Patents by Inventor Josef Leitl

Josef Leitl 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).

  • Gas generator
    Patent number: 8047567
    Abstract: A gas generator, particularly for a vehicle occupant restraint system, has at least one igniter (12), a pyrotechnic solid propellant bed (22), a combustion chamber (20) containing the propellant bed (22) and at least one wall part (24), the wall part (24) being arranged in the combustion chamber (20), which is moved by a gas stream generated on activation of the gas generator into the region of the propellant bed (22) which is not yet ignited, and in its interior (25) defines a gas-directing channel reaching into the propellant bed (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: TRW Airbag Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Zengerle, Simon Schreiber, Karsten Schwuchow, Josef Leitl, Juergen Klimas
  • Gas generator
    Publication number: 20090039628
    Abstract: A gas generator, particularly for a vehicle occupant restraint system, has at least one igniter (12), a pyrotechnic solid propellant bed (22), a combustion chamber (20) containing the propellant bed (22) and at least one wall part (24), the wall part (24) being arranged in the combustion chamber (20), which is moved by a gas stream generated on activation of the gas generator into the region of the propellant bed (22) which is not yet ignited, and in its interior (25) defines a gas-directing channel reaching into the propellant bed (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Werner Zengerle, Simon Schreiber, Karsten Schwuchow, Josef Leitl, Juergen Klimas