Patents by Inventor Philip J. Macy

Philip J. Macy 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: 9242128
    Abstract: A fall arrester (100) for reducing injuries of a user (108) thereon when falling comprising a rotatable spool (314) with webbing (200) wound thereon, the webbing (200) being protracted from and retracted back upon the spool (314), a torsion bar (310) operationally connected to the webbing (200) through the spool (314) to generate a generally constant reaction force on the spool (314) as the torsion and bar and spool (314) rotate to absorb kinetic energy of the fall; the fall arrester (100) according to claim 1 further including a counting mechanism (500) to maintain a reserve amount of webbing (200) on the spool (314) to enable the torsion bar (310) to twist through its operational range without encountering an end-of-webbing condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Key Safety Systems, Inc
    Inventor: Philip J. Macy
  • Publication number: 20140138186
    Abstract: A fall arrester (100) for reducing injuries of a user (108) thereon when falling comprising a rotatable spool (314) with webbing (200) wound thereon, the webbing (200) being protracted from and retracted back upon the spool (314), a torsion bar (310) operationally connected to the webbing (200) through the spool (314) to generate a generally constant reaction force on the spool (314) as the torsion and bar and spool (314) rotate to absorb kinetic energy of the fall; the fall arrester (100) according to claim 1 further including a counting mechanism (500) to maintain a reserve amount of webbing (200) on the spool (314) to enable the torsion bar (310) to twist through its operational range without encountering an end-of-webbing condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Key Satefy Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Philip J. Macy
  • Patent number: 7044500
    Abstract: A side impact air bag curtain apparatus comprising: an inflatable air bag adapted to be installed within a vehicle in a stowed condition proximate the roof rail of a vehicle and when inflated expands from the stowed condition to a deployed condition generally in front of an adjacent side of the vehicle; the air bag including a set of first air bag anchors fixedly connected to a determinable set of fixed first vehicle anchors within the vehicle, the air bag including at least one second air bag anchor at an end of the air bag; and a force-resolving member such as a bent rod or other member fixedly mounted at a determinable orientation within the vehicle and adapted to slidingly receive and support the second air bag anchor. The force-resolving member in concert with the foreshortening of the air bag during inflation causing the second air bag anchor to move to a preferred orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Key Safety Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Kalandek, Pongdet P. Wipasuramonton, Philip J. Macy, Jovica J. Jakovski, Mark O. Olson, Michael A. Hague, Shakir M. Salmo, John C. MacLean
  • Publication number: 20030080541
    Abstract: A side impact air bag curtain apparatus comprising: an inflatable air bag adapted to be installed within a vehicle in a stowed condition proximate the roof rail of a vehicle and when inflated expands from the stowed condition to a deployed condition generally in front of an adjacent side of the vehicle; the air bag including a set of first air bag anchors fixedly connected to a determinable set of fixed first vehicle anchors within the vehicle, the air bag including at least one second air bag anchor at an end of the air bag; and a force-resolving member such as a bent rod or other member fixedly mounted at a determinable orientation within the vehicle and adapted to slidingly receive and support the second air bag anchor. The force-resolving member in concert with the foreshortening of the air bag during inflation causing the second air bag anchor to move to a preferred orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Bruce A. Kalandek, Pongdet P. Wipasuramonton, Philip J. Macy, Jovica J. Jakovski, Mark O. Olson, Michael A. Hague, Shakir M. Salmo, John C. MacLean