Patents by Inventor Todd C. Barnes

Todd C. Barnes 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).

  • AUTOMOBILE SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG MODULES COMPRISING POLYESTER AIRBAG WITH GAS INFLATORS
    Publication number: 20130295301
    Abstract: Disclosed is an airbag module comprising a polyester airbag and a gas inflator, where the gas inflator provides a gas temperature that does not exceed the critical gas temperature of the polyester airbag. This design allows for the substitution of polyester airbags for nylon airbags in side curtain airbag modules and other airbag deployment applications, where the gas inflator temperature does not exceed the critical gas temperature. Also disclosed is a method that will facilitate the matching of specific polyester fabrics with gas inflators to create an airbag module that will not suffer catastrophic failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas E. Schmitt, Todd C. Barnes
  • DURABLE FABRIC INCLUDING BULK CONTINUOUS FILAMENT YARN
    Publication number: 20130059495
    Abstract: An article comprising a yarn; wherein said yarn comprises: (a) a plurality of bulked continuous filaments; (b) a denier of about 200 to 2000; (c) a denier per filament of about 1 to about 20; and (d) a tenacity of about 2.0 to about 7.0 grams per denier; wherein said yarn is interlaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: INVISTA North America S.a r.l.
    Inventors: David S. DEMPSTER, Allen W. Mortimer, Todd C. Barnes