Patents by Inventor Elke Bach

Elke Bach has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5953780
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for treating of textile substrates with a supercritical fluid. The textile substrates are formed as spools of yarn or rolled webs, and the supercritical fluid flows over and/or through them substantially perpendicular to their spool or winding axis. At that, the treatment temperature assumes different values during the treatment period. It is provided that during the treatment period, the treatment temperature values are set by at least two functions of the treatment time, and that the supercritical fluid is conditioned differently at the time the following function takes effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Krupp Uhde GmbH
    Inventors: Eckhard Schollmeyer, Elke Bach, Ernst Cleve, Michael Bork, Martin Steinhauer, Jorg-Peter Korner
  • Patent number: 5941561
    Abstract: An apparatus for the quick inflation of an airbag has a compressed-gas tank and a propellant charge container having pyrotechnical contents which form a propellant gas upon ignition. A breakaway disk blocks passage of compressed-gas and propellant gas to the airbag and is blown off in response to the ignition of the pyrotechnical contents to unblock the passages. The breakaway disk has an opening through which the propellant gas can flow into the airbag immediately after the ignition and before the breakaway disk is blown off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Raimund Fritz, Marcus Metzger, Elke Bach, Roland Huber, Klaus Sutterlin