Patents Assigned to SAFETY
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Patent number: 11645745Abstract: Embodiments described herein may provide devices, systems, methods, and/or computer readable medium for adverse event detection and severity estimation in surgical videos. The system can train multiple models for adverse detection and severity estimation. The system can load selected models for real-time adverse event detection and severity estimation.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SURGICAL SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Haiqi Wei, Teodor Pantchev Grantcharov, Babak Taati, Yichen Zhang, Frank Rudzicz, Kevin Lee Yang
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Patent number: 11644414Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a ferrocene-based compound having high selectivity for sulfide ion. The ferrocene-based compound is obtained by reacting a ferrocene starting material with one or more organic compound selected from a nitrile, a methyl ester and an ethyl ester, and a chemical sensor in solution state is prepared by mixing the compound with an organic solvent. The chemical sensor according to the present disclosure has high selectivity and sensitivity for sulfide ion even at low concentration and may be used as a chemical sensor for detecting hydrogen sulfide in solution state by allowing visual inspection of sulfide ion.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NATIONAL FORENSIC SERVICE DIRECTOR MINISTRY OF INTERIOR AND SAFETY)Inventors: Dae-Jun Ahn, Mia Kwon, Jisook Min, Joon-Bae Lee, Dong-Kye Lee, Byeong-Yeol Song
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Patent number: 11634096Abstract: A restraint system is provided for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle having a roof and side structure defining a cabin with a seat for the occupant. The restraint system includes an airbag having a stored condition within the vehicle seat and being inflatable to deploy upwards in the cabin to a deployed condition between the occupant and the side structure. The airbag extends from an upper end positioned adjacent the roof to a lower end positioned adjacent a base of the seat. The airbag extends in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle sufficient to span the entire depth of the seat in the forward-rearward direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.Inventor: Douglas Gould
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Patent number: 11628800Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to a tensioner drive (11) for a seatbelt installation, having a tube (30), at least one piston (25) which within the tube (30) is displaceable along a propulsion direction (P2), and a gas generator (40) for generating a propulsion gas (G) and a propulsion pressure on a pressure-facing side of the piston (25).Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBHInventor: Walter Krauss
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Patent number: 11628791Abstract: An apparatus (10) for helping to protect an occupant (20) of a front driver seat (22) of a vehicle (12) includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device in the form of an airbag (14) that is inflatable from an instrument panel (30) of the vehicle to a position between the instrument panel and the occupant. The airbag (14) has a curved configuration in profile such that the airbag can deploy from a mounting location in the instrument panel (30) toward the vehicle occupant (20), creating a space (86, 130) between the airbag and the instrument panel for receiving a vehicle steering wheel (32), if present.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.Inventors: Kurt F. Fischer, Douglas M. Gould, Alexandra E. Schroeder
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Patent number: 11628796Abstract: A deployment ramp for helping to direct a curtain airbag to deploy inboard of a trim piece on a side structure of a vehicle includes a deployment flap for directing the curtain airbag to deploy inboard of the trim piece and a mounting portion configured to receive a fastener for connecting the deployment ramp and the curtain airbag to the vehicle. The mounting portion includes a pair of mounting tabs. Each mounting tab is configured to be installed in a corresponding sleeve in the curtain airbag to connect the deployment ramp to the curtain airbag. The mounting portion is configured so that installing both mounting tabs in their corresponding sleeves requires the application of external manipulating forces to the mounting portion in order to bend and/or deflect in order to overcome an interference between the mounting portion and the curtain airbag.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.Inventors: Dylan Moran, Avadhoot Paranjpe
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Publication number: 20230110639Abstract: A nonwoven sheet material comprising a substrate and an applied fibril covering on said substrate, and process for making same, wherein the substrate is a paper, a spunbonded fibrous sheet, or a fibrous or non-fibrous membrane, and wherein the applied fibril covering comprises fibrils having a diameter of 1 to 5000 nanometers, a length of 0.2 to 3 millimeters, a specific surface area of 3 to 40 square meters/gram, and a Canadian Standard Freeness of 0 to 10 milliliters, the fibrils comprising an aramid polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventors: Byoung Sam Kang, Mehdi Afshari, Brian France
