Patents by Inventor Milan L. Storch

Milan L. Storch 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: 6106008
    Abstract: An improved hybrid airbag inflator comprises a container for storing a compressed gas having a rupturable wall defining an exit opening. A pyrotechnic gas generator has an output directed into the container for adding heat and mass flow to the compressed gas in the container. A single initiator ruptures the rupturable wall and initiates the gas generator, preferably via a pyrotechnic delay train which initiates combustion of the gas generator after a predetermined delay, to provide for delayed onset of the high pressure gas generator input. The initiator is preferably an electric detonator that produces a self forging fragment to rupture the rupturable wall and initiate the pyrotechnic delay. The pyrotechnic generator may also have a second output directed into a manifold leading from the container to the airbag and entering the manifold downstream from the inlet nozzles that restrict the flow of compressed gas into the manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Ad Astram Scientific LLC
    Inventors: Robert D. Blackshire, Milan L. Storch, Clyde L. Jones
  • Patent number: 5738371
    Abstract: An improved hybrid airbag inflator comprises a container for storing a compressed gas having a rupturable wall defining an exit opening. A pyrotechnic gas generator has an output directed into the container for adding heat and mass flow to the compressed gas in the container. The pyrotechnic generator may also have a second output directed into a manifold leading from the container to the airbag, the second output entering the manifold downstream from the inlet nozzles that restrict the flow of compressed gas into the manifold. Adding the second output directly to the manifold increases the energy content of the gas filling the airbag without physically changing the size of the inlet nozzles, thereby allowing a readily controllable staged flow of gases into the airbag. A single initiator ruptures the rupturable wall and initiates the gas generator, either directly or via a pyrotechnic delay train which initiates combustion of the gas generator after a predetermined delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Ad Astam Scientific, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Robert D. Blackshire, Milan L. Storch, Clyde L. Jones
  • Patent number: 5538278
    Abstract: An improved hybrid airbag inflator comprises a container for storing a compressed gas having a rupturable wall defining an exit opening. A pyrotechnic gas generator has an output directed into the container for adding heat and mass flow to the compressed gas in the container. The pyrotechnic generator may also have a second output directed into a manifold leading from the container to the airbag, the second output entering the manifold downstream from the inlet nozzles that restrict the flow of compressed gas into the manifold. Adding the second output directly to the manifold increases the energy content of the gas filling the airbag without physically changing the size of the inlet nozzles, thereby allowing a readily controllable staged flow of gases into the airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: Ad Astram Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Blackshire, Milan L. Storch, Clyde L. Jones