Patents by Inventor Ross Burghardt

Ross Burghardt 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).

  • Door-mounted seat belt restraint system and method
    Patent number: 7296649
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for cancelling out downward directed tension forces generated on an object on a vehicle seat. In active, door-mounted seat belt systems, the belt tension force cancellation system includes a simulator that is operable to transfer upward forces on a door-mounted, lower anchor to the vehicle seat without requiring a permanent anchor point for the seat belt in the vehicle compartment. The simulator can either automatically transfer the forces upon securing the belt about the object, or be selectively operable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Takata Seat Belts, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross Burghardt, Tu Pham, Scott Caudill, Masahiro Tanabe
  • Door-mounted seat belt restraint system and method
    Publication number: 20060225939
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for cancelling out downward directed tension forces generated on an object on a vehicle seat. In active, door-mounted seat belt systems, the belt tension force cancellation system includes a simulator that is operable to transfer upward forces on a door-mounted, lower anchor to the vehicle seat without requiring a permanent anchor point for the seat belt in the vehicle compartment. The simulator can either automatically transfer the forces upon securing the belt about the object, or be selectively operable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Ross Burghardt, Tu Pham, Scott Caudill, Masahiro Tanabe