Patents by Inventor Matthias Pleyer

Matthias Pleyer 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).

  • Patent number: 7004503
    Abstract: A safety belt arrangement for a motor vehicle. The arrangement includes a belt deflection device. The belt deflection device is arranged above the shoulder of the passenger to be held by the safety belt. The belt deflection device is mounted to a carrier attached to the vehicle body. The belt deflection device includes an upper reversal member, which deflects the belt downwards, and a deflection member arranged below the reversal member. The deflection member being vertically adjustably secured to a rail mounted to the carrier. The deflection member deflects the belt from an at least substantially vertical direction to a direction toward the shoulder of the passenger which deviates significantly from the vertical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Takata-Petri (Ulm) GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Herrmann, Matthias Pleyer, Robert Kopetzky
  • Publication number: 20040239094
    Abstract: A safety belt arrangement for a motor vehicle. The arrangement includes a belt deflection device. The belt deflection device is arranged above the shoulder of the passenger to be held by the safety belt. The belt deflection device is mounted to a carrier attached to the vehicle body. The belt deflection device includes an upper reversal member, which deflects the belt downwards, and a deflection member arranged below the reversal member. The deflection member being vertically adjustably secured to a rail mounted to the carrier. The deflection member deflects the belt from an at least substantially vertical direction to a direction toward the shoulder of the passenger which deviates significantly from the vertical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Herrmann, Matthias Pleyer, Robert Kopetzky
  • Publication number: 20030062714
    Abstract: A safety belt arrangement for a motor vehicle. The arrangement includes a belt deflection device. The belt deflection device is arranged above the shoulder of the passenger to be held by the safety belt. The belt deflection device is mounted to a carrier attached to the vehicle body. The belt deflection device includes an upper reversal member, which deflects the belt downwards, and a deflection member arranged below the reversal member. The deflection member being vertically adjustably secured to a rail mounted to the carrier. The deflection member deflects the belt from an at least substantially vertical direction to a direction toward the shoulder of the passenger which deviates significantly from the vertical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas Herrmann, Matthias Pleyer, Robert Kopetzky
  • Patent number: 6217070
    Abstract: Three-point safety belt system, in particular for motor vehicle seats, comprising a safety belt (2) which can be unwound from a reel (1) and which is guided via a deflection device (3) arranged at the side above the seat and which has a passage opening (4), the lower boundary of which is formed by a deflection roller (9) for the safety belt (2), wherein, to make the drawing out of the safety belt easier and to reduce the wear of the belt (2), the deflection device has at least one further deflection roller (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Takata Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Kopetzky, Matthias Pleyer, Sabine Dreizler
  • Patent number: 6092875
    Abstract: A holder (10) for a belt lock (12) of a safety belt comprises a plurality of leaves which are connected together, whereby a relative movement is possible between the belt lock and the seat structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventor: Matthias Pleyer
  • Patent number: 6076239
    Abstract: A belt lock for a safety belt has a frame (10), a latching element (14) for the latching of the belt tongue (18) and a securing element (16), which secures the latching element (14) in the latched state. Furthermore, a detector device (24, 26, 28) is provided at the belt lock which detects the position of the securing element (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Kopetzky, Frank Pietschmann, Thomas Steidle, Matthias Pleyer
  • Patent number: 5924772
    Abstract: Safety belt system for seats of a motor vehicle displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the belt system comprising a belt (25) which can be unwound from a reel, an upper deflection fitting or attachment fitting for the belt (25) and a lower attachment fitting (2) for the end of the belt (25) remote from the reel arranged at the side relative to the associated seat, with the lower attachment fitting being secured to the vehicle so that it is capable of displacement in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein, in order to ensure a comfortable grasping position of the safety belt (25) in each position of the vehicle seat, the displacement position of the lower attachment fitting (2) is controlled from the associated vehicle seat in dependence on its longitudinal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Pleyer, Wolfgang Schmid, Axel Botsch
