Virginia E Chandler
Land Surveyors in Ogden, UT

5337674, Aug 16, 1994

Sep 17, 1993

8/123575

Bradley D. Harris - Farmington UT
Virginia E. Chandler - Ogden UT

Morton International, Inc. - Chicago IL

C06D 500, F42B 312, F42C 1912

102530

A metal bridge initiator, with or without a spark gap feature, for firing an air bag inflator is deposited on a thin plastic film substrate. The bridge can be tuned by adjusting the width and thickness of the substrate. The bridge is of compact size enabling an increase in the strength of the inflator in the initiator area thereof. If there is an initiator structural failure, the very small feed through slot into the interior of the inflator will plug up with the products of combustion of the inflator. The intimate contact between the deposited metal bridge and plastic substrate makes the initiator resistant to vibration, bending and damage. The method of manufacturing is simpler than for conventional inflator initiators and is adapted to mass production.

5691499, Nov 25, 1997

Aug 7, 1996

8/689315

Darrin L. Johnson - Fountain Hills AZ
David W. Lindsey - Ogden UT
Virginia E. Chandler - Ogden UT
Robert D. Taylor - Hyrum UT

Morton International, Inc. - Chicago IL

F42B 304, B60R 2126

1022025

Multiple bridgewires are distributed through the length of the elongated tubular igniter of an automotive vehicle passenger side inflator. Upon receipt of an electrical stimulus the bridgewires ignite sensitive booster charges which ignite ignition powder within the igniter tube at the multiple distributed bridgewire locations. The use of this system eliminates the need for high velocity pyrotechnics in the ignition system to ignite the inflator gas generant within acceptable time constraints when the tubular igniter is ignited from one end by an initiator, and replaces the squib initiator.

5932832, Aug 3, 1999

Apr 15, 1996

8/632700

David D. Hansen - Clearfield UT
Mark B. Woodbury - North Salt Lake UT
Virginia E. Chandler - Ogden UT
David B. Monk - Kaysville UT
Harry W. Miller - Ogden UT
Gerold W. Pratt - Bountiful UT

Autoliv ASP, Inc. - Ogden UT

F42B 3182

1022024

A resistant initiator for an automobile passenger restraint system which includes a shell casing having an upper chamber and a lower chamber. Contact pins connect the initiator to a mating electrical connector of a vehicle. A metal oxide varistor disposed in the shell casing provides electrostatic discharge and EMI/RFI rotection for the initiator. A glass to metal seal header is formed in the shell casing and includes an integrated circuit for igniting the pyrotechnic material disposed in a charge holder attached to the shell casing.

5406889, Apr 18, 1995

Sep 3, 1993

8/116929

Guy R. Letendre - Ogden UT
Virginia E. Chandler - Ogden UT
David B. Monk - Kaysville UT

Morton International, Inc. - Chicago IL

F42C 1900, B60R 2116

102201

A device is provided for ignition of a pyrotechnic or hybrid inflator for use in motor vehicles by the input of energy provided by a laser source. The laser energy is conducted through an optical fibre and an optical window in the inflator housing where the ignition of a propellant initiator is triggered. This apparatus eliminates the potential for ignition of the inflator by radio frequency energy or static electricity acting on the electrical squib which is standardly used to ignite an inflator. This design further simplifies the igniter assembly for use in an inflator.

5431103, Jul 11, 1995

Sep 21, 1994

8/310019

Christopher Hock - Uintah UT
Michael P. Jordan - Bountiful UT
Virginia E. Chandler - Ogden UT
Robert D. Taylor - Hyrum UT
Thomas M. Deppert - Brigham City UT
Michael W. Barnes - Brigham City UT

Morton International, Inc. - Chicago IL

C06B 4500

102287

A gas generant composition contains as a fuel a mixture of a major portion of a triazole or tetrazole and a minor portion of a water soluble fuel; and an oxidizer component, at least 20 wt % of said oxidizer component being a transition metal oxide, such as CuO. Generant compositions in accordance with the invention autoignite in a range around 170. degree. C. , providing autoignition of the generant without the need for separate autoignition devices. Also, the generant compositions are useful as autoignition pyrotechnic in autoignition devices.

5200574, Apr 6, 1993

Feb 24, 1992

7/837080

Donald J. Cunningham - North Ogden UT
John E. Allard - North Ogden UT
Virginia E. Chandler - Ogden UT
Bradley W. Smith - Ogden UT
David B. Monk - Kaysville UT

Morton International, Inc. - Chicago IL

C06D 500, H01R 13648

102530

A universal squib connector for automobile driver and passenger air bag collision protection systems includes a ferrite bead having two holes in spaced relation with an electric terminal positioned in each hole for making electrical contact with an associated one of the protruding pins of a pin type electric squib. The arrangement enables the use of a single configuration of gas generator and a single configuration of electric initiator or squib for the igniter system of the gas generator while providing EMI/RFI protection and the advantages realizable from both pin type and pig tail type connection of the collision sensor to the input conductors or lead wires to the squib and also the electrical system of the vehicle according to the preferences of individual automobile manufacturers.

5241910, Sep 7, 1993

Apr 5, 1991

7/680979

Donald J. Cunningham - North Ogden UT
John E. Allard - North Ogden UT
Virginia E. Chandler - Ogden UT

Morton International, Inc. - Chicago IL

C06D 500, H01R 13648

102530

A universal squib connector for automobile driver and passenger air bag collision protection systems includes a ferrite bead having two holes in spaced relation with an electric terminal positioned in each hole for making electrical contact with an associated one of the protruding pins of a pin type electric squib. The arrangement enables the use of a single configuration of gas generator and a single configuration of electric initiator or squib for the igniter system of the gas generator while providing EMI/RFI protection and the advantages realizable from both pin type and pig tail type connection of the collision sensor to the input conductors or lead wires to the squib and also the electrical system of the vehicle according to the preferences of individual automobile manufacturers.