Patents by Inventor Charles Stanley Emil Walczak

Charles Stanley Emil Walczak 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).

  • Curtain air bag
    Patent number: 7404572
    Abstract: A new and useful curtain air bag having an inflatable fluid cushion with inflatable fluid sections, and a flexible bladder located within the inflatable cushion. A fluid inlet conduit is configured to direct inflation fluid into the bladder from an inflation fluid source. The bladder is configured to redirect, diffuse and distribute the inflation fluid to the inflatable sections of the inflatable cushion, to inflate the portions of the inflatable cushion in a predetermined manner. Another type of curtain air bag assembly includes an inflatable cushion with a pair of similar volume inflatable sections, on opposite sides of an inlet conduit. In each type of air bag assembly, the fluid can be redirected by the bladder or the inflatable cushion, or by a transverse fluid conduit disposed in the bladder or the inflatable cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Key Safety Systems, Inc
    Inventors: Shakir M. Salmo, Pongdet P. Wipasuramonton, Mark Otto Olson, Jovica J. Jakovski, Charles Stanley Emil Walczak
  • Curtain air bag
    Publication number: 20040188987
    Abstract: A new and useful curtain air bag having an inflatable fluid cushion with inflatable fluid sections, and a flexible bladder located within the inflatable cushion. A fluid inlet conduit is configured to direct inflation fluid into the bladder from an inflation fluid source. The bladder is configured to redirect, diffuse and distribute the inflation fluid to the inflatable sections of the inflatable cushion, to inflate the portions of the inflatable cushion in a predetermined manner. Another type of curtain air bag assembly includes an inflatable cushion with a pair of similar volume inflatable sections, on opposite sides of an inlet conduit. In each type of air bag assembly, the fluid can be redirected by the bladder or the inflatable cushion, or by a transverse fluid conduit disposed in the bladder or the inflatable cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shakir M. Salmo, Pongdet P. Wipasuramonton, Mark Otto Olson, Jovica J. Jakovski, Charles Stanley Emil Walczak