Patents by Inventor Damien Demulder

Damien Demulder 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).

  • Patent number: 8231139
    Abstract: In an airbag arrangement for a front seat passenger in a motor vehicle, an airbag is mounted, in its stowed condition, in a dashboard of the vehicle. The airbag is configured to inflate to a deployed condition interposed between the dashboard and the front seat passenger. The inflated airbag is wider on an upper side, over an impact region nearer the front seat passenger, than on a lower side adjacent the dashboard. The airbag is narrower at an end adjacent the vehicle dashboard than at an end nearer to the front seat passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Laurent Hellot, Damien Demulder, Marc Phillips, Mikolaj Niewodniczanski, Waldemar Jarosik
  • Publication number: 20100230940
    Abstract: In an airbag arrangement for a front seat passenger in a motor vehicle, an airbag 10 which is mounted, in its stowed condition, in the dashboard 18 of the vehicle, the airbag 10 is so configured that it its inflated, deployed condition in which it is interposed between, the dashboard and the front seat passenger, the inflated bag is wider on its upper side, over an impact region 24C nearer the front seat passenger, than on its lower side adjacent the dashboard, and is narrower at its end adjacent the vehicle dashboard than at its end nearer to the front seat passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Laurent Hellot, Damien Demulder, Marc Phillips, Mikolaj Niewodniczanski, Waldemar Jarosik
  • Patent number: 6550850
    Abstract: Device for absorbing energy during impact, comprising a plurality of hollow impact-absorbing elements having a first base, a side surface and an end base, each absorbing element having a crushing resistance in the direction of a working axis. According to the invention, the device comprises two base plates which face one another, the side surfaces of a portion of the plurality of hollow impact-absorbing elements rising from each plate in the direction of the working axis, and the side surfaces of the impact-absorbing elements of one base plate rising in a direction opposite that of the side surfaces of the impact-absorbing elements of the other base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Sai Automotive Allibert Industrie
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Laborie, Damien Demulder, Patrick Febvay
  • Publication number: 20020113459
    Abstract: Device for absorbing energy during impact, comprising a plurality of hollow impact-absorbing elements having a first base, a side surface and an end base, each absorbing element having a crushing resistance in the direction of a working axis. According to the invention, the device comprises two base plates which face one another, the side surfaces of a portion of the plurality of hollow impact-absorbing elements rising from each plate in the direction of the working axis, and the side surfaces of the impact-absorbing elements of one base plate rising in a direction opposite that of the side surfaces of the impact-absorbing elements of the other base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Jean-Michel Laborie, Damien Demulder, Patrick Febvay