Patents by Inventor Armin Toth
Armin Toth 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).
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Patent number: 10118589Abstract: The invention relates to a belt retractor for a safety belt, having: a belt reel (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600) for winding up the safety belt; a locking base (120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620) which during normal operation is conjointly rotated with the belt reel and the rotary motion of which upon abrupt belt extraction is locked by means of a locking mechanism; and a belt force limiting installation which upon locking of the locking base permits relative rotation between the belt reel and the locking base. It is provided according to the invention that the belt retractor has a deactivation installation which after a predefined maximum relative rotary angle between the locking base and the belt reel blocks the relative rotation which is permitted between the belt reel and the locking base by the belt force limiting installation and, on account thereof, deactivates the belt force limiting installation.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Hermann Hasse, Robert Fleischmann, Joachim Nuesseler, Peter Baumgartner, Thomas Schwer, Armin Toth, Dirk Buchlaub, Jochen Lang, Thomas Rupp
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Patent number: 10046733Abstract: A belt retractor for a safety belt, having a belt reel for winding or unwinding the safety belt, and a belt force limiting installation which comprises a first and second torsion bar for limiting belt force. The belt retractor has a free-wheeling transmission which operates depending on the rotation angle and which after activation of the belt force limiting installation initially leaves the second torsion bar so as to be inactive, while the first torsion bar for limiting belt force is already being twisted, and the free-wheeling transmission activates the second torsion bar as soon as the free-wheeling transmission has been rotated about a predefined maximum free-wheeling rotation angle.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Robert Fleischmann, Armin Toth, Christoph Pechhold, Thomas Schwer, Karl-Friedrich Haug
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Patent number: 9616846Abstract: The invention relates to a belt retractor for a seat belt having a belt reel for winding up and unwinding the seat belt and a torsion bar which is arranged outside the belt reel and is connected at one bar end to a switchable fixing device. The switchable fixing device keeps the bar end rotationally fixed in one state and permits rotation of the bar end in another state. The switchable fixing device has a displaceable piston which, with a piston portion, in a locking position, can secure the bar end against rotation and, in a release position displaced in relation to the locking position, releases the bar end.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: TAKATA AGInventors: Oliver Gloeckler, Wolfgang Schrade, Peter Linde, Uwe Eisemann, Armin Toth
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Publication number: 20160311397Abstract: The invention relates to a belt retractor for a safety belt, having: a belt reel (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600) for winding up the safety belt; a locking base (120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620) which during normal operation is conjointly rotated with the belt reel and the rotary motion of which upon abrupt belt extraction is locked by means of a locking mechanism; and a belt force limiting installation which upon locking of the locking base permits relative rotation between the belt reel and the locking base. It is provided according to the invention that the belt retractor has a deactivation installation which after a predefined maximum relative rotary angle between the locking base and the belt reel blocks the relative rotation which is permitted between the belt reel and the locking base by the belt force limiting installation and, on account thereof, deactivates the belt force limiting installation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: TAKATA AGInventors: Hermann HASSE, Robert FLEISCHMANN, Joachim NUESSELER, Peter BAUMGARTNER, Thomas SCHWER, Armin TOTH, Dirk BUCHLAUB, Jochen LANG, Thomas RUPP
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Patent number: 9463772Abstract: A tensioning drive for a safely belt device. The tensioning drive includes a gas generator, a drive wheel and a supply pipe which connects the gas generator and the drive wheel. A plurality of pushing members is included in the supply pipe. The pushing members are accelerated after the gas generator has been activated. The pushing members drive the drive wheel, and at least one of the pushing members completely or at least partially seals the supply pipe. The sealing action of the at least one sealing pushing member is ended or reduced after a predetermined distance has been travelled.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: TAKATA AGInventors: Wolfgang Schrade, Hans-Juergen Divo, Armin Toth, Robert Fleischmann, Gerhard Klingauf, Heinrich Einsiedel, Ruediger Paulsen
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Publication number: 20160200289Abstract: A belt retractor for a safety belt, having a belt reel for winding or unwinding the safety belt, and a belt force limiting installation which comprises a first and second torsion bar for limiting belt force. The belt retractor has a free-wheeling transmission Which operates depending on the rotation angle and which after activation of the belt force limiting installation initially leaves the second torsion bar so as to be inactive, while the first torsion bar for limiting belt force is already being twisted, and the free-wheeling transmission activates the second torsion bar as soon as the free-wheeling transmission has been rotated about a predefined maximum free-wheeling rotation angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2014Publication date: July 14, 2016Applicant: TAKATA AGInventors: Robert FLEISCHMANN, Armin TOTH, Christoph PECHHOLD, Thomas SCHWER, Karl-Friedrich HAUG
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Patent number: 9333942Abstract: A belt roller for a safety belt having a belt coil for winding and unwinding the safety belt. The roller includes a lockable locking base which is connected to the belt coil and which is suitable for blocking the belt coil in the event of an abrupt rotation of the belt coil in the belt unwinding direction. The roller also includes a force transmission element which couples the belt coil and the locking base in a locking position and is inactive in an unlocking position. The force transmission element has a base member and a shearing portion which can be sheared off.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: TAKATA AGInventors: Wolfgang Schrade, Armin Toth
