Patents by Inventor Christof Werner
Christof Werner 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: 11305720Abstract: An apparatus (10) for helping to protect an occupant (20) of a vehicle (12) having a seat (16 or 22) for receiving the occupant (20) includes an inflatable protection device (14) inflatable from a stored condition in the vehicle (12) adjacent a reaction surface (19, 23, 36) to a deployed condition between the reaction surface and the vehicle occupant (20). The protection device (14) includes a front portion (62) presented toward the seat (22) and an inflatable volume for receiving a penetrating occupant (20?) when the protection device (14) is in the deployed condition. A rear portion (64) connected to the front portion (62) has an inflatable volume spaced from the front portion (62) by a space (110). The front portion (62) is positioned between the vehicle occupant (20) and the rear portion (64) when the protection device (14) is in the deployed condition.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: TRW AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: Kurt F. Fischer, Roy Turnbull, Douglas M. Gould, Michael Stegmeier, Christof Werner, Simon Schmid
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Publication number: 20210401595Abstract: A prosthetic liner includes a flexible elongate, generally conical body portion formed from an elastomeric material. The body portion defines an inner surface, an outer surface forming a liner profile between a distal end and a proximal end, and an axis extending between the distal and proximal ends. At least one seal element extends circumferentially about the axis and protrudes radially outward a distance from the liner profile. The at least one seal element has a seal height defined between the liner profile and a radially outward end of the at least one seal element. The seal height varies circumferentially about the axis between a first seal height and a second seal height.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventor: Christof Werner Bjorn KURTH
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Patent number: 11123203Abstract: A prosthetic liner includes a flexible elongate, generally conical body portion formed from an elastomeric material. The body portion defines an inner surface, an outer surface forming a liner profile between a distal end and a proximal end, and an axis extending between the distal and proximal ends. At least one seal element extends circumferentially about the axis and protrudes radially outward a distance from the liner profile. The at least one seal element has a seal height defined between the liner profile and a radially outward end of the at least one seal element. The seal height varies circumferentially about the axis between a first seal height and a second seal height.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: OSSUR ICELAND EHFInventor: Christof Werner Björn Kurth
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Publication number: 20200114860Abstract: An apparatus (10) for helping to protect an occupant (20) of a vehicle (12) having a seat (16 or 22) for receiving the occupant (20) includes an inflatable protection device (14) inflatable from a stored condition in the vehicle (12) adjacent a reaction surface (19, 23, 36) to a deployed condition between the reaction surface and the vehicle occupant (20). The protection device (14) includes a front portion (62) presented toward the seat (22) and an inflatable volume for receiving a penetrating occupant (20?) when the protection device (14) is in the deployed condition. A rear portion (64) connected to the front portion (62) has an inflatable volume spaced from the front portion (62) by a space (110). The front portion (62) is positioned between the vehicle occupant (20) and the rear portion (64) when the protection device (14) is in the deployed condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Kurt F. Fischer, Roy Turnbull, Douglas M. Gould, Michael Stegmeier, Christof Werner, Simon Schmid
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Patent number: 10525927Abstract: An apparatus (10) for helping to protect an occupant (20) of a vehicle (12) having a seat (16 or 22) for receiving the occupant (20) includes an inflatable protection device (14) inflatable from a stored condition in the vehicle (12) adjacent a reaction surface (19, 23, 36) to a deployed condition between the reaction surface and the vehicle occupant (20). The protection device (14) includes a front portion (62) presented toward the seat (22) and an inflatable volume for receiving a penetrating occupant (20?) when the protection device (14) is in the deployed condition. A rear portion (64) connected to the front portion (62) has an inflatable volume spaced from the front portion (62) by a space (110). The front portion (62) is positioned between the vehicle occupant (20) and the rear portion (64) when the protection device (14) is in the deployed condition.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignees: TRW AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, TRW VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Kurt F. Fischer, Roy Turnbull, Douglas M. Gould, Michael Stegmeier, Christof Werner, Simon Schmid
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Publication number: 20190117418Abstract: A prosthetic liner includes a flexible elongate, generally conical body portion formed from an elastomeric material. The body portion defines an inner surface, an outer surface forming a liner profile between a distal end and a proximal end, and an axis extending between the distal and proximal ends. At least one seal element extends circumferentially about the axis and protrudes radially outward a distance from the liner profile. The at least one seal element has a seal height defined between the liner profile and a radially outward end of the at least one seal element. The seal height varies circumferentially about the axis between a first seal height and a second seal height.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventor: Christof Werner Björn KURTH
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Patent number: 10159585Abstract: A prosthetic liner includes a flexible elongate, generally conical body portion formed from an elastomeric material. The body portion defines an inner surface, an outer surface forming a liner profile between a distal end and a proximal end, and an axis extending between the distal and proximal ends. At least one seal element extends circumferentially about the axis and protrudes radially outward a distance from the liner profile. The at least one seal element has a seal height defined between the liner profile and a radially outward end of the at least one seal element. The seal height varies circumferentially about the axis between a first seal height and a second seal height.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: OSSUR ICELAND EHFInventor: Christof Werner Björn Kurth
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Publication number: 20180043852Abstract: An apparatus (10) for helping to protect an occupant (20) of a vehicle (12) having a seat (16 or 22) for receiving the occupant (20) includes an inflatable protection device (14) inflatable from a stored condition in the vehicle (12) adjacent a reaction surface (19, 23, 36) to a deployed condition between the reaction surface and the vehicle occupant (20). The protection device (14) includes a front portion (62) presented toward the seat (22) and an inflatable volume for receiving a penetrating occupant (20?) when the protection device (14) is in the deployed condition. A rear portion (64) connected to the front portion (62) has an inflatable volume spaced from the front portion (62) by a space (110). The front portion (62) is positioned between the vehicle occupant (20) and the rear portion (64) when the protection device (14) is in the deployed condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2017Publication date: February 15, 2018Inventors: Kurt F. Fischer, Roy Turnbull, Douglas M. Gould, Michael Stegmeier, Christof Werner, Simon Schmid
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Publication number: 20170304085Abstract: A prosthetic liner includes a flexible elongate, generally conical body portion formed from an elastomeric material. The body portion defines an inner surface, an outer surface forming a liner profile between a distal end and a proximal end, and an axis extending between the distal and proximal ends. At least one seal element extends circumferentially about the axis and protrudes radially outward a distance from the liner profile. The at least one seal element has a seal height defined between the liner profile and a radially outward end of the at least one seal element. The seal height varies circumferentially about the axis between a first seal height and a second seal height.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventor: Christof Werner Björn KURTH
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Publication number: 20060163851Abstract: In a seat-integrated side gas bag restraint system having a side gas bag (12) and a gas generator (14) that is arranged within the side gas bag (12), the gas generator (14) is joined to a vehicle-fixed component (28) via the side gas bag (12) only.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2006Publication date: July 27, 2006Inventors: Christof Werner, Dominique Acker