Patents by Inventor Lars Melde

Lars Melde 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).

  • Interior trim part for covering an airbag
    Patent number: 7611163
    Abstract: Described is an interior trim part for covering an airbag, which may include a two-dimensional carrier, a surface decor and a foamed intermediate layer. A through-opening for the airbag is recessed in the carrier, and an inlay covering the through-opening is applied into the intermediate layer, such that the inlay projects beyond an edge of the through-opening on one side and there, in an overlapping region of the inlay and of the carrier, serves as a hinge for an airbag flap formed by the surface decor and the intermediate layer with the inlay. Furthermore, with a folding open of the airbag flap, an energy amount which is dependent on the intensity of an opening impact of the airbag, may be absorbed by way of a release of the intermediate layer with the inlay from the carrier, away from the edge in the overlapping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Gordon Schweizer, Lars Melde, Wolfram Bühler, Thomas Jahn, Jürgen Zimmerle, Klaus Bamberg
  • Interior trim part for covering an airbag
    Publication number: 20070052210
    Abstract: Described is an interior trim part for covering an airbag, which may include a two-dimensional carrier, a surface decor and a foamed intermediate layer. A through-opening for the airbag is recessed in the carrier, and an inlay covering the through-opening is applied into the intermediate layer, such that the inlay projects beyond an edge of the through-opening on one side and there, in an overlapping region of the inlay and of the carrier, serves as a hinge for an airbag flap formed by the surface decor and the intermediate layer with the inlay. Furthermore, with a folding open of the airbag flap, an energy amount which is dependent on the intensity of an opening impact of the airbag, may be absorbed by way of a release of the intermediate layer with the inlay from the carrier, away from the edge in the overlapping region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Gordon Schweizer, Lars Melde, Wolfram Buhler, Thomas Jahn, Jurgen Zimmerle, Klaus Bamberg