Patents by Inventor Brian Christopher Ford

Brian Christopher Ford 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).

  • Driver side airbag with a baffle
    Patent number: 6776434
    Abstract: An airbag comprising a baffle and a heat shield. The baffle contains an opening, which is aligned with at least one-half of the inflator opening and having an area that is at minimum one-half of the area of the inflator opening. Inflation gas from an inflator flows into the baffle and then enters the airbag by way of the baffle opening. Because of the tortuous flow of the inflation gas inside the baffle, the hot particulates fall to the bottom of the baffle and thus never come into contact with the in flatable cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Key Safety Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Ford, Lawrence Richard Langbeen
  • Driver side airbag with a baffle
    Publication number: 20030085553
    Abstract: An airbag comprising a baffle and a heat shield. The baffle contains an opening, which is aligned with at least one-half of the inflator opening and having an area that is at minimum one-half of the area of the inflator opening. Inflation gas from an inflator flows into the baffle and then enters the airbag by way of the baffle opening. Because of the tortuous flow of the inflation gas inside the baffle, the hot particulates fall to the bottom of the baffle and thus never come into contact with the inflatable cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Ford, Lawrence Richard Langbeen