Patents Assigned to Autoliv Development AS
  • Breath analyzer device
    Patent number: 9366665
    Abstract: A breath analyzer device (1) having an inlet region (2) and a sensor arrangement (3), wherein the inlet region (2) is configured to receive a breath sample from a test subject and direct the sample to the sensor arrangement (3), and the sensor arrangement is configured to provide a signal representative of the concentration of a volatile substance within the sample. The inlet region (2) includes a heater (20, 24) arranged between: a sample inlet port (6) which is open to atmospheric air outside the device (1); and a sample outlet port (11) which is open to the sensor arrangement (3), the heater (20, 24) extending at least part way along a tortuous flow channel (18) which extends between the inlet port (6) and the outlet port (11) for the direction of the sample to the sensor arrangement (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Mathias Granstam, Bertil Hök
  • Side Airbag Device for Vehicles
    Publication number: 20160159310
    Abstract: A vehicular side airbag apparatus including chambers corresponding to an occupant's shoulder, lumbar, and chest and having three-dimensional shapes formed by baffles inside a side airbag and providing a thickness. The first baffle extends in a vehicular front-rear direction and is joined to a rear edge 103a of a side airbag 103 at a rear end 107b of the first baffle. The second baffle extends in a vehicular up-down direction and has an overlap portion 109 which is set at a longitudinally intermediate position of the second baffle and to which a longitudinally front end 107c of the first baffle is connected along with a vehicular interior panel 105 and a vehicular exterior panel 106. Longitudinal both ends 108b and 108c of the second baffle are joined to an outer peripheral edge of the side airbag 103.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Yuto Kobayashi, Yosuke Shimizu
  • Side airbag for installation into a motor vehicle, vehicle seat with such a side airbag and motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9358943
    Abstract: A side airbag for installation into a motor vehicle, a vehicle seat with such a side airbag and a motor vehicle with such a vehicle seat are described. The side airbag comprises at least one mounting device for mounting the side airbag on the backrest of the vehicle seat, an outer skin with a first side wall extending forwards, when viewed in the vehicle direction, and a second side wall connected to the first side wall. In order to be able, at as low a cost as possible, to protect the passengers to be protected better against a movement towards the middle of the vehicle, the second side wall extends essentially cross-ways to the vehicle direction when the outer skin is fully deployed and free from external forces, so that at least a third side wall connecting the first two side walls is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Gustav Börjeson, Peter Henricsson, Erik Sandwall
  • Seatbelt retractor
    Patent number: 9358951
    Abstract: A counterweight that biases a ratchet lever toward an unlocking side, in addition to a self weight of the ratchet lever, is provided in a mechanism that locks pull-out operation of a seatbelt according to operation of an acceleration sensor. The counterweight is provided with a moment transmission projection that allows the ratchet lever to turn freely as a result of non-engagement between the counterweight and the ratchet lever when a tilt angle of a seat back is less than 60°, and that transmits rotational moment by a self weight of the counterweight (rotational moment in the direction of an arrow R3) to the ratchet lever as a rotary bias force toward the unlocking side as a result of engagement between the counterweight and an engagement wall of the ratchet lever when the tilt angle of the seat back is 60° or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Masuo Matsuki, Katsuhiro Ito, Takashi Kageyama
  • Airbag
    Publication number: 20160152207
    Abstract: An airbag having a front side (10) and a rear side (20) connected thereto, which airbag is made of an airbag material, which encloses a volume that is filled with a deployment gas when a gas generator or a pressurized gas source is activated, and having at least one limiting strap (30), which is connected to the front side (10) at a first fastening point (31), and to the rear side (20) at a second fastening point (32. At least one of the fastening points (31, 32) has a fastening seam (51, 51?, 52, 52?) having mutually opposing sections for fastening the limiting strap (30) to the airbag material, and wherein at least one load relief slot (60) at the fastening point (31, 32) between the sections of the fastening seam (51, 51?, 52, 52?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Bernhard Jahme, Magdalena Kocjan, Piotr Burak
  • Steering wheel
    Patent number: 9352768
    Abstract: A steering wheel has a gripping formation including an armature substantially encapsulated by a cover of foamed material and a flexible outer skin provided over and around the cover. The flexible skin may be formed of leather or artificial leather. The steering wheel may include a plastic insert engaged within a fixing groove or recess formed in the cover. At least one edge of the outer skin may be positioned within the fixing groove or recess and fixed to the insert by ultrasonic welding, for example. In a preferred arrangement, two opposed edges of the outer skin may be both received within the fixing groove or recess and fixed to the insert therein by ultrasonic welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Hugues Doursoux, Olivier Bertrand, Patrick Guerin, Emmanuelle Baloge, Laurent Groleau
  • Buckle apparatus for seat belt
    Patent number: 9346433
