Patents by Inventor RICHARD LUIJKX

RICHARD LUIJKX 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).

  • Publication number: 20200047691
    Abstract: A trim part for a vehicle interior, in particular a visible side decorative strip or panel, with a brittle visible side cover layer that is susceptible to breaking in the event of a crash, in particular in the event of a head impact, such as a wood veneer or a carbon layer, which is injection-molded with a plastic carrier layer, said trim part being loaded in the event of a crash to deflection to breakage of the component. According to exemplary embodiments of the invention, in order to increase the breaking strength in the event of a crash, a fabric layer made from a textile material is integrated in the layer structure of the trim part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Matthias WUNDERLICH, Arya BHATTACHARYA, Richard LUIJKX
  • Patent number: 10308202
    Abstract: An assembly for a motor vehicle includes an instrument panel and a restraining device which is configured to limit a relative movement between at least a panel section of the instrument panel and a vehicle component of the motor vehicle to a predefined maximum value in a movement direction towards an interior space of a passenger cell of the motor vehicle, when a force is transmitted between the instrument panel and the vehicle component as a result of an accident that causes deformation of the instrument panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Matthias Wunderlich, Stefan Schiessl, Florian Seger, Peter Sabo, Richard Luijkx
  • Publication number: 20180037182
    Abstract: An assembly for a motor vehicle includes an instrument panel and a restraining device which is configured to limit a relative movement between at least a panel section of the instrument panel and a vehicle component of the motor vehicle to a predefined maximum value in a movement direction towards an interior space of a passenger cell of the motor vehicle, when a force is transmitted between the instrument panel and the vehicle component as a result of an accident that causes deformation of the instrument panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: MATTHIAS WUNDERLICH, STEFAN SCHIESSL, FLORIAN SEGER, PETER SABO, RICHARD LUIJKX