Patents by Inventor Jens Feller
Jens Feller 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: 10843655Abstract: It is provided an airbag arrangement for a vehicle-occupant-restraining system, comprising an airbag, wherein at least one airbag layer delimits an inflatable volume of the airbag; and at least one fastening tab, which is connected to the airbag layer and is intended for fastening the airbag on a vehicle component. The entire fastening tab is formed from a different material to that of the airbag layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBHInventors: Jens Feller, Axel Gruner
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Publication number: 20180370478Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag arrangement for a vehicle-occupant-restraining system, having an airbag (2), wherein at least one airbag layer (21, 22) delimits an inflatable volume (200) of the airbag (2); and at least one fastening tab (3), which is connected to the airbag layer (21, 22) and is intended for fastening the airbag (2) on a vehicle component. According to the invention, the entire fastening tab (3) is formed from a different material to that of the airbag layer (21, 22). The invention also relates to a method for producing an airbag arrangement for a vehicle-occupant-restraining system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: Joyson Safety Systems Germany GmbHInventors: Jens FELLER, Axel GRUNER
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Patent number: 8931801Abstract: An airbag for a vehicle occupant restraint system of a motor vehicle is provided. The airbag comprising at least one first and one second layer of an airbag material, at least one inflatable chamber formed between the first and the second layer, which is inflatable for the protection of a vehicle occupant and at least one seam, by which the first and the second layer are connected with each other along at least a portion of their respective circumference. The airbag is deployed between a vehicle occupant and a vehicle side structure. The airbag is formed such that when the airbag is mounted in the vehicle and inflated, the seam extends along a plane which is oriented obliquely or transversely to a plane formed by the longitudinal and the height direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Takata AGInventors: Jens Feller, Torsten Schmidt, Rainer Heuschmid
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Patent number: 8844966Abstract: A vehicle seat of a motor vehicle is provided. The vehicle seat comprises a backrest which includes a middle part and at least one side bolster, a gas bag module with a folded gas bag, which is at least partly arranged in the side bolster, an adjusting element for adjusting a width of the backrest, which is at least partly arranged in the side bolster and is movable relative to the middle part, by means of which the position of the side bolster relative to the middle part can be varied, and ascot frame extending in the side bolster, which in the vehicle seat mounted in the motor vehicle is aligned along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. At least part of the folded gas bag is arranged before the seat frame with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Takata AGInventors: Jens Feller, Torsten Schmidt, Peter Baumgartner, Thomas Steck
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Patent number: 8777256Abstract: A folded airbag for a motor vehicle, which can be inflated in case of a crash, has a first rolled folding created by rolling up a first airbag section, and a second rolled folding created by rolling up a second airbag section. The spatial directions, along which the two airbag sections are rolled up to form a rolled folding, are oriented at an angle to each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Takata AGInventor: Jens Feller
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Patent number: 8764050Abstract: A device for a passenger protection system of a vehicle is provided. The device comprises an oblong gas generator which is formed and provided to provide gas for inflating a gas bag in a case of activation, wherein the gas generator includes at least one firmly arranged stay bolt protruding from the shell surface of the gas generator, and a sleeve-shaped gas conducting element connected with the gas generator, which is formed and provided to divert gas flowing out of the gas generator and introduce the same into a gas bag to be inflated. The gas conducting element is connected with at least one of the stay bolts of the gas generator by means of a bayonet connector For forming a bayonet connector the gas conducting element forms at least one joining channel for the at least one stay bolt of the gas generator and in the region in which it forms the joining channel the gas conducting element at least partly includes a material reinforcement.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2013Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Takata AGInventors: Peter Baumgartner, Jens Feller, Axel GrĂ¼ner, Philipp Fuchs
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Patent number: 8632094Abstract: An airbag for a vehicle occupant restraining system is provided. The airbag comprises a first inflatable area; a second inflatable area; a shoulder area arranged between the first and seconds area. The shoulder area extends in the inflated status of the airbag in the area of a shoulder and/or in an upper arm region of the vehicle occupant to be protected. The shoulder area has a thickness lower than the thickness of the first and second areas as determined in a direction vertical to the main plane of extension of the inflated airbag or comprises a recess in the airbag. The airbag is to be arranged in a vehicle such that, in case of a side collision of the vehicle, the shoulder and/or the upper arm region of the vehicle occupant strikes the shoulder area of the airbag.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2009Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Takata AGInventors: Torsten Schmidt, Jens Feller, Tomas Radocak, Rainer Heuschmid, Robert Getz
