Patents by Inventor Roland De Wilde

Roland De Wilde 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).

  • Energy absorbing device and shoulder belt-type vehicle seats comprising such energy absorbing device
    Patent number: 7222916
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat for equipment with shoulder belts (24) connected to the seat backrest (21), comprising an energy absorbing device (1) acting on the seat backrest, wherein said energy absorbing device comprises deformable energy absorbing means (12), with at least one arcuate (13, 14) area of plastically fragmentable material, opposing the rotation of said seat backrest (21) with respect to a lower seat structure (20) in a first direction, corresponding to a forward-leaning movement of said seat backrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: JTR Engineering S.A.
    Inventors: Roland De Wilde, Francois Braun
  • Energy absorbing device and shoulder belt-type vehicle seats comprising such energy absorbing device
    Publication number: 20060103191
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat for equipment with shoulder belts (24) connected to the seat backrest (21), comprising an energy absorbing device (1) acting on the seat backrest, wherein said energy absorbing device comprises deformable energy absorbing means (12), with at least one arcuate (13, 14) area of plastically fragmentable material, opposing the rotation of said seat backrest (21) with respect to a lower seat structure (20) in a first direction, corresponding to a forward-leaning movement of said seat backrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Applicant: Structural Design & Analysis S.A.
    Inventors: Roland De Wilde, Francois Braun