Slane
Brian C. Slane, Flat Rock, MI US
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20100109296 | ENERGY ABSORBENT HINGE FOR AN AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT DOOR - An integrated air bag support structure that functions to dissipate excessive energy from a door panel during air bag deployment. The air bag support structure includes a support base for attachment to the rear side of a substrate. The support base is configured to surround a door support panel and both are configured for attachment to the rear side of a substrate in an area that is pre-weakened to define an air bag deployment door in a vehicle instrument panel or a steering wheel air bag module. An air bag chute tube extends downward from the support base and contains a plurality of skirt walls that surround an air bag container to define the path for deployment of the air bag from beneath the substrate. The door support panel is generally co-planar with the support base when attached to the substrate, but is separated from the support base by a gap on all four sides. A hinge element extends between one of the skirt walls of the air bag chute tube and one edge of the door support panel, and includes a plurality of pivoting elements and an arm extension. A first pivoting element is formed with a downwardly directed curve having one end connected to the inner side of one of the skirt walls and the other end connected to the second pivot element. The second pivot element is formed with an upwardly directed curve having one end connected to the first pivot element and the other end connected to an extension arm that extends upwards to the edge of the door support panel. | 05-06-2010 |
20100109297 | AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT CHUTE - An integrated air bag support structure that functions to dissipate excessive energy from a door panel during air bag deployment. The air bag support structure includes a support base for attachment to the rear side of a substrate. The support base is configured to surround a door support panel and both are configured for attachment to the rear side of a substrate in an area that is pre-weakened to define an air bag deployment door in a vehicle instrument panel or a steering wheel air bag module. An air bag chute tube extends downward from the support base and contains a plurality of skirt walls that surround an air bag container to define the path for deployment of the air bag from beneath the substrate. The door support panel is generally co-planar with the support base when attached to the substrate, but is separated from the support base by a gap on all four sides. A compound hinge element extends between one of the skirt walls of the air bag chute tube and one edge of the door support panel, and includes a plurality of pivoting elements and an arm extension. Strengthening bars are located on the open end of the chute to maintain the rectangular shape of the chute during assembly with the air bag container. The strengthen bars also function to both prevent vibration and to reinforce the side walls during air bag deployment and prevent the deployment forces from separating the air bag container from the air bag support structure. | 05-06-2010 |
20100230939 | Air Bag Chute Seal - An integrated air bag chute structure that provides sealing of an air bag aperture in an instrument panel substrate during a foam-in-place process. The structure provides an extended flange with flexible tapered edges that surround the aperture. The tapered edges are compressed against the upper surface of the substrate to seal and surround the substrate aperture when the chute structure is inserted into and retained in the substrate aperture. The air bag chute structure further defines a door support panel with pre-weakened molded edges and a hinge which are all integrally connected to the structure and flange without gaps that would allow for leakage during the foam-in-place process. | 09-16-2010 |
20110316262 | Air Bag Deployment Door with Force Transmitting Hinge - An air bag deployment apparatus is provided for use in an air bag deployment system of an automotive vehicle. The apparatus has a support base for attachment to a rear surface of an occupant facing substrate. A door support panel has upper and lower surfaces and four side edges for attachment to the rear surface of the substrate within the area of an air bag deployment door. An air bag chute extends downward from the support base and contains a plurality of skirt walls for defining a path for deployment of an air bag from beneath the substrate. A hinge element extends from one of the skirt walls to one edge of the door support panel wherein the hinge element has upper and lower surfaces joined by a left side surface and a right side surface. At least one of the side surfaces protruding from the skirt wall includes an undercut so that a lower corner of the hinge element forms an obtuse angle, resulting in better transfer of deployment forces through the hinge element. | 12-29-2011 |
20140265261 | STEEL REINFORCED PERSONAL AIRBAG SYSTEM - An airbag assembly having a canister portion and a chute portion. The chute portion has a plurality of windows in order to engage hooks of the canister portion. In order to reinforce the hook and window engagements, an insert molded reinforcing strip is molded into the chute. The reinforcing strip may be more than one reinforcing strip or a single continuous strap molded around the entire perimeter of the chute. Another embodiment also includes a hinged steel door insert molded into the bottom surface of the chute providing additional reinforcement to the body of the chute. | 09-18-2014 |
Brian C. Slane, Flatrock, MI US
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20100287777 | Air Bag Deployment Chute and Method - An integrated air bag support structure that includes a support base for attachment to the rear side of a substrate. The support base is configured to surround a door support panel and both are configured for attachment to the rear side of a substrate in an area that is pre-weakened to define an air bag deployment door in a vehicle instrument panel or a steering wheel air bag module. The upper surfaces of the support base and door support panel are attached to the rear surface of the substrate, and a test tab extends from the base that is attached to the rear surface of the substrate in the same manner as the support base and the door support panel. The test tab has an unattached extension portion for the purpose of gripping and pulling to test the integrity of the attachment without affecting the attachment of the support panel. | 11-18-2010 |
