Patents Examined by Laura Freedman
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Patent number: 11745691Abstract: A device for coupling a curtain airbag to a vehicle body, the device including a bracket made of a metallic material and having an upper end installed on a vehicle body and disposed adjacent to a roof of a vehicle, and a lower end extending downward and having a through-hole, and a connection tab having a lower end coupled to a curtain airbag, having a main body extending upward, and having an upper end extending upward, penetrating the through-hole of the bracket, and coupled to the main body.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Ju Kyung Kim
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Patent number: 11745690Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a curtain airbag cushion, the apparatus including an intermediate connection tab and a strap sewn onto a curtain airbag cushion, a mounting plate coupled to the intermediate connection tab, and a ramp bracket assembled with the mounting plate and fixedly coupled to a vehicle body together with the mounting plate, in which the mounting plate and the ramp bracket are assembled as a coupling hook of the mounting plate passes through a hook hole of the ramp bracket.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Ju Kyung Kim
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Patent number: 11745799Abstract: A spring hanger assembly may be formed pieces shaped to increase the stiffness and strength. The spring hanger assembly may comprise separate pieces, such as an inner section and an outer section. The spring hanger assembly may be attached to a frame using fasteners or hucks.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: NORCO INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Bernard F. Garceau, William A. Aske, Leonard D. Yoder
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Patent number: 11745692Abstract: A curtain airbag apparatus for a vehicle is configured to connect a curtain airbag cushion to a vehicle body by a cushion restriction device including a tether carriage and a cushion tether to reinforce a restriction force of the deployed curtain airbag cushion, and to reinforce restriction on movement of an occupant during a side collision by use of the curtain airbag cushion having the reinforced restriction force to prevent the occupant from being thrown through a vehicle side window during a side collision even when a panorama window is used as the side window.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Seung Kyu Kang, Jae Deok Byeon, Eun Mook Park
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Patent number: 11738614Abstract: A bushing, for use with a control arm, has first and second mating segments that can be mated and assembled to form a central portion to be received within a circular opening in the control arm and the central portion has an outer diameter corresponding to the diameter of the circular opening. Each segment includes a cap or head portion having a diameter dimensioned to abut against one of the surfaces of the control arm and has a central bore. A bushing sleeve has a length equal to a axial length of the assembled bushing and an outer diameter incrementally greater than the diameter of the central bore so that the sleeve can be press fit within the bore to immobilize the segments when they are in contact with the control arm and become resistant to separation.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION OF AMERICAInventors: John P. Musci, Carlos Guerreiro, Joe Berta, Alan Lambert
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Patent number: 11731579Abstract: An extruded side curtain airbag ramp including a tear-resistant material forming at least one attachment feature and method for manufacturing said extruded side curtain airbag ramp. The airbag ramp according to the present invention incorporates a plurality of extruded materials and provides an easier manufactured product and attachment.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Vintech Industries Inc.Inventors: James C. Schoonover, Robert Rutoski
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Patent number: 11724658Abstract: Aspects hereof relate to a control system for a terrain working vehicle having an operator protection apparatus. In some aspects, the control system instructs and ceases an actuation of the operator protection apparatus to and between a raised position and a lowered position.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Excel Industries, Inc.Inventors: Harlan J. Bartel, Eric M. Biggs, Brian R. Funk, Ronald E. Lefevre, Royce A. Steinert, James A. Wright, Brian L. Nebel
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Patent number: 11724659Abstract: A knee air bag reduces an injury to occupant's legs by employing a slim crash pad design. The air bag includes a first cushion that is deployed from an inner side of a crash pad toward an occupant to fill a space below the crash pad and a second cushion that is deployed between the first cushion and the occupant to support occupant's legs while being supported on the first cushion.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Hyo Shub Shin, Yu Ji Son
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Patent number: 11718344Abstract: A vehicle body rear part includes a side sill, a rear side frame, a cross member, a trailing arm, an arm attachment bracket, and a close plate. In the trailing arm, a front end part is swingably supported via a mount member at a front region of the rear side frame. The arm attachment bracket is fixed into a cross section of the rear side frame and has a fixation nut with which the mount member is fastened and fixed. The bracket reinforcement member reinforces the arm attachment bracket. The close plate closes an opening on an upper side of the front region of the rear side frame. End parts on both sides in the vehicle width direction of the bracket reinforcement member are joined to the side sill and the cross member, and an upper part of the bracket reinforcement member is joined to the close plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shungo Chino, Yuya Akaba
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Patent number: 11718256Abstract: An airbag device includes an airbag including: an outer bag; and an inner bag disposed so as to inflate inside the outer bag and having supply ports through which the inflation gas is supplied to the outer bag, the outer hag and the inner hag sharing the inflow opening and the attachment portion. At least one of the supply ports is provided as a lower side supply port disposed in the lower side wall portion, and a gas guide tether that connects a vicinity of an outer edge side of the lower side supply port and the vehicle body side wall portion so as to be able to guide the inflation gas supplied from the lower side supply port to the vehicle body side wall portion side in an inner peripheral surface of the outer bag along a radial direction centered on the inflow opening is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsutomu Ishii, Koji Kawamura
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Patent number: 11713083Abstract: A siderail member for a subframe assembly of a vehicle, including: an elongate body, wherein the elongate body includes a hollow extruded structure including an inboard wall, an outboard wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and one or more internal walls. Optionally, the bottom wall has a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the top wall. Optionally, the outboard wall has a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the inboard wall. Optionally, the one or more internal walls include a top internal wall and a bottom internal wall forming a plurality of horizontally-disposed cells within an interior of the elongate body. The bottom internal wall has a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the top internal wall. The hollow extruded structure is manufactured from an aluminum material. Optionally, the top wall of the hollow extruded structure defines a flexure recess.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventors: Johan Eklund, Anders Sandahl, Jens Raine, Domenico Macri, Emil Claesson, Per Zachrison, Kaldon Kalasho, Robin Larsson, Martin Granlund, Patrik Ljungbäck
