Patents Assigned to Draexlmaier GmbH
  • Method and device for determining an insulation variable
    Patent number: 9678028
    Abstract: A method and device for determining an insulation variable of a network. The method may comprise measuring a first voltage at the network, connecting the auxiliary system to the network, measuring a second voltage at the network, disconnecting the auxiliary system from the network, measuring a third voltage at the network, and determining the insulation variable based on the first voltage, the second voltage, and the third voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventor: Gernot Eyssler
  • Compensating perforation for airbag decor weakening
    Patent number: 9663057
    Abstract: An airbag cover may be configured to tear along weakening lines during deployment of an airbag. The airbag cover may comprise a carrier for the airbag and a decorative layer arranged on the carrier. The decorative layer may include a primary weakening line and a secondary weakening line, where the primary weakening line and the secondary weakening line may be configured to fracture when the airbag deploys. The primary weakening line may extend in a longitudinal direction, the secondary weakening line may extend in the longitudinal direction, the primary weakening line and the secondary weakening line may be separated by a distance extending in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and the primary weakening line and the secondary weakening line may be separated by a non-weakened section. Methods for producing a weakening region in an airbag cover may also be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Aust
  • Antenna system for broadband satellite communication in the GHz frequency range, comprising horn antennas with geometrical constrictions
    Patent number: 9660352
    Abstract: An antenna system for wireless communication of data includes at least four horn antennas. Each horn antenna is configured to support communications at two mutually orthogonal linear polarizations. Each horn antenna includes an inner wall enclosing a space and geometric constrictions each protruding inwardly from the inner wall into the space along a corresponding polarization plane of one of the two linear polarizations. At least one of the inner wall or the geometric constrictions has a stepped structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventors: Joerg Oppenlaender, Michael Wenzel, Alexander Moessinger, Michael Seifried, Christoph Haeussler, Alexander Friesch
  • Impact modified injection molded body and method for the production thereof
    Patent number: 9650478
    Abstract: A molded body may comprise a thermoplastic matrix comprising a first polymeric material, a second polymeric material distributed in the thermoplastic matrix, and a third polymeric material enveloped by the second polymeric material. The first polymeric material, the second polymeric material, and the third polymeric material are compounded together. The first polymeric material may have a first molecular weight and a first polarity. The second polymeric material may have a second molecular weight different from the first molecular weight and a second polarity different from the first polarity. The third polymeric material may comprise a recycled material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Fischer
  • Instrument panel with an airbag flap
    Patent number: 9623827
    Abstract: An interior part, such as an instrument panel, for vehicles, for example motor vehicles is disclosed. The interior part includes an injection-molded rigid carrier with a front side and rear side, at least one groove on the rear side of the carrier, along which the carrier can rupture in order to form an airbag flap. The groove base of the groove lies at a distance from the front side of the carrier. The groove is formed in the mold. The front and rear sides of the carrier have the shape of a closed outer skin. The carrier includes a foamed core at least in the region of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Fischer, Bernhard Huber, Joachim Maierthaler
  • Device for detecting fault in an electric line
    Patent number: 9568531
    Abstract: A device for detecting faults in an electric line between a voltage source and a load is disclosed. The device includes a signal-generation unit a signal-receiving unit and an evaluation mechanism. The signal-generation unit is configured to produce a power-line signal and transmit the power-line signal via the electric line to an external mechanism. The signal-receiving unit is configured to receive a response signal from the external mechanism. The evaluation mechanism is configured to detect an occurrence of a fault, when the signal-receiving unit fails to receive a response signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: LISA DRÄXLMAIER GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Ecker, Jan Marquardt, Michael Wortberg, Matthias Stemplinger, Yves Müller
  • Plug connector and mating connector
    Patent number: 9570829
    Abstract: A plug connector may comprise an expanding ring, a plug contact element, a first connector housing stop, and a locking ring. The plug contact element may comprise a coil spring with a first end and a second end, where the second end of the coil spring may be coupled to the expanding ring. The first connector housing stop may be configured to absorb a pressure in a first rotational direction and block the first end of the coil spring from rotating in the first rotation direction. The locking ring may be configured to absorb a pressure in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction. The locking ring may be configured to block the expanding ring when the plug connector is in an open state and unblock the expanding ring when the plug connector is in a closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Wimmer
  • Method and device for sheathing a light guide
    Patent number: 9551852
    Abstract: A method for sheathing a light guide with a flexible layer of sheathing. The method includes providing a light guide and a sheathing strip. The sheathing strip is made of a flexible material. The method also includes joining the light guide and the sheathing strip using a forming aid to form a light guide-sheathing composite. The forming aid places the sheathing strip about the light guide, leaving two excess ends of the sheathing strip extending from the light guide. The method further includes feeding the light guide-sheathing composite to a connection unit and connecting the two excess ends to produce a mounting tab for the light guide-sheathing composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Strasser, Rudolf Aichner, Anna-Maria Rauch, Elena Justus-Bischler
  • Method for assembling cables
    Patent number: 9548579
    Abstract: A method for assembling cables includes sliding a housing and a sleeve accommodated in the housing onto a cable in such a manner that the sleeve surrounds at least a portion of the cable. The housing is made of an electrically non-conductive material, the sleeve is made of an electrically conductive material and includes a cutting edge pointing radially inward, and the cable includes a conducting element and an insulation surrounding the conducting element. The method further includes magnetically forming the sleeve by applying a magnetic field to the sleeve through the housing, such that the sleeve is pressed against the insulation and the cutting edge penetrates the insulation completely and contacts the conducting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Lehmann, Wolfgang Wimmer, Stefan Wimmer
  • Connector and mating connector
    Patent number: 9531105
