JOHN R YANNACCONE
Engineers in Perkasie, PA

6155601, Dec 5, 2000

Apr 30, 1999

9/303303

Alan Everett Cantor - Ivyland PA
Louis Anthony D'Aulerio - Horsham PA
Leon P. Domzalski - Mount Laurel NJ
Bruce Peter Holmberg - Rockville MD
Michael Leonid Markushewski - Huntingdon Valley PA
Larry Andrew Sicher - Quakertown PA
Gary Robert Whitman - Jamison PA
John Richard Yannaccone - Perkasie PA

ARCCA Incorporated - Penns Park PA

B60R 2200

280806

A vehicle seat assembly for protecting an occupant of a vehicle from injury includes a seat assembly having a seat back and a seat bottom, a pair of side bolsters disposed on each side of the seat back, a combined seat/lap belt and shoulder belt restraint which is affixed directly to the seat assembly, and a secondary shoulder restraint affixed to the seat assembly. The seat bottom includes a front portion and a ramp upwardly sloped towards the front portion of the seat bottom. A cushion constructed of a rate sensitive compression material having a compressive response to a slow application of force and a rigid response to a rapid application of force is disposed adjacent to the seat ramp. Pretensioning devices are operatively connected to both the combined seat/lap belt and shoulder belt restraint and to the supplemental shoulder belt restraint and are adapted to activate in response to a signal from a crash sensor to remove slack from the combined seat/lap belt and shoulder belt restraint and/or the supplemental shoulder belt restraint.

5872321, Feb 16, 1999

Dec 8, 1997

8/986547

John R. Yannaccone - Perkasie PA

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC

G01M 708, G01M 1900

738653

An apparatus for conducting impact events for use in conjunction with a hzontal accelerator includes a base having tracks attached to the top thereof; a seat slidably attached to the tracks, the seat capable of moving independently of the base and along the tracks, the seat for positioning a test dummy before and during an impact event; a barrier positioned and arranged adjacent one end of the base for impacting the test dummy, the barrier having load cells for generating signals in response to the impact between the test dummy and the barrier; an attenuator for impacting the seat and accelerating the seat up to the velocity of the base when the base is accelerated by the horizontal accelerator; and an anti-reverse mechanism for retaining the seat after the seat is accelerated up to the velocity of the horizontal accelerator. In operation, a test dummy is positioned on the seat and secured, if desired. The seat is slidably positioned on the base the desired distance from the barrier.