Patents by Inventor Sandy Dean MABERY

Sandy Dean MABERY 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).

  • Systems and methods for deployable reaction surface for roof rail airbag system
    Patent number: 10077020
    Abstract: An occupant restraint system of a vehicle includes a roof rail airbag that is located at a roof rail of the vehicle and above a door of the vehicle and that is configured to deploy in an outboard direction. A deployment device, when triggered, deploys the roof rail airbag. An actuator, when triggered, actuates a deployable reaction surface (i) from a first state where the deployable reaction surface is stowed behind interior door trim and does not block any part of a window opening of the door when viewed from inboard of the deployable reaction surface (ii) to a second state where the deployable reaction surface blocks at least a portion of the window opening of the door when viewed from inboard of the deployable reaction surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Sadanand N. Raikar, Mukesh Amin, Jeffrey J. Schultz, Stephen J. Cassatta, Louis Shaun Campbell, Sandy Dean Mabery
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEPLOYABLE REACTION SURFACE FOR ROOF RAIL AIRBAG SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180186328
    Abstract: An occupant restraint system of a vehicle includes a roof rail airbag that is located at a roof rail of the vehicle and above a door of the vehicle and that is configured to deploy in an outboard direction. A deployment device, when triggered, deploys the roof rail airbag. An actuator, when triggered, actuates a deployable reaction surface (i) from a first state where the deployable reaction surface is stowed behind interior door trim and does not block any part of a window opening of the door when viewed from inboard of the deployable reaction surface (ii) to a second state where the deployable reaction surface blocks at least a portion of the window opening of the door when viewed from inboard of the deployable reaction surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Sadanand N. RAIKAR, Mukesh AMIN, Jeffrey J. SCHULTZ, Stephen J. CASSATTA, Louis Shaun CAMPBELL, Sandy Dean MABERY