Brian Charles Slane, Flat Rock, MI US
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20090033126 | AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE INSTRUMENT PANEL SYSTEM - An instrument panel system includes box sections that increase the stiffness, rigidity, and natural frequency of the instrument panel system. A two-piece instrument panel system provides a two-tone appearance with differing die draws and grains. | 02-05-2009 |
Jeffery Slane, Galloway, OH US
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20130041050 | MICROCHANNEL REACTORS AND FABRICATION PROCESSES - A microchannel reactor comprising: (a) a plurality of process microchannels having particulates packed along the length of the microchannels; (b) a plurality of heat transfer microchannels in thermal communication with the plurality of process microchannels; and, (c) a first retainer positioned at a first end of the plurality of process microchannels to inhibit the particulates from exiting the process microchannels via the first end. | 02-14-2013 |
20130127093 | MICROCHANNEL REACTORS AND FABRICATION PROCESSES - A method of loading material within a microchannel device, the method comprising: (a) loading particulates into a plurality of microchannels; and, (b) ultrasonically packing the particulates into the plurality of microchannels using a portable, compact ultrasonic densification unit. | 05-23-2013 |
Jeffery D. Slane, Galloway, OH US
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20090252658 | Loading/Unloading of Particulates to/from Microchannel Reactors - The invention providing methods of loading and unloading particulate from microchannels in apparatus that contains multiple microchannels, typically apparatus that is designed to operate with hundreds or thousands of particulate-containing microchannels. Aligning a sonicating head at one end of a set of microchannels provides a particularly effective mode for densifying particulate in microchannels. | 10-08-2009 |
Kevin J. Slane, Fort Wayne, IN US
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20130056260 | TERMINAL CONNECTOR HEAD - A terminal connector head with a housing and a cover for removably mounting to the housing. In one embodiment, the housing has holes formed in an inner surface for alternatively receiving either a first type of terminal block or a second type of terminal block. The first terminal block and the second terminal block are configured to be mounted in the housing by one or more attachment members which are received in a plurality of the holes. | 03-07-2013 |
Michael D. Slane, San Anselmo, CA US
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20110190069 | Squeeze pressure indicating golf club grip - A method is provided for gauging the squeeze pressure of a golf club which generally includes the steps of providing a golf club having an elongated shaft, placing an expanded synthetic rubber, internally ribbed cushioning device with adjustable pressure sensors over the distal end of the shaft, the expanded synthetic rubber, internally ringed cushioning device comprising a sheath to surround the proximal end of the shaft along a desired length and being constructed of expanded synthetic rubber of a density predetermined by the manufacturer to require the golfer to apply with both hands optimum squeeze pressure for maximum control of golf strokes in order to feel the ringed protrusions enveloped therein. A cushioning and training apparatus is also provided, which includes adjustable pressure sensors enveloped by ringed protrusions that signal an audible device to sound and a light emitting diode (LED) to illuminate when optimum squeeze pressure for maximum control of strokes is applied with both hands by the golfer. A removable control unit at the butt end of the invention may be used to adjust the sensitivity of the pressure sensors and disable the LED and audible device as desired. | 08-04-2011 |
Rodney Dale Slane, Stuart, FL US
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20110245586 | Wellness System - A personal wellness system for supporting a person and subjecting the person to frequencies that are understood by sound therapy practitioners as being associated with synchronization with the mind and body. The wellness system comprises a support for receiving a person comprising a head portion, a back portion, a seat portion, and a foot portion. The wellness system further comprises plural transducers distributed in or on the support. Each transducer is capable of receiving a discrete control signal and outputting a single frequency vibration at an independent amplitude. The wellness system also comprises one or more speakers for outputting music or single frequency sounds. Additionally, the wellness system comprises a menu-driven control system that sends a signal to the transducers and coordinates speaker output with transducer output. | 10-06-2011 |
Shawn Slane, Waseca, MN US
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20120000378 | COMBINATION STAMPING AND EMBOSSING IMPLEMENT AND SEAL HAVING ENHANCED SECURITY FEATURES - A combination embosser and printing system. The combination embosser and printing system creates a raised seal or image having one or more areas of inked image in and/or around the raised image. The combination embossing and printing system is adapted to emboss and print a substrate in a single actuation of the system. The system generally includes an embossing assembly adapted to form at least one raised image area on a substrate and a printing assembly adapted to form at least one inked image area on the substrate. | 01-05-2012 |
Shawn B. Slane, Waseca, MN US
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20090101032 | Hand-Held Stamp Having Integrated Components - A self-inking hand-held stamp includes a sub-assembly having an ink cartridge supplied in a pre-inked condition, and a separate sub-assembly for retailers at the point of sale or other field personnel to flash with the desired stamp image. Use of a pre-inked and pre-assembled ink cartridge permits that sub-assembly to be stocked in a field location well in advance of when the actual stamp is flashed and assembled at the point of sale. | 04-23-2009 |