Patents by Inventor Pedro Jose Santín Navarro

Pedro Jose Santín Navarro 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).

  • Publication number: 20200307500
    Abstract: An airbag comprises a front panel (22), a rear panel (24) and an additional panel (26), the front panel (22) and the rear panel (24) being directly connected to each other in a first circumferential portion (28) and the front panel (22) being connected to the additional panel (26) and the additional panel (26) being connected to the rear panel (24) in a second circumferential portion (30). Further, an airbag module (16), a vehicle (10) and a method of manufacturing the airbag (18) are shown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Pedro Jose Santin Navarro
  • Publication number: 20200180541
    Abstract: A mounting element (1) for vehicle-side assembly of an airbag module (100) is suggested with at least one mounting plate (3) adapted to be mounted on the vehicle side which in its plate plane (E) can be non-rotatably coupled to an airbag (2), wherein the mounting plate (3) includes an extension (4) through which the mounting element (1) can be fixed, perpendicularly to the plate plane (E), non-rotatably to the airbag (2) or to a retaining element (9) maintaining the latter in its folded state. Furthermore, an airbag module (100) is suggested with an airbag (2), an inflator for providing inflating gas for the airbag (2) and at least one mounting element (1) according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Maria del Pilar Abelenda Alcalde, Jose Manuel Arean Bujan, Pedro Jose Santin Navarro, Philippe Shneeweiss
  • Publication number: 20200047700
    Abstract: An airbag module for an automotive vehicle includes an inflator, a holder for the inflator and a folded airbag which is inflatable by means of the inflator in the case of release so that the airbag may deploy. The airbag module may further include at least one magnetic fastening element by means of which the airbag module is adapted to be fastened to a vehicle body of the automotive vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Dalphi Metal España S. A.
    Inventors: Pedro Jose Santin Navarro, Pilar Abelenda Abelenda, Patricia Bouzas Tobio
  • Publication number: 20190202393
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag (10), especially for a side curtain airbag system (20), comprising an airbag interior (30) which in the deployed state of the airbag (10) defines one single chamber (40), wherein the chamber (40) comprises a gas guiding device (50) by which the chamber (40) is divided into at least one primary filling zone (41) and at least one secondary filling zone (42), as well as to a vehicle safety system equipped with such airbag (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Pedro Jose Santin Navarro, Jose Miguel Fermandes Oliveira
  • Patent number: 10272867
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a mounting envelope (1) for receiving a curtain-airbag and for attaching the curtain-airbag to the interior of a vehicle, in particular to the roof frame of a vehicle. The mounting envelope (1) comprises a longitudinal tear-line (3) which is configured to break in the event of a curtain air-bag deployment and extends in a longitudinal direction (L) of the mounting envelope. The mounting envelope is characterized in that it covers at least a major part of a curtain-airbag and in that it comprises at least additional vertical tear-line (7), preferably extending in a direction (V) substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (L).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Dalphi Metal Espana S.A.
    Inventors: Pedro Jose Santin Navarro, Maria del Mar Rodilla
  • Publication number: 20190111881
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag (12) for an automotive vehicle (10) comprising an airbag fabric (24) forming at least one airbag wall (26, 28) and an elongate flexible tether (20) for positioning the airbag (12) in its deployed state which extends from a first tether end (30) associated with the airbag fabric (24) to an opposite second tether end (32), wherein at the first tether end (30) the tether (20) is tightly sewn to the airbag fabric (24) by a fastening seam (36) and wherein the airbag fabric (24) includes a fabric reinforcing seam (38) which encloses at least part of the fastening seam (36). The invention further relates to a method of mounting a tether (20) on the airbag fabric (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Rui Maximino, Elsa Moreira, Fatima Sepulveda, Philippe Schneeweiss, Pilar Abelenda, Pedro Jose Santin Navarro
  • Publication number: 20170001591
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a mounting envelope (1) for receiving a curtain-airbag and for attaching the curtain-airbag to the interior of a vehicle, in particular to the roof frame of a vehicle. The mounting envelope (1) comprises a longitudinal tear-line (3) which is configured to break in the event of a curtain air-bag deployment and extends in a longitudinal direction (L) of the mounting envelope. The mounting envelope is characterized in that it covers at least a major part of a curtain-airbag and in that it comprises at least additional vertical tear-line (7), preferably extending in a direction (V) substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (L).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: DALPHI METAL ESPANA, S.A.
    Inventors: Pedro Jose Santin Navarro, Maroa del Mar Rodilla
  • Publication number: 20160221526
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inflatable airbag (10) of a curtain airbag comprising an upper edge (11) and a lower edge (12), comprising a front side window portion (13) and a rear side window portion (14) as well as an inner layer (16) facing the interior compartment and an outer layer (16) facing the side windows (45). In accordance with the invention, the airbag (10) includes at least one mechanical reinforcing element (20, 20?) which in the inflated state of the airbag (10) is arranged to be spaced both from the upper edge (11) and from the lower edge (12) in a central area (17) of the height (H) of the airbag (10), the mechanical reinforcing element (20, 20?) being strip-shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventor: Pedro Jose Santin Navarro
  • Publication number: 20090206579
    Abstract: A curtain airbag the top edge of which includes a plurality of fixing areas cooperating with a fixing element with clipping means for fixing the airbag to the vehicle body in openings provided for that purpose, and a U-shaped clipping lock plate for each fixing element, the fixing element and the clipping lock plate configured such that the clipping lock plate can be shifted in relation to the fixing element, its arms surpassing openings provided for that purpose on the vehicle body and assuring that the clipping means of the fixing element have also surpassed the openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Pedro Jose Santin Navarro, Philippe Schneeweiss