Patents by Inventor Wilfried Bieg

Wilfried Bieg 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: 8042835
    Abstract: A belt tensioner for a safety belt system has a drive unit and a power transmission element, which engages on a drive element when the drive unit is activated. The power transmission element is a non-rigid medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: TRW Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Bieg, Thomas Moedinger, Dominik Seitz, Oliver Gross
  • Patent number: 7887095
    Abstract: A belt tensioner for a safety belt system includes a pinion (16) rotatably mounted in a housing (12), a drive unit (26), and a toothed rack (18) whose toothing (20) is directly engaged or enters into direct engagement with the pinion (16) and which can be driven by means of the drive unit (26). The toothed rack (18) has the shape of a circular arc and moves on a circular path (K) upon activation of the drive unit (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: TRW Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Bieg, Michael Vogeltanz, Wolf-Dieter Hönl, Thomas Mödinger, Tanja Rau
  • Publication number: 20090261567
    Abstract: A belt tensioner for a safety belt system includes a pinion (16) rotatably mounted in a housing (12), a drive unit (26), and a toothed rack (18) whose toothing (20) is directly engaged or enters into direct engagement with the pinion (16) and which can be driven by means of the drive unit (26). The toothed rack (18) has the shape of a circular arc and moves on a circular path (K) upon activation of the drive unit (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Wilfried Bieg, Michael Vogeltanz, Wolf-Dieter Honl, Thomas Modinger, Tanja Rau
  • Patent number: 7429231
    Abstract: A rotary drive for a belt tensioner includes a housing, a pinion rotatably mounted therein, and at least one driving gear coupled to the pinion, the driving gear being mounted in the housing and being adapted to be driven by pressurized gas introduced into a pressure chamber. Formed in the driving gear is a cavity having a substantially radially extending wall which, in the installed state, is opposite to a protrusion which projects into the cavity and is rigidly connected to the housing, the wall of the cavity and the protrusion forming part of a wall of the pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: TRW Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Bieg, Thomas Moedinger, Gerhard Malbrich
  • Publication number: 20070241550
    Abstract: A belt tensioner for a safety belt system has a drive unit and a power transmission element, which engages on a drive element when the drive unit is activated. The power transmission element is a non-rigid medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Wilfried Bieg, Thomas Moedinger, Dominik Seitz, Oliver Gross
  • Publication number: 20060243074
    Abstract: A rotary drive for a belt tensioner includes a housing, a pinion rotatably mounted therein, and at least one driving gear coupled to the pinion, the driving gear being mounted in the housing and being adapted to be driven by pressurized gas introduced into a pressure chamber. Formed in the driving gear is a cavity having a substantially radially extending wall which, in the installed state, is opposite to a protrusion which projects into the cavity and is rigidly connected to the housing, the wall of the cavity and the protrusion forming part of a wall of the pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 2, 2006
    Inventors: Wilfried Bieg, Thomas Moedinger, Gerhard Malbrich
  • Patent number: 6966607
    Abstract: A device for tensioning a safety belt includes a pyrotechnic linear drive. The linear drive includes a gas generator (10) with an ignition unit (16), and a protective cap (18) to secure the gas generator (10) before and during the assembly of the gas generator (10). In the installed state of the device, at least a portion of the protective cap (18), after the igniting of the gas generator (10), represents a function element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: TRW Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Weyhmueller, Wilfried Bieg
  • Publication number: 20050029856
    Abstract: A device for tensioning a safety belt includes a pyrotechnic linear drive. The linear drive includes a gas generator (10) with an ignition unit (16), and a protective cap (18) to secure the gas generator (10) before and during the assembly of the gas generator (10). In the installed state of the device, at least a portion of the protective cap (18), after the igniting of the gas generator (10), represents a function element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Guenter Weyhmueller, Wilfried Bieg