Patents by Inventor Bernhard Kress

Bernhard Kress 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: 6505850
    Abstract: An airbag covering cap including a support layer and a covering layer of different elasticities, having at least one tear-off line along which the airbag covering cap tears open when the airbag is deployed. The covering layer is weakened by a groove in the region of the tear-off line and the support layer extends into this groove. The covering layer has a section adjacent to the section of the support layer, which extends into said support layer. The edge between the sections of the support and covering layers, each extending into the other layer is configured as a tear-off edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Takata-Petri AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Helfrich, Norbert Vath, Thomas Klein, Bernhard Kress, Norbert Wolleb, Tomás Sieira, Hans Martin Hauck
  • Publication number: 20020024199
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag covering cap comprising a support layer and a covering layer of different elasticities, having at least one tear-off line along which the airbag covering cap tears open when the airbag is deployed. The covering layer is weakened by a groove in the region of the tear-off line and the support layer extends into this groove. In accordance with the invention, the covering layer (13) has a section (13a), adjacent to the section (11a) of the support layer (11), which extends into said support layer (11). The edge between the sections (11a, 13a) of the support and covering layers (11, 13), each extending into the other layer, is configured as a tear-off edge (14, 15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Applicant: Rudolf Helfrich
    Inventors: RUDOLF HELFRICH, NORBERT VATH, THOMAS KLEIN, BERNHARD KRESS, NORBERT WOLLEB, TOMAS SIEIRA, HANS MARTIN HAUCK
  • Patent number: 4942594
    Abstract: Chemical decontamination of large components and systems of metallic materials of nuclear reactors with a liquid reactor coolant, wherein the treatment is carried out by means of an aqueous solution of oxidizing chemicals which is moved through the large components and systems to be decontaminated. Nitrates, chromates or Ce-IV salts are added as oxidizing chemicals in the particularly borate-containing primary coolant and also an addition of ozone is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst-Otto Bertholdt, Bernhard Kress