Patents by Inventor Vivekanandan Maripudi

Vivekanandan Maripudi 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
    Patent number: 7255367
    Abstract: First and second air bag cushion portions are joined to form a bi-lobular air bag cushion with an opening adapted to receive inflation gas from an air bag inflator. A first inner panel forms first and second chambers in the first cushion portion and provide for fluid communication therebetween proximate to a distal portion thereof. A second inner panel forms third and fourth chambers in the second cushion portion and provide for fluid communication therebetween proximate to a distal portion thereof. Relatively inboard first and third chambers are in fluid communication with one another. The second and fourth chambers are in fluid communication with the opening. In another embodiment, first and second distribution tubes provide for fluid communication between the opening and relatively distal portions of the first and second cushion portions. The inner panels and the distribution tubes provide for lateral inflation of the bi-lobular air bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: TK Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Barney J. Bauer, Jerome Bosch, Brandon Marriott, Nathaniel J. Dennis, Vivekanandan Maripudi
  • AIR BAG
    Publication number: 20060186648
    Abstract: First and second air bag cushion portions are joined to form a bi-lobular air bag cushion with an opening adapted to receive inflation gas from an air bag inflator. A first inner panel forms first and second chambers in the first cushion portion and provide for fluid communication therebetween proximate to a distal portion thereof. A second inner panel forms third and fourth chambers in the second cushion portion and provide for fluid communication therebetween proximate to a distal portion thereof. Relatively inboard first and third chambers are in fluid communication with one another. The second and fourth chambers are in fluid communication with the opening. In another embodiment, first and second distribution tubes provide for fluid communication between the opening and relatively distal portions of the first and second cushion portions. The inner panels and the distribution tubes provide for lateral inflation of the bi-lobular air bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: TAKATA RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Barney BAUER, Jerome BOSCH, Brandon MARRIOTT, Nathaniel DENNIS, Vivekanandan MARIPUDI