Patents by Inventor Steven B. Kenney

Steven B. Kenney 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).

  • Inflator device ignition of gas generant
    Patent number: 6739621
    Abstract: Inflator device assemblies wherein an igniter composition used to ignite an associated gas generant material is provided on a selected surface, such as on a damper pad, within the inflator device. Suitable igniter compositions may include a silicone resin additive effective to adhere the igniter composition to a surface within the inflator device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Parkinson, Steven B. Kenney, Gregg Hess, Steve Hammer, Ivan V. Mendenhall
  • Adaptive output passenger disk inflator
    Publication number: 20030146611
    Abstract: A vehicular inflatable restraint system inflator device, particularly a passenger inflator device is provided which includes a housing having a disk form and defining a first chamber. The first chamber in a static state contains a quantity of a first gas generant material ignitable to produce first combustion products including a first inflation gas. The housing has at least two rows of spaced apart gas exit ports adapted to permit passage of the first inflation gas from the inflator device into an associated inflatable airbag cushion. The first chamber also contains at least one inflation gas-permeable treatment element disposed adjacent the spaced apart gas exit ports, wherein passage of gas through the treatment element results in treatment thereof. The first chamber further contains a second chamber which, in a static state, has an enclosed volume containing a quantity of a second gas generant material ignitable to produce second combustion products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Steven B. Kenney, Kirk Rasmussen, Kim V. Dahl
  • Inflator device ignition of gas generant
    Publication number: 20030121578
    Abstract: Inflator device assemblies wherein an igniter composition used to ignite an associated gas generant material is provided on a selected surface, such as on a damper pad, within the inflator device. Suitable igniter compositions may include a silicone resin additive effective to adhere the igniter composition to a surface within the inflator device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: David W. Parkinson, Steven B. Kenney, Gregg Hess, Steve Hammer, Ivan V. Mendenhall
  • Inflator device ignition of gas generant
    Patent number: 6527297
    Abstract: Inflator device assemblies wherein an igniter composition used to ignite an associated gas generant material is provided on a selected surface, such as on a damper pad, within the inflator device. Suitable igniter compositions may include a silicone resin additive effective to adhere the igniter composition to a surface within the inflator device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Parkinson, Steven B. Kenney, Gregg Hess, Steve Hammer, Ivan V. Mendenhall