    Abstract: Disclosed is a buckle apparatus for a seat belt. The buckle apparatus Includes an upper cover including a front plate formed with an opening part; a lower cover engaged with a lower portion of the upper cover and provided therein with a base frame; a latch member including one end rotatably supported on the base frame and locked with a tongue plate inserted through the opening part; an ejector assembly provided on the base frame for locking and releasing between the tongue plate and the latch member; and a release button slidably provided on both sides of the base frame and disposed in an upper portion of the opening part so that one side of the release button is exposed. At least one elastic member is integrally provided on an upper end of the front plate to elastically press a bottom surface of the tongue plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventor: Byoung Gae You
  • Seat belt retractor having an inertia sensor with a pivotal sensor housing
    Patent number: 9346434
    Abstract: A seat belt retractor (1) with a vehicle-sensitive, inertia sensor (4), and a blocking device to block belt extraction movement of a belt shaft (3) controllable by an inertia sensor (4). The inertia sensor (4) has a sensor housing (5) with a gearing (7) mounted to swivel, blocking element (10) coupled on the belt shaft (3), engages in the gearing (7) in a first position to fix the sensor housing (5) and swivels during a belt retraction movement from a first position into a second position where it does not engage in the gearing (7). A guide is provided in the form of a longitudinal recess (12) with a variable width. The blocking element (10) engages with a protrusion (14) in the recess (12) and during the rotation of the belt shaft (3) to cause relative movement in the longitudinal direction of the recess (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Günter Clute, Milos Cekic
  • VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL
    Publication number: 20160129860
    Abstract: A vehicle steering wheel comprising a metallic hub, a rim, and at least one branch including a mechanical connection piece attaching the rim to the hub. The vehicle steering whell additionally includes at least one second branch of polymer injected between the hub and the rim without a mechanical connection piece attaching the rim to the hub, the at least one second branch including at least one energy conductor. The steering wheel further comprising positioning means for positioning the at least one energy conductor before the injection of the polymer of the branch in such a manner as to guarantee a minimal distance between the at least one energy conductor and a surface of the polymer once it is injected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Fabrice MOINARD, Yann SIMONET, Olivier BARIBAULT
  • Airbag deployment auxiliary member and curtain airbag device
    Patent number: 9333935
    Abstract: An airbag deployment assistance member capable of suppressing a variation in rotation amount during airbag deployment and increasing stability of an airbag deployment direction. The airbag deployment assistance member includes an attachment portion attached to a body of a vehicle (V), a holding portion that holds a curtain airbag in a folded state on the inner side, and a hinge portion that connects one end of the attachment portion and a first portion of the holding portion. During deployment of the curtain airbag, the entire holding portion rotates about the hinge portion by the deployment force of the curtain airbag until an outer portion of the first portion makes contact with portions of the attachment portion close to an interior garnish. After the contact, a second portion of the holding portion is allowed to be deformed so as to be open in relation to the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventor: Minhun Kim
  • INFLATABLE BELT D-RING ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160121845
    Abstract: A D-ring assembly for an inflatable belt of a vehicle includes a patch bracket, in which a portion of the patch bracket supporting a D-ring is inclined forward with respect to a portion of the patch bracket fixed to a pillar of the vehicle; and the D-ring installed at the patch bracket to be rotatable in a left or right direction, so that the two-layer webbing is guided toward the front of a wearer, allowing a passenger to easily wear the webbing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Jung Min LEE, Won Jae LEE, Gi Young BAE
  • Collision Mitigation Systems With Adjustable Trigger Width
    Publication number: 20160125738
    Abstract: A vehicle collision mitigation system (2) and method having a detecting device (3) and a control unit (4). The detecting device (3) being arranged to detect a certain field of view (6) defining a trigger area having an adjustable trigger width that is defined by trigger borders (9a, 9b; 10a, 10b) and is adjustable between a minimum trigger width (wmin) and a maximum trigger width (wmax). The collision mitigation system (2) is arranged to issue a system trigger signal at least in dependence of an object being determined to at least partly being present within the trigger borders if a collision is predicted to occur. The adjustable trigger width (w) is adjustable in dependence of the number of system trigger signals that have been issued during a certain time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventor: Erik ROSEN
  • Belt retractor with two force-limiting devices acting in parallel
    Patent number: 9327681
    Abstract: A seat belt retractor including a belt shaft rotatably supported in a frame and two force-limiting devices acting in parallel. The first and the second part of the belt shaft axially overlap forming an annular space. The second force-limiting device is a band element abutting a radial outer wall of the annular space with a first section, and on the radial inner wall with a second section and is deflected in a deflection fitting between the first and the second sections (20, 21, 29, 30). During relative movement between the first and second parts, the band element can be unwound or wound up from the outer wall onto the inner wall or vice versa in an energy-dissipating manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Klaus-Peter Singer, Ronald Jabusch
