Patents by Inventor William Mar
William Mar 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).
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Patent number: 11970128Abstract: A sealed modular trim supplemental side air bag inflatable curtain (SABIC) module assembly includes a SABIC and a vehicle trim assembly encapsulating the SABIC. The SABIC is sealed within the vehicle trim assembly and provided as a complete compact module configured for subsequent attachment to a vehicle roll bar.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: William Mar, Alan R Kirby, Grant T Smith, Michael J Jarvis, Mark A Steinbach, Jerry Domulewicz
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Publication number: 20220258690Abstract: A sealed modular trim supplemental side air bag inflatable curtain (SABIC) module assembly includes a SABIC and a vehicle trim assembly encapsulating the SABIC. The SABIC is sealed within the vehicle trim assembly and provided as a complete compact module configured for subsequent attachment to a vehicle roll bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: William Mar, Alan R. Kirby, Grant T. Smith, Michael J. Jarvis, Mark A. Steinbach, Jerry Domulewicz
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Patent number: 7200092Abstract: A method for adjusting a reference level of an analog signal from a plurality of periodically sampled points includes the following steps. Firstly, a first level shift from an preliminary reference level to the last second sampled point within a specified period and a second level shift from the preliminary reference level to the last sampled point within the specified period is determined when one of a first level of the last second sampled point and a second level of the last sampled point is higher than the preliminary reference level and the other is lower than the preliminary reference level. Then, the preliminary reference level is moved toward the first level when an absolute value of the first level shift is greater than an absolute value of the second level shift, and the preliminary reference level is moved toward the second level when the absolute value of the first level shift is less than the absolute value of the second level shift, thereby defining an adjusted reference level.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2003Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Via Technologies, Inc.Inventor: William Mar
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Patent number: 7185269Abstract: In a Viterbi decoder, a branch metric calculating operation of a series of received input data is performed according to different sets of target levels to realize a plurality of branch metric values, wherein said target level sets are not identical. Accumulative operations of the branch metric values are performed, respectively, and the plurality of accumulated values are compared in groups. A plurality of control signals and a plurality of least accumulated values are outputted according comparing results of the accumulated values. The least accumulated values are received and stored, and then fed back for next accumulation operations. A plurality of possible output-data state transition tracks are recoded in response to the control signals. The output data are determined according to the least accumulated values and output-data state transition tracks.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2003Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: VIA Optical Solution, Inc.Inventors: William Mar, Kelven Cheng
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Patent number: 7085949Abstract: A method and related apparatus for providing a clock synchronized with an input signal. The method includes generating an estimated rate according to transitions in the input signal, processing a dithering step for updating the estimated rate by multiplying it with a predetermined ratio, and adjusting the frequency of the clock according to the updated estimated rate. The predetermined ratios used in repeated dithering steps are modified according to a predetermined rule such that the predetermined ratio is different when the dithering steps are repeated.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2003Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: VIA Technologies Inc.Inventors: William Mar, Luke Wen
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Patent number: 6789816Abstract: A passenger airbag assembly is provided with a guide chute. The chute guides a deploying airbag to a door in the instrument panel. The door comprises steel inserts molded into the material of the door. The steel inserts include three slots spaced apart to absorb stress. To reinforce the hinges of the door, a guide or reinforcement ledge is provided at the sides. To reinforce the ledge, ramps are provided on the underside of the ledge.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2002Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Assignee: DaimlerChrysler CorporationInventors: William Mar, Fred Daris, John Rust
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Publication number: 20040108696Abstract: A passenger airbag assembly is provided with a guide chute. The chute guides a deploying airbag to a door in the instrument panel. The door comprises steel inserts molded into the material of the door. The steel inserts include three slots spaced apart to absorb stress. To reinforce the hinges of the door, a guide or reinforcement ledge is provided at the sides. To reinforce the ledge, ramps are provided on the underside of the ledge.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2002Publication date: June 10, 2004Applicant: DaimlerChrysler CorporationInventors: William Mar, Fred Daris, John Rust
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Publication number: 20040107376Abstract: A method and related apparatus for providing a clock synchronized with an input signal. The method includes generating an estimated rate according to transitions in the input signal, processing a dithering step for updating the estimated rate by multiplying it with a predetermined ratio, and adjusting the frequency of the clock according to the updated estimated rate. The predetermined ratios used in repeated dithering steps are modified according to a predetermined rule such that the predetermined ratio is different when the dithering steps are repeated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2003Publication date: June 3, 2004Inventors: William Mar, Luke Wen
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Patent number: 6737998Abstract: A method for correcting an analog signal to target levels is provided. Firstly, the analog signal is periodically sampled to obtain a plurality of sampled points. Then, levels of the sampled points are compared with a threshold value to find a set of sequentially sampled points including a head and a tail ones, each having a first comparing result with the threshold value, and the other intermediate ones, each having a second comparing result with the threshold value. Then, one of the set of sequentially sampled points, which has the second comparing result with the threshold value, is adjusted to one of the target levels. A device for correcting an analog signal to target levels is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2003Date of Patent: May 18, 2004Assignee: Via Technologies, Inc.Inventor: William Mar
