Patents by Inventor Reiner Heuschmid

Reiner Heuschmid 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 arrangement
    Patent number: 6783151
    Abstract: An airbag arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an airbag deployable in a direction to protect a vehicle occupant and an arrangement for limiting the unfolding impulse of the airbag upon an obstacle placed in a deployment path of the airbag to reduce the unfolding impulse transferred to the obstacle. The limitation arrangement, which can be, for example, a sheath, aperture in the airbag, can respond to the resistance of the occupant located in the deployment path, which is outside a normal seating position, or respond to a lack of resistance from the passenger. As the limitation arrangement limits the unfolding impulse of the airbag, it reduces the maximum unfolding impulse transferable to the occupant located outside the normal seating, in the deploying path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignees: Takata-Petri (Ulm) GmbH, Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Georg Rasch, Stefan Wiegert, Reiner Heuschmid, Andreas Riedel, Franz Fürst, Mehmet Cakmak, Sven Schawe, Tycho von Jan, Norbert Küster-Claus
  • Airbag arrangement
    Publication number: 20020047253
    Abstract: An airbag arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an airbag deployable in a direction to protect a vehicle occupant and an arrangement for limiting the unfolding impulse of the airbag upon an obstacle placed in a deployment path of the airbag to reduce the unfolding impulse transferred to the obstacle. The limitation arrangement, which can be, for example, a sheath, aperture in the airbag, can respond to the resistance of the occupant located in the deployment path, which is outside a normal seating position, or respond to a lack of resistance from the passenger. As the limitation arrangement limits the unfolding impulse of the airbag, it reduces the maximum unfolding impulse transferable to the occupant located outside the normal seating, in the deploying path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Georg Rasch, Stefan Wiegert, Reiner Heuschmid, Andreas Riedel, Franz Furst, Mehmet Cakmak, Sven Schawe, Tycho von Jan, Norbert Kuster-Claus