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Patent number: 11623108Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, systems and methods for verifying safety compliance of a worker positioned on a building structure utilize a motion detector module (MDM) for attaching to a wearable safety harness, where the harness has a lifeline attachment feature for connecting the safety harness to a lifeline anchored to the building structure. The MDM may include a motion sensor for detecting movement of the worker and processing circuitry for detecting, from signals provided by the motion sensor, significant movement indicative of the safety harness being properly worn by the worker and/or proper attachment of the safety harness to a lifeline, and translating the significant movements into compliance information. The MDM may include a proximate sensor for detecting contact between the attachment feature on the harness and a fastener on the lifeline for verifying the compliance information.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: US SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: George Altemose, Daniel W. Marino, John Gedde
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Patent number: 11623600Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes a frontal curtain airbag. The airbag has overlying panels that are interconnected. The airbag is deployable a deployed condition in which the airbag spans across a width of a windshield opening of the vehicle. A restraining panel is separate from and extends widthwise over the panels of the airbag. The restraining panel is connected to the airbag and has a width configured to cause opposing end portions of the deployed airbag to be bent toward one another and into a curved configuration. Pressurization in the deploying airbag tensions the restraining panel widthwise. The tensioned restraining panel maintains the bend in the deploying airbag so that an effective airbag depth is measured between the restraining panel and the airbag.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.Inventors: Dylan Moran, Ali Emambakhsh, Joseph Popek
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Patent number: 11623599Abstract: An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle seat includes an airbag defining an inflatable volume for receiving inflation fluid from an inflator having first and second ends. The airbag has a first sleeve configured to receive the first end of the inflator and a second end configured to receive the second end of the inflator. The first and second sleeves extend from the airbag.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.Inventor: Manuel Schaefer
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Patent number: 11620851Abstract: A developed fingerprint level determination apparatus includes: a fingerprint image acquisition unit configured to obtain at least two or more developed fingerprint images according to a fingerprint development technique; and a ridge level determination unit configured to check respective ridge development level information of the obtained fingerprint images and compare the respective ridge development level information with each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NATIONAL FORENSIC SERVICE DIRECTOR MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR AND SAFETY)Inventors: Nam Kyu Park, Byung Seon Moon, Jae Mo Goh, Jin Pyo Kim, Young Il Seo, Eun Ah Joo, Je Hyun Lee, Sang Yoon Lee, Ho Yong Yie
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Patent number: 11618982Abstract: An OPW airbag having warp and weft threads woven together in at least three woven fabric layers: a lower fabric layer, an upper fabric layer, and a middle fabric layer therebetween. The weft threads of the middle fabric layer emerge from the middle fabric layer in a first partial region of the airbag and are tied partially to the upper fabric layer and partially to the lower fabric layer. The warp threads of the middle fabric layer emerge from the middle fabric layer in the first partial region of the airbag and float freely between the lower fabric layer and the upper fabric layer. The weft and warp threads of the middle fabric layer are incorporated into the lower fabric layer or into the upper fabric layer in a second partial region of the airbag or are tied to the lower or upper fabric layer at a few attachment points.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: GLOBAL SAFETY TEXTILES GMBHInventor: Daniel Albiez
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Patent number: 11618996Abstract: A fabric comprising a cut-resistant polymeric coating including by weight 1 to 10 percent para-aramid particles, the particles having an average particle size of 20 to 500 microns.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventor: Mehdi Afshari
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Patent number: 11619051Abstract: A walkway installation includes a walkway assembly which includes at least one tread module supported by a pair of spaced apart elongate supports which extend in the direction of the length of the walkway installation, the walkway installation additionally including a handrail assembly including a handrail which extends in the direction of the length of the walkway assembly and a plurality of spaced apart posts which each secure the handrail relative to the walkway assembly, the handrail assembly additionally including a first connector which secures a post to one side of the walkway assembly and the first connector having secured thereto a substantially inflexible transverse link which extends across the walkway assembly in a direction perpendicular to the length of the walkway installation, the transverse link extending to a second connector secured to the other side of the walkway.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: KEE SAFETY LIMITEDInventor: Stuart Owen
