Patents by Inventor Atul N. Patel

Atul N. Patel 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 safety barrier device
    Patent number: 5924723
    Abstract: A side safety barrier device to protect occupants of a vehicle includes a crash sensor to generate at least one actuator signal when a crash having predetermined properties is sensed. A safety barrier is normally stored in the headliner of the vehicle in a first or stored position and selectively deployable to a second or deployed position by the safety barrier deployment assembly when signaled by the crash sensor to separate or isolate the side of the vehicle on which the side safety device is disposed from the interior of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Russel Brantman, Hendrik Bernardus Helleman, Said Shafik Nakhla, Michael F. Daly, Atul N. Patel, Jesse Livermore, Jayant Patel, Stephen Smith