Patents by Inventor Catherine Oddo-Long

Catherine Oddo-Long 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).

  • Vehicle pillar having an interior protuberance at the roof headliner
    Patent number: 6474724
    Abstract: An impact energy absorbing arrangement is provided for a vehicle interior having a protuberance designed and configured as part of an interior surface covering a vehicle pillar and butting into a headliner surface. The protuberance is arranged so that if an occupant's head forcibly strikes the roof headliner directly above the pillar, the protuberance on the pillar surface would absorb at least a portion of the impact force as well as minimize potential rotation of the head about the occupant's neck by being positioned so as to contact a portion of the occupant's head at approximately the same time as contact would occur with the headliner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph G Lemmon, Rajkumar Rajagopalan, Jennifer A Head, Catherine Oddo-Long, Shawn R Williams
  • Vehicle pillar having an interior protuberance at the roof headliner
    Publication number: 20020135206
    Abstract: An impact energy absorbing arrangement is provided for a vehicle interior having a protuberance designed and configured as part of an interior surface covering a vehicle pillar and butting into a headliner surface. The protuberance is arranged so that if an occupant's head forcibly strikes the roof headliner directly above the pillar, the protuberance on the pillar surface would absorb at least a portion of the impact force as well as minimize potential rotation of the head about the occupant's neck by being positioned so as to contact a portion of the occupant's head at approximately the same time as contact would occur with the headliner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventors: Joseph G. Lemmon, Rajkumar Rajagopalan, Jennifer A. Head, Catherine Oddo-Long, Shawn R. Williams