Patents Assigned to System GmbH
  • Steering wheel comprising a decorative element
    Patent number: 6644145
    Abstract: A steering wheel includes a hub, a steering wheel rim, at least one spoke connecting the hub and the steering wheel rim, and at least one decorative element. At least one of the steering wheel rim and the spoke have a skeleton and a sheathing surrounding the skeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gökay Albayrak, Michael Lehmann
  • Coupling disc for a belt retractor of a vehicle safety belt
    Publication number: 20030205638
    Abstract: A coupling disc for a belt retractor of a vehicle safety belt comprises a coupling catch which is pivotally mounted on the coupling disc so as to be movable between a position of rest and a coupling position. The coupling catch and the coupling disc are formed in one piece from plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicant: TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Franz Wier
  • Method and device for filling needle-free injectors
    Patent number: 6640842
    Abstract: In a method and a device for filling needle-free injectors, it is proposed that filling takes place through the injector discharge opening and where the piston stopper has been previously inserted. Filling takes place in such a way that, independently of tolerances of the injector, the interior space is filled to the brim in an at least approximately bubble-free manner. It is not absolutely necessary to measure or dose the liquid to be filled. The filled state is either established through the disappearance of the vacuum in the interior space, or through the piston having reached a specific position during displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Inova Pharma Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Laukenmann, Michael Nikolaus Mueller, Juergen Rothbauer, Georg Alfred Kallmeyer, Theo Wilfried Arnitz
  • Plate unit mounting system utilizing spring clips for adjustably and detachably mounting items
    Patent number: 6641325
    Abstract: System for connecting a first element to a second element comprising a base plate adapted to be adjustably attached to the first element. The base plate comprises a mechanism for allowing the base plate to move with respect to the first element substantially along a first direction. A retaining plate is adapted to be attached to the second element. The retaining plate comprises a mechanism for allowing the retaining plate to move with respect to the base plate substantially along a second direction. The retaining plate is adjustably attached to the base plate. The first direction is different from the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Schwarz Verbindungs-Systeme GmbH
    Inventor: Helmut Schwarz
  • Gas bag for a vehicle occupant restraint system
    Publication number: 20030201631
    Abstract: A gas bag consists of an upper piece, a front piece and a rear piece, which each have a generally hexagonal shape with a first half and a second half. The first half of the upper piece is congruent with the second half of the rear piece and connected therewith along three outer edges thereof. The first half of the rear piece is congruent with the second half of the front piece and connected therewith along three outer edges thereof. The first half of the front piece is congruent with the second half of the upper piece and connected therewith along three outer edges thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Philipp Ritter
  • Gas bag module with multi-function conductor film
    Patent number: 6637770
    Abstract: A gas bag module for installation in a vehicle steering wheel comprises a carrier, a gas generator mounted to the carrier, and a multi-function conductor film. The multi-function conductor film is disposed on a rear side of the gas generator and on a rear side of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Matthias Helmstetter
  • Steering wheel with decorative element
    Patent number: 6637289
    Abstract: A steering wheel includes a steering wheel rim, a hub and at least one spoke connecting the steering wheel rim and the hub. At least one of the steering wheel rim and the spoke includes a skeleton, a sheathing surrounding the skeleton as well as a shell arranged around the sheathing, and at least one decorative element. At least one latching element is provided by means of which the decorative element is directly attached to the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Kreuzer, Michael Lehmann
  • Gas bag module
    Publication number: 20030197357
    Abstract: A gas bag module comprises a gas generator and a rigid housing in which the gas generator is arranged. The housing has at least two gas outflow channels with one port each, the ports adjoining each other and being directed towards the gas generator and separated from each other by a wall. The gas generator has a continuous gas outflow zone with at least two sections, each of the sections of the gas outflow zone being associated with one of the ports. The housing is constructed such that gas emerging from the sections of the gas outflow zone can only flow into the one of the gas outflow channels which is associated with the respective section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Heigl, Hans-Joachim Tietze, Jurgen Worsch
  • Steering wheel with integrated gas bag
    Publication number: 20030197355
    Abstract: A steering wheel has a skeleton with a foamed sheathing, a hub, spokes and a steering wheel rim. A gas bag module is inserted in a central recess of the steering wheel. The gas bag module has a cover cap at the side facing the driver. For actuating a horn switch the module is movable in the direction of the steering wheel axis relative to the steering wheel. A movement gap is formed between the cover cap and the foamed sheathing. Mounting studs on the skeleton extend parallel to the steering wheel axis. The positioning of the mounting studs is defined by the foamed sheathing. The mounting studs have free ends which are slidingly accommodated in guide recesses provided in the cover cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Stephen Bohn, Ralph Frisch
  • Apparatus and method for manipulating acoustic pulses
    Publication number: 20030199857
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for manipulating acoustic pulses is provided. The apparatus includes a wave-path with an acoustic network suspended within it, and the acoustic network includes at least one acoustic lens and at least one acoustic plate. The acoustic lens is structured to convert a plane pulse into a converging pulse, and the acoustic plate is structured to convert a single pulse into a split converging pulse. The method includes providing the foregoing wave-path and acoustic network, and converting a plane pulse to a split converging pulse by transmitting the plane pulse along the acoustic wave-path through the acoustic network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: Dornier MedTech Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Harald Eizenhofer
  • Vehicle occupant protection system
    Patent number: 6634671
