ROBERT TYLER LEWIS
Electrician in Ogden, UT

8454052, Jun 4, 2013

Jan 17, 2012

13/352031

Larry D. Rose - South Weber UT, US
Robert E. Lewis - West Haven UT, US
Kirk Rasmussen - West Point UT, US

Autoliv ASP, Inc. - Ogden UT

B60R 21/26

280736

A closure structure for the relief aperture of an airbag cushion inflator includes a closure core having outer and inner surfaces that is disposable into the relief aperture from the exterior of the inflator to fill the relief aperture. A sealing flange continuously secured to the periphery of the outer surface of the closure core abuts the outer surface of the inflator. A temperature-sensitive venting window formed in the closure core precludes the passage of pressurized inflation gas during a predetermined first ambient temperature condition and opens to emit pressurized inflation gas during a second hotter ambient temperature condition. The venting window includes a venting passageway extending between the inner and the outer surfaces the closure core sealingly traversed by a relatively thin venting membrane made of a temperature-sensitive material exhibiting less structural robustness at the second ambient temperature condition than at the first ambient temperature condition.

2010023, Sep 16, 2010

Mar 11, 2009

12/402266

Larry D. Rose - South Weber UT, US
Robert Lewis - West Haven UT, US
Trudy Lewis - West Haven UT, US

B60R 21/16

2807282

An airbag module protects a rider in a vehicle from impacting the interior of the occupant enclosure of the vehicle. A rigid support collar is attached to the occupant enclosure proximate an airbag deployment window. An inflatable cushion has a neck portion that accommodates pressurized gas for driving the cushion through the deployment window into an inflated condition in the occupant enclosure. The cushion is attached by the neck portion directly to the support collar, while that substantial balance of the cushion is housed in a compact condition within the support collar. An attachment tab is secured to the exterior of the neck portion of the cushion with a restraining aperture formed therethrough. A cushion hook on the exterior of the support collar extends through the restraining aperture and prevents displacement of the neck portion of the cushion out of the support collar, when pressurized gas inflates the cushion. The cushion includes a flexible packaging cover having opposed first and second edges. The first edge is secured to the neck portion of the cushion, and the second edge is attached directly to support collar, while the packaging cover therebetween extends across the support collar retaining therein the cushion in the compact condition thereof.

2012018, Jul 26, 2012

Jan 26, 2011

13/014008

Robert E. Lewis - West Haven UT, US
Larry D. Rose - South Weber UT, US
Matthew A. Cox - Centerville UT, US
Kirk Rasmussen - West Point UT, US

B60R 21/26, B23P 11/00

280740, 280741, 29428

Inflators for safe transport and use with an inflatable airbag cushion and airbag systems include a diffuser comprising a first aperture and at least one vent aperture each disposed in a lateral sidewall of the diffuser. The first aperture and the at least one vent aperture are positioned to face in at least substantially opposite directions in the diffuser. A filter is positioned within the diffuser and includes an outer surface having a lateral extent less than a lateral extent of an inner surface of the lateral sidewall of the diffuser, resulting in a gap between the outer surface of the filter and the inner surface of the lateral sidewall of the diffuser. At least one reaction device is coupled to a longitudinal end of the diffuser. Methods of making such inflators are also included.

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.

7469926, Dec 30, 2008

May 19, 2006

11/437543

Robert E. Lewis - West Haven UT, US
Gregory J. Lang - South Ogden UT, US
Mark L. Enders - Ogden UT, US

Autoliv ASP, Inc. - Ogden UT

B60R 21/26, B60R 21/268

280736, 280742, 2807432

An inflator device for inflating an inflatable cushion of an inflatable cushion restraint system. The inflator device includes a supply of gas generant material disposed within a sealed chamber, and an initiator device in reaction initiation combination with the supply of gas generant material. A venting orifice connects the chamber to the surrounding ambient environment, and a rupturable seal seals the venting orifice. Upon reaction initiation of the gas generant material to produce inflation gas, the rupturable seal ruptures to vent the chamber to the ambient environment. A valve assembly can be disposed adjacent the venting orifice. A moveable valve piston, in combination with an actuator device, can block the venting orifice as needed to close the venting orifice and stop inflation gas venting. An optional tether release mechanism can be used in combination with the valve assembly to release a cushion tether upon closing of the venting orifice.

7290797, Nov 6, 2007

Oct 29, 2004

10/977638

Gregory J. Lang - South Ogden UT, US
William D. Staheli - North Ogden UT, US
Robert E. Lewis - West Haven UT, US
Steve Taylor - Sunset UT, US

Autoliv ASP, Inc. - Ogden UT

B60R 21/26

280741, 280737

An inflator device for an inflatable restraint system. The inflator device includes a tubular body with a center discharge opening disposed in a center portion of reduced diameter. First and second end closures each join an initiator to a respective opposing end of the tubular body to define a sealed chamber. First and second generant housings are disposed within the sealed chamber, define generant chambers containing a supply of generant material and include a plurality of openings providing fluid communication between the generant chambers and the sealed chamber. Rupturable initiator seals are disposed between the initiators and a respective generant chamber. A supply of pressurized stored gas and the supply of generant material are disposed within the sealed chamber.

7900960, Mar 8, 2011

May 13, 2008

12/152180

Robert E. Lewis - West Haven UT, US
Gregory J. Lang - South Ogden UT, US
Brian A. Laubacher - Pleasant View UT, US

Autoliv ASP, Inc. - Ogden UT

B60R 21/26, B60R 21/268

280737, 280742

A deployable inflator that includes a quantity of gas generant. The generant is designed to produce a supply of inflation gas during deployment of the inflator. The inflator includes a first burst disk and a second burst disk. The first and second burst disks are separated by a cavity. The inflator also includes an opening (or multiple openings). During deployment, the inflation gas flows into the cavity via the opening(s) and ruptures the first burst disk to allow inflation gas to escape the inflator. The second burst disk ruptures after the pressure in the cavity drops sufficiently below the pressure on the other side of the second burst disk. This inflator reduces the initial onset rate of deployment.

8505963, Aug 13, 2013

Feb 24, 2012

13/404285

Robert Lewis - West Haven UT, US
Isaac Lewis Hoffman - Kaysville UT, US
Larry D. Rose - South Weber UT, US
Matthew Alan Cox - Centerville UT, US
Kirk Rasmussen - West Point UT, US

Autoliv ASP, Inc. - Ogden UT

B60R 21/20

2807282, 280741

Inflatable airbag assemblies having a strap and clamp system to securely hold an inflator relative to a housing. The strap may be attached to an airbag cushion to restrict the movement of the strap or strap may not be attached to the airbag cushion and may move freely while positioned within openings in the housing.

7823919, Nov 2, 2010

May 27, 2008

12/154750

Scott Jackson - Centerville UT, US
Robert E. Lewis - West Haven UT, US
Kevin Smith - Bountiful UT, US
Gary Smith - Layton UT, US
Gregory J. Lang - South Ogden UT, US

Autoliv ASP, Inc. - Ogden UT

B60R 21/26

280736

An airbag inflator that includes a pyrotechnic material capable of producing a quantity of gas during deployment. The inflator also includes a filter. The filter may be an expanded metal filter that is wrapped about the pyrotechnic material. When this filter is wrapped about the pyrotechnic material, the filter forms a plurality of layers having holes that are a different size. This filter also includes a first set of barriers and a second set of barriers that are positioned exterior of the first set of barriers, the second set of barriers being offset from the first set of barriers. Gas passing through the filter will encounter the first set of barriers, be re-directed, encounter the second set of barriers, be re-directed, and then flow out of the filter.