Patents by Inventor Raffi B. Manoukian

Raffi B. Manoukian 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).

  • ACTIVE GLOVE BOX DOOR WITH VENTILATED REACTION PLATE
    Publication number: 20160304048
    Abstract: An active glove box door includes a bladder member joined along an outer perimeter with a front wall by a hot weld seam to form an inflatable bladder. The bladder member includes a circumferential pleat for unfolding in response to an inflation gas during a crash event. A door inner liner is joined to a central region of the bladder member and forms a generally continuous plate behind the bladder member. The door inner liner interfaces with the instrument panel to provide a reaction surface for expansion of the bladder. The pleat has a peak disposed proximate to the door inner liner, wherein the peak includes a vent opening that delineates a collision region on the door inner liner. The door inner liner includes a plurality of perforations in the collision region permitting flow of inflation gas from the vent opening through the door inner liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: STACEY H. RAINES, TYLER COHOON, PETER J. BEJIN, KAITLIN M. CISCHKE, NICHOLAS A. MAZZOCCHI, RAFFI B. MANOUKIAN
  • Active glove box door with ventilated reaction plate
    Patent number: 9457760
    Abstract: An active glove box door includes a bladder member joined along an outer perimeter with a front wall by a hot weld seam to form an inflatable bladder. The bladder member includes a circumferential pleat for unfolding in response to an inflation gas during a crash event. A door inner liner is joined to a central region of the bladder member and forms a generally continuous plate behind the bladder member. The door inner liner interfaces with the instrument panel to provide a reaction surface for expansion of the bladder. The pleat has a peak disposed proximate to the door inner liner, wherein the peak includes a vent opening that delineates a collision region on the door inner liner. The door inner liner includes a plurality of perforations in the collision region permitting flow of inflation gas from the vent opening through the door inner liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Stacey H. Raines, Tyler Cohoon, Peter J. Bejin, Kaitlin M. Cischke, Nicholas A. Mazzocchi, Raffi B. Manoukian