Patents by Inventor Raj Valera

Raj Valera 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: 9346430
    Abstract: A restraint system for a mobile platform incorporating a seat assembly having a seatback coupled to a seat bottom at a first end of the seatback is provided. The restraint system may include a belt portion having a first end connected to one of the mobile platform and the seatback proximate to a second end of the seatback opposite the first end and a second end connected to one of the mobile platform and the seat bottom proximate to the seat bottom. The second end may be connected to one of the mobile platform and the seat bottom via a retractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOLIV ASP, INC.
    Inventors: Bin Wang, David W. Schneider, Patrick Patercsak, Raj Valera
  • Publication number: 20160075299
    Abstract: A restraint system for a mobile platform incorporating a seat assembly having a seatback coupled to a seat bottom at a first end of the seatback is provided. The restraint system may include a belt portion having a first end connected to one of the mobile platform and the seatback proximate to a second end of the seatback opposite the first end and a second end connected to one of the mobile platform and the seat bottom proximate to the seat bottom. The second end may be connected to one of the mobile platform and the seat bottom via a retractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Bin WANG, David W. SCHNEIDER, Patrick PATERCSAK, Raj VALERA
  • Patent number: 8840137
    Abstract: A restraint system for a seat is provided and may include a first portion having a first end fixed for movement with the seat and a second end movable relative to the seat. The restraint system may also include a second portion having a first end fixed for movement with the seat and a second end movable relative to the seat and selectively attached to the second end of the first portion. An inflator may be associated with the second portion and may move the second portion from a pre-deployed state to an inflated state. The inflator may be at least partially disposed within the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Schneider, Patrick Patercsak, Raj Valera
  • Publication number: 20140159350
    Abstract: A restraint system for a seat is provided and may include a first portion having a first end fixed for movement with the seat and a second end movable relative to the seat. The restraint system may also include a second portion having a first end fixed for movement with the seat and a second end movable relative to the seat and selectively attached to the second end of the first portion. An inflator may be associated with the second portion and may move the second portion from a pre-deployed state to an inflated state. The inflator may be at least partially disposed within the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: David W. SCHNEIDER, Patrick PATERCSAK, Raj VALERA
  • Publication number: 20130106079
    Abstract: An airbag mounted on a bulkhead wall of an aircraft inflates downward in front of bulkhead seat occupants in a direction configured to make a first contact with a seat occupant's head. In a normal, deflated state, the airbag is mounted in a roll or folded bundle at a location on a bulkhead wall that approximately corresponds to an average seat occupant's chest or head height. Upon detonation of a pyrotechnical gas generator, the airbag unfolds initially downward. With increasing volume of the airbag, its increasing thickness pressing against the wall makes the airbag protrude from the wall toward a seat occupant's face so that the first contact with the airbag is made by the face of the seat occupant. The airbag may extend across a seat row and have adjacent chambers providing protection for seat occupants in adjacent seats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Patrick Jarboe, Douglas Werth, Raj Valera
  • Publication number: 20130106080
    Abstract: An airbag arrangement is accommodated in an armrest between angled seats. A gas generator inflates an airbag cushion in the path of inertia of each seat occupant of an angled seat. The airbag may have a lamella structure to inflate to a cushioning curtain or wall with a stiffness that resists bending and folding. The airbag may alternatively be provided with wider channels to provide a thicker cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Patrick Jarboe, Douglas Werth, Raj Valera