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant protection system comprises an inflatable gas bag, a tensioning band which is tensioned in the case of inflation of the gas bag so that the tensioning band has a tension, and a device which at the end of a predetermined period of time after inflation of the gas bag reduces the tension of the tensioning band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Heigl, Steffen Rothweiler
  • Gas generator
    Patent number: 6634299
    Abstract: The invention relates to gas generator comprising an outer housing made of plastic, in which a pyrotechnic propellant charge and an igniter having its own igniter housing are accommodated. The igniter housing consists at least partially of plastic and is welded with the outer housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: TRW Airbag Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Johann Vetter, Ernst Enzmann
  • Airbag for an occupant restraint system
    Patent number: 6634670
    Abstract: In a vehicle occupant restraint system there is provided a gas bag having a wall (12) which has portions distributed across its surface area which, with increasing gas bag internal pressure, increase the volume of said gas bag (10) by a deployment or smoothing action. If the internal pressure in the gas bag rises due to increased power output of the gas generator or in case of high temperatures, a limitation of the increase in pressure is achieved by the increase in volume of the gas bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Ellerbrok, Alexander Heilig
  • Built-in ashtray and beverage container receiver combination for a vehicle
    Patent number: 6634690
    Abstract: A built-in combination (10) for use in a motor vehicle includes an ashtray (14) that is displaceable forwards into an inaccessible position and rearwards into an accessible position. A receiving element (24) having an insertion opening (28) for a beverage container is arranged at the rear side of the ashtray (14). The receiving element is pivotally connected to the ashtray (14), thus taking up a position of use when the ashtray (14) is displaced forwards. In the position of use, a beverage container can be inserted into the insertion opening (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Fischer Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Falk Schaal
  • Apparatus for producing a stranded cable with alternating twist direction made of strand elements
    Patent number: 6634164
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing stranded cables from strand elements with alternating twist directions (SZ stranding). One or more storage disks can be disposed between a guide that receives the strand elements and a stranding disk. The stranding disk and the storage disks can be driven in alternating directions. At least one torsion element drives the storage disks with a respective rotation speed that decreases with increasing distance between the storage disks and the stranding disk. The torsion element can be driven at several locations with a different rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: KMS Kabelmaschinen und Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Moser, Günther Kirchknopf, Josef Stiller
  • Engraving mechanism for electronic engraving machines
    Patent number: 6634286
    Abstract: An engraving element of an electronic engraving machine for engraving printing cylinders as a shaft oscillating with small rotational angles around the longitudinal axis, a restoring element, a shaft bearing, a damping mechanism, a drive for the shaft, a lever-shaped stylus holder attached to the shaft, and an engraving stylus as a cutting tool. For engraving cups, the engraving stylus executes a stroke motion in the direction of a rotating printing cylinder. The engraving element is arranged with respect to the printing cylinder rotating around the rotational axis such that the shaft of the engraving element proceeds substantially parallel to the rotational axis of the printing cylinder, and the stroke motion of the engraving stylus occurs in a plane oriented perpendicular to the rotational axis of the printing cylinder. As a result, a better geometry of the cups is achieved in the engraving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Hell Gravure Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Hans Dieter Carstens
  • Paper web guidance device
    Patent number: 6634534
    Abstract: In a web guidance device, particularly for a continuous form printer device, deflection seat is provided around which a recording medium web is guided in a conveying direction. A lateral guide roller influences the recording medium web with a laterally acting force in a region of a deflection seat such that the recording medium web lies against the lateral detent. A planarly acting hold-down element is provided in a region of a lateral guide roller, the hold-down element pressing the recording medium web onto the deflection seat with a specific pressing power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Océ Printing Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Frodl, Axel Herbst
  • Process for preparing solid polyvinyl ester resins
    Publication number: 20030195319
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing solid polyvinyl ester resins using a bulk or solution polymerization process in the presence of a chain transfer agent, wherein one or more vinyl esters of unbranched or branched alkyl carboxylic acids having 1 to 15 carbon atoms are polymerized in the presence of a compound selected from the group consisting of monovalent aliphatic alcohols having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, esters of aliphatic monocarboxylic acids and aliphatic alcohols each having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or aliphatic ketones having 3 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: Wacker Polymer Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Tschirner, Andreas Lumpp, Robert Singer, Guenter Braunsperger
  • Steering wheel with decorative element
    Publication number: 20030192397
    Abstract: The invention relates to a steering wheel comprising a steering wheel rim, a hub and at least one spoke connecting the steering wheel rim and the hub. At least one of the steering wheel rim and the spoke comprises a skeleton, a sheathing surrounding the skeleton as well as a shell arranged around the sheathing, and at least one decorative element. At least one latching element is provided by means of which the decorative element is directly attached to the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Kreuzer, Michael Lehmann
  • Gas operated contraction drive
    Publication number: 20030194264
    Abstract: A gas operated contraction drive with a contractible hose, which undergoes longitudinal contraction when a working space defined by it is subjected to a pressurizing drive gas. The contractible hose is fitted with at least one pyrotechnic gas generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicants: Festo AG & Co., TRW Occupant Restrant Systems GmbH & Co. KG.
    Inventors: Stefan Schwarz, Bernd Lorenz, Karl Birk