Patents by Inventor Nelson Leite

Nelson Leite 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).

  • Steering wheel airbag position detector
    Patent number: 9008999
    Abstract: A component position detector for determining if a first component is properly attached to a second component. The component position detector can be a steering wheel airbag position detector that provides for a convenient and cost-effective apparatus and/or process for determining whether or not a steering wheel airbag is properly attached to a steering wheel. Such a steering wheel airbag position detector can include a jig that has a scan position, the scan position located on a front side of a steering wheel. In addition, the position detector can include a sensor rigidly attached to the jig, the sensor operable to perform a two-dimensional scan across a gap between the steering wheel and a steering wheel airbag and/or horn pad attached to the steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Leite Automation Inc.
    Inventors: Shah Mohammed Asad Husain, Andre Kenneth Gorden Good, Gary Lee, Martin Cina, Nelson Leite, Farhan Khan
  • STEERING WHEEL AIRBAG POSITION DETECTOR
    Publication number: 20130110453
    Abstract: A component position detector for determining if a first component is properly attached to a second component. The component position detector can be a steering wheel airbag position detector that provides for a convenient and cost-effective apparatus and/or process for determining whether or not a steering wheel airbag is properly attached to a steering wheel. Such a steering wheel airbag position detector can include a jig that has a scan position, the scan position located on a front side of a steering wheel. In addition, the position detector can include a sensor rigidly attached to the jig, the sensor operable to perform a two-dimensional scan across a gap between the steering wheel and a steering wheel airbag and/or horn pad attached to the steering wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicants: Leite Automation Inc., Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shah Mohammed Asad Husain, Andre Kenneth Gorden Good, Gary Lee, Martin Cina, Nelson Leite, Farhan Khan