Patents by Inventor Iain Powell

Iain Powell 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).

  • Publication number: 20260138554
    Abstract: The invention relates to a child safety seat for attaching to a motor vehicle seat, comprising a seat region, a back portion, an impact shield, the impact shield comprising an integrated airbag and/or an airbag being provided in the seat region, an acceleration-sensing device for sensing an acceleration of the child safety seat, and a control device, which is configured in such a way that the airbag is deployed on the basis of an acceleration sensed by the acceleration-sensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2026
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventor: Iain POWELL
  • Patent number: 12545207
    Abstract: The invention relates to a child safety seat for attaching to a motor vehicle seat, comprising a seat region, a back portion, an impact shield, the impact shield comprising an integrated airbag and/or an airbag being provided in the seat region, an acceleration-sensing device for sensing an acceleration of the child safety seat, and a control device, which is configured in such a way that the airbag is deployed on the basis of an acceleration sensed by the acceleration-sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: CYBEX GmbH
    Inventor: Iain Powell
  • Publication number: 20260014954
    Abstract: Child restraint device, in particular child seat and impact shield, for mounting in a vehicle. The device can include at least one airbag with at least one inflatable gas bag. The gas bag is transferable from a non-inflated state to an inflated state. At least one guiding device for guiding a gas flow during the transfer from the non-inflated to the inflated state is associated with the at least one inflatable gas bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventor: Iain POWELL
  • Patent number: 12434653
    Abstract: Child restraint device, in particular child seat and impact shield, for mounting in a vehicle, or component of such a device, comprising at least one airbag with at least one inflatable gas bag, wherein the gas bag is transferable from a non-inflated state to an inflated state, wherein the gas bag is at least substantially non-folded in the non-inflated state, or wherein an outer surface of the gas bag in the non-inflated state of the gas bag is configured such that, for at most 25% of the outer surface it applies that a respective outer surface perpendicular intersects the outer surface at a second point of the outer surface, or wherein, in the non-inflated state of the at least one gas bag, at most 25% of the outer surface of the gas bag directly abuts on another part of the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: CYBEX GmbH
    Inventor: Iain Powell
  • Publication number: 20240278744
    Abstract: Child restraint device, in particular child seat and impact shield, for mounting in a vehicle, or component of such a device, comprising at least one airbag with at least one inflatable gas bag, wherein the gas bag is transferable from a non-inflated state to an inflated state, wherein the gas bag is at least substantially non-folded in the non-inflated state, or wherein an outer surface of the gas bag in the non-inflated state of the gas bag is configured such that, for at most 25% of the outer surface it applies that a respective outer surface perpendicular intersects the outer surface at a second point of the outer surface, or wherein, in the non-inflated state of the at least one gas bag, at most 25% of the outer surface of the gas bag directly abuts on another part of the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Iain POWELL
  • Publication number: 20240270131
    Abstract: Child seat for mounting on a motor vehicle seat, wherein the child seat has a main body for accommodating a child and an impact shield for holding the child, wherein at least one active protective means is arranged on or formed by the impact shield, wherein the active protective means is transferable from a non-activated state to an activated state, Wherein in the non-activated state, a rotation of the tipper body of the child relative to the buttocks of the child is enabled and in the activated state is not enabled or only enabled to a limited extent or in the non-activated state, a displacement of the child in the direction of travel is enabled and in the activated state is not enabled or only enabled to a limited extent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas MÜLLER, Iain POWELL, Christoph THURN
  • Publication number: 20230373363
    Abstract: The invention relates to a child seat, wherein the child seat comprises a main body for receiving a child and an impact shield for holding the child, wherein the child seat is configured such that a center of gravity of the child, at least in an initial state at the beginning of a sudden deceleration of the motor vehicle and/or at the beginning of a rotation of the child relative to the vehicle seat and/or at the beginning of a rotation of the child relative to the main body during a sudden deceleration of the motor vehicle, for example in the event of a frontal impact, is at least approximately at or below, preferably slightly below, a level at which a child rotation axis is located, about which rotation axis the child rotates with respect to the main body, as soon as the child starts to rotate with respect to the main body, and/or is at least approximately at or below, preferably slightly below, a level at which at least one impact shield rotation axis is located about which the impact shield can rotate wit