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Publication number: 20040062167Abstract: A method for adjusting a reference level of an analog signal from a plurality of periodically sampled points includes the following steps. Firstly, a first level shift from an preliminary reference level to the last second sampled point within a specified period and a second level shift from the preliminary reference level to the last sampled point within the specified period is determined when one of a first level of the last second sampled point and a second level of the last sampled point is higher than the preliminary reference level and the other is lower than the preliminary reference level. Then, the preliminary reference level is moved toward the first level when an absolute value of the first level shift is greater than an absolute value of the second level shift, and the preliminary reference level is moved toward the second level when the absolute value of the first level shift is less than the absolute value of the second level shift, thereby defining an adjusted reference level.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2003Publication date: April 1, 2004Inventor: William Mar
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Publication number: 20040006735Abstract: A Viterbi decoder includes a branch metric calculating circuit, an adder-comparator-selector unit, a metric register, a survivor memory unit, a decision circuit, and optionally a normalizing circuit. For performing the decoding method, a plurality of target level sets are provided first. A branch metric calculating operation of a series of received input data is performed according to the target levels to realize a plurality of branch metric values. Accumulative operations of the branch metric values are performed, respectively, and the plurality of accumulated values are compared in groups. A plurality of control signals and a plurality of least accumulated values are outputted according comparing results of the accumulated values. The least accumulated values are received and stored, and then fed back for next accumulation operations. A plurality of possible output-data state transition tracks are recoded in response to the control signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2003Publication date: January 8, 2004Inventors: William Mar, Kelven Cheng
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Patent number: 6664904Abstract: A method for recovering a data required to have n consecutive and repetitive bits is disclosed. The data is obtained by converting a sample value sequence into a binary sequence according to a preset value and the data having n−1 consecutive first-level bits and two second-level bits immediately adjacent to two end bits of the n−1 consecutive first-level bits, respectively. The method corrects one of the two second-level bits, which has a corresponding sample value closer to the preset value than the other, into another first-level bit to obtain n consecutive first-level bits. In addition, a device for recovering a data to be decoded is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2002Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Via Optical Solution, Inc.Inventors: William Mar, Luke Wen
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Publication number: 20030179115Abstract: A method for recovering a data required to have n consecutive and repetitive bits is disclosed. The data is obtained by converting a sample value sequence into a binary sequence according to a preset value and the data having n−1 consecutive first-level bits and two second-level bits immediately adjacent to two end bits of the n−1 consecutive first-level bits, respectively. The method corrects one of the two second-level bits, which has a corresponding sample value closer to the preset value than the other, into another first-level bit to obtain n consecutive first-level bits. In addition, a device for recovering a data to be decoded is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2002Publication date: September 25, 2003Inventors: William Mar, Luke Wen
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Publication number: 20030112908Abstract: A method and related circuit for recovering a digital signal can operate with a sampling frequency less than a data frequency. The circuit includes a plurality of interpolators for generating an output signal. The output signal is used by a computation module to generate a plurality of control words. The control words are used by the interpolators to perform weighted interpolation functions to precisely generate the output signal. A data circuit can then extract the original input signal digital information from the output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2002Publication date: June 19, 2003Inventor: William Mar
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Patent number: 6290259Abstract: An anti-roping turning loop is provided for a vehicle seatbelt. The turning loop defines a guide slot which is provided with anti-roping projections which prevent twisting of the seatbelt web.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 1998Date of Patent: September 18, 2001Assignee: DaimlerChrysler CorporationInventors: Thomas Drobot, William Mar, Fred Daris, White David
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Patent number: 6264281Abstract: An automotive seat belt buckle pretensioner assembly includes a special mounting bracket for supporting the operating components of a pyrotechnic-powered cable extending from the seat belt buckle around a cable-redirection pulley. The mounting bracket includes a flat major wall that is parallel to a major wall on the pulley support structure, so that the pulley is located within the space defined by the parallel walls. A bolt, or rivet, extending between the parallel walls provides shaft support for the pulley, while acting as a connector mechanism between the pulley support structure and mounting bracket.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: DaimlerChrysler CorporationInventors: Matthew E. Dukatz, Christopher J. Pesta, William Mar, Frederick R. Shaver
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Patent number: 6149242Abstract: An automotive seat belt buckle pretensioner is economically mounted on a seat structure with a bracket structure that includes a first major wall securable to an available mounting surface, a second major wall offset horizontally from the first wall mounting the operating components of the pretensioner, and a horizontal connector wall joining the first and second major walls. The bracket can be reconfigured to meet different mounting surface availabilities and installation space requirements.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 1999Date of Patent: November 21, 2000Assignee: DaimlerChrysler CorporationInventors: Christopher J. Pesta, Matthew E. Dukatz, William Mar
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Patent number: 5984358Abstract: An improved seat belt latchplate having a plurality or ribs in a web-guiding slot for resisting, roping and twisting of a seat belt webbing.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1997Date of Patent: November 16, 1999Assignee: Chrysler CorporationInventors: William Mar, Fred Daris, Gary Bityk, Randall J. Ryszewski
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Patent number: 5941600Abstract: A method and apparatus for mounting an article such as a child seat tether to a vehicle floor comprising a mounting bar, first and second mounting brackets connected to the mounting bar, the brackets capable of connecting to preexisting seat attachment points of a vehicle floor, a plurality of tether attachment points on the mounting bar, and a mounting bar attachable to any of the attachment points.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 1996Date of Patent: August 24, 1999Assignee: Chrysler CorporationInventors: William Mar, Adrian L. Ashcroft, Gary Bityk, Gregory A. Beecher