Patents by Inventor Michael Tohn

Michael Tohn 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: 8672252
    Abstract: A self-locking belt retractor in particular for motor vehicles with a vehicle-sensitive and a webbing-sensitive control system for the blocking device of the belt retractor having an operatable toothed lock washer in a cased gearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Doris Kröger, Michael Tohn, Klaus Butenop
  • Publication number: 20110073699
    Abstract: A self-locking belt retractor in particular for motor vehicles with a vehicle-sensitive and a webbing-sensitive control system for the blocking device of the belt retractor having an operatable toothed lock washer in a cased gearing. The control system comprises a cam disc rotating with the belt shaft, coupled to the toothed lock washer and inertially formed to form the webbing-sensitive controller with external gearing for the engagement of a sensor lever of a vehicle sensor arranged on the belt retractor, whereby at least one catch lever is provided controlled by the rotation of the belt shaft and rotatable between an engaged and a disengaged position for switching the vehicle sensor off in a function range in which almost the whole of the seatbelt is retracted onto the belt shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Doris Kröger, Michael Tohn, Klaus Butenop