Patents by Inventor Hans-Jürgen Imken

Hans-Jürgen Imken 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: 7806429
    Abstract: An air bag assembly unit is provided for an occupant restraint systems in motor vehicles with an air bag, which is accommodated by an air bag housing and is to be filled with gas by the contents of a gas generator. The assembly unit includes a diffusor housing, which is arranged at the air bag housing, is connected to the air bag housing via gas passage openings, and in which the gas generator pushed in via an installation opening is fixed by a holding device. The holding device is formed from a fastening ring (7), which is arranged in the intermediate space (5) of the diffusor housing wall (8) and the gas generator wall (9), seals the intermediate space (5) by a sealing device (6) in a gas-tight manner and surrounds the gas generator (2) in a ring-shaped pattern. The fastening ring (7) is fixed at the diffusor housing wall (8) in a positive-locking manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Thomas Fangmann, Keit Wagener, Hans-Juergen Imken
  • Publication number: 20080129019
    Abstract: An air bag assembly unit is provided for an occupant restraint systems in motor vehicles with an air bag, which is accommodated by an air bag housing and is to be filled with gas by the contents of a gas generator. The assembly unit includes a diffusor housing, which is arranged at the air bag housing, is connected to the air bag housing via gas passage openings, and in which the gas generator pushed in via an installation opening is fixed by a holding device. The holding device is formed from a fastening ring (7), which is arranged in the intermediate space (5) of the diffusor housing wall (8) and the gas generator wall (9), seals the intermediate space (5) by a sealing device (6) in a gas-tight manner and surrounds the gas generator (2) in a ring-shaped pattern. The fastening ring (7) is fixed at the diffusor housing wall (8) in a positive-locking manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Fangmann, Keit Wagener, Hans-Juergen Imken
  • Patent number: 6431581
    Abstract: A one-piece housing that can be manufactured in one operation for an inflatable air bag in a motor vehicle is described, in which the housing has two chambers, one of which accommodates the air bag module and the other is a diffusor chamber with chamber walls having gas passage openings, into which the gas generator is introduced. Reinforcing ribs of the housing are made in one piece with the diffusor chamber wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Keit Wagener, Hans-Jürgen Imken, Jürgen Klenk, Ulrich Rick