Patents by Inventor FABIAN HARMS

FABIAN HARMS 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).

  • Illuminated belt buckle for a seat belt device of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10722002
    Abstract: An illuminated belt buckle (1) for a seat belt device of a motor vehicle, having a housing (2), a push button (3) displaceable in the housing (2), an insertion slot (4) bounded by an edge section (21) of the housing (2). A light source (10) and the at least one light emission surface (12, 13, 38, 39) are connected via at least one optical waveguide (11), and wherein a deflecting element (14, 15, 16) is arranged or formed on at least one boundary surface (7) of the optical waveguide (11) and/or on at least one boundary surface (8, 9) of the light emission surface (12, 13, 38, 39). The deflecting element having a geometry that differs from the rest of the boundary surface (7, 8, 9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Fabian Harms, Arndt Sohnchen, Iulian Rotariu
  • ILLUMINATED BELT BUCKLE FOR A SEAT BELT DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190059521
    Abstract: An illuminated belt buckle (1) for a seat belt device of a motor vehicle, having a housing (2), a push button (3) displaceable in the housing (2), an insertion slot (4) bounded by an edge section (21) of the housing (2). A light source (10) and the at least one light emission surface (12, 13, 38, 39) are connected via at least one optical waveguide (11), and wherein a deflecting element (14, 15, 16) is arranged or formed on at least one boundary surface (7) of the optical waveguide (11) and/or on at least one boundary surface (8, 9) of the light emission surface (12, 13, 38, 39). The deflecting element having a geometry that differs from the rest of the boundary surface (7, 8, 9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: FABIAN HARMS, ARNDT SOHNCHEN, IULIAN ROTARIU