Patents by Inventor Michael Brunet

Michael Brunet 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).

  • Patent number: 8424905
    Abstract: The interior trim assembly for a motor vehicle is of the type comprising a framework and a panel for concealing an airbag comprising a flap a peripheral region surrounding the flap and attached to the framework, a hinge-forming strip having a flap portion attached to the flap, a framework portion attached to the framework, and a hinge portion extending between the flap portion and the framework portion. The region of the hinge portion adjacent to the framework portion may be covered by a protecting element and the region of the hinge portion adjacent to the flap region is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Faurecia Interieur Industrie
    Inventor: Michael Brunet
  • Patent number: 8297647
    Abstract: A housing (4) for receiving an airbag is fixed to a support member (2) by at least one fixing element (18) which extends through a hole (20) of the member and which is fixed to the housing (4). The fixing element (18) is retained in the hole (20) with play so that the fixing element (18) is capable of pivoting, in a plane which contains the axis of the hole (20), inside the hole (20) under the action of the deformation of the housing (4) so as to absorb the deformation brought about by the deployment of the airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Faurecia Interieur Industrie
    Inventors: Franck Bonaventure, Michael Brunet, Pierre Demortain, Daniel Le Hoang
  • Patent number: 8177255
    Abstract: This device includes a flexible net (26), a first end portion (28) of which is overmolded by the flap (20) and a second portion (30) is overmolded by a support element (24), the central portion extending between the first and second portions (28, 30) forming a flexible hinge (22) for articulating the flap (20) relative to the support element (24). The second portion (30) includes an end part (32) protruding from the support element (24) on the opposite side to the hinge-forming part (22), the end part (32) including a stop element, such that, when the airbag is deployed, the stop element prevents the second part (32) from being pulled out of the support element (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Faurecia Interieur Industrie
    Inventors: Daniel Le Hoang, Jérôme Meziere, Michael Brunet
  • Publication number: 20110181028
    Abstract: The interior trim assembly for a motor vehicle is of the type comprising a framework and a panel for concealing an airbag comprising a flap a peripheral region surrounding the flap and attached to the framework, a hinge-forming strip having a flap portion attached to the flap, a framework portion attached to the framework, and a hinge portion extending between the flap portion and the framework portion. The region of the hinge portion adjacent to the framework portion may be covered by a protecting element and the region of the hinge portion adjacent to the flap region is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE
    Inventor: Michael Brunet
  • Publication number: 20110109067
    Abstract: This device comprises a flexible net (26), a first end portion (28) of which is overmolded by the flap (20) and a second portion (30) is overmolded by a support element (24), the central portion extending between said first and second portions (28, 30) forming a flexible hinge (22) for articulating the flap (20) relative to the support element (24). The second portion (30) comprises an end part (32) protruding from the support element (24) on the opposite side to the hinge-forming part (22), said end part (32) comprising a stop element, such that, when the airbag is deployed, the stop element prevents the second part (32) from being pulled out of the support element (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE
    Inventors: Daniel Le Hoang, Jerome Meziere, Michael Brunet
  • Publication number: 20100314858
    Abstract: A housing (4) for receiving an airbag is fixed to a support member (2) by at least one fixing element (18) which extends through a hole (20) of the member and which is fixed to the housing (4). The fixing element (18) is retained in the hole (20) with play so that the fixing element (18) is capable of pivoting, in a plane which contains the axis of the hole (20), inside the hole (20) under the action of the deformation of the housing (4) so as to absorb the deformation brought about by the deployment of the airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Faurecia Interieur Industrie
    Inventors: Franck Bonaventure, Michael Brunet, Pierre Demortain, Daniel Le Hoang