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Patent number: 11613274Abstract: A fallback safety system for a vehicle equipped with a platooning system is configured to detect an operating state and a functional failure of the platooning system of the vehicle and to detect a distance of the vehicle to a vehicle driving in front with a sensor system of the vehicle. Further, in the case of a detected functional failure of the platooning system during a convoy driving operation of the vehicle controlled by the platooning system, the fallback safety system is configured to initiate braking of the vehicle and to adjust a braking acceleration of the vehicle during the initiated braking depending on the detected distance of the vehicle to the vehicle driving in front.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: ZF ACTIVE SAFETY GMBHInventors: Nico Stock, Niklas Roth, David Schnitzler
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Patent number: 11613227Abstract: A tether actuation unit includes an actuator configured to form a connection with a tether that is releasable in response to actuation of the actuator, and a housing configured to receive the actuator. The housing includes a tether channel configured to allow the tether to extend therethrough. The tether channel includes sidewalls configured to receive and engage the tether along a portion of its length when the tether extends at an angle from the housing. The sidewalls of the tether channel are configured to limit movement of the tether in response to airbag deployment in order to limit tension applied to the actuator by the tether to a predetermined range of non-orthogonal directions with respect to a central axis of the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.Inventors: Uriah Horton, Douglas Gould
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Patent number: 11612165Abstract: Disclosed is a pesticide composition for controlling Spodoptera frugiperda. The pesticide includes an auxiliary material, an active ingredient A and an active ingredient B. The active ingredient A is tea saponin, the active ingredient B is chlorantraniliprole or tolfenpyrad, and the mass ratio of the active ingredient A to the active ingredient B is 1-20:20-1. In the present invention, by mixing tea saponin with chlorantraniliprole or tolfenpyrad, a pesticide with certain ratio is prepared to control Spodoptera frugiperda, has the advantages of good effect and low dosage, and can delay the resistance of Spodoptera frugiperda to pesticides.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: INSTITUTE OF PROTECTION AND AGRO-PRODUCTS SAFETY, ANHUI ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCEInventors: Xuexiang Ren, Zhenghe Ye, Xianyan Su, Lina Xu, Haoliang Chen, Yu Chi
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Patent number: 11613226Abstract: A restraint system for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle having a roof and a cabin with a seat for the occupant includes an airbag mounted to the vehicle roof. The airbag has a stored condition and is inflatable to a deployed condition having a front-facing occupant receiving portion and an opposite rear-facing portion facing away from the occupant. The airbag has one or more connections with the vehicle roof, with the airbag and the connections being configured such that the roof serves as a reaction surface for supporting the airbag against movement in response to a forward moving occupant impacting the occupant receiving portion. The system is non-reliant on the rear-facing portion of the airbag engaging and using vehicle structure as a reaction surface for supporting the airbag against movement in response to the impacting occupant.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.Inventors: Kurt F. Fischer, Angelo J. Adler, Alexandra E. Schroeder, Hylus Ranjit Raj Jayakar, Dylan P. Moran
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Patent number: 11608021Abstract: A curtain airbag module for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes an airbag package including a curtain airbag configured to inflate between a side structure of the vehicle and the vehicle occupant. The airbag package also includes an airbag wrap that packages the curtain airbag in a stored condition and is configured to rupture and release the curtain airbag for deployment in response curtain airbag inflation. The curtain airbag module also includes a deployment ramp including a ramp portion for helping to direct the curtain airbag to deploy inboard of the side structure. The deployment ramp also includes retainer portions, spaced along its length, that are configured for insertion into retainer slots in the airbag wrap to connect the airbag package to the deployment ramp.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.Inventor: Joseph DiTrapani
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Patent number: D982835Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: ZHEJIANG HIGHVIZ SAFETY SUPPLIES CO., LTD.Inventor: Ruiyin Cao
