Jim Karlow 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).
Abstract: An airbag system for a vehicle includes an inflatable rear curtain airbag configured to deploy adjacent a rear window positioned between rear pillars in the vehicle, a housing for the rear curtain airbag, and an inflator to inflate the rear curtain airbag. The housing, rear curtain airbag, and inflator are mounted to a roof of the vehicle. The rear curtain airbag is configured to deploy to prevent ejection of an occupant out of the rear window and to prevent objects intruding through the rear window from contacting an occupant.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 11, 2009
Date of Patent:
August 7, 2012
Assignee:
TK Holdings Inc.
Inventors:
Paul MariaAntonius Slaats, Jim Karlow, Pongdet Paul Wipasuramonton, Moe Boumarafi
Abstract: An airbag system for a vehicle includes an inflatable rear curtain airbag configured to deploy adjacent a rear window positioned between rear pillars in the vehicle, a housing for the rear curtain airbag, and an inflator to inflate the rear curtain airbag. The housing, rear curtain airbag, and inflator are mounted to a roof of the vehicle. The rear curtain airbag is configured to deploy to prevent ejection of an occupant out of the rear window and to prevent objects intruding through the rear window from contacting an occupant.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 11, 2009
Publication date:
August 27, 2009
Inventors:
Paul Maria Antonius Slaats, Jim Karlow, Pongdet Paul Wipasuramonton, Moe Boumarafi