  • Patent number: 5911439
    Abstract: A device for the automatic and vertically adjustable mounting of the upper attachment fitting or deflection fitting for a safety belt in a motor vehicle, the device comprising a substantially vertically arranged rail (1) having lateral latch recesses (4), a slide member (7) which is displaceably guided along the rail and in which a pawl (8) having a laterally protecting latch nose (10) is pivotally mounted about an axis (I) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the rail for movement between a latched position and an unlatched position, an adjustment element (19) which acts on the pawl (8) in the one direction of displacement and is controlled in dependence on the seat position of the associated vehicle seat, and with a bearing (12) for the deflection fitting moveable with the sliding member, with the bearing acting on the pawl (8) in such a way that the pawl (8) is pivoted into its latched position when the bearing (12) is loaded by the belt, wherein, in order to increase the operational reliability
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Pleyer, Marko Tetzner
  • Patent number: 5865391
    Abstract: A spring driven belt reeling mechanism for safety belts (17) in motor vehicles has a belt reel (11) which is rotationally fixedly connected to a first thread reel (12), having a helical guide groove (15). A flexible thread (13) is wound onto the guide groove (15) and extends to a second thread reel (14) with a helical guide groove (18). The two thread reels (12, 14) taper in opposite axial directions. The second thread reel (14) is acted on by a spiral spring (16) in the direction of rotation such that the safety belt (17) is wound onto the belt reel (11). The spiral spring (16) is arranged in its own spring housing (49) in such a way that it is rotationally fixedly mounted radially outwardly at the spring housing (49) and radially inwardly at a spring core bearing (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Inventors: Matthias Pleyer, Kitaro Kitai
  • Patent number: 5803400
    Abstract: A thread reel, with a thread wound thereon, has a holding pin at its periphery upon which the end of the thread is secured such that a plurality of loops are laid around the holding pin in such a way that in each case the end of each loop, respectively, facing the thread reel simultaneously forms the start of the next loop which is further spaced from the thread reel, with the end of the next loop remote from the preceding loop lying closer to the thread reel than the end to which it is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Kopetzky, Frank Mueller, Ulrich Diepold, Sabine Dreizler, Frank Pietschmann, Matthias Pleyer
  • Patent number: 5730385
    Abstract: A spring-driven reeler for safety belts in motor vehicles has a belt reel which is acted on with a winding-up force of defined size via a first conical thread reel, a thread and a second thread reel by means of a spring arrangement. Measures are provided in order to maintain the safety of the belted-up vehicle occupants as far as possible on thread breakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Kopetzky, Matthias Pleyer
  • Patent number: 5624084
    Abstract: A spring-driven reeling mechanism for safety belts 17 in motor vehicles has a belt reel 11 which is rotationally fixedly connected to a first draw reel 12 with a spiral-shaped guide groove 15. A flexible draw member 13 is wound into the guide groove 15 and extends to a second draw reel 14 with a spiral-shaped guide groove 18. The two draw reels 12, 14 taper in opposite axial directions. The draw reel 14 is acted on by a spiral spring 16 in a direction of rotation such that the safety belt 17 is wound onto the belt reel 11. The spiral spring 16 is accommodated in a hollow cavity 21 of the second draw reel 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Takata Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Kopetzky, Sabine Dreizler, Ulrich Diepold, Matthias Pleyer
  • Patent number: 5584108
    Abstract: A buckle includes a base frame 10, a latch plate 30, a locking wing 40 and an ejector 20. The base frame 10 is formed with a tongue insertion path 12 through which a tongue plate 2 is inserted. The latch plate 30 is pivotally supported on an upper surface of the base frame 10, having a latch pawl 33 formed at a front end and an operational arm 32 formed at a rear end, which is applied with pivoting force by the end of the tongue plate 2 when the tongue plate 2 is inserted. The locking wing 40 is structured to maintain the locked state by biasing force of a locking spring 37 between the locking wing 40 and the latch plate 30 and by an engagement between the locking wing 40 and locking pawl 33. The locking wing 40 is also structured to release the engagement between the locking wing 40 and the locking pawl 33 by a movement of a press button 52. The ejector 20 is supported slidably in the tongue insertion path 12 and biased by an ejector spring 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1996
    Assignee: Takata Corporation
    Inventor: Matthias Pleyer