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).

  • Patent number: 10118589
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Hermann Hasse, Robert Fleischmann, Joachim Nuesseler, Peter Baumgartner, Thomas Schwer, Armin Toth, Dirk Buchlaub, Jochen Lang, Thomas Rupp
  • Patent number: 10046733
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Fleischmann, Armin Toth, Christoph Pechhold, Thomas Schwer, Karl-Friedrich Haug
  • Patent number: 9616846
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: TAKATA AG
    Inventors: Oliver Gloeckler, Wolfgang Schrade, Peter Linde, Uwe Eisemann, Armin Toth
  • Publication number: 20160311397
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: TAKATA AG
    Inventors: Hermann HASSE, Robert FLEISCHMANN, Joachim NUESSELER, Peter BAUMGARTNER, Thomas SCHWER, Armin TOTH, Dirk BUCHLAUB, Jochen LANG, Thomas RUPP
  • Patent number: 9463772
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: TAKATA AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schrade, Hans-Juergen Divo, Armin Toth, Robert Fleischmann, Gerhard Klingauf, Heinrich Einsiedel, Ruediger Paulsen
  • Publication number: 20160200289
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: TAKATA AG
    Inventors: Robert FLEISCHMANN, Armin TOTH, Christoph PECHHOLD, Thomas SCHWER, Karl-Friedrich HAUG
  • Patent number: 9333942
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: TAKATA AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Schrade, Armin Toth
  • Publication number: 20150298650
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: Takata AG
    Inventors: Oliver GLOECKLER, Wolfgang Schrade, Peter Linde, Uwe Eisemann, Armin Toth
  • Publication number: 20140361113
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: Takata AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang SCHRADE, Hans-Juergen DIVO, Armin TOTH, Robert FLEISCHMANN, Gerhard KLINGAUF, Heinrich EINSIEDEL, Herr Ruediger PAULSEN
  • Publication number: 20140339351
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Takata AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang SCHRADE, Armin TOTH
  • Patent number: 8636239
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Takata AG
    Inventors: Robert Fleischmann, Andreas Maunz, Hans-Jürgen Divo, Gerhard Klingauf, Robert Hofer, Hermann Hasse, Wolfgang Schrade, Armin Toth
  • Publication number: 20110057064
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Dipl.-Ing. Armin TOTH, Rüdiger Paulsen
  • Publication number: 20100301152
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Fleischmann, Andreas Maunz, Hans-Jürgen Divo, Gerhard Klingauf, Robert Hofer, Hermann Hasse, Wolfgang Schrade, Armin Toth
  • Publication number: 20060145946
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Markus Baur, Armin Toth