Patents by Inventor Steven Kmenta

Steven Kmenta 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).

  • Rupturable plastic housing for an air bag inflator
    Patent number: 5492364
    Abstract: An inflator for an inflatable vehicle occupant restraint system comprises a plastic housing encased in fiber windings that is rupturable upon the production of a predetermined combustion gas pressure internally of the housing to effect venting of the gases into the air bag and inflation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1996
    Assignee: Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Anderson, R. Mark Uzel, Steven Kmenta, Dennis W. Burnard, Timothy E. Hughes
  • Overpressure regulating airbag inflator
    Patent number: 5346251
    Abstract: An inflator for an inflatable vehicle occupant restraint system comprises a housing with an arcuate stress concentration groove therein of reduced cross section relative to the remainder of the housing whereby the groove ruptures upon the occurrence of a predetermined pressure internally of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis W. Burnard, Steven Kmenta, Timothy E. Hughes