Patents by Inventor Todd D. Fowler

Todd D. Fowler 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 module with oppositely aligned inflators
    Patent number: 6669226
    Abstract: An air bag system comprising: a housing/inflator assembly and an air bag assembly operatively linked to the housing/inflator assembly to receive inflation gas to inflate an air bag of the air bag assembly, the housing/inflator assembly comprising: a plurality of inflators, each inflator including at least one exit port near a first end thereof, each inflator having a respective opposite second end, the housing/inflator assembly further including: a housing for mounting the inflators relative to one another with the at least one exit port of one of the inflator's positioned adjacent the second end of a second of the inflator's and with the second end of the first inflator adjacent the exit port of the second inflator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd D. Fowler, Brian C. Ford, Lawrence R. Langbeen
  • Air bag module with oppositely aligned inflators
    Publication number: 20030141703
    Abstract: An air bag system comprising: a housing/inflator assembly and an air bag assembly operatively linked to the housing/inflator assembly to receive inflation gas to inflate an air bag of the air bag assembly, the housing/inflator assembly comprising: a plurality of inflators, each inflator including at least one exit port near a first end thereof, each inflator having a respective opposite second end, the housing/inflator assembly further including: a housing means for mounting the inflators relative to one another with the at least one exit port of one of the inflators positioned adjacent the second end of a second of the inflators and with the second end of the first inflator adjacent the exit port of the second inflator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Applicant: Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd D. Fowler, Brian C. Ford, Lawrence R. Langbeen