Patents by Inventor Andreas GEIST

Andreas GEIST 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).

  • Airbag of a vehicle occupant restraint system
    Patent number: 12194948
    Abstract: An airbag of a vehicle occupant restraint system has an actively releasable tether element (14) disposed in an interior (16) of the airbag (10) which is connected, at an airbag-side fixation (18), permanently to the airbag (10) in the region of a contact zone (20) for the occupant, and which comprises a detachable fixing point (22) for the release. The airbag (10) can take up a smaller first filled volume (V1) in which the tether element (14) and the detachable fixing point (22) are not released, and a larger second filled volume (V2) in which the tether element (14) is released at the actively detachable fixing point (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Simon Schmid, Silke Leger, Markus Schlipf, Simon Kramer, Jochen Dünnebier, Andreas Geist
  • AIRBAG OF A VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240198952
    Abstract: An airbag of a vehicle occupant restraint system has an actively releasable tether element (14) disposed in an interior (16) of the airbag (10) which is connected, at an airbag-side fixation (18), permanently to the airbag (10) in the region of a contact zone (20) for the occupant, and which comprises a detachable fixing point (22) for the release. The airbag (10) can take up a smaller first filled volume (V1) in which the tether element (14) and the detachable fixing point (22) are not released, and a larger second filled volume (V2) in which the tether element (14) is released at the actively detachable fixing point (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Simon SCHMID, Silke LEGER, Markus SCHLIPF, Simon KRAMER, Jochen DÜNNEBIER, Andreas GEIST