Patents by Inventor Jonathan R. Vanderbossche

Jonathan R. Vanderbossche 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).

  • Low mass passenger airbag
    Patent number: 10112568
    Abstract: An airbag system includes an airbag module configured to be supported by an instrument panel of a vehicle. The airbag module includes a fabric housing having a top panel and one or more side panels extending from the top panel, and an airbag disposed within the fabric housing, the airbag movable between an undeployed position and a deployed position. In the undeployed position, the one or more side panels include a folded portion configured to extend in an unfolding action as the airbag is inflated and deployed, the unfolding action of the one or more side panels directing an expansion of the airbag in a desired direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: James Webber, Jonathan R Vanderbossche, Gregory A Nestico
  • Low mass passenger airbag
    Patent number: 9925946
    Abstract: An airbag module including an airbag, comprising an elongated backbone, and an airbag housing having the airbag therein coupled to the backbone. A sleeve is secured about the airbag housing, and coupled to the backbone. The module also includes tubular chute having open ends that receives the elongated backbone, airbag housing, and sleeve therein, wherein the airbag housing restricts expansion of the airbag through the open ends of the tubular chute during deployment of the airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: James Webber, Jonathan R. Vanderbossche, Gregory A. Nestico
  • LOW MASS PASSENGER AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20180056915
    Abstract: An airbag system includes an airbag module configured to be supported by an instrument panel of a vehicle. The airbag module includes a fabric housing having a top panel and one or more side panels extending from the top panel, and an airbag disposed within the fabric housing, the airbag movable between an undeployed position and a deployed position. In the undeployed position, the one or more side panels include a folded portion configured to extend in an unfolding action as the airbag is inflated and deployed, the unfolding action of the one or more side panels directing an expansion of the airbag in a desired direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: James Webber, Jonathan R. Vanderbossche, Gregory A. Nestico
  • LOW MASS PASSENGER AIRBAG
    Publication number: 20170158157
    Abstract: An airbag module including an airbag, comprising an elongated backbone, and an airbag housing having the airbag therein coupled to the backbone. A sleeve is secured about the airbag housing, and coupled to the backbone. The module also includes tubular chute having open ends that receives the elongated backbone, airbag housing, and sleeve therein, wherein the airbag housing restricts expansion of the airbag through the open ends of the tubular chute during deployment of the airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: James Webber, Jonathan R. Vanderbossche, Gregory A. Nestico