vibration, wherein the vibration damping parts includes at least a first vibration damping part positioned upward from the center of steering and a second vibration damping part positioned downward from the center of steering with reference to a neutral position of the steering wheel and the spring constant or elastic modulus of the first vibration damping part is set lower than the spring constant or elastic modulus of the second vibration damping part.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Norihisa Shiraishi, Kazuhiro Abe, Takayuki Kura
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Patent number: 11964624Abstract: An automotive front seat overhead airbag includes a supporting air chamber and a protective air chamber mounted on a roof. The supporting air chamber is inflated from the roof towards a dashboard upon inflation. The protective air chamber is in communication with the supporting air chamber. After the supporting air chamber is inflated, the protective air chamber is inflated from the supporting air chamber towards the human body. A first protective space is reserved between the supporting air chamber and the protective air chamber on a side facing the human body. The first protective space corresponds to the head of the human body for protecting the head and neck of the human body. An automobile includes a roof and a dashboard, and further includes the automotive front seat overhead airbag described above. An upper end of the supporting air chamber is connected to a gas generator.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Qiang Meng, Jianfei Ma, Ting Wang