Patents Assigned to System GmbH
  • Gas generator for a safety arrangement
    Publication number: 20010020778
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas generator for a safety arrangement, in particular for a vehicle occupant restraint system, comprising a combustion chamber delimited by a combustion chamber wall and filled with propellant granule, and also a means arranged in the combustion chamber for holding down the propellant granule. The gas generator according to the invention is characterized in that the means for holding down the propellant granule comprises a disc-shaped holding face having grid holes, wherein the holding face is pressed into the combustion chamber and is connected in a form- and force-fitting manner with the combustion chamber wall, and is prestressed and presses elastically onto the propellant granule, the grid holes having a smaller diameter than the propellant granule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Applicant: TRW Airbag Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karl Unterforsthuber, Karl-Heinz Sommer, Ingrid Hofbauer, Georg Schonhuber
  • Gas bag module
    Patent number: 6286859
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas bag module, comprising at least one mounting part and at least one piece of fabric material which is stressed on activation of the gas bag module and which is provided with at least one opening. The gas bag module further comprises a force-transmitting device by which the piece of fabric material is fastened to the mounting part. The device comprises a first rivet reinforcing the opening in the piece of fabric material, and a second rivet penetrating the first rivet and connecting the piece of fabric material with the mounting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: John-Oliver Derrick, Dao-Xuan Phon
  • Leather covering piece for a vehicle interior lining, a vehicle interior lining and a method for the production of a leather covering piece and of a vehicle interior lining
    Publication number: 20010019200
    Abstract: A leather covering piece for a vehicle interior lining comprises a leather piece and an intermediate layer connected with the leather piece. A hardenable mass is applied onto the intermediate layer or the leather piece. The hardened mass gives the leather covering piece such an inherent rigidity that it maintains a curved shape and can be inserted into an injection mold. The stacking of prefabricated leather covering pieces is also possible. The shape of the leather covering piece already corresponds to that of the finished product, in particular of the vehicle interior lining for which it is used. The leather covering piece is back-molded in order to obtain a stable carrier piece which gives the entire interior lining more stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Applicant: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Achim Hehl
  • Method for producing propellant compacts
    Publication number: 20010018812
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing propellant compacts for use in gas generators for safety devices in motor vehicles by extrusion, comprising the following steps:
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Applicant: TRW Airbag Systems GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Siegfried Zeuner, Achim Hofmann, Roland Schropp, Karl-Heinz Rodig
  • Transmission
    Patent number: 6283893
    Abstract: A method of controlling a friction-based torque-transmitting system in the drive train of a motor vehicle has the following steps: a) monitoring the respective rates of rotation of an input element and an output element of the torque-transmitting system, b) establishing and analyzing a correlation between said rates of rotation; and c) initiating a change in the operating mode of the torque-transmitting system if the correlation is found to have changed in excess of a given threshold limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: LuK Getriebe-Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Anton Fritzner, Franz Bitzer
  • Device and method for providing a supply of single sheets of different thickness
    Patent number: 6283469
    Abstract: A device and method for providing a supply of single sheets wherein each single sheet has a varying thickness. The present invention includes a stack of single sheets that are supported on a lifting platform. The lifting platform includes a compensation device for leveling the stack by compensating for the varying thickness of each single sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Océ Printing Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Weber
  • Water soluble film for oral administration with instant wettability
    Patent number: 6284264
    Abstract: A composition containing therapeutic agents and/or breath freshening agents for use in the oral cavity is disclosed. The carrier comprises water-soluble polymers in combination with certain ingredients and provides a therapeutic and/or cosmetic effect. The film is coated and dried utilizing existing coating technology and exhibits instant wettability followed by rapid dissolution/disintegration upon administration in the oral cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Georg Zerbe, Jian-Hwa Guo, Anthony Serino
  • Dynamic knee protection device
    Patent number: 6283508
    Abstract: A knee protection device (1) for a person (2) sitting on a seat arranged inside a motor vehicle is provided in the case of an accident-related deformation of the leg space. The device has a load distribution plate (3) which is driven instantaneously from its rest position in the direction toward the knee parts of the person (2), upon activation of the trigger device attached to it. The trigger device may be a pyrotechnic device (4) of the type used for a safety belt attached to the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignees: BSRS Restraint Systems GmbH, Allibert Industrie
    Inventors: Stéphane Nouwynck, Denis Tostain
  • Gas bag module with cover
    Patent number: 6283498
    Abstract: A gas bag module includes a housing for accommodating a folded gas bag, a cover connected to said housing by at least one tether and a fastener element on said housing for connection of said tether to said housing. To counteract extreme loading of the cover and other vehicle parts on deployment of the gas bag, said fastener element is plastically deformable when loaded by tensile forces in said tether as generated by inertial forces of said cover occurring on deployment of said gas bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Kurt Breitweg
  • Covering cap for a gas bag module
    Publication number: 20010017457
    Abstract: The invention relates to a covering cap for a gas bag module of a vehicle occupant restraint device. The covering cap comprises at least one plastic layer and is provided at least in places with a heating means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Applicant: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Udo Bieber, Achim Hehl