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Christoph THURN, Thomas MÜLLER, Iain POWELL
  • Patent number: 11590998
    Abstract: A stroller frame, comprising at least one motor, particularly an electric motor, for assisted driving of the stroller frame, a pusher bar for pushing the stroller frame and at least one force sensor device for detecting a direction and/or an amount of force and/or a force component acting on the pusher bar, and/or for detecting a value derived from said force or force component, particularly a temporal change of the force or force component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: CYBEX GmbH
    Inventors: Iain Powell, Jiri Spour
  • Publication number: 20220118934
    Abstract: The invention relates to a child safety seat for attaching to a motor vehicle seat, comprising a seat region, a back portion, an impact shield, the impact shield comprising an integrated airbag and/or an airbag being provided in the seat region, an acceleration-sensing device for sensing an acceleration of the child safety seat, and a control device, which is configured in such a way that the airbag is deployed on the basis of an acceleration sensed by the acceleration-sensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventor: Iain Powell
  • Patent number: 11214216
    Abstract: The invention relates to a child safety seat for attaching to a motor vehicle seat, comprising a seat region, a back portion, an impact shield, the impact shield comprising an integrated airbag and/or an airbag being provided in the seat region, an acceleration-sensing device for sensing an acceleration of the child safety seat, and a control device, which is configured in such a way that the airbag is deployed on the basis of an acceleration sensed by the acceleration-sensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: CYBEX GmbH
    Inventor: Iain Powell
  • Publication number: 20210078624
    Abstract: A stroller frame, comprising at least one motor, particularly an electric motor, for assisted driving of the stroller frame, a pusher bar for pushing the stroller frame and at least one force sensor device for detecting a direction and/or an amount of force and/or a force component acting on the pusher bar, and/or for detecting a value derived from said force or force component, particularly a temporal change of the force or force component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Iain Powell, Jiri Spour
  • Publication number: 20200247346
    Abstract: The invention relates to a child safety seat for attaching to a motor vehicle seat, comprising a seat region, a back portion, an impact shield, the impact shield comprising an integrated airbag and/or an airbag being provided in the seat region, an acceleration-sensing device for sensing an acceleration of the child safety seat, and a control device, which is configured in such a way that the airbag is deployed on the basis of an acceleration sensed by the acceleration-sensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventor: Iain Powell
  • Patent number: 10081274
    Abstract: The child safety seat (1) for use in a vehicle in accordance with the invention comprises a seat member (3) configured to hold a child (2), a base member (4) adapted to be attached to a seat (15) of the vehicle, and a deformable energy absorbing element (20), wherein the seat member (3) is slidably mounted to the base member (4) in such a way that the seat member (3) is displaceable from an initial position to a shifted position by sliding the seat member (3) relative to the base member (4) and in such a way that crash-induced inertial forces acting on the child safety seat (1) during a frontal collision of the vehicle tend to slide the seat member (3) from the initial position to the shifted position, wherein the deformable energy absorbing element (20) is arranged to be deformed when the seat member (3) is slid from the initial position to the shifted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: BRITAX RÖMER KINDERSICHERHEIT GMBH
    Inventors: Richard Frank, Iain Powell, Farid Bendjellal
  • Publication number: 20160144752
    Abstract: The child safety seat (1) for use in a vehicle in accordance with the invention comprises a seat member (3) configured to hold a child (2), a base member (4) adapted to be attached to a seat (15) of the vehicle, and a deformable energy absorbing element (20), wherein the seat member (3) is slidably mounted to the base member (4) in such a way that the seat member (3) is displaceable from an initial position to a shifted position by sliding the seat member (3) relative to the base member (4) and in such a way that crash-induced inertial forces acting on the child safety seat (1) during a frontal collision of the vehicle tend to slide the seat member (3) from the initial position to the shifted position, wherein the deformable energy absorbing element (20) is arranged to be deformed when the seat member (3) is slid from the initial position to the shifted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Richard Frank, Iain Powell, Farid Bendjellal
