Patents by Inventor Ying-Kuo Lee

Ying-Kuo Lee 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).

  • Apparatus having a mechanism for limiting the movement of an air bag module relative to a steering wheel
    Patent number: 7464959
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for a vehicle includes a steering wheel (12) and a vehicle occupant protection device (14) that is mounted to the steering wheel (12) and is actuatable for helping to protect an occupant of the vehicle. At least a portion of the vehicle occupant protection device (14) is movable relative to the steering wheel (12) for actuating an electric device (108) associated with the vehicle when a force is applied to any one of various locations on the vehicle occupant protection device (14). The apparatus (10) also includes a mechanism (104) for substantially blocking tilt of the movable portion of the vehicle occupant protection device (14) relative to the steering wheel (12) during movement for actuating the electric device (108).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Charles S. Pillsbury, IV, Arnold J. Herberg, Neil G. Murray, Jr., Evgeny I. Rivin, Victor R. Fey, Ying-Kuo Lee, Jagan Kumar Surendran
  • Membrane for a vehicle occupant protection apparatus
    Publication number: 20070158934
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) includes a housing (22) containing a fluid (32) at a first pressure. A portion of the housing (22) includes a nickel-based alloy. The nickel-based alloy has a strain hardening index less than about 0.2. In one embodiment, the housing (22) has an outflow opening (42) closed by a membrane (44). A surface (110) of the membrane (44) extends across the opening (42) and includes a plurality of indentations (130).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Ying-Kuo Lee, Amy Niesluchowski, Kirk Short, Kwen Hsu, Darrin Johnson
  • Apparatus having a mechanism for limiting the movement of an air bag module relative to a steering wheel
    Publication number: 20060197323
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for a vehicle includes a steering wheel (12) and a vehicle occupant protection device (14) that is mounted to the steering wheel (12) and is actuatable for helping to protect an occupant of the vehicle. At least a portion of the vehicle occupant protection device (14) is movable relative to the steering wheel (12) for actuating an electric device (108) associated with the vehicle when a force is applied to any one of various locations on the vehicle occupant protection device (14). The apparatus (10) also includes a mechanism (104) for substantially blocking tilt of the movable portion of the vehicle occupant protection device (14) relative to the steering wheel (12) during movement for actuating the electric device (108).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Charles Pillsbury, Arnold Herberg, Neil Murray, Evgeny Rivin, Victor Fey, Ying-Kuo Lee, Jagan Surendran