Patents by Inventor Kevin Vos

Kevin Vos 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).

  • Vehicle airbag door with stress guiding features
    Patent number: 11104290
    Abstract: A vehicle interior panel for use over a deployable airbag includes a substrate that splits during airbag deployment to form an airbag door on one side of a tear seam that pivots away from another portion of the substrate on an opposite side of the tear seam. One or more relief lines are formed in the substrate in a manner that allows the airbag door to preferentially bend along each relief line during airbag deployment. This bending concentrates forces from the deploying airbag to particular and sequential portions of the tear seam to improve tear seam function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Kevin Vos
  • VEHICLE AIRBAG DOOR WITH STRESS GUIDING FEATURES
    Publication number: 20210024025
    Abstract: A vehicle interior panel for use over a deployable airbag includes a substrate that splits during airbag deployment to form an airbag door on one side of a tear seam that pivots away from another portion of the substrate on an opposite side of the tear seam. One or more relief lines are formed in the substrate in a manner that allows the airbag door to preferentially bend along each relief line during airbag deployment. This bending concentrates forces from the deploying airbag to particular and sequential portions of the tear seam to improve tear seam function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Kevin VOS
  • Interior panels for motor vehicles and methods for making the same
    Patent number: 10427719
    Abstract: Interior panels for motor vehicles and methods for making such interior panels are provided. In one example, an interior panel includes a substrate and a skin covering that at least partially overlays the substrate. A foam is disposed between the skin covering and the substrate. A gas-receiving hollow structure is at least partially disposed in the foam. The gas-receiving hollow structure has an opening configured for receiving gas and includes a wall that at least partially surrounds a chamber that is in fluid communication with the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Kevin Vos
  • INTERIOR PANELS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190084625
    Abstract: Interior panels for motor vehicles and methods for making such interior panels are provided. In one example, an interior panel includes a substrate and a skin covering that at least partially overlays the substrate. A foam is disposed between the skin covering and the substrate. A gas-receiving hollow structure is at least partially disposed in the foam. The gas-receiving hollow structure has an opening configured for receiving gas and includes a wall that at least partially surrounds a chamber that is in fluid communication with the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: FAURECIA INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Kevin Vos