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Publication number: 20150298650Abstract: The invention relates to a belt retractor (10) for a seat belt, with a belt reel (20) for winding up and unwinding the seat belt, and a torsion bar (30) which is arranged outside the belt reel (20) and is connected at one bar end (32) to a switchable fixing device (50), the switchable fixing device (50), in one state, keeping the bar end (32) rotationally fixed and, in another state, permitting rotation of the bar end (32). According to the invention, it is provided that the switchable fixing device (50) has a displaceable piston (80) which, with a piston portion, in a locking position, can secure the bar end (32) against rotation and, in a release position displaced in relation to the locking position, releases the bar end (32).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2015Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: Takata AGInventors: Oliver GLOECKLER, Wolfgang Schrade, Peter Linde, Uwe Eisemann, Armin Toth
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Publication number: 20140361113Abstract: The invention relates to a tensioning drive (10) for a safely belt device having: a gas generator (20), a drive wheel (30) and a supply pipe (40) which connects the gas generator (20) and the drive wheel (30), there being provided in the supply pipe (40) a plurality of pushing members (50) which are accelerated after the gas generator (20) has been activated and which drive the drive wheel (30), and at least one of the pushing members (60) completely or at least partially sealing the supply pipe (40). According to the invention, there is provision for the tensioning drive (10) to be constructed in such a manner that the sealing action of the at least one sealing pushing member (60) is ended or reduced after a predetermined distance has been travelled.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: Takata AGInventors: Wolfgang SCHRADE, Hans-Juergen DIVO, Armin TOTH, Robert FLEISCHMANN, Gerhard KLINGAUF, Heinrich EINSIEDEL, Herr Ruediger PAULSEN
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Publication number: 20140339351Abstract: A belt roller for a safety belt having a belt coil for winding and unwinding the safety belt. The roller includes a lockable locking base which is connected to the belt coil and which is suitable for blocking the belt coil in the event of an abrupt rotation of the belt coil in the belt unwinding direction. The roller also includes a force transmission element which couples the belt coil and the locking base in a locking position and is inactive in an unlocking position. The force transmission element has a base member and a shearing portion which can be sheared off.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: Takata AGInventors: Wolfgang SCHRADE, Armin TOTH
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Patent number: 8636239Abstract: The invention relates to a belt retractor for winding up and unwinding a safety belt, with at least one force transmission element which is held by a first part of the belt retractor and which can be connected to a second part of the belt retractor, the force transmission element being held in a recess of the first part in such a way that it can be pressed axially into the recess of the first part, with the result that the connection to the second part is broken.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2010Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Takata AGInventors: Robert Fleischmann, Andreas Maunz, Hans-Jürgen Divo, Gerhard Klingauf, Robert Hofer, Hermann Hasse, Wolfgang Schrade, Armin Toth
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Publication number: 20110057064Abstract: The invention relates to a belt retractor for a seat belt, with a belt reel (110) for winding up and unwinding the seat belt, and a lockable locking base (100) connected to the belt reel. According to the invention, it is provided that an inner element (10) having a predetermined outer contour (30) is held rotatably in an outer element (40) having a predetermined inner contour (50), the outer contour or the inner contour having at least one deformable section (R1-Rn) by means of which the inner element and the outer element interact and which is deformed in the event of a relative rotation of the two elements, and the inner element being connected to the belt reel and the outer element being connected to the locking base or, conversely, the inner element being connected to the locking base and the outer element being connected to the belt reel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: March 10, 2011Inventors: Dipl.-Ing. Armin TOTH, Rüdiger Paulsen
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Publication number: 20100301152Abstract: The invention relates to a belt retractor for winding up and unwinding a safety belt, with at least one force transmission element which is held by a first part of the belt retractor and which can be connected to a second part of the belt retractor, the force transmission element being held in a recess of the first part in such a way that it can be pressed axially into the recess of the first part, with the result that the connection to the second part is broken.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2010Publication date: December 2, 2010Inventors: Robert Fleischmann, Andreas Maunz, Hans-Jürgen Divo, Gerhard Klingauf, Robert Hofer, Hermann Hasse, Wolfgang Schrade, Armin Toth
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Publication number: 20060145946Abstract: A transflective display device comprising a first transparent substrate for letting in light of a background lighting, whereby the first transparent substrate is provided with first electrodes. The display device also comprises a second transparent substrate for displaying graphic patterns, whereby the second transparent substrate is provided with second electrodes. An electro-optical material is provided, in particular, in the form of a liquid crystal layer between the first and the second transparent substrate. The display device additionally comprises pixel sections that are provided in overlapping areas of the respective first and second electrodes, have a respective reflecting element for reflecting light let in through the second substrate, and have a color filter element for filtering and permitting light, which is let in through the first substrate, to pass through in the direction of the second substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2004Publication date: July 6, 2006Inventors: Markus Baur, Armin Toth