Patents by Inventor Georg Kirchbaumer

Georg Kirchbaumer 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).

  • Publication number: 20090256335
    Abstract: An interior trim part with an airbag device has an airbag module (1) with a pot-shaped housing (11) for accommodating an airbag (12) which is attached at the protruding end of a firing passage (24) to a dimensionally stable support (2). An opening section (23) for the deployment of the airbag is predetermined in the support (2) by means of tear lines (21) and/or hinge lines. The problem arises of preventing, by means of a simple measure, the opening section (23) from tearing off during the deployment of the airbag (12). For this purpose, it is proposed that a first section (41) of a retaining band (4) is attached to the opening section (23), said retaining band running within the firing passage (24) as far as the base of the airbag module (1) and being fastened there.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Markus Reil, Willi Schalude, Georg Kirchbaumer, Jean Christophe Girard