Patents by Inventor Scott Lohmann

Scott Lohmann 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).

  • Multi-vent passenger side airbag inflator
    Patent number: 11040692
    Abstract: An airbag inflator includes a pressure vessel with a bottom portion, a top portion and a center structure connecting the bottom portion and the top portion. The top portion includes an exit orifice that is closed with a rupturable membrane. An energetics cover attached to the center structure houses a pyrotechnic material, and a diverter is attached to the top portion. The pressure vessel, the energetics cover and the diverter define a gas flow path from inside the energetics cover toward the bottom portion of the pressure vessel, the gas flow path turning at least a first 180 degrees toward the top portion of the pressure vessel and between the energetics cover and the pressure vessel. The longer gas flow path allows time for multi-perforation grain slivers to burn up before exiting the inflator, thereby reducing the amount of particulate exiting the inflator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: ARC Automotive, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Lohmann, Rebekah Reid, James Rose, Robert Zimbrich
  • MULTI-VENT PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG INFLATOR
    Publication number: 20210053527
    Abstract: An airbag inflator includes a pressure vessel with a bottom portion, a top portion and a center structure connecting the bottom portion and the top portion. The top portion includes an exit orifice that is closed with a rupturable membrane. An energetics cover attached to the center structure houses a pyrotechnic material, and a diverter is attached to the top portion. The pressure vessel, the energetics cover and the diverter define a gas flow path from inside the energetics cover toward the bottom portion of the pressure vessel, the gas flow path turning at least a first 180 degrees toward the top portion of the pressure vessel and between the energetics cover and the pressure vessel. The longer gas flow path allows time for multi-perforation grain slivers to burn up before exiting the inflator, thereby reducing the amount of particulate exiting the inflator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Scott Lohmann, Rebekah Reid, James Rose, Robert Zimbrich