Patents by Inventor D. Gordon Carothers

D. Gordon Carothers 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).

  • Air bag inflator
    Patent number: 5489118
    Abstract: An inflator for a vehicular air bag. The inflator has a metal cover and metal base sealingly connected to each other by a weldless joint. The cover or the base has a circumferential lip defining a channel and a rim of the other of the cover and base is received within the channel. The cover and base are shaped such that an external portion of the lip abuts the other of the cover and base to form a joint which sealingly connects the cover and base. In a disclosed embodiment, the cover and base are of stamped metal and the base has a circumferential lip defining a channel or trough which receives an external circumferential lip portion of the lid, an external portion of the lip being in abutment with the cover, the channel and lip portions thus being shaped to interlock with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: Precision Engineering Company
    Inventors: D. Gordon Carothers, Tibor Martini
  • Air bag inflator
    Patent number: 5398967
    Abstract: An inflator for a vehicular air bag. The inflator has a metal cover and metal base sealingly connected to each other by a weldless joint. The cover or the base has a circumferential lip defining a channel and a rim of the other of the cover and base is received within the channel. The cover and base are shaped such that an external portion of the lip abuts the other of the cover and base to form a joint which sealingly connects the cover and base. In a disclosed embodiment, the cover and base are of stamped metal and the base has a circumferential lip defining a channel or trough which receives an external circumferential lip portion of the lid, an external portion of the lip being in abutment with the cover, the channel and lip portions thus being shaped to interlock with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Precision Engineering Co.
    Inventors: D. Gordon Carothers, Tibor Martini