Patents by Inventor Nathaniel Robert SAUNDERS

Nathaniel Robert SAUNDERS 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).

  • Vehicle restraint systems and methods of use and manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 9387821
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to an airbag lid defining a surface configured to cover a portion of an airbag prior to deployment. The airbag lid can be separated from a hinge side portion and a pillar side portion of an outer fringe by a seam that can tear and thereby separate the airbag lid from the hinge side portion and the pillar side portion of the outer fringe upon airbag deployment. The airbag lid includes a hinge portion disposed adjacent a hinge side edge of the airbag lid assembly, the hinge portion remaining attached to a window frame of a vehicle subsequent to airbag deployment. The hinge portion can include a hinge that is configured to enable the airbag lid to bend about the hinge, such that a portion of the airbag lid at an interior side of the hinge is maneuvered away from the structural pillar upon airbag deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nathaniel Robert Saunders, Donald W. Jackson, Murthy Ayyagari
  • Airbag device
    Patent number: 9090223
    Abstract: An airbag module including an inflator and an inflatable airbag is provided. The inflatable airbag may include a first portion comprising at least one fold configured to form at least one vertical pleat, a second portion comprising at least one fold configured to form at least one horizontal pleat and a third portion configured to form a roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: TK HOLDINGS INC., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Joseph Baumbach, Nathaniel Robert Saunders, Tatsuya Yuki, Mark Andrew Steinbach, Andrew Jack Pitonyak
  • AIRBAG DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140306431
    Abstract: An airbag module including an inflator and an inflatable airbag is provided. The inflatable airbag may include a first portion comprising at least one fold configured to form at least one vertical pleat, a second portion comprising at least one fold configured to form at least one horizontal pleat and a third portion configured to form a roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicants: TK HOLDINGS INC., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Joseph BAUMBACH, Nathaniel Robert SAUNDERS, Tatsuya YUKI, Mark Andrew STEINBACH, Andrew Jack PITONYAK