Patents by Inventor Andrew C. Nguyen

Andrew C. Nguyen 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).

  • Gas generation system
    Patent number: 7188567
    Abstract: A gas generator (24; 140) may be used in an inflatable member system (20) which includes an inflatable member (22) expandable from a stowed condition to a deployed condition. The generator may include a flexible container (30; 150) within the inflatable member, a gas generant (28; 148), initially located within the flexible container, and an initiator (34). A propagating member (60; 142) may be located within the container to permit the initiator to initiate the generant upon triggering of the initiator to inflate the inflatable member from stowed to deployed conditions. A sustainer (44; 152; 156) may be provided to sustain the gas generation and may be positioned within a generator housing upstream of the propagating member or at or adjacent the downstream end of the propagating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Zodiac Automotive US Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Italiane, James M. Styner, Andrew C. Nguyen, Gary S. Gregg, Gary F. Holland, Michael A. Wilson
  • Gas generator
    Patent number: 6379627
    Abstract: A solid propellant gas generator incorporating staged gas cooling and filtration so as to generate cool, clean gases having a composition suitable for use as automobile airbag inflator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew C. Nguyen, Randel L. Hoskins