Mark S Hatfield

7883112, Feb 8, 2011

May 27, 2008

12/154751

Dana Wold - Farmington Hills MI, US
James E. Nelson - Salt Lake City UT, US
Brian Czach - Shelby Township MI, US
Mark S. Hatfield - Providence UT, US

Autoliv ASP, Inc. - Ogden UT

B60R 21/16

2807431

A textile gas guide may include a fabric member which may include an obverse side, a reverse side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge. The fabric member may overlap upon itself at least once such that at least a portion of the obverse side adjacent the leading edge may be disposed to align with at least a portion of the reverse side adjacent the trailing edge to define an overlapping region. A first seam may be sewn through the overlapping region, the first seam being in shear stress when the airbag module is inflated. An airbag module may include the above textile gas guide and an airbag cushion including an inflation throat. At least a portion of the textile gas guide may be located within the inflation throat. An inflator may be inserted into the textile gas guide.

8006998, Aug 30, 2011

Jul 22, 2009

12/507699

Mark S. Hatfield - Providence UT, US
Kevin Button - Plain City UT, US
James Coleman - North Ogden UT, US

Autoliv ASP, Inc. - Ogden UT

B60R 21/16

2807302

Inflatable airbag cushions often have modular components attached to them after the main airbag has been manufactured. Such modular components can include external tethers, mounting tabs, mounting assemblies, inflatable curtain ramps, and fill tubes. Often, these modular components are positioned at predetermined locations on the airbag. The modular component can be coupled to the airbag by employing one or more adhesives. Also, the modular component can be coupled to the airbag by stitching.

8056924, Nov 15, 2011

Aug 20, 2009

12/544952

Mark S. Hatfield - Providence UT, US
Blake Cheal - Perry UT, US

Autoliv ASP, Inc. - Ogden UT

B60R 21/16

2807302, 2807282

Inflatable airbag cushions often have modular components attached to them after the main airbag has been manufactured. Such modular components can include external tethers, mounting tabs, mounting assemblies, and fill tubes. Often, these modular components are positioned at predetermined locations on the airbag. Further, the modular components typically have a predetermined orientation. Employing an alignment aperture and at least one landmark on the airbag can allow a modular component to be positioned correctly along at least one axis of the airbag. Landmarks can include seams, edges, folds, and marks, such as ink from printing. Additional apertures, landmarks and/or hardware can be used to assure proper orientation of the modular component on the airbag. The modular component can be coupled to the airbag by stitching.

8091918, Jan 10, 2012

Jan 19, 2010

12/689813

Abe Mitchell - Brigham City UT, US
Mark Hatfield - Providence UT, US

Autoliv ASP, Inc. - Ogden UT

B60R 21/20
B60R 21/214

2807282, 2807302

Mounting assemblies can be used to attach an inflatable curtain airbag to a vehicle structure. Mounting assemblies can include a mounting member, a connecting member, and an optional wrapper. The connecting member is attached to the mounting member and the airbag via stitching, which can be categorized according to the primary direction of stress that may be placed on the stitching during airbag deployment. Stitching in shear is stronger than otherwise identical stitching in peel; however, a preferred method of packaging a curtain airbag results in a b-rolled airbag that can not be attached to the connecting member with shear stitching alone. Peel stitching alone may not be strong enough to retain an occupant within the vehicle during a rollover event. As such, a combination of a folded connecting member, shear stitching, and peel stitching allows a b-roll airbag to meet occupant ejection mitigation requirements.

8408582, Apr 2, 2013

Jun 23, 2010

12/821899

Larry F. Lunt - Brigham City UT, US
Louis A. Mueller - Roy UT, US
Mark I. Enders - Pleasant View UT, US
Mark S. Hatfield - Providence UT, US

Autoliv ASP, Inc. - Ogden UT

B60R 21/217
B60R 21/26

2807282, 280742

Heat shields are used to shield an airbag from hot gasses issuing from an inflator. The heat shields can be a piece of thin metal that is coupled to the airbag cushion or the inflator. The heat shield can be held in place by being attached or coupled to the airbag and/or the inflator.

20090058051, Mar 5, 2009

Sep 4, 2007

11/849441

Mark Hatfield - Providence UT, US
Ian Taylor - Cheshire, GB
Alan Bradburn - Stoke on Trent, GB

B60R 21/16

280729

In order to provide a curtain airbag that is of light weight, that is less expensive and easy to manufacture and that protects securely body parts from coming into a position outside the car, the invention refers to a curtain airbag which comprises a first section having two side walls enclosing a first gas chamber, a second section having two side walls enclosing a second gas chamber, a tube made of a flexible material extending between the first and the second section and connecting the first gas chamber with the second gas chamber and a non-inflatable intermediate section connecting the first and the second section and being connected to the first section by a first seam, to the second section by a second seam, and to the tube by a third seam.

20110025023, Feb 3, 2011

Jul 29, 2009

12/511810

Mark S. Hatfield - Providence UT, US
Kevin Button - Plain City UT, US

B60R 21/20
F16J 15/00

2807282, 277316

An airbag deployed by pressurized gas emitted from an inflator in a vehicle passenger safety module includes an inflation portion that captures pressurized gas from the inflator and an inlet portion that communicates with the inflation portion and is configured to receive and to be secured to the outer surface of the discharge end of the inflator. A substantially continuous elastomeric gasket made of cured liquid silicone is carried on the interior surface of the inlet portion at a location that circumscribes the outer surface of the discharge end of the inflator, when the discharge end is received into the inlet portion. The transverse extent of the gasket is substantially smaller than its longitudinal extent, while the thickness of the gasket is greater than the thickness of the wall of the inlet portion of the airbag upon which the gasket is carried. Thus, a coupling structure for effecting the interconnection between an inflator and an airbag in a vehicle passenger safety module takes the from of a cured band of liquid sealant that is disposed between an exterior surface of the discharge end of the inflator and an interior surface of an inlet portion of the airbag due to being is secured directly to the interior surface of the inlet portion.

20130015640, Jan 17, 2013

Jul 11, 2011

13/179801

Bobby Lusk - Lake Orion MI, US
Bin Wang - Windsor, CA
Brian Czach - Shelby Township MI, US
Bradley W. Smith - Plain City UT, US
Charles Richards - Farmington UT, US
Louis Mueller - Roy UT, US
Mark S. Hatfield - Providence UT, US
Brett Richard Garner - South Weber UT, US

B60R 21/16

2807282

A side airbag module assembly for a vehicle seat back rest features a molded plastic cover () with a Class A surface constituting the outside of the cover visible after installation in the backrest (). A base plate () of an airbag holder () made of metal or plastic is rigidly connected to the cover () by insert-molding or a different method of attachment. A fastening bracket () is integrally formed onto the base plate (). An airbag () including a gas generator () is prepackaged in a soft pack () with fasteners () protruding from the soft pack (). The fasteners () and the fastening bracket () are configured to attach the soft pack () to the airbag holder (). Upon deployment of the airbag, the fastening bracket () will bend and thereby open the cover (), which allows the airbag () to inflate in a forward direction.