Patents by Inventor Pratricie G. Cochran

Pratricie G. Cochran 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).

  • Flat-sewn partitioned airbag cushion
    Patent number: 5975564
    Abstract: An airbag cushion which forms a linear arrangement of a plurality of compartements having a rectangular cross sectional shape with opposed longitudinal and lateral surfaces is provided. Each of the compartments is formed by the joinder of at least first and second panel members to form an interior chamber adapted to be filled with an inflation fluid upon deployment of the airbag cushion and a planar partition wall separating the interior chambers of adjacent compartments. The joinder of the at least first and second panel members for each of the compartments is effected from the outside of the compartment interior chambers. A method of fabricating an airbag cushion in the form of a linear arrangement of a plurality of compartments having a rectangular cross sectional shape with opposed longitudinal and lateral surfaces is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley W. Smith, J. Kirk Storey, Brent K. Olson, Kelly S. Van Hooser, Pratricie G. Cochran