Patents by Inventor Shaihua Zhou

Shaihua Zhou 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: 8123247
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an airbag door for instrument panel and its manufacturing method. A passenger side airbag (PAB) door for instrument panel includes a substrate with airbag opening, skin layer and foam layer, a PAB door reinforcement board which covers the airbag opening is connected to the instrument panel substrate. This PAB door reinforcement board is a cellulosic composite material board which is soaked by thermoplastic plastic or thermoplastic elastomer, formed through thermoforming. In present invention, the turnover and movable portion of the airbag door is lighten greatly. The airbag door with the light composite material can prevent the windshields from being broken effectively when the airbag deploys sufficiently and impacts against the windshields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignees: Yanfeng Visteon Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd., Yanfeng Visteon Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunju Chen, Haijun Chen, Jianfeng Hou, Shaihua Zhou
  • Publication number: 20110233904
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an airbag door for instrument panel and its manufacturing method. A passenger side airbag (PAB) door for instrument panel includes a substrate with airbag opening, skin layer and foam layer, a PAB door reinforcement board which covers the airbag opening is connected to the instrument panel substrate. This PAB door reinforcement board is a cellulosic composite material board which is soaked by thermoplastic plastic or thermoplastic elastomer, formed through thermoforming. In present invention, the turnover and movable portion of the airbag door is lighten greatly. The airbag door with the light composite material can prevent the windshields from being broken effectively when the airbag deploys sufficiently and impacts against the windshields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Yunju CHEN, Haijun Chen, Jianfeng Hou, Shaihua Zhou
  • Publication number: 20110233805
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an airbag door for instrument panel and its manufacturing method. A passenger side airbag (PAB) door for instrument panel includes a substrate with airbag opening, skin layer and foam layer, a PAB door reinforcement board which covers the airbag opening is connected to the instrument panel substrate. This PAB door reinforcement board is a cellulosic composite material board which is soaked by thermoplastic plastic or thermoplastic elastomer, formed through thermoforming. In present invention, the turnover and movable portion of the airbag door is lighten greatly. The airbag door with the light composite material can prevent the windshields from being broken effectively when the airbag deploys sufficiently and impacts against the windshields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Yunju Chen, Haijun Chen, Jianfeng Hou, Shaihua Zhou
  • Patent number: 7980587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an airbag door for instrument panel and its manufacturing method. A passenger side airbag door for instrument panel includes a substrate with airbag opening, skin layer and foam layer, a PAB door reinforcement board which covers the airbag opening is connected to the instrument panel substrate. This PAB door reinforcement board is a cellulosic composite material board which is soaked by thermoplastic plastic or thermoplastic elastomer, formed through thermoforming. In present invention, the turnover and movable portion of the airbag door is lighten greatly. The airbag door with the light composite material can prevent the windshields from being broken effectively when the airbag deploys sufficiently and impacts against the windshields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignees: Yanfeng Visteon Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd., Yanfeng Visteon Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunju Chen, Haijun Chen, Jianfeng Hou, Shaihua Zhou
  • Patent number: 7862071
    Abstract: An automotive interior trim for improving deployment safety of seamless passenger airbags for instrument panel is disclosed. The interior trim, mounted on an deployment opening of an airbag module of a framework for a instrument panel, includes a framework with an airbag deployment opening for a instrument panel, an airbag cover covering the airbag deployment opening, a foaming interlayer, a surface layer, and a netlike additional layer which is integrally combined with the foaming interlayer after penetrated by a foam material. When the airbag bursts, the airbag cover is opened outwards and the surface layer of the instrument panel is torn, and the foaming interlayer is torn thereupon too. Under the effect of the netlike additional layer, the foam in the foaming interlayer is fixed by the additional layer, thereby avoiding crumb and hard particle production and improving the deployment safety of the airbag greatly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventors: Jianfeng Hou, Yunju Chen, Shaihua Zhou, Haijun Chen
  • Publication number: 20090146402
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an airbag door for instrument panel and its manufacturing method. A passengerside airbag door for instrument panel includes a substrate with airbag opening, skin layer and foam layer, a PAB door reinforcement board which covers the airbag opening is connected to the instrument panel substrate. This PAB door reinforcement board is a cellulosic composite material board which is soaked by thermoplastic plastic or thermoplastic elastomer, formed through thermoforming. In present invention, the turnover and movable portion of the airbag door is lighten greatly. The airbag door with the light composite material can prevent the windshields from being broken effectively when the airbag deploys sufficiently and impacts against the windshields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: YANFENG VISTEON AUTOMOTIVE TRIM SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunju Chen, Haijun Chen, Jianfeng Hou, Shaihua Zhou
  • Publication number: 20090045609
    Abstract: An automotive interior trim for improving deployment safety of seamless passenger airbags for instrument panel is disclosed. The interior trim, mounted on an deployment opening of an airbag module of a framework for a instrument panel, includes a framework with an airbag deployment opening for a instrument panel, an airbag cover covering the airbag deployment opening, a foaming interlayer, a surface layer, and a netlike additional layer which is integrally combined with the foaming interlayer after penetrated by a foam material. When the airbag bursts, the airbag cover is opened outwards and the surface layer of the instrument panel is torn, and the foaming interlayer is torn thereupon too. Under the effect of the netlike additional layer, the foam in the foaming interlayer is fixed by the additional layer, thereby avoiding crumb and hard particle production and improving the deployment safety of the airbag greatly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Jianfeng Hou, Yunju Chen, Shaihua Zhou, Haijun Chen