Patents by Inventor Kirk Rasmussen

Kirk Rasmussen 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).

  • Publication number: 20130221637
    Abstract: Inflatable airbag assemblies having a strap and clamp system to securely hold an inflator relative to a housing. The strap may be attached to an airbag cushion to restrict the movement of the strap or strap may not be attached to the airbag cushion and may move freely while positioned within openings in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Lewis, Isaac Lewis Hoffman, Larry D. Rose, Matthew Alan Cox, Kirk Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 8505963
    Abstract: Inflatable airbag assemblies having a strap and clamp system to securely hold an inflator relative to a housing. The strap may be attached to an airbag cushion to restrict the movement of the strap or strap may not be attached to the airbag cushion and may move freely while positioned within openings in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Lewis, Isaac Lewis Hoffman, Larry D. Rose, Matthew Alan Cox, Kirk Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 8454052
    Abstract: A closure structure for the relief aperture of an airbag cushion inflator includes a closure core having outer and inner surfaces that is disposable into the relief aperture from the exterior of the inflator to fill the relief aperture. A sealing flange continuously secured to the periphery of the outer surface of the closure core abuts the outer surface of the inflator. A temperature-sensitive venting window formed in the closure core precludes the passage of pressurized inflation gas during a predetermined first ambient temperature condition and opens to emit pressurized inflation gas during a second hotter ambient temperature condition. The venting window includes a venting passageway extending between the inner and the outer surfaces the closure core sealingly traversed by a relatively thin venting membrane made of a temperature-sensitive material exhibiting less structural robustness at the second ambient temperature condition than at the first ambient temperature condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry D. Rose, Robert E. Lewis, Kirk Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 8371344
    Abstract: A refilling system for a vehicle including a body panel having a fixed opening, an adjustable refilling assembly partially enclosed by the body panel, the adjustable refilling assembly including a first port and a second port, the adjustable refilling assembly movable between at least a first configuration in which the first port is aligned with the fixed opening and a second configuration in which the second port is aligned with the fixed opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Doug Vandervoort, Grant A. Compton, Stanley Jay Novak, Brenda Johnson, Kirk Rasmussen, Marius Efstate
  • Publication number: 20120217239
    Abstract: A refilling system for a vehicle including a body panel having a fixed opening, an adjustable refilling assembly partially enclosed by the body panel, the adjustable refilling assembly including a first port and a second port, the adjustable refilling assembly movable between at least a first configuration in which the first port is aligned with the fixed opening and a second configuration in which the second port is aligned with the fixed opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Doug Vandervoort, Grant A. Compton, Stanley Jay Novak, Brenda Johnson, Kirk Rasmussen, Marius Efstate
  • Publication number: 20120187668
    Abstract: Inflators for safe transport and use with an inflatable airbag cushion and airbag systems include a diffuser comprising a first aperture and at least one vent aperture each disposed in a lateral sidewall of the diffuser. The first aperture and the at least one vent aperture are positioned to face in at least substantially opposite directions in the diffuser. A filter is positioned within the diffuser and includes an outer surface having a lateral extent less than a lateral extent of an inner surface of the lateral sidewall of the diffuser, resulting in a gap between the outer surface of the filter and the inner surface of the lateral sidewall of the diffuser. At least one reaction device is coupled to a longitudinal end of the diffuser. Methods of making such inflators are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Robert E. Lewis, Larry D. Rose, Matthew A. Cox, Kirk Rasmussen
  • Patent number: D753552
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC
    Inventors: Ben McGinley, Jim Williams, Ben Lund, Vance Strader, Kirk Rasmussen, Michael W. Alstrin, Rich Christoph, Brian Flick, Willie G. Davidson, Stephen R. Collins
  • Patent number: D755086
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC
    Inventors: Rich Christoph, Ben McGinley, Willie G. Davidson, Kirk Rasmussen
  • Patent number: D841522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC
    Inventors: Harrison Charles Aghjian, Mark Christopher Hughes, Kevin John Morris, Jr., Christopher G. Fecke, Casey Ketterhagen, Paul Kirk Rasmussen, Christopher L. Fiorini
  • Patent number: D852847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC
    Inventors: Rich Christoph, Jim Williams, Ben McGinley, Kirk Rasmussen, Ben Lund, Michael W. Alstrin, Vance Strader
  • Patent number: D862293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC
    Inventors: Ben McGinley, Brad Richards, Kirk Rasmussen, David C. Graf, Richard W. Elchert
  • Patent number: D865004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC
    Inventors: Ben McGinley, Brad Richards, Kirk Rasmussen, Ronald Hurth, David Isaac Aunkst
  • Patent number: D873197
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC
    Inventors: Ben McGinley, Rex E. Wilson, Jr., Richard W. Elchert, Brad Richards, Kirk Rasmussen
  • Patent number: D873743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC
    Inventors: Ben McGinley, Brad Richards, Kirk Rasmussen, Carissa Jo Conine, Sean Michael Haggerty, Steven Wade Osgood
  • Patent number: D878973
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC
    Inventors: Ben McGinley, Brad Richards, Kirk Rasmussen, Rex E. Wilson, Jr., Richard W. Elchert
  • Patent number: D881105
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC
    Inventors: Ben McGinley, Brad Richards, Kirk Rasmussen, Brian Michael Silovich, Nathan Abplanalp
  • Patent number: D881760
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC
    Inventors: Ben McGinley, Brad Richards, Kirk Rasmussen, Kenneth G. Luckjohn, Richard W. Elchert, Gerald Newman Feldman
  • Patent number: D887310
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC
    Inventors: Ben McGinley, Brad Richards, Kirk Rasmussen, Jonathan Aragones, Jonathon Plesetz, Steven Wade Osgood, Richard W. Elchert, Jared P. Thede
  • Patent number: D895486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC
    Inventors: Ben McGinley, Brad Richards, Kirk Rasmussen, Sean M. Stanley, Brian Scherbarth, Joseph Konshak, Eric James Klumpp, Curt Zackiewicz, David Isaac Aunkst, Kasey Alexander Peck, Richard W. Elchert
  • Patent number: D913233
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTOR COMPANY GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Ben McGinley, Brad Richards, Kirk Rasmussen, Ronald Hurth, D. Addison Parks, Curt Zackiewicz