Patents by Inventor Jagan Kumar Surendran

Jagan Kumar Surendran 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).

  • Apparatus having a mechanism for limiting the movement of an air bag module relative to a steering wheel
    Patent number: 7464959
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for a vehicle includes a steering wheel (12) and a vehicle occupant protection device (14) that is mounted to the steering wheel (12) and is actuatable for helping to protect an occupant of the vehicle. At least a portion of the vehicle occupant protection device (14) is movable relative to the steering wheel (12) for actuating an electric device (108) associated with the vehicle when a force is applied to any one of various locations on the vehicle occupant protection device (14). The apparatus (10) also includes a mechanism (104) for substantially blocking tilt of the movable portion of the vehicle occupant protection device (14) relative to the steering wheel (12) during movement for actuating the electric device (108).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Charles S. Pillsbury, IV, Arnold J. Herberg, Neil G. Murray, Jr., Evgeny I. Rivin, Victor R. Fey, Ying-Kuo Lee, Jagan Kumar Surendran