Patents by Inventor Björn Windhausen

Björn Windhausen 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: 8167334
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas generator for an airbag module, comprising a housing, and a filter fastened in the housing for filtering a gas that can be generated with the gas generator. According to the invention, it is provided that a part of the gas generator is inserted into a recess of the filter for fastening the filter in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Takata-Petri AG
    Inventors: Heiko Kratz, Björn Windhausen, Michael Menzel
  • Patent number: 8083258
    Abstract: A gas generator assembly for a motor vehicle is provided. The gas generator assembly having a gas generator which is designed to provide gas to inflate in airbag after the gas generator is activated, a filter for filtering gases provided by the gas generator and a device which is designed to release a fluid so that said fluid comes into contact with the filter. The device is designed to release the fluid at a point in time which can be pre-defined and which is independent of the point in time of the activation of the gas generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Takata-Petri AG
    Inventors: Gerrit Von Breitenbach, Björn Windhausen
  • Patent number: 7976061
    Abstract: A combustion chamber assembly for an airbag module of a motor vehicle is provided. The combustion chamber assembly comprising a combustion chamber housing, which encloses a combustion chamber, and a housing receptacle, in which the combustion chamber housing is to be disposed such that the combustion chamber housing with the outer surface thereof is running along an inner surface of the housing receptacle. Discharge regions being respectively provided in the combustion chamber housing and in the housing receptacle, said regions being spatially associated with one another such that gas generated in the combustion chamber may discharge through the discharge regions of the combustion chamber housing and the housing receptacle into the surroundings. At least one indentation is formed on the combustion chamber housing and/or on the housing receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Takata-Petri AG
    Inventors: Stephen Kimmich, Björn Windhausen
  • Publication number: 20110148084
    Abstract: The invention relates to a gas generator for an airbag module, comprising a housing, and a filter fastened in the housing for filtering a gas that can be generated with the gas generator. According to the invention, it is provided that a part of the gas generator is inserted into a recess of the filter for fastening the filter in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Heiko KRATZ, Björn WINDHAUSEN, Michael MENZEL
  • Publication number: 20110133436
    Abstract: A gas generator assembly for a motor vehicle is provided. The gas generator assembly having a gas generator which is designed to provide gas to inflate in airbag after the gas generator is activated, a filter for filtering gases provided by the gas generator and a device which is designed to release a fluid so that said fluid comes into contact with the filter. The device is designed to release the fluid at a point in time which can be pre-defined and which is independent of the point in time of the activation of the gas generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Gerrit VON BREITENBACH, Björn Windhausen
  • Publication number: 20110025031
    Abstract: An airbag module for a motor vehicle is provided. The airbag module comprises an airbag, which is inflatable with gas to protect an occupant, a gas generator for generating the gas provided for inflating the airbag, and an additional cooling device, which comprises a reservoir for storing a coolant. The reservoir being designed to be opened, such that the coolant may come into contact with the gas used to inflate the airbag to cool said gas. The coolant comprises at least one propanediol. The inflated airbag defines an interior of the airbag that has a volume, wherein the cooling device is adapted to inject between 0.15 and 1.00 ml coolant per liter of the volume of the airbag into the interior of the airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Björn WINDHAUSEN, Christian SCHREIBER, Michael HÄNSEL, Sascha PFEIFER
  • Patent number: 7866692
    Abstract: A gas generator for a vehicle passenger protection device. The gas generator includes a combustion chamber in which a gas-generating charge is arranged. A conical deposition chamber is provided that has a first wall, within which a plurality of gas through-holes are formed, and at least one second wall which extends at an angle from the first wall and within which at least one blow-off hole is formed. Gas generated inside the combustion chamber enters the deposition chamber through the gas through-holes and leaves the deposition chamber through the at least one blow-off hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Takata-Petri AG
    Inventors: Björn Windhausen, Heiko Kratz
  • Publication number: 20100230943
    Abstract: An inflator device for an airbag module of a motor vehicle is provided. The inflator device comprising a combustion chamber for accommodating a gas charge from which as gas for inflating a gas bag can be generated, and a combustion chamber housing which surrounds an interior space of the combustion chamber, in which space the gas charge is housed. The combustion chamber housing is enclosed by a housing receptacle such that the combustion chamber housing can be supported on the housing receptacle in order to prevent a deformation or a break-up of the combustion chamber housing upon generation of gas according to its intended purposes in the combustion chamber. The housing receptacle is part of a module housing for receiving at least one gas bag of the airbag module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen Kimmich, Björn Windhausen
  • Publication number: 20100219622
    Abstract: A combustion chamber assembly for an airbag module of a motor vehicle is provided. The combustion chamber assembly comprising a combustion chamber housing, which encloses a combustion chamber, and a housing receptacle, in which the combustion chamber housing is to be disposed such that the combustion chamber housing with the outer surface thereof is running along an inner surface of the housing receptacle. Discharge regions being respectively provided in the combustion chamber housing and in the housing receptacle, said regions being spatially associated with one another such that gas generated in the combustion chamber may discharge through the discharge regions of the combustion chamber housing and the housing receptacle into the surroundings. At least one indentation is formed on the combustion chamber housing and/or on the housing receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen Kimmich, Björn Windhausen
  • Publication number: 20100117344
    Abstract: A gas generator for a vehicle passenger protection device. The gas generator includes a combustion chamber in which a gas-generating charge is arranged. A conical deposition chamber is provided that has a first wall, within which a plurality of gas through-holes are formed, and at least one second wall which extends at an angle from the first wall and within which at least one blow-off hole is formed. Gas generated inside the combustion chamber enters the deposition chamber through the gas through-holes and leaves the deposition chamber through the at least one blow-off hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Björn Windhausen, Heiko Kratz