Patents by Inventor Lenore Walczak Kolhoff

Lenore Walczak Kolhoff 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).

  • Supplemental inflatable restraint disabling system
    Patent number: 5803491
    Abstract: A disabling system is provided for a supplemental inflatable restraint system in a vehicle. The disabling system includes a seat movable forward and rearward in the vehicle. The seat has a predetermined seat position. The disabling system automatically disables the supplemental inflatable restraint system when the seat is moved forward of the predetermined seat position and automatically enables the supplemental inflatable restraint system when the seat is moved rearward of the predetermined seat position. In a preferred form of the invention, the predetermined seat position occurs when the seat is fully forward in the vehicle such that the supplemental inflatable restraint system is automatically disabled when the seat is at the fully forward position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: William Joseph Barnes, Lenore Walczak Kolhoff