Patents by Inventor ALISON CALLAGHAN

ALISON CALLAGHAN 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).

  • Side airbag including lower lobe and upper lobe
    Patent number: 11091111
    Abstract: An airbag assembly includes a housing and a side airbag inflatable to an inflated position. The side airbag in the inflated position has an upper lobe and a lower lobe supporting the upper lobe on the housing. The side airbag includes an internal panel between the upper lobe and the lower lobe. A tether has a first end anchored to the housing and a second end anchored to the upper lobe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zhibing Deng, Alison Callaghan, Deepak Patel, Michelle Carolina Herrera Gutierrez, Joseph Edward Abramczyk
  • SIDE AIRBAG INCLUDING LOWER LOBE AND UPPER LOBE
    Publication number: 20210094499
    Abstract: An airbag assembly includes a housing and a side airbag inflatable to an inflated position. The side airbag in the inflated position has an upper lobe and a lower lobe supporting the upper lobe on the housing. The side airbag includes an internal panel between the upper lobe and the lower lobe. A tether has a first end anchored to the housing and a second end anchored to the upper lobe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: ZHIBING DENG, ALISON CALLAGHAN, DEEPAK PATEL, MICHELLE CAROLINA HERRERA GUTIERREZ, JOSEPH EDWARD ABRAMCZYK
  • Front airbag restraint system for vehicle
    Patent number: 10857966
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a system including an instrument panel, a knee airbag, and a front airbag assembly. The knee airbag is inflatable downwardly from the instrument panel. The front airbag assembly is inflatable upwardly from the instrument panel. The front airbag assembly may be spaced from a windshield of the vehicle when the front airbag assembly is in the inflated position such that the windshield does not act as a reaction surface for the front airbag assembly, and the front airbag assembly is designed to control the kinematics of the occupant without using the windshield as a reaction surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Zhibing Deng, Alison Callaghan, Tzu-Chen Weng, Krishnakanth E. Aekbote, Srinivas Reddy Malapati
  • Airbag for retractable steering wheel
    Patent number: 10723301
    Abstract: A restraint system includes a retractable steering wheel, an airbag inflatable from the steering wheel, two primary tethers, two secondary tethers, and a tether release engaged with both secondary tethers. The airbag when inflated includes a front panel adjacent the steering wheel and an impact panel opposite the front panel. The primary tethers extend from the front panel to the impact panel. The secondary tethers extend from the front panel to each primary tether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Ramakrishna Jingade, Matt Alan Niesluchowski, Krishnakanth E. Aekbote, Alison Callaghan
  • FRONT AIRBAG RESTRAINT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200062211
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a system including an instrument panel, a knee airbag, and a front airbag assembly. The knee airbag is inflatable downwardly from the instrument panel. The front airbag assembly is inflatable upwardly from the instrument panel. The front airbag assembly may be spaced from a windshield of the vehicle when the front airbag assembly is in the inflated position such that the windshield does not act as a reaction surface for the front airbag assembly, and the front airbag assembly is designed to control the kinematics of the occupant without using the windshield as a reaction surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zhibing Deng, Alison Callaghan, Tzu-Chen Weng, Krishnakanth E. Aekbote, Srinivas Reddy Malapati
  • AIRBAG FOR RETRACTABLE STEERING WHEEL
    Publication number: 20200031304
    Abstract: A restraint system includes a retractable steering wheel, an airbag inflatable from the steering wheel, two primary tethers, two secondary tethers, and a tether release engaged with both secondary tethers. The airbag when inflated includes a front panel adjacent the steering wheel and an impact panel opposite the front panel. The primary tethers extend from the front panel to the impact panel. The secondary tethers extend from the front panel to each primary tether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: SRINIVAS REDDY MALAPATI, RAMAKRISHNA JINGADE, MATT ALAN NIESLUCHOWSKI, KRISHNAKANTH E. AEKBOTE, ALISON CALLAGHAN