Patents by Inventor Adrienne Huelke

Adrienne Huelke has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10946828
    Abstract: An airbag assembly includes a base and an airbag extendable from the base to a flat position prior to inflation. A tether is elongated along an axis from a first end of the tether attached to the base to another end of the tether attached to the airbag in the flat position. A reinforcement is elongated along the axis in the flat position state and attached to the tether. The reinforcement has a greater torsional rigidity about the axis than the tether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: David R. Huelke, Eric Axel Smitterberg, Adrienne Huelke
  • Publication number: 20200216010
    Abstract: An airbag assembly includes a base and an airbag extendable from the base to a flat position prior to inflation. A tether is elongated along an axis from a first end of the tether attached to the base to another end of the tether attached to the airbag in the flat position. A reinforcement is elongated along the axis in the flat position state and attached to the tether. The reinforcement has a greater torsional rigidity about the axis than the tether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David R. Huelke, Eric Axel Smitterberg, Adrienne Huelke
  • Publication number: 20180072210
    Abstract: A cup holder insert for a vehicle includes a support receiver dimensioned for holding the cup holder insert in a vehicle cup holder receive, at least one secondary receiver carried by the support receiver, and at least one retaining receiver including a retainer. The retainer may include a biasing member configured to urge the retainer into retaining contact with an item held in the one retaining receiver. The at least one retaining receiver further includes a retaining receiver electrical contact disposed to place an electronic device held by the retainer in electrical communication with another device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: David R. Huelke, Adrienne Huelke, Eric Axel Smitterberg