Patents by Inventor Martin Wifling
Martin Wifling 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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Publication number: 20040065763Abstract: The invention relates to a safety belt apparatus for vehicles, in particular motor vehicles having at least one safety belt (11), which is wound to a greater or lesser degree onto a belt reel (13) rotatably secured on the vehicle chassis (14) about an axis of rotation (12) and preferably biased by a spring retraction mechanism, in particular a spiral spring (15) in the belt winding up direction and/or having a belt draw out- blocking mechanism (26, 38; 55, 56, 57), which, with an attempted rapid draw out of the safety belt (11) and/or with in particular accident dependent accelerations and/or deviations of the vehicle position from the normal, horizontal arrangement of the vehicle blocks a further draw out of the safety belt (11), with a toothed ratchet wheel (29) being rotationally coupled to the belt reel (13) and cooperating with a blocking pawl (17) secured to the housing and movable into an out of engagement, in such a way that with the blocking pawl (17) moved into engagement with the toothed ratchet whType: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2003Publication date: April 8, 2004Applicant: TAKATA-PETRI (Ulm) GmbHInventors: Harry Hanna, Robert Kopetzky, Martin Wifling
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Patent number: 6641077Abstract: A safety belt apparatus for vehicles, in particular motor vehicles having at least one safety belt, which is wound to a greater or lesser degree onto a belt reel rotatably secured on the vehicle chassis about an axis of rotation and preferably biased by a spring retraction mechanism. A toothed ratchet wheel is rotationally coupled to the belt reel and cooperating with a blocking pawl secured to the housing. The blocking pawl is movable into and out of engagement with respect to the toothed ratchet wheel by a cam ring concentric to the belt reel axis via a step down transmission. A toothed control wheel is connected to the belt reel via an eccentric transmission and has at its periphery a preferably wavelike arrangement of teeth which is surrounded by an inner toothed ring fixed to the housing of larger diameter and with complementary, but with a smaller or preferably larger number of teeth.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2000Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Takata - Petri (Ulm) GmbHInventors: Harry Hanna, Robert Kopetzky, Martin Wifling
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Patent number: 6250579Abstract: A belt winder for safety belts has a spindle (14) for the winding up of the safety belt (18) and a rotatable latching flange (12) which can be latched with respect to a fixed base frame (10). A torsion bar (16) is rotationally fixedly connected at its one end to the spindle (14) and is rotationally fixedly connected at its other end to the latching flange (12). A further torsion bar (26) is provided, which can be selectively switched in.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 1998Date of Patent: June 26, 2001Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbHInventors: Georg Bannert, Christian Husung, Martin Wifling, Robert Fleischmann, Hermann Hasse, Andreas Wengert, Leonhard Mayer, Oswald Lustig, Robert Kopetzky, Roland Schnabl, Richard Frank, Thomas Kempfle
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Publication number: 20010004094Abstract: The invention relates to a safety belt apparatus for vehicles, in particular motor vehicles having at least one safety belt (11), which is wound to a greater or lesser degree onto a belt reel (13) rotatably secured on the vehicle chassis (14) about an axis of rotation (12) and preferably biased by a spring retraction mechanism, in particular a spiral spring (15) in the belt winding up direction and/or having a belt draw out blocking mechanism (26, 38; 55, 56, 57), which, with an attempted rapid draw out of the safety belt (11) and/or with in particular accident dependent accelerations and/or deviations of the vehicle position from the normal, horizontal arrangement of the vehicle blocks a further draw out of the safety belt (11), with a toothed ratchet wheel (29) being rotationally coupled to the belt reel (13) and cooperating with a blocking pawl (17) secured to the housing and movable into an out of engagement, in such a way that with the blocking pawl (17) moved into engagement with the toothed ratchet wheType: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2000Publication date: June 21, 2001Applicant: TAKATA (EUROPE) VEHICLE SAFETY TECHNOLOGY GmbHInventors: Harry Hanna, Robert Kopetzky, Martin Wifling
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Patent number: 6113146Abstract: A roller guide assembly for a safety belt comprising a holder which can be secured to a vehicle part and which journals a guide roller between two bearings. In this, the bearings are formed resiliently. The invention prevents the bearings from prematurely wearing and avoids many of the high stress to which bearings in other roller guides are subjected.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1998Date of Patent: September 5, 2000Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbHInventors: Jurgen Mautsch, Martin Wifling, Robert Kopetzky, Oskar Scholler, Horst Krammel
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Patent number: 5743480Abstract: The invention relates to a safety belt arrangement in vehicles having a belt tensioner comprising: a holder which is to be secured to the vehicle chassis, with a belt winding reel with a safety belt wound thereon being rotatably mounted on the holder; a belt retraction spring arrangement by means of which the safety belt is continuously lightly pretensioned in the draw-in direction so that it only loosely lies against the vehicle occupant secured by it; and an auxiliary drive which is separated drivewise by a clutch from the belt winding reel but is activated abruptly with an accident-dependent acceleration and is rotationally fixedly coupled to the belt winding reel via the then engaged clutch.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 1996Date of Patent: April 28, 1998Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbHInventors: Robert Kopetzky, Robert Wittmann, Georg Bannert, Martin Wifling, Thomas Kempfle, Ulrich Diepold, Andreas Wengert, Christian Husung
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Patent number: 5553803Abstract: A belt tensioner for safety belt arrangements in motor vehicles has a holder (11) on which are provided a belt winding reel (12) with a safety belt (13) coiled thereon, a blocking arrangement and an additional drive (15) connected via clutch (20) to the belt winding reel (12). The additional drive (15) contains a pressure source (16) which abruptly builds up a high pressure in a pressure chamber on being triggered and also contains a torque generating device (18) acted on by the pressure in the pressure chamber (17) and a drive shaft (19) connected to the latter. The drive shaft (19) is rotationally fixedly connectable to the belt winding reel (12) via the clutch (20).Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1995Date of Patent: September 10, 1996Assignee: Takata Vehicle Safety Technology GmbHInventors: Jurgen Mitzkus, Martin Wifling, Robert Kopetzky, Georg Bannert, Andreas Wengert, Ulrich Diepold, Thomas Kempfle, Erik Emmert, Hermann Steffan