Gregory J Lang
Engineers in Ogden, UT

5797624, Aug 25, 1998

Aug 28, 1996

8/704280

Gregory J. Lang - South Ogden UT
Brian H. Fulmer - Farr West UT
Todd S. Parker - Hollister CA
Harry W. Miller - Ogden UT
Scott A. Jackson - Centerville UT
Steven A. Spear - Denver CO
Graig S. Oba - San Jose CA

Morton International, Inc. - Chicago IL

B60R 2126

280741

An integral label/gasket for use in crimped sealing engagement with an airbag inflator. The integral label/gasket combines a flat, generally annular label, an annular, deformable outer gasket seal and an annular, deformable inner gasket seal into one component. The outer gasket seal is secured to and extends downwardly from a bottom surface of the label adjacent an outer edge of the label, and the inner gasket seal is secured to and extends downwardly from the bottom surface of the label adjacent an inner edge of the label. The label, for printing handling and operational warnings and other information thereon, has adhesive on a top surface thereof for securing the label to a baseplate of an airbag inflator. The outer gasket seal and the outer edge of the label are sized to be secured between the baseplate and a lower marginal edge of a cylindrical outer sidewall of the airbag inflator crimped radially inwardly engaging the baseplate, with the outer gasket seal providing a seal between the baseplate and the outer sidewall. The inner gasket seal and the inner edge of the label are sized to be secured between the baseplate and a lower marginal edge of a cylindrical inner sidewall of the airbag inflator crimped radially inwardly engaging the baseplate, with the inner gasket seal providing a seal between the baseplate and the inner sidewall.

5613706, Mar 25, 1997

Dec 13, 1995

8/572206

Todd S. Parker - Bountiful UT
Gregory J. Lang - South Ogden UT

Morton International, Inc.

B60R 2126

280741

Featured in an air bag inflator in respect of which, during assembly, there is a requirement for the ignition train to be installed last, along with a need to hermetically seal both the gas generant material and the ignition train from the environment, is the use of two independent pressure vessels, one of which contains the gas generant material, filtering and cooling elements and a separate pressure vessel having an open end into which is inserted a squib capable of being activated by an appropriate signal and which contains all of the primary and secondary ignition pyrotechnics, the open end of the pressure vessel being closed by the presence of the squib, the pressure vessel having a necked region in its length which forms a plenum chamber when mated to the second pressure vessel containing the gas generant material, etc. , the circumferance of the pressure vessel containing the squib being ported in such a way as to allow the squib, when fired, to shear out, the effluent of the squib being transferred out through the breaches created at the ported locations into the plenum, the effluent in the plenum then breaching similar ports incorporated into the second pressure vessel containing the gas generant material, the effluent then dispersing into the cavity of the second pressure vessel igniting the gas generant material.

5547213, Aug 20, 1996

Dec 4, 1995

8/566886

Gregory J. Lang - South Ogden UT
George C. Marjanski - Riverdale UT

Morton International, Inc. - Chicago IL

B60R 2116

2807282

An inflator mount for attachment to an inflator having a cylindrical sidewall and a peripheral inflator flange radially extending from the sidewall, and for mounting the inflator within an airbag module. The inflator mount includes a generally flat annular bracket having an inside edge defining an opening that accommodates passage of the radially extending peripheral inflator flange. An inflator flange grip extends downwardly and inwardly from the inside edge of the annular bracket. The inflator flange grip slidingly receives and grippingly engages the inflator flange and embraces the underside thereof to thereby secure the inflator mount to the inflator and adapt the inflator and inflator mount for mounting in an airbag module by means of the annular bracket. The inflator flange grip is variously provided as a cylindrical sleeve frictionally gripping the inflator flange, a cylindrical sleeve with resilient snap tabs, a cylindrical sleeve with inwardly extending dimples, and a cylindrical sleeve with discontinuous segments each having a continuous rib. A unitary module housing and inflator mount is also provided and includes a base plate that is unitary with an annular bracket having an inner edge defining an opening.

7195273, Mar 27, 2007

Apr 12, 2004

10/822501

Robert E. Lewis - West Haven UT, US
Trudy C. Lewis - West Haven UT, US
Gregory J. Lang - South Ogden UT, US
Larry D. Rose - South Weber UT, US

Autoliv ASP, Inc. - Ogden UT

B60R 21/16

2807282

An airbag module may have an inflator, a cushion, and a housing that contains the inflator and the cushion. The housing has an outer wall formed of a flexible material and a bracket designed to be attached to a vehicle. During deployment, the cushion is expelled out of the housing through the bracket. The inflator remains in the housing and inflation gas is conveyed to the cushion through the housing. The inflator may be retained by flaps wrapped around the inflator and secured to a perpendicularly oriented diffuser of the inflator. Alternatively, the diffuser may extend through an orifice formed in a fabric wall within the housing, and retention portions of the outer wall may be wrapped around the opposite side of the inflator. The airbag module may be mounted in an instrument panel to provide front seat, passenger's side impact protection without requiring a rigid module housing.

