Patents by Inventor Hans Martin Hauck

Hans Martin Hauck 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: 7665759
    Abstract: A cover plate for an airbag module, such as a driver side airbag module. The cover plate includes a cover part and at least one wall which extends in a generally perpendicular manner in relation to the cover part. In order to prevent indentation areas from forming on the visible surface of the cover part on the transition points towards the walls and to provide the simple deformation of the airbag cover from the production tool, the wall extends, when seen in the cross-section thereof, at distances which are short in relation to the length of the wall, alternating in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Takata-Petri AG
    Inventors: Klaus Vath, Wilhelm Schnabel, Hans Martin Hauck, Rudolf Helfrich
  • Publication number: 20080150262
    Abstract: A cover plate for an airbag module, such as a driver side airbag module. The cover plate includes a cover part and at least one wall which extends in a generally perpendicular manner in relation to the cover part. In order to prevent indentation areas from forming on the visible surface of the cover part on the transition points towards the walls and to provide the simple deformation of the airbag cover from the production tool, the wall extends, when seen in the cross-section thereof, at distances which are short in relation to the length of the wall, alternating in different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Klaus Vath, Wilhelm Schnabel, Hans Martin Hauck, Rudolf Helfrich
  • Patent number: 7316414
    Abstract: A housing for an airbag module for arranging on the steering wheel of a motor vehicle comprises a hinge mechanism for pivotably fixing the housing to a steering wheel and at least one fixing mechanism for additionally mounting the housing on the steering wheel in a floating manner. The hinge mechanism and the fixing mechanism are arranged at a distance from each other. The inventive housing also comprises a contact mechanism for triggering a vehicle horn. The contact mechanism is arranged at a distance from the hinge mechanism, and the housing mounted in a floating manner can be pivoted about the hinge mechanism in order to trigger the vehicle horn by applied pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Takata-Petri AG
    Inventors: Petra Bathon, Andreas Hans, Hans-Martin Hauck, Takashi Sakaguchi, Norbert Müller
  • Publication number: 20060270261
    Abstract: A housing for an airbag module for arranging on the steering wheel of a motor vehicle comprises a hinge mechanism for pivotably fixing the housing to a steering wheel and at least one fixing mechanism for additionally mounting the housing on the steering wheel in a floating manner. The hinge mechanism and the fixing mechanism are arranged at a distance from each other. The inventive housing also comprises a contact mechanism for triggering a vehicle horn. The contact mechanism is arranged at a distance from the hinge mechanism, and the housing mounted in a floating manner can be pivoted about the hinge mechanism in order to trigger the vehicle horn by applied pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Petra Bathon, Andreas Hans, Hans-Martin Hauck, Takashi Sakaguchi, Norbert Muller
  • Patent number: 6505850
    Abstract: An airbag covering cap including a support layer and a covering layer of different elasticities, having at least one tear-off line along which the airbag covering cap tears open when the airbag is deployed. The covering layer is weakened by a groove in the region of the tear-off line and the support layer extends into this groove. The covering layer has a section adjacent to the section of the support layer, which extends into said support layer. The edge between the sections of the support and covering layers, each extending into the other layer is configured as a tear-off edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Takata-Petri AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Helfrich, Norbert Vath, Thomas Klein, Bernhard Kress, Norbert Wolleb, Tomás Sieira, Hans Martin Hauck
  • Publication number: 20020024199
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag covering cap comprising a support layer and a covering layer of different elasticities, having at least one tear-off line along which the airbag covering cap tears open when the airbag is deployed. The covering layer is weakened by a groove in the region of the tear-off line and the support layer extends into this groove. In accordance with the invention, the covering layer (13) has a section (13a), adjacent to the section (11a) of the support layer (11), which extends into said support layer (11). The edge between the sections (11a, 13a) of the support and covering layers (11, 13), each extending into the other layer, is configured as a tear-off edge (14, 15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 1999
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Applicant: Rudolf Helfrich
    Inventors: RUDOLF HELFRICH, NORBERT VATH, THOMAS KLEIN, BERNHARD KRESS, NORBERT WOLLEB, TOMAS SIEIRA, HANS MARTIN HAUCK