Patents by Inventor Sonya Ann Lyons

Sonya Ann Lyons 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).

  • Air bag cushion including break-away tethers
    Patent number: 7134691
    Abstract: An automotive air bag assembly including a tethering element providing shape definition across the air bag. The tethering element may be seamed to itself or to other tethering elements by an attachment seam to reduce the effective operative length of the tethering element and to move the axis of rotation for the air bag rearward. The attachment seam is adapted to separate upon development of adequate pressures within the air bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephanie L Dunkle, Sonya Ann Lyons, Laura Adelle Hawthorn
  • Air bag cushion including break-away tethers
    Publication number: 20020175511
    Abstract: An automotive air bag assembly including a tethering element providing shape definition across the air bag. The tethering element may be seamed to itself or to other tethering elements by an attachment seam to reduce the effective operative length of the tethering element and to move the axis of rotation for the air bag rearward. The attachment seam is adapted to separate upon development of adequate pressures within the air bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Stephanie L. Dunkle, Sonya Ann Lyons, Laura Adelle Hawthorn