Patents by Inventor Karl Erik Nilsson

Karl Erik Nilsson 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).

  • Housing for a gas generator
    Patent number: 5000479
    Abstract: A housing for a gas generator for inflating a safety bag in a passenger vehicle is constructed of modular units preferably having a tubular or cylindrical tubular configuration. At least one combustion chamber and one filter casing are joined to each other so that the longitudinal axes of the units align with each other longitudinally. An axially facing gas exit from the combustion chamber into the filter casing provides an initially axial gas flow which is then diverted radially outwardly from the filter casing into the safety bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Bayern-Chemie Gesellschaft fuer Flugchemische Antriebe mbH
    Inventors: Bernd Werner, Karl-Erik Nilsson
  • Safety belt system with pyrotechnically driven turning device
    Patent number: 4014479
    Abstract: A winding assembly for a vehicle safety belt system is provided with a belt rolling device and a high speed turning device adapted upon actuation of a propellant charge to wind the safety belt at high speeds as a result of the generation of pyrotechnical gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Inventors: Karl Erik Nilsson, Gunter Herrmann
  • Belt locking arrangement for a passive belt system for automobiles
    Patent number: 3971570
    Abstract: The invention provides a belt locking arrangement for a passive safety belt system for automobiles in which the belt lock is movable along a guide on the inside of a vehicle door by an auxiliary power drive, connected to the lock via a flexible push-pull member that runs in a guide sleeve in a wall of the door, and which has a slot through which a transporter slide, connected to the push-pull member and the lock, extends. When operated the lock engages with the lock tongue rigidly fixed to the body of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1976
    Inventors: Karl Erik Nilsson, Reiner VAN Riesen