Patents by Inventor Mark Edward Shields

Mark Edward Shields 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).

  • Method and system of actuating a deployment of a vehicle restraint system
    Patent number: 6840538
    Abstract: The present invention involves a method of actuating a deployment of a vehicle airbag during an impact event of a vehicle. The method includes providing a vehicle impact sensor having a plurality of elements, wherein each element is adapted to generate an impact sensor signal having a sensor signal value representing a level of impact. The method further comprising receiving an impact sensor signal from each element during the impact event of the vehicle and summing the sensor signal values of the impact sensor signals to define an aggregate sensor signal value. The method further includes determining a number of impact sensor signals having respective sensor signal values greater than an active element threshold value to define a number of active elements and determining a threshold aggregate sensor signal value based on the number of active elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: Anne Marie Shields, Paul Kirk Zoratti, Mark Edward Shields
  • Method and system of actuating a deployment of a vehicle restraint system
    Publication number: 20040007859
    Abstract: The present invention involves a method of actuating a deployment of a vehicle airbag during an impact event of a vehicle. The method includes providing a vehicle impact sensor having a plurality of elements, wherein each element is adapted to generate an impact sensor signal having a sensor signal value representing a level of impact. The method further comprising receiving an impact sensor signal from each element during the impact event of the vehicle and summing the sensor signal values of the impact sensor signals to define an aggregate sensor signal value. The method further includes determining a number of impact sensor signals having respective sensor signal values greater than an active element threshold value to define a number of active elements and determining a threshold aggregate sensor signal value based on the number of active elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Anne Marie Shields, Paul Kirk Zoratti, Mark Edward Shields