  • Vehicle Steering Wheel
    Publication number: 20160114826
    Abstract: A vehicle steering wheel includes a rim having a cavity, and a device arranged in the cavity of the rim. The vehicle steering wheel further includes a hood designed to close the cavity and a polymer injected around the rim and around the hood. A sealing means is arranged to prevent the polymer from being introduced into the cavity during its injection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Fabrice MOINARD, Sébastien CASSIN, Pierre BASQUE, Pascal BOUHET, Guillaume HESRY
  • BATTERY MODULE DISCONNECT ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20160114695
    Abstract: The arrangement for disconnecting at least one of a plurality of battery modules in an automotive battery comprises a device arranged to detect that at least one battery module is to be disconnected, and a bypass switch arranged at each battery module, wherein the bypass switch arranged at the detected at least one battery module is controllable to bypass the at least one detected battery module via a bypass path. The arrangement further comprises a disconnect switch arranged at each battery module, wherein the disconnect switch arranged at the at least one bypassed battery module is controllable to disconnect the at least one detected battery module from remaining battery modules, either simultaneously as, or after, the bypassing of the detected battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Alf HOLGERS, Christian CAVELL, David STURK, Magnus BERNER, Lars HOFFMAN, Per GUSTAFSSON
  • Airbag comprising two chambers and a gas flow channel connecting the two chambers with a valve being located in the gas flow channel
    Patent number: 9321425
    Abstract: An airbag includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a gas flow channel connecting the two chambers. A valve is located inside the gas flow channel allows an unthrottled gas stream from the first chamber to the second chamber when a pressure inside the first chamber is higher than a pressure in the second chamber and blocks or throttles the gas stream through the gas flow channel when the pressure inside the second chamber is higher than in the first chamber. The valve includes a two-layered inlay extending from a first end pointing towards the first chamber to a second end pointing towards the second chamber. The two-layered inlay is connected to the gas flow channel at its first end via at least two connecting points being remote from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventor: Frederic Charpentier
  • Object collision warning system and method for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9308918
    Abstract: An object collision warning system for a motor vehicle comprises a sensing means (11) adapted to sense a surrounding of the motor vehicle and a processing means (14) adapted to detect objects in a surrounding of the motor vehicle by processing a signal provided by the sensing means (11), to perform an estimation of a collision probability between the vehicle and the detected object, and to output a corresponding signal in case the collision probability is non-negligible. The processing means (14) is adapted to determine, after having passed a curve, information describing the passed curve, to store the curve describing information, and to use the curve describing information of at least one previously passed curve for determining the vehicle path in a current curve in the estimation of the collision probability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Jonas Elbornsson Skogsstjarna, Per Cronvall
  • Seat belt pretensioner
    Patent number: 9302648
    Abstract: The invention relates to a belt tensioner with a belt shaft (10), a force limitation arrangement (70) connected with the belt shaft (10), and a tensioner drive wheel (20) coupled with the belt shaft (10) so as to be locked against relative rotation, in which a retaining element (30, 50) is provided for coupling the tensioner drive wheel (20) to the belt shaft (10), and the retaining element (30, 50) is releasable by the rotation of the belt shaft (10) in the belt webbing withdrawal direction after the tensioning movement has been completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventor: Erik Rydsmo
  • Device for damping vibrations
    Patent number: 9291233
    Abstract: An apparatus for the damping of vibrations in a steering column in a motor vehicle, having a mounting (10) and an accommodation device (11) elastically supported in the mounting (10) to which a gas generator (20) is secured, a separate supplemental weight (30) is secured to the gas generator (20) or to the accommodation device (11) to provide desired vibration damping characteristics of the steering column assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Klaus Massanetz, Wolfram Engelhardt
  • Curtain airbag device
    Patent number: 9283917
    Abstract: A curtain airbag device that can be applied to a small-width pillar. The curtain airbag device is accommodated in a region extending from at least an A-pillar to an upper portion of a window frame, and includes an airbag that is deployed in a curtain form near a side window of a vehicle interior in order to protect an occupant; and a gas generator that supplies inflation gas to the airbag. The accommodated airbag is formed in a rod shape by being folded in a roll form. When the airbag is accommodated, the airbag is partially compressed toward the center of the airbag at a narrow portion where an installation area of the A-pillar is narrow, in order to partially decrease a diameter of the airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Taguchi, Atsushi Nakashima, Yuki Nakamura