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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7735863 | Ejection mitigation panel An ejection mitigation system for use in a motor vehicle including one or more inflatable airbags and at least one ejection mitigation panel which is not integral with an inflatable airbag and wherein the ejection mitigation panel is attached to at least one point b... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7703803 | Safety net A safety restraint system for a vehicle includes a safety net stored in a wall mounted cartridge wherein a guiding bar, securable in a locking mechanism, steers the safety net away from the wall and provides a secured space around a bunk. The safety net is secured a... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7631896 | Sleeper bunk restraint system for a vehicle A sleeper bunk restraint system comprises a sleeper bunk configured to be carried by a vehicle, a curtain extendable over an occupant-supporting top surface of the bunk, and a curtain support member configured to support the curtain away from the top surface of the ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7556291 | Vehicle restraint system A vehicle safety system comprises a gate movably coupled to the vehicle, and a collapsible barrier coupled to the gate and to the vehicle. The gate is movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. In the stowed position, the gate collapses the collapsib... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7464962 | Safety device for a truck cabin and cabin for a truck A novel safety device for the driver's cabin of a truck, wherein the driver's cabin demonstrates at least one driver seat (10, 16) with a first side (10a) facing a side window and a second side (10b) opposite the first side, is suggested. The sa... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7441796 | Airbag system An airbag system includes at least an airbag and a gas supply device. The airbag is mounted to an upper part of a sidewall of a vehicle and has a function of protecting an occupant by inflating downwardly into an occupant protection region between the occupant and t... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7427081 | Passenger protection system which detects closeness of passenger to inner side surface of interior A passenger protection system for a vehicle having a door opening to which a door is attached. The system has an airbag attached in a folded form along an upper edge of the door opening, wherein when being expanded, the airbag is deployed along an inner side surface... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7416211 | Safety system for an automobile A safety system is provided for an automobile, which includes a plurality of sensors for monitoring a plurality of parameters. The safety system also includes a processor to ascertain an imminent accident. The system further includes one or more parasols that cover ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7407182 | Vehicle occupant protection device An occupant protection device for a vehicle having several longitudinal rows of seats in a passenger compartment. The occupant protection device includes an inflator for generating gas and a longitudinally elongated roof side airbag mounted to a roof side rail. The ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7396041 | Curtain airbag device A curtain airbag includes an inflatable cell below a non-inflatable portion that resists being bent when the curtain airbag is inflated. The curtain airbag has a non-inflatable portion and a plurality of inflatable cells that are disposed in front of, behind, above,... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7390017 | Occupant restraining device An occupant restraining device (S1) is provided with: a shielding member (41) to be let off from the peripheral edge (DW/VW) of a vehicle window (WF) arranged in a door of a vehicle, so as to shield the window; and a let-off means (81, 86, 87) f... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7380853 | Crash appropriate vehicle partition A crash worthy vehicle partition for securely separating the front of a vehicle from the rear of vehicle. The vehicle partition includes upper mounting brackets and lower mounting brackets that allow for limited, rearward motion of the vehicle parrition in the event... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370878 | Structure for attaching a fabric sheet to a vehicle body A structure for attaching a fabric sheet to a vehicle body, wherein the fabric sheet may be prevented from being twisted together with the rotation of a threaded fastener such as a bolt during fixation of the fabric sheet to the vehicle body by the threaded fastener... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364185 | Occupant protecting device and air bag device for rear-end collision mounted on vehicle A vehicle includes an air bag device for an occupant seated in a rearmost seat. The air bag device includes an air bag, which is accommodated at the rear end portion of the roof of the vehicle in a folded state, and an inflator, which supplies gas to the air bag. Th... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357413 | Curtain airbag device A curtain airbag device and a guiding element that achieve a simplified installation process for attaching a curtain airbag to a vehicle body, and that allow the curtain airbag to be deployed smoothly. When an inflator is activated, a curtain airbag may be deployed ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357414 | Closure for a gas supply system A seal for a gas supply system of metal, in particular for sealing an airbag conduit, wherein, during operation, the gas supply system has a gas-conducting cross-section and a wall of metal, wherein in the area which seals the cross-section of the gas supply system,... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7328911 | Airbag fastener An airbag device includes an airbag configured to inflate in an event of a vehicle emergency and a retention mechanism for securing the airbag in a folded storage position. The retention mechanism includes a strap wrapped around a portion of the airbag and a slit th... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325826 | Curtain airbag device A curtain airbag device and a guide unit are provided such that a lower rear portion of a curtain airbag can be deployed smoothly. When an inflator is activated, a curtain airbag is deployed in the downward direction. During the deployment, the rear portion of the c... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322606 | Occupant protection apparatus An occupant protection apparatus includes a cover sheet adapted to be fed out from a peripheral edge of a window of a vehicle, when a pulling unit is activated, so as to cover the window. The pulling unit includes a pulling string having flexibility and a pulling de... