Patents by Inventor G. Doyle Obray

G. Doyle Obray 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).

  • Airbags with sewn leak reducing panels
    Patent number: 9067564
    Abstract: An airbag or inflatable cushion assembly can include an inflatable cushion and a throat liner. The throat liner can be coupled to an interior surface of the inflatable cushion at one or more coupling sites. The one or more coupling sites can include one or more panels that can be coupled to at least a portion of both of the inflatable cushion and the throat liner. The one or more panels can be configured to control or inhibit egress of an inflation gas at the one or more coupling sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: AUTOLIV ASP, INC.
    Inventors: John D. Kemp, G. Doyle Obray, Kazuki Fujiwara, Roger Rickenbach
  • Airbags with sewn leak reducing panels
    Patent number: 8851507
    Abstract: An airbag, or inflatable cushion assembly, can include an inflatable cushion and a throat liner. The throat liner can be coupled to an interior surface of the inflatable cushion at one or more coupling sites. The one or more coupling sites can include one or more panels that can be coupled to at least a portion of both of the inflatable cushion and the throat liner. The one or more panels can be configured to control or inhibit egress of an inflation gas at the one or more coupling sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Kemp, G. Doyle Obray, Kazuki Fujiwara, Roger Rickenbach
  • AIRBAGS WITH SEWN LEAK REDUCING PANELS
    Publication number: 20140265266
    Abstract: An airbag or inflatable cushion assembly can include an inflatable cushion and a throat liner. The throat liner can be coupled to an interior surface of the inflatable cushion at one or more coupling sites. The one or more coupling sites can include one or more panels that can be coupled to at least a portion of both of the inflatable cushion and the throat liner. The one or more panels can be configured to control or inhibit egress of an inflation gas at the one or more coupling sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: John D. Kemp, G. Doyle Obray, Kazuki Fujiwara, Roger Rickenbach
  • AIRBAGS WITH SEWN LEAK REDUCING PANELS
    Publication number: 20140265265
    Abstract: An airbag, or inflatable cushion assembly, can include an inflatable cushion and a throat liner. The throat liner can be coupled to an interior surface of the inflatable cushion at one or more coupling sites. The one or more coupling sites can include one or more panels that can be coupled to at least a portion of both of the inflatable cushion and the throat liner. The one or more panels can be configured to control or inhibit egress of an inflation gas at the one or more coupling sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Kemp, G. Doyle Obray, Kazuki Fujiwara, Roger Rickenbach