Patents by Inventor Michael Grimmelt

Michael Grimmelt 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).

  • Airbag cover hinge with force-absorbing system
    Patent number: 8348303
    Abstract: An airbag cover hinge has load-absorption capabilities that provide a controlled release of the airbag cover during airbag deployment. The hinge has a textile base structure formed of longitudinal and cross threads. High strength, load-bearing stop threads are integrated into the textile base structure. When the airbag deploys, the longitudinal threads eventually tear, while the stop threads extend in length and function as a hinge that holds the torn parts of the textile base structure together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: K.L. Kaschier-und Laminier GmbH
    Inventors: Albert Roring, Michael Grimmelt
  • AIRBAG COVER HINGE WITH FORCE-ABSORBING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130000076
    Abstract: An airbag cover hinge has load-absorption capabilities that provide a controlled release of the airbag cover during airbag deployment. The hinge has a textile base structure formed of longitudinal and cross threads. High strength, load-bearing stop threads are integrated into the textile base structure. When the airbag deploys, the longitudinal threads eventually tear, while the stop threads extend in length and function as a hinge that holds the torn parts of the textile base structure together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: K.L. KASCHIER- UND LAMINIER GMBH
    Inventors: Albert RORING, Michael GRIMMELT
  • Hinge for an airbag cover
    Patent number: 8157289
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hinge for an airbag cover, having a planar textile element as a hinge between the cover of the airbag and an adjacent airbag cover region, for example in the interior of a motor vehicle, and to a region of the planar textile element which faces a carrier of the airbag cover and is embedded in a matrix which is connected to the cover, and a region of the planar textile element which is not embedded in the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignees: Johnson Controls Interiors, K.L. Kaschier und Laminier
    Inventors: Martin Bittner, Hartmut Harnisch, Peter Haubach, Johannes Jordan, Martin Lippert, Albert Roring, Lars Kischa, Michael Grimmelt
  • Hinge for an air-bag cover
    Patent number: 8096577
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag cover hinge having a textile hinge that can be connected both to the airbag cover and to a carrier part surrounding the airbag cover, wherein the hinge comprises two different systems absorbing forces, which is to say one textile surface structure as a system that is combined to a second system with further warp threads, wherein the warp threads tear under a tensile load on the airbag cover hinge as a first force absorbing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: K.L. Kaschier-und Laminier GmbH
    Inventors: Albert Roring, Michael Grimmelt
  • HINGE FOR AN AIR-BAG COVER
    Publication number: 20100308566
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag cover hinge having a textile hinge that can be connected both to the airbag cover and to a carrier part surrounding the airbag cover, wherein the hinge comprises two different systems absorbing forces, which is to say one textile surface structure as a system that is combined to a second system with further warp threads, wherein the warp threads tear under a tensile load on the airbag cover hinge as a first force absorbing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Albert Roring, Michael Grimmelt
  • HINGE FOR AN AIRBAG COVER
    Publication number: 20090217484
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hinge for an airbag cover, having a planar textile element as a hinge between the cover of the airbag and an adjacent airbag cover region, for example in the interior of a motor vehicle, and to a region of the planar textile element which faces a carrier of the airbag cover and is embedded in a matrix which is connected to the cover, and a region of the planar textile element which is not embedded in the matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Martin Bittner, Hartmut Harnisch, Peter Haubach, Johannes Jordan, Martin Lippert, Albert Roring, Lars Kischa, Michael Grimmelt