Patents by Inventor William Bredo Berghoff

William Bredo Berghoff 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).

  • Seat side airbag seam
    Patent number: 8210567
    Abstract: A seam for use in a seat of a vehicle having a side airbag that deploys through a cover of the vehicle seat. The seam including a first material and a second material joined to the first material. A monofilament member used to join the first material to the second material. The monofilament member will allow for quicker and easier tearing of the seam thus allowing for more complete and quicker deployment of the airbag through the vehicle seat cover to protect the occupant from contact with interior surfaces of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Irvin Automotive Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Wieczorek, Timothy Owen Hamlin, William Bredo Berghoff
  • Seat side airbag seam
    Publication number: 20080018082
    Abstract: A seam for use in a seat of a vehicle having a side airbag that deploys through a cover of the vehicle seat. The seam including a first material and a second material joined to the first material. A monofilament member used to join the first material to the second material. The monofilament member will allow for quicker and easier tearing of the seam thus allowing for more complete and quicker deployment of the airbag through the vehicle seat cover to protect the occupant from contact with interior surfaces of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Joseph P. Wieczorek, Timothy Owen Hamlin, William Bredo Berghoff