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Publication number: 20140001737Abstract: A folded airbag for a motor vehicle, which can be inflated in case of a crash, having a first rolled folding created by rolling up a first airbag section, and a second rolled folding created by rolling up a second airbag section. The spatial directions, along which the two airbag sections are rolled up to form a rolled folding are oriented at an angle to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventor: Jens FELLER
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Patent number: 8500159Abstract: An airbag for a vehicle occupant restraint system is provided. The airbag comprising a first and a second chamber, which can be inflated for the protection of a vehicle occupant; having an outflow element with an outflow duct via which the gas can flow out of the first chamber when the internal pressure in the first chamber exceeds the internal pressure in the second chamber and which can be compressed under the action of the internal pressure in the second chamber such that an outflow of gas out of the second chamber is counteracted, when the internal pressure in the first chamber is lower than the internal pressure in the second chamber, the outflow element has a two-layer material piece and the outflow duct is formed by folding in a portion of the material piece between the material layers of the material piece.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2011Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Takata AGInventors: Jens Feller, Torsten Schmidt
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Patent number: 8276940Abstract: An airbag arrangement includes an airbag with at least one inflatable chamber and a first opening; and a cover that at least partially covers the first opening of the airbag and that comprises a second opening. The first and second openings are designed such that the chamber of the airbag is accessible through the first and second openings. The first opening is designed in a first layer of an airbag material and the second opening is designed in a second layer of an airbag material. At least one part projects into the airbag through the first and the second opening, whereby the first and the second layer are restrained by the part projecting into the airbag in the area of the openings such that a section of the rim of the first and a section of the rim of the second opening rest closely against the part.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Takata AGInventor: Jens Feller
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Patent number: 8246076Abstract: An airbag arrangement for a vehicle occupant restraining system including at least one inflatable airbag and an inflating device. The airbag includes a first inflatable area which extends in the inflated status of the airbag in the area of a first body region of the vehicle occupant, and a second inflatable area, which extends in the inflated status of the airbag in the area of a second body region of the vehicle occupant. The first inflatable area has a larger thickness vertical to the main extension plane of the airbag than the second inflatable area. The inflating device and the airbag are designed for inflating the first inflatable area of the airbag to such a high internal pressure that during the impact of the occupant on the airbag a force is exerted onto the first body region of the vehicle occupant which sets the occupant into a tilting motion.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Takata AGInventors: Torsten Schmidt, Jens Feller, Tomas Radocak, Rainer Heuschmid, Robert Getz, Thomas Sievers
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Publication number: 20120074676Abstract: An airbag module, in particular side airbag module, for a motor vehicle, is provided. The airbag module comprising a gas bag inflatable with gas to protect a person, a gas generator longitudinally extending along a direction of extension for releasing the gas required for inflating the gas bag, and a flat carrier for carrying the gas bag and the gas generator, wherein the carrier includes two legs which are connected with each other along the direction of extension and are located opposite each other transverse to the direction of extension, so that the carrier forms a receptacle open on three sides for the gas generator and the gas bag. The carrier comprises a flow-off region, through which gas emerging from at least one outflow opening of the gas generator can be flown off into an exterior space surrounding the airbag module.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventor: Jens Feller
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Patent number: 8136837Abstract: A folded airbag for a motor vehicle, which can be inflated in case of a crash, having a first rolled folding created by rolling up a first airbag section, and a second rolled folding created by rolling up a second airbag section. The spatial directions, along which the two airbag sections are rolled up to form a rolled folding are oriented at an angle to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Takata-Petri AGInventor: Jens Feller
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Publication number: 20120038136Abstract: An airbag for a vehicle occupant restraint system of a motor vehicle is provided. The airbag comprising at least one first and one second layer of an airbag material, at least one inflatable chamber formed between the first and the second layer, which is inflatable for the protection of a vehicle occupant and at least one seam, by which the first and the second layer are connected with each other along at least a portion of their respective circumference. The airbag is deployed between a vehicle occupant and a vehicle side structure. The airbag is formed such that when the airbag is mounted in the vehicle and inflated, the seam extends along a plane which is oriented obliquely or transversely to a plane formed by the longitudinal and the height direction of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Inventors: Jens Feller, Torsten Schmidt, Rainer Heuschmid