  • Method for the transfer of a gas bag for a vehicle occupant restraint system into a mounting provided for the gas bag
    Publication number: 20010017456
    Abstract: A method for transferring a gas bag for a vehicle occupant restraint system into a mounting provided for the gas bag comprises the following steps: First, the gas bag is folded. Then, the gas bag is heated. Subsequently, the folded gas bag is pressed and simultaneously pressed. Finally, the gas bag is fastened in the mounting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Applicant: TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hieber, Wilfried Strnad, Jurgen Berger
  • Vehicle occupant restraint system
    Publication number: 20010017459
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle occupant restraint system comprising an inflatable gas bag, a gas-carrying distributor pipe projecting into the gas bag and a piston housed displaceably in the distributor pipe. The restraint system further comprises a power transmission means which connects the piston and the gas bag with each other and via which a force for tensioning the gas bag is transferred onto said gas bag. A deflection member for the power transmission means is provided in the distributor pipe. The power transmission means is constructed as a traction means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Applicant: TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Anton Fischer
  • Side impact protection device
    Publication number: 20010017458
    Abstract: The invention relates to a side impact protection device comprising an inflatable gas bag which in an inflated state at least partially covers at least one side window of a vehicle. At least one emergency opening device is provided on the gas bag, by means of which the gas bag can be vented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Applicant: TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co, KG
    Inventors: Steffen Rothweiler, Lothar Zink
  • Drive system with drive-motor, electric machine and battery
    Patent number: 6281646
    Abstract: The invention concerns a drive system with a drive motor (1), especially the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, an electric machine (4), which provides additional driving action, and at least one short-duty battery (11), which furnishes at least some of the energy required during the driving action of the electric machine (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignees: ISAD Electronic Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Grundl und Hoffmann GmbH
    Inventors: Ullrich Masberg, Thomas Pels, Klaus-Peter Zeyen, Andreas Gründl, Bernhard Hoffmann
  • Method for transdermal application of active substances at high constant dosage
    Patent number: 6280766
    Abstract: Methods for the treatment of patients are provided, such methods comprising applying to the patient a transdermal therapeutic system comprising a therapeutically effective substance such that the dosage of the therapeutically active substance remains constant over a prolonged period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: LTS Lehman Therapie-Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Becher, Werner Wessling
  • Steering wheel with airbag guide
    Patent number: 6279943
    Abstract: A guide is proposed for a steering wheel comprising a steering wheel skeleton consisting of hub, spokes and steering wheel rim and an airbag module housed therein, which for actuation of the horn is displaceably disposed against a return force by the required contact path parallel to the steering wheel axis, which guide is characterized in that at least three guiding points (2) are provided in a manner distributed in the circumferential direction in a pot-shaped steering wheel skeleton (1) and that a pot-shaped guiding metal sheet (4) which is U-shaped in cross-section and open to the bottom is embodied on or attached to a generator support (3) of the airbag module (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: John Derrick
  • Protective device comprising a gas bag for motor vehicle occupants
    Patent number: 6279949
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for rapid inflation of a folded gas bag for an occupant impact protection device in motor vehicles. The device comprises a housing, a pyrotechnic propellant within the housing for generating filling gases, and an ignition device. The housing is equipped with a passage serving as an outflow duct for the filling gases from the gas bag, a cross-section of the passage being adapted to be exposed at least in part after an activation of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Axel Braunschädel
  • Railway vehicle with coupling element units between car body and undercarriage
    Patent number: 6279488
    Abstract: A coupling element unit with spring action is located between a car body and an undercarriage of a railway vehicle. To largely relieve the coupling element unit from forces that act at a right angle to the suspension direction, a sliding adapter is provided that has two sliding elements and that can be displaced with respect to one another parallel to a floor of the car body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Rail Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Hachmann, Thomas Benker, Uwe Schüller
  • Manufacturing method for a steering wheel
    Patent number: 6280674
    Abstract: To produce a steering wheel having a wheel skeleton with a hub, a rim and spokes interconnecting the hub and the rim, a shaped body of a dissolvable material and corresponding in shape to an airbag module is attached to the hub. The skeleton with the shaped body is placed in a mold. A plasticized molding material is molded around the rim and the spokes and over the shaped body forming a steering wheel body with a seamless casing. The steering wheel body is removed from the mold. The shaped body is then dissolved and removed, leaving a hollow space for accommodation of the airbag module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Martin Kreuzer
  • Adjustable pedal for vehicles
    Publication number: 20010015110
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adjustable pedal for vehicles and implements, comprising the pedal tread and the pedal arm together with devices for holding connections for the actuating links and for mounting the pedal on the pedal bracket, in which the pedal on the pedal bracket comprises a plurality of parts which can be moved relative to one another and by which the distance between the pedal tread and the mount can be adjusted. The pedal tread is mounted and held displaceably on the pedal by means of a pedal guide comprising two sections, one of which can be displaced into the other. The solution according to the invention enables the pedal tread to be adjusted in a simple manner with a high degree of safety for the driver with the cost in terms of material and weight being small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Applicant: United Parts FHS Automobil Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Scheidling, Gunter Siebdrah