5845461, Dec 8, 1998

Apr 17, 1996

8/634043

Harry W. Miller - Ogden UT
Richard W. Kirby - Pleasant View UT
Gregory J. Lang - South Ogden UT
Don T. Jensen - Mt. Green UT

B65B 3100

53403

An inflator having a base containing a diffuser and a canister having a chamber for receiving and holding gas under pressure are inserted in aligned, separated position in a pressure chamber. The pressure chamber is closed, sealed and filled with gas, thereby filling the canister. When the gas fill reaches the desired pressure, an integral top press is activated, thereby joining the base with the filled inflator canister. The base is then welded or crimped to the inflator chamber, thereby assembling a complete airbag inflating device.

5520411, May 28, 1996

Mar 23, 1995

8/409272

Gregory J. Lang - Ogden UT
F. Paul Leonelli - Ogden UT

Morton International, Inc. - Chicago IL

B60R 2120

2807283

An airbag module cover having downwardly extending sidewalls is mounted in the base of an airbag housing. The base has downwardly extending peripheral legs thereon having inner and outer walls forming a generally U- or V-shaped integral groove at the lower extremity thereof. The legs have locking tabs positioned above the grooves which tabs are adapted to protrude into or through the sidewalls of the cover. When the sidewalls of the cover are locked in the grooves of the legs, the inner and outer walls of the legs provide lateral support for the sidewalls for preventing separation of the cover sidewalls from the housing during airbag deployment.

5673731, Oct 7, 1997

May 3, 1996

8/642386

David J. Green - Brigham City UT
L. John Pierotti - Huntsville UT
Gregory J. Lang - Ogden UT
Brent T. Mitton - Ogden UT

Morton International, Inc. - Chicago IL

B60R 2100

141 18

An apparatus and method for charging fluids to elongated pressure containers, such as inflators for airbag passive restraint systems is described. The disclosed method and apparatus enables the container to be filled from the side rather than from the end. The charging of more than one fluid to different chambers in the container is also facilitated, either by enabling two charges to be conducted simultaneously, or by allowing the two charges to be conducted through a single fill port.

6957761, Oct 25, 2005

Apr 8, 2003

10/409266

William D. Staheli - North Ogden UT, US
Gregory J. Lang - South Ogden UT, US
Kenneth J. Clark - Morgan UT, US
Robert E. Lewis - Westhaven UT, US

Autoliv ASP, Inc. - Ogden UT

B23K020/12

2281121, 228113, 2281145

A method of joining tubular structures using friction welding is disclosed. The invention provides a method of joining a first tubular structure having a conical contact surface to a second tubular member with an elliptical contact orifice by placing the conical surface within the contact orifice, rotating one of the structures, and pressing them together to form a weld. The invention further discloses airbag inflators constructed using the method of the invention.

5399819, Mar 21, 1995

Mar 29, 1994

8/219629

Gregory J. Lang - Ogden UT
F. Paul Leonelli - Ogden UT
Bradley D. Harris - Farmington UT

Morton International, Inc. - Chicago IL

B60R 2100, H01H 900

200 6154

A membrane horn switch has a flexible thin front plate and a rigid thick back plate. The plates are coated with a conductive layer which are separated by dielectric material applied to either or both plates. The plates are attached together around their perimeters using a pressure sensitive adhesive. The switch is attached directly to an airbag cover, eliminating the need for external backing other than that which is provided by the rigid back plate of the switch.

6244623, Jun 12, 2001

Feb 2, 2000

9/497049

Walter A. Moore - Parker CO
Karl K. Rink - Liberty UT
David J. Green - Brigham City UT
Robert E. Lewis - Roy UT
Gregory J. Lang - Ogden UT

Autoliv ASP, Inc. - Ogden UT

B60R 2126

280737

An inflator apparatus for inflating an inflatable device and a method are provided which utilize a burst disk arrangement which results in a sequential opening regime such as may desirably provide a form of the above-described S curve inflation performance behavior without necessitating the use of or reliance on mechanical opening devices such as projectiles or piston members.