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Publication number: 20120018986Abstract: An airbag arrangement includes an airbag with at least one inflatable chamber and a first opening; and a cover that at least partially covers the first opening of the airbag and that comprises a second opening. The first and second openings are designed such that the chamber of the airbag is accessible through the first and second openings. The first opening is designed in a first layer of an airbag material and the second opening is designed in a second layer of an airbag material. At least one part projects into the airbag through the first and the second opening, whereby the first and the second layer are restrained by the part projecting into the airbag in the area of the openings such that a section of the rim of the first and a section of the rim of the second opening rest closely against the part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Inventor: Jens Feller
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Publication number: 20110272927Abstract: An airbag for a vehicle occupant restraint system is provided. The airbag comprising a first and a second chamber, which can be inflated for the protection of a vehicle occupant; having an outflow element with an outflow duct via which the gas can flow out of the first chamber when the internal pressure in the first chamber exceeds the internal pressure in the second chamber and which can be compressed under the action of the internal pressure in the second chamber such that an outflow of gas out of the second chamber is counteracted, when the internal pressure in the first chamber is lower than the internal pressure in the second chamber, the outflow element has a two-layer material piece and the outflow duct is formed by folding in a portion of the material piece between the material layers of the material piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2011Publication date: November 10, 2011Inventors: Jens FELLER, Torsten Schmidt
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Patent number: 8047570Abstract: An airbag arrangement includes an airbag with at least one inflatable chamber and a first opening; and a cover that at least partially covers the first opening of the airbag and that comprises a second opening. The first and second openings are designed such that the chamber of the airbag is accessible through the first and second openings. The first opening is designed in a first layer of an airbag material and the second opening is designed in a second layer of an airbag material. At least one part projects into the airbag through the first and the second opening, whereby the first and the second layer are restrained by the part projecting into the airbag in the area of the openings such that a section of the rim of the first and a section of the rim of the second opening rest closely against the part.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2009Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Takata-Petri AGInventor: Jens Feller
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Patent number: 7832758Abstract: A housing for an airbag arrangement of a vehicle occupant protection device including at least two housing parts, each part including a side wall terminating in at least one connecting edge. The housing parts by way of the connecting edges lying contiguous with one another when the housing is closed. The housing also includes further comprises a passage opening for an electrical connection lead to be connected to a component of the airbag arrangement, said opening being formed in the side wall of one of the housing parts at an interval from the or each connecting edge. The housing includes an access opening, formed in the side wall of a housing part and running from the connecting edge to the passage opening, through which an electrical connection lead aligned at an angle to the side wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2009Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Takata-Petri AGInventors: Jens Feller, Stefan Bannert
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Publication number: 20100283229Abstract: A vehicle seat of a motor vehicle is provided. The vehicle seat comprising a backrest which includes a middle part and at least one side bolster, a gas bag module with a folded gas bag, which is at least partly arranged in the side bolster, an adjusting element for adjusting a width of the backrest, which is at least partly arranged in the side bolster and is movable relative to the middle part, by means of which the position of the side bolster relative to the middle part can be varied, and a seat frame extending in the side bolster, which in the vehicle seat mounted in the motor vehicle is aligned along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. At least part of the folded gas bag is arranged before the seat frame with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Inventors: Jens Feller, Torsten Schmidt, Peter Baumgartner, Thomas Steck
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Patent number: 7798520Abstract: An airbag arrangement for a vehicle occupant restraint system includes an airbag on a side of a backrest of a vehicle seat that when inflated first extends substantially in a direction of a vertical vehicle axis and then forward from a backrest in a direction of travel of the vehicle. The airbag includes at least one inflatable chamber extending substantially forward from the backrest in the direction of travel and that is assigned to a body region of a vehicle occupant to support the vehicle occupant in a side collision. The at least one chamber is extended by a section that extends forward in the direction of travel when the airbag is inflated so that the airbag supports the vehicle occupant if vehicle occupant moves obliquely forward in the direction of travel because the section intercepts the associated body region of the vehicle occupant.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2009Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Takata-Petri AGInventors: Jens Feller, Robert Getz, Ralf Gutmann, Rainer Heuschmid