  • Patent number: 9187059
    Abstract: The object to provide a child safety seat with which the user is able to restrain and fasten a child in a child safety seat in a optimal way is solved by the child safety seat with the five point harness according to the invention comprises a two tongue buckle, whereby the two tongue buckle comprises guiding means through which webbing is guided and the webbing comprises stopping means to allow a predetermined length of webbing to run through the guiding means and retracting means operatively connected to at least one part of the webbing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: BRITAX RÖMER KINDERSICHERHEIT GMBH
    Inventors: Iain Powell, David Shaun Carine
  • Patent number: 8746793
    Abstract: Child safety seats are used for the safe transport of children in vehicles. The child safety seats known from prior art often offer only insufficient protection in the case of a side impact. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a child safety seat that improves the protective effect of the child safety seat in the case of a side impact. This object is solved by a child safety seat with side impact protection according to the invention. Such a child safety seat comprises at least one element absorbing and/or transmitting energy which is arranged and designed to be transferred from a rest position to a functioning position to absorb a laterally impacting energy in the functioning position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Britax Romer Kindersicherheit GmbH
    Inventors: Iain Powell, David Shaun Carine, Richard Arthur Moon, Andrew Anthony Whiteway
  • Patent number: 8684456
    Abstract: The object of the invention to improve significantly the safety of a child sitting in a safety seat in a vehicle in case of a side impact will be solved by a child safety seat for a vehicle according to the invention comprising an outer shell with a seating area for a child and side wings located on both sides of the seating area, whereas at least one side wing comprises at least one side-impact-pusher-element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Britax Romer Kindersicherheit GmbH
    Inventor: Iain Powell
  • Publication number: 20140070597
    Abstract: The object to provide a child safety seat with which the user is able to restrain and fasten a child in a child safety seat in a optimal way is solved by the child safety seat with the five point harness according to the invention comprises a two tongue buckle, whereby the two tongue buckle comprises guiding means through which webbing is guided and the webbing comprises stopping means to allow a predetermined length of webbing to run through the guiding means and retracting means operatively connected to at least one part of the webbing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Iain Powell, David Shaun Carine
  • Publication number: 20130234479
    Abstract: Child safety seats are used for the safe transport of children in vehicles. The child safety seats known from prior art often offer only insufficient protection in the case of a side impact. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a child safety seat that improves the protective effect of the child safety seat in the case of a side impact. This object is solved by a child safety seat with side impact protection according to the invention. Such a child safety seat comprises at least one element absorbing and/or transmitting energy which is arranged and designed to be transferred from a rest position to a functioning position to absorb a laterally impacting energy in the functioning position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: BRITAX ROMER KINDERSICHERHEIT GMBH
    Inventors: IAIN POWELL, DAVID SHAUN CARINE, RICHARD ARTHUR MOON, ANDREW ANTHONY WHITEWAY
  • Patent number: 8449030
    Abstract: Child safety seats are used for the safe transport of children in vehicles. The child safety seats known from prior art often offer only insufficient protection in the case of a side impact. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a child safety seat that improves the protective effect of the child safety seat in the case of a side impact. This object is solved by a child safety seat with side impact protection according to the invention. Such a child safety seat comprises at least one element absorbing and/or transmitting energy which is arranged and designed to be transferred from a rest position to a functioning position to absorb a laterally impacting energy in the functioning position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Britax Römer Kindersicherheit GmbH
    Inventors: Iain Powell, David Shaun Carine, Richard Arthur Moon, Andrew Anthony Whiteway