Key Safety Systems, Inc.

Autoliv Asp, Incorporated

Other

Christopher Donald Morgan

David R Arnold

David Robert Palm, Jr

Huiyao Liu

Stephan F Vetter

Kristopher Shaffer

Marcus Weber

Yutaka Hirota

Terry Allen Sella

Remi Baillivet

Bayard C Temple

Zhiyong Jiang

Toshiaki Ebana

David R Palm

Driver airbag cushion assemblies comprising dampening means. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise a driver airbag module, a steering wheel armature, and an intermediate plate positioned between the driver airbag module and the steering wheel armature. The assembly may further comprise one or more horn actuators, such as horn springs coupled to the airbag module, and one or more dampening members. The one or more dampening members may be used to couple two or more of the armature, plate, and airbag module together. In some embodiments, the dampening member(s) may be functionally and/or physically decoupled from the one or more horn actuators.

Dampening driver airbag assemblies and related systems and methods

A cigar shaped pipe, ideally made from premium materials such as briar, yet designed to be low cost to manufacture. The device uses a comparatively thin-walled combustion chamber, which both keeps material costs to a minimum, as well as an in-line reverse Calabash chamber to reduce the temperature and moisture of the smoke. In some embodiments, the pipe will further use an end cap, ether for pipe storage or during smoking. This optional end-cap will ideally be made of the same materials as the main pipe body, and thus will have similar thermal expansion properties, as well as having the same beneficial combustion chamber properties. This end cap may utilize O-rings or screw threads to hold the pipe's end cap onto position, thus enabling easy loading and cleaning.

Cigar shaped smoking device with reverse calabash chamber

Vibration suppressors can include a resiliently flexible spring system that may be mounted at an exterior of a steering wheel of a vehicle, such as at a hub portion of a steering wheel armature. The spring system can include a fixable portion and a displaceable portion that is configured to be displaced relative to the fixable portion. A mass system can be coupled to the displaceable portion of the spring system and may also be at an exterior of the steering wheel.

Steering wheel vibration suppressors

A seatbelt retractor assembly () has a seatbelt retractor () and an actuator () for locking and unlocking the seatbelt retractor (). An inertial sensor mass () detects changes in vehicle speed. The mass () has a guide surface () for interacting with the actuator (). The guide surface () moves between an unlocking position in which the actuator () unlocks the seatbelt retractor () and a locking position in which the actuator () locks the seatbelt retractor (). The guide surface () has an inner profile portion () and at least an outer profile portion (). The actuator () is in contact with the inner profile portion () in the unlocking position while moving into contact with the outer profile portion () as the actuator () moves towards the locking position. The inner profile portion () causes a different acceleration of the actuator () than the outer profile portion ().

Seatbelt retractor having an inertial sensor weight with a guide surface

A seatbelt retractor assembly () has a seatbelt retractor () and an actuator () for locking and unlocking the seatbelt retractor (). An inertial sensor mass () detects changes in vehicle speed. The mass () has a guide surface () for interacting with the actuator (). The guide surface () moves between an unlocking position () in which the actuator () unlocks the seatbelt retractor () and a locking position () in which the actuator () locks the seatbelt retractor (). The actuator () has an actuator arm () with a surface contacting portion () in contact with the guide surface () and an open slot () above the surface contacting portion (). The surface contacting portion () is connected to the actuator arm () by a beam structure () having a spring rate Ksufficient to maintain the open slot () open during normal vehicle operation.

Seatbelt retractor having a cushioned sensor actuator

A seat belt retractor () has an actuator () for unlocking and locking the seat belt retractor () An inertial sensor () detects changes in vehicle acceleration and interacts with the actuator () to lock and unlock the seat belt retractor (). The inertial sensor () has one inertial sensor mass, each mass () has a wide portion () and a narrow portion (). Preferably each inertial sensor mass () has a high density body () embedded in the wide portion () of the elastomeric material (). The inertial sensor mass () has a greater density than the elastomeric material () Moreover, the elastomeric material () at least partially surrounds an exterior circumferential surface () of the inertial sensor mass (). The inertial sensor mass () has a body () having the wide portion () and optionally the narrow portion () with preferably one or more elastomeric protruding member () extending from said body (). The one or more protruding members () are movable relative to said body () and soften contact rattle impacts thus reducing noise.

Overmolded inertia sensor mass for a seat belt retractor

A seat belt retractor has a spool for carrying seat belt webbing rotatably mounted about a longitudinal axle and biased in a seat belt webbing rewinding direction. A toothed ratchet wheel is mounted to rotate with the spool. A sensor is provided for detecting an emergency condition, and a vehicle acceleration sensor lever is responsive to the sensor to engage the ratchet wheel in an emergency. The retractor can operate in a first, emergency locking mode in which the spool is not locked and can rotate to pay-out and to rewind seat belt webbing. In a second, automatic locking mode the spool is locked against pay-out of the seat belt webbing. A switching means has a subassembly attached to an end of the seat belt retractors. The subassembly has an axially directed spring to reduce axial spacing between the housing, an eccentric cam and axially adjacent disks.

Noise reducing seat belt retractor

A seat belt retractor () has an actuator () for unlocking and locking the seat belt retractor (). An inertial sensor () detects changes in vehicle acceleration and interacts with the actuator () to lock and unlock the seat belt retractor (). The inertial sensor () has one inertial sensor mass, each mass () has a wide portion () and a narrow portion (). Preferably each inertial sensor mass () has a high density body () embedded in the wide portion () of the elastomeric material (). The inertial sensor mass () has a greater density than the elastomeric material (). Moreover, the elastomeric material () at least partially surrounds an exterior circumferential surface () of the inertial sensor mass (). The inertial sensor mass () has a body () having the wide portion () and optionally the narrow portion () with preferably one or more elastomeric protruding member () extending from said body (). The one or more protruding members () are movable relative to said body () and soften contact rattle impacts thus reducing noise.

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Sterling Heights, MI, United States of America

Christopher Donald Morgan