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322626 | Vehicle drive security screen A vehicle driver security screen and in particular a screen that seeks to minimize access to the driver's area of a vehicle such as a taxi cab or bus from side or rear attempts by passengers to access the driver area in an assault or robbery situation. The security ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309097 | Cover for protecting the occupants of a motor vehicle having an openable roof A covering apparatus protects motor vehicle occupants from an openable roof of the vehicle in which the roof is movable along an enveloping surface between a stored position in which the roof is opened and a closed position in which the roof is closed. The apparatus... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303209 | Transportation riders web restrain system A transportation riders protection system has a web (22) including a head protection device (21) deployed from a case (20) by two cable pullers (50) and (90) protecting rider (80) from collision impact. An automatic sensor (... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300085 | Motor vehicle safety barrier mounting A improved form of attachment for a motor vehicle safety screen assembly which includes a screen having a perimeter frame (12) of tubular metal and an in fill panel (13) extending between the perimeter frame members, and a plurality of metal securing s... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287796 | Integrated cargo net for a vehicle A cargo net assembly for a vehicle is described that includes a storage receptacle. The storage receptacle is mounted to the inside of the roof of the vehicle. Pivotable doors may be opened to allow the net to be lowered with a base plate into a use position. The ba... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7273228 | Guide unit for guiding curtain airbag and curtain airbag device A curtain airbag device and a guide unit allow for quick deployment of a curtain airbag by smoothly guiding a link strap that connects a curtain airbag and a guide element into the space between a side edge of a pillar garnish and a vehicle member at the early stage... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267364 | Curtain airbag device A curtain airbag device which allows quick deployment of a curtain airbag. When an inflator is activated, a curtain airbag is deployed downward along the cabin-side of a pillar garnish. During the deployment, the rear portion of the curtain airbag is guided by a gui... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264275 | Occupant restraint system A restraint system for restraining a recumbent occupant of a vehicle seat surface includes a member being selectively movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The member, when in the deployed position, extends higher than the seat surface and is co... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261375 | Automobile pet bed construction A sling construction in the form of a hammock includes a number of panels stitched together in the form of an open top container for placement in the back seat of a motor vehicle to protect the interior of the vehicle and to further protect animals within the sling ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261316 | Side curtain airbag assembly An airbag attachment associated with a non-inflatable portion on a side curtain airbag provides loops that are sewn or otherwise attached to the non-inflatable portion of the airbag. The loops directly encircle a gas supply tube and are provided on the non-inflatabl... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7244216 | Method and system for preventing pole vault fall injuries A method for preventing serious injuries to a person participating in a physical activity, such as pole-vaulting, which occurs at least partially over a hard surface. The method includes: detecting predetermined criteria indicative of a condition which requires depl... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243943 | Air-bag arrangement An air-bag arrangement in the form of inflatable curtain (1) has a plurality of inflatable regions (12, 19, 25) spaced from the front of the inflatable curtain to the rear of the inflatable curtain. The rear-most inflatable region (25) is connec... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240814 | Vehicle center console defining a reconfigurable storage area A center console storage system for a vehicle includes an enclosure defining a storage space that is easily reconfigured using one or more webs. Each web includes a plurality of fasteners that are easily attached to, and detached from, a plurality of receptacles tha... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7213856 | Load collapse prevention device There is provided a load collapse prevention device including a pair of holders (5) fixedly attached to parts of the inner wall of a vehicle compartment, at both ends thereof, in a vehicle-width direction, on the side of the ceiling, respectively, so as to op... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207613 | Luggage area protection device for a motor vehicle A luggage area protection device includes a flexible flat article movably arranged between a compactly deposited rest position and an extracted functioning position. At the front end in the extraction direction, a dimensionally stable extraction part, extending tran... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201395 | Knee-protecting airbag device In a knee-protecting airbag device according to the present invention, an airbag folded and housed in undeployed condition protrudes rearward from a housing case to deploy upward and protects knees of a driver upon inflow of inflation gas. The airbag includes a cove... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195276 | Occupant protection system An occupant protection system for protecting an occupant includes a deployable body for deploying downwardly from above in a vehicle cabin into a vertically and laterally deployed state. A bag is provided to the deployable body to be inflated to a predetermined size... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195297 | Vehicle partition A vehicle security partition for use in vehicles to form a barrier between front and rear occupant areas. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7178827 | Occupant ejection prevention assembly An automotive ejection prevention assembly is provided comprising an airbag mounted within the beltline of a vehicle door. The airbag has an airbag stored condition and an airbag deployed position. The airbag expands vertically upwards from the beltline when in the ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7165783 | Airbag for a passenger protection device An airbag for a passenger protection device affords optimum protection to a passenger while being produced using only a small amount of material and, therefore, in an economical manner. This is achieved by providing the airbag with at least two partial airbags that ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163231 | Curtain airbag A curtain airbag includes a curtain airbag body folded to have a long substantially elliptic-cylindrical sectional shape and a cover covering the curtain airbag body. On a side surface of the cover, openings are formed at intervals in the longitudinal direction of a... | 01/16/2007 |
