Patents by Inventor Jacob Wookeun Lee
Jacob Wookeun Lee 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).
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Patent number: 10589705Abstract: A restraint system includes an instrument panel having an exterior panel directed downward, an airbag having an uninflated position behind the exterior panel and having a left chamber and a right chamber, a left inflator coupled to the left chamber, a right inflator coupled to the right chamber, and a controller programmed to selectively activate each inflator to one of a high output and a low output based on an impact angle.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Christopher Stephen O'Connor, Jacob Wookeun Lee
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Patent number: 10525923Abstract: A system includes a sensor, a controller, and a seatbelt retractor. The controller is programmed to receive a signal from the sensor indicating detection of a vehicle front oblique impact. The seatbelt retractor includes a load limiting mechanism selectively releasable from a high load mode to a low load mode. The controller is programmed to release the load limiting mechanism from the high load mode to the low load mode at a predetermined time in response to a signal from the sensor indicating a vehicle front oblique impact.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Christopher Stephen O'Connor, Jacob Wookeun Lee, Elizabeth G. Owen, Keith Trudgeon, Jamel E. Belwafa
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Publication number: 20190077354Abstract: A system includes a sensor, a controller, and a seatbelt retractor. The controller is programmed to receive a signal from the sensor indicating detection of a vehicle front oblique impact. The seatbelt retractor includes a load limiting mechanism selectively releasable from a high load mode to a low load mode. The controller is programmed to release the load limiting mechanism from the high load mode to the low load mode at a predetermined time in response to a signal from the sensor indicating a vehicle front oblique impact.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Christopher Stephen O'Connor, Jacob Wookeun Lee, Elizabeth G. Owen, Keith Trudgeon, Jamel E. Belwafa
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Publication number: 20190039549Abstract: A restraint system includes an instrument panel having an exterior panel directed downward, an airbag having an uninflated position behind the exterior panel and having a left chamber and a right chamber, a left inflator coupled to the left chamber, a right inflator coupled to the right chamber, and a controller programmed to selectively activate each inflator to one of a high output and a low output based on an impact angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Christopher Stephen O'Connor, Jacob Wookeun Lee
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Patent number: 10099647Abstract: An instrument-panel assembly in a vehicle includes an instrument panel extending along a longitudinal axis and an airbag supported by the instrument panel. The airbag is inflatable from an undeployed position to a deployed position. In two embodiments, the airbag includes a side extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis and a tether attached to the side, and the side has a fold when the airbag is in the deployed position. Alternatively, in a third embodiment, the airbag in the deployed position has a tapered shape from a vertical perspective relative to the instrument panel at the instrument panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Chris Stephen O'Connor, Jacob Wookeun Lee
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Patent number: 10053040Abstract: A restraint system includes an instrument panel. The restraint system includes an airbag coupled to the instrument panel and having an impact panel facing away from the instrument panel when the airbag is inflated. The impact panel has a left half and a right half. A left tether is releasably coupled to the instrument panel and to the left half of the impact panel. A right tether is releasably coupled to the instrument panel and to the right half of the impact panel. A controller is programmed to selectively release one of the left and right tethers based on an impact angle.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TEHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Christopher Stephen O'Connor, Jacob Wookeun Lee
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Publication number: 20180079383Abstract: An instrument-panel assembly in a vehicle includes an instrument panel extending along a longitudinal axis and an airbag supported by the instrument panel. The airbag is inflatable from an undeployed position to a deployed position. In two embodiments, the airbag includes a side extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis and a tether attached to the side, and the side has a fold when the airbag is in the deployed position. Alternatively, in a third embodiment, the airbag in the deployed position has a tapered shape from a vertical perspective relative to the instrument panel at the instrument panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Chris Stephen O'Connor, Jacob Wookeun Lee
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Patent number: 9821746Abstract: An instrument-panel assembly includes an instrument panel, an airbag housing supported by the instrument panel, an airbag supported by the airbag housing, and a rotatable connection rotatably supporting the airbag housing on the instrument panel. The instrument panel extends along a longitudinal axis. The rotatable connection is rotatable about a rotational axis transverse to the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Chris Stephen O'Connor, Jacob Wookeun Lee