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Patent number: 11702141Abstract: In a vehicle subframe 1, a first side member has a first extending portion that extends while being deflected outward on one side in a width direction as approaching from a rear side to a front side, a second side member has a second extending portion that extends while being deflected outward on the other side in the width direction as approaching from the rear side to the front side, and a second cross member is further included which is opposed to the first cross member on the front side thereof and couples a portion of the first extending portion in which the degree of outward deflection on the one side in the width direction becomes large and a portion of the second extending portion in which the degree of outward deflection on the other side in the width direction becomes large to each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: F-TECH INC.Inventors: Toru Kawai, Hiroyuki Uchida
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Patent number: 11702029Abstract: A safety system includes an airbag configured to deploy from a rail and restrain motion of an occupant, a tether configured to deploy from a pillar, and an anchor coupling the tether and the airbag. The anchor is configured to travel from a stowed position proximate to the rail to a deployed position spaced apart from the rail and spaced apart from the pillar in unison with deployment of the airbag. The safety system includes a tensioning mechanism configured to apply force to the tether. Motion of the anchor is controlled by the force applied by the tensioning mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Adam J. Golman, Jesse T. Buehler, Nathaniel J. Dennis
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Patent number: 11697387Abstract: An airbag module for an automotive vehicle is disclosed. The airbag module comprises a folded inflatable airbag, a fastening element for mounting the airbag on the vehicle, a mounting jacket in which the folded airbag is received and fixed, as well as an elongate flexible holding strap for positioning the airbag in its deployed inflated state. The holding strap extends from a first strap end fastened on the airbag to an opposite second strap end to which the fastening element is attached. In the folded state of the airbag, the holding strap is connected to the mounting jacket or is received in the mounting jacket.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignees: Dalphi Metal Espana, S.A., Safelife Industria de Componentes de Seguiranca Automovel S.A.Inventors: José Miguel Fernandes Oliveira, Pedro Jose Santín Navarro
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Patent number: 11691662Abstract: A steering system includes a first wheel and a second wheel spaced apart from the first wheel, a first tie rod, a second tie rod, and an electrical actuator. The first wheel is rotatably coupled to a first knuckle, and the first knuckle is pivotable about a first suspension post. The second wheel is rotatably coupled to a second knuckle, and the second knuckle is pivotable about a second suspension post spaced apart from the first suspension post. The first tie rod is coupled to the first knuckle and to a mechanical linkage. The second tie rod is coupled to the second knuckle and the mechanical linkage. The electrical actuator is coupled to the mechanical linkage so that movement of the electrical actuator translates the mechanical linkage axially, which adjusts the orientation of the wheels relative to the suspension posts.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Jihong Hao, Derek Williams, Prabhu Shankar, Devin Rosencrance
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Patent number: 11685208Abstract: A dual-axle vehicle corner assembly which may include a sub-frame, a first arm connected to the sub-frame and rotatable with respect to the sub-frame about a first arm axis, the first arm having a first axle axis about which a first wheel rotates when connected to the first arm, a second arm connected to the sub-frame and rotatable with respect to the sub-frame about a second arm axis, the second arm having a second axle axis about which a second wheel rotates when connected to the second arm, and a suspension system comprising a piston assembly interconnecting the first arm and the second arm, the piston assembly is to controllably increase and decrease a length of the piston assembly to control a distance between the first axle axis and the second axle axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: REE AUTOMOTIVE LTDInventors: Ahishay Sardes, Ran Dekel, Zohar Goldenstein, Ran Meir, Ido Gury
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Patent number: 11685328Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a dash. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the dash and being inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes a knee chamber, a chest chamber supported by the knee chamber in the inflated position, and a head chamber supported by the chest chamber in the inflated position. The chest chamber is connected to the knee chamber at a lower seam that defines a lower fluid pathway. The head chamber is connected to the chest chamber at an upper seam that defines an upper fluid pathway. The assembly includes an inflator supported by the dash and being connected directly to the knee chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
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Patent number: 11673598Abstract: A steering module includes a steering wheel which is provided in front of a driver seat, a column cover which is provided on a vehicle front side of the steering wheel, extends in a forward and rearward direction of a vehicle, and has a functional component mounting region in at least one of an inner inside and an upper portion thereof, and a meter member which is formed integrally with the column cover and includes a main display portion disposed at a position spaced apart from the column cover.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takayuki Nakajima
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Patent number: 11667260Abstract: An airbag device includes an airbag cushion unit inflatable with working gas introduced thereto, one or more variable vent units protruding outward from the airbag cushion unit and including a hollow portion communicating with an inner portion of the airbag cushion unit, and one or more tether units having one portion shaped to surround the variable vent unit and the other portion fixed to an outer portion of the airbag cushion unit, and configured to tighten and close the variable vent unit in response to the airbag cushion unit being inflated.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventor: Rae Ick Jang
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Driver seat airbag apparatus for vehicle, control system therefor, and control method for the system
Patent number: 11661023Abstract: A driver seat airbag apparatus for a vehicle is proposed. The driver seat airbag apparatus includes an airbag module including an airbag cushion and an inflator, and provided in rear of a functional unit at a center portion of a steering wheel, and an actuator provided at the steering wheel and connected to the functional unit, and in operation thereof, the actuator being configured to move the functional unit to expand an unfolding space of the airbag cushion between the functional unit and the airbag module.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Min June Song, Seok Hoon Ko, Geum Dong Kim