Patents by Inventor Hannu Paitula

Hannu Paitula 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).

  • Vehicle steering wheel safety device
    Patent number: 4098525
    Abstract: A safety device for a vehicle steering wheel is designed to provide increased protection against injury in the event the driver's head strikes the steering wheel on the occurrence of a collision. Increased protection against a head injury is provided by an impact energy dissipating member which provides increased energy dissipation upon impact by a relatively small object, such as the driver's head, as compared to prior devices which protected merely against impact by the entire body. The dissipating member includes first and second hollow bodies arranged one within the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1978
    Assignee: Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wilfried Schwanz, Ulrich Seiffert, Peter Beher, Hannu Paitula
  • Safety arrangement
    Patent number: 3997190
    Abstract: A safety arrangement for motor vehicles includes a safety belt for retaining a vehicle occupant on a seat. A predetermined length of belt is released if the vehicle receives an impact resulting in a tension in the safety belt that exceeds a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1973
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1976
    Assignee: Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Seiffert, Burckhard Struwe, Hannu Paitula, Gunnar Borenius