    Abstract: An electrical connector is configured to be electrically coupled to a mating connector, The connector includes a housing having a contact chamber, and a contact connector element accommodated in the contact chamber. The contact connector element is configured to be coupled to a mating connector element of the mating connector and includes a primary locking member configured to latch with the contact chamber. The connector further includes a secondary locking member configured to frictionally lock the contact connector element in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Wimmer, Christian Wimmer
  • Interior trim element for a vehicle door trim
    Patent number: 9527458
    Abstract: An interior trim element for a vehicle door trim may comprise an arm rest and a material pad. The arm rest may comprise a plurality of elongated support elements and a plurality of elongated recesses disposed in regions between the elongated support elements. The arm rest may be configured to couple to an inner side of a door trim beam in a direction perpendicular to the beam. The elongated support elements may be oriented substantially parallel to the beam. The pad may cover the support elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Sperl, Friedrich Graf
  • Battery module
    Patent number: 9520586
    Abstract: A battery module includes a battery module housing, a plurality of battery cells accommodated in the battery module housing and electrically interconnected, a first connecting piece forming a first voltage polarity that is conductively connected to one of the battery cells, and a second connecting piece forming a second voltage polarity that is conductively connected to another one of the battery cells. The battery module housing includes a passage at each of at least three occupiable spots. The first connecting piece is arranged in one of the passages. The second connecting piece is arranged in another one of the passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventors: Guido Hofer, Bernhard Wallner
  • Angular high-voltage plug
    Patent number: 9515430
    Abstract: An angular high-voltage plug that connects to a cable is described for use in high-voltage electrical systems of motor vehicles. The angular high-voltage plug includes an electrically insulating monolithic housing. The plug also includes an outer conductor and an inner conductor. The outer conductor includes a first outer conductor part at the cable that includes a connecting area and a linking area and a second outer conductor part at the plug. The first outer conductor part and the second outer conductor part are interconnected using an interference fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Saller, Christian Wimmer, Stefan Wimmer
  • Method and device for positioning electrical conductors, and conductor group
    Patent number: 9484131
    Abstract: A method for positioning electrical conductors includes arranging a first flat conductor and a second flat conductor such that the second flat conductor is on top of the first conductor. The arranged conductors create a conductor group. The method also includes providing a wrapping tape. The wrapping tape is configured in such a manner that it is able to engage with itself, but not able to engage with the conductors. The method further includes wrapping the wrapping tape around the conductor group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Specht, Harald Sommavilla, Andreas Neumayer
  • Fiber-optic cable with reinforcement for lining a groove
    Patent number: 9440582
    Abstract: A retaining device for retaining a fiber-optic cable. The retaining device includes an elongated hollow part configured to receive the fiber-optic cable and a retaining element extending away from the hollow part, when viewed in a cross-section. The retaining element is configured to be inserted into a groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Bayersdorfer, Rudolf Aichner
  • Contact element
    Patent number: 9431721
    Abstract: A contact element for creating an electrical contact between a first and a second electrical or electronic component, including a one-piece, elongated, and flat body. The body may include a first end segment, a second end segment opposite the first end segment, an insulation displacement connection site in the first end segment, and a lamellae contact with two lamellae being located at the second end segment. At least one lamella may be resilient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Wimmer, Georg Scheidhammer
  • Method for electrically connecting a cable to a contact element
    Patent number: 9379506
    Abstract: A method for electrically connecting a strand of an electrical conductor to a contact element. The strand includes a plurality of single wires. The method includes dividing the strand into at least a first part including a first group of the single wires and a second part including a second group of the single wires, welding the first group of the single wires to a first contact surface of the contact element, and welding the second group of the single wires to the first group of the single wires or to a second contact surface of the contact element, the second contact surface being opposite to the first contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz Lehmann, Georg Scheidhammer
  • Interior trim part and exterior facing part of a vehicle having an ultrasonic sensor
    Patent number: 9340167
    Abstract: The invention relates to an interior trim part of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprising a composite having a carrier (30) and a decorative element (10) on one side of the carrier, the decorative element comprising a viewing side (11) visible to an observer from the interior (100) of the vehicle comprising a substantially continuously closed surface at least in a partial region (B1), characterized in that the composite is thinner within the partial region (B1) facing away from the viewing side perpendicular to the viewing side, and is capable of ultrasonic vibration in the thinned region (B1), and by an ultrasonic sensor having an ultrasonic transducer, wherein the ultrasonic transducer is connected to the side of the composite facing away from the viewing side (11) over the entire surface of the thinned area (B1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: LISA DRAEXLMAIER GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Steckel
  • Method and device for producing a molded part with a fiber-reinforced support and functional parts
    Patent number: 9321202
    Abstract: A device for producing a molded part with a fiber-reinforced support and an attachment part connected thereto. The support is made from a fiber-reinforced mat and the attachment part is made from a plastics material. The device includes a first tool component including a nozzle for supplying liquefied plastics material and a second tool component including a cavity for forming the attachment part. One of the first and second tool components is configured to be movable relative to the other one of the first and second tool components. The device is configured to receive the mat when the device is in an open state, and to place the mat under pressure and to compress the mat to produce the support when the device is in a closed state. The nozzle is configured to introduce the plastics material into the cavity through the mat to produce the attachment part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Hubauer, Astrid Jünger
  • Vehicle interior component with vacuum-laminated foam laminate
    Patent number: 9314959
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an interior component for a vehicle interior. The method involves laminating, in a laminating mold, a foam laminate onto a dimensionally stable substrate with a three-dimensional surface contour. The method includes providing the substrate, applying the foam laminate onto the three-dimensional surface contour of the substrate by way of a vacuum, and bonding the substrate to the foam laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Hofmair, Alois Mueller