Patents by Inventor Fréderic Langlois

Fréderic Langlois 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).

  • Safety arrangement and a method of assembling a safety arrangement
    Patent number: 8201847
    Abstract: A safety arrangement includes an airbag housing, a cover and pair of horn contacts for actuating a vehicle horn. The airbag housing mounts to a steering wheel frame. The cover is resiliently mounted on the housing and spaced therefrom such that the cover may be depressed towards the housing to close the horn contacts. The housing and cover are hooked to one another for preventing subsequent disconnection of the cover from the housing upon release of the cover to open the horn contacts. A stop is mounted to one of the cover and the housing for movement between a operable position, in which the stop arrests relative movement of the cover and housing towards one another so as to prevent un-hooking of the cover from the housing, and an assembly position, in which the cover may be depressed sufficiently far towards the housing to allow un-hooking of the cover from the housing and consequent disconnection of the housing and cover upon release of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Thierry Hondier, Rémi Baillivet, Fréderic Langlois, Samuel Vanzieleghem, Jérome Bertrand
  • SAFETY ARRANGEMENT AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A SAFETY ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20100059971
    Abstract: A safety arrangement includes an airbag housing, a cover and pair of horn contacts for actuating a vehicle horn. The airbag housing mounts to a steering wheel frame. The cover is resiliently mounted on the housing and spaced therefrom such that the cover may be depressed towards the housing to close the horn contacts. The housing and cover are hooked to one another for preventing subsequent disconnection of the cover from the housing upon release of the cover to open the horn contacts. A stop is mounted to one of the cover and the housing for movement between a operable position, in which the stop arrests relative movement of the cover and housing towards one another so as to prevent un-hooking of the cover from the housing, and an assembly position, in which the cover may be depressed sufficiently far towards the housing to allow un-hooking of the cover from the housing and consequent disconnection of the housing and cover upon release of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Thierry Hondier, Rémi Baillivet, Fréderic Langlois, Samuel Vanzieleghem, Jérome Bertrand