Patents by Inventor Carsten Rietz

Carsten Rietz 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).

  • Knee airbag
    Publication number: 20080217889
    Abstract: An airbag for restraining a knee area of a vehicle occupant is formed by folding and joining the edges of a single-piece blank. The blank includes an airbag portion for inflation during deployment and at least one restraining strap portion joined to the airbag portion. The at least one restraining strap portion includes at least one additional part of the airbag that is defined as a restraining strap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Carsten Rietz, Nick Eckert
  • Airbag and method of forming the same
    Patent number: 6631923
    Abstract: An airbag, particularly for the knee or head region of a vehicle occupant, has a substantially cylindrical main region. The airbag comprises a substantially cylindrical fabric tube whose lateral ends are stitched after folding the tube into a predetermined pattern having at least two looped segments. The fabric tube can be formed by joining the lateral edge of a rectangular fabric blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Takata-Petri AG
    Inventors: Nick Eckert, Carsten Rietz, Ingo Müller
  • Airbag and method of forming the same background
    Publication number: 20020020996
    Abstract: An airbag, particularly for the knee or head region of a vehicle occupant, has a substantially cylindrical main region. The airbag comprises a substantially cylindrical fabric tube whose lateral ends are stitched after folding the tube into a predetermined pattern having at least two looped segments. The fabric tube can be formed by joining the lateral edge of a rectangular fabric blank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Nick Eckert, Carsten Rietz, Ingo Muller