Patents by Inventor Robert Hatzl

Robert Hatzl 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).

  • Method of making pyrotechnic initiator with ignition bridge
    Patent number: 6895863
    Abstract: A pyrotechnic initiator, for example, for inflatable safety air bags of automotive vehicles can include an electrically energizable initiator bridge and a reactive layer on the initiator bridge for liberation of energy upon electrical energization of the bridge. The reactive layer can consist of a combustible metal or a metal capable of liberating energy by alloying with a metal of the bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Hirtenberger Automotive Safety GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Hatzl, Kurt Aigner
  • Heating element for igniting a pyrotechnical charge
    Publication number: 20040164069
    Abstract: A heating element for igniting a pyrotechnical charge, for example a charge of an air bag for a motor vehicle. The resistance strip on the base body extends between contact surfaces formed on the base body on opposite sides thereof. The junctions of the resistance strip with the contact surfaces are offset from conductive bridges between the terminal pins and the contact surfaces and the resistance strip may have a meander pattern or can extend diagonally between the contact surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: HIRTENBERGER-SCHAFFLER AUTOMOTIVE ZUNDER GES. m.b.H.
    Inventors: Markus Forsthuber, Robert Hatzl
  • Method of making pyrotechnic initiator with ignition bridge
    Publication number: 20040123764
    Abstract: A pyrotechnic initiator, for example, for inflatable safety air bags of automotive vehicles can include an electrically energizable initiator bridge and a reactive layer on the initiator bridge for liberation of energy upon electrical energization of the bridge. The reactive layer can consist of a combustible metal or a metal capable of liberating energy by alloying with a metal of the bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: HIRTENBERGER AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Hatzl, Kurt Aigner
  • Pyrotechnic initiator with ignition bridge
    Publication number: 20020117070
    Abstract: A pyrotechnic initiator, for example, for inflatable safety air bags of automotive vehicles can include an electrically energizable initiator bridge and a reactive layer on the initiator bridge for liberation of energy upon electrical energization of the bridge. The reactive layer can consist of a combustible metal or a metal capable of liberating energy by alloying with a metal of the bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: HIRTENBERGER AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Hatzl, Kurt Aigner