Patents by Inventor Robert Kopetzky

Robert Kopetzky 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: 20020165653
    Abstract: A method for the restraint of a vehicle occupant with the aid of a vehicle restraint system. The method includes measuring a belt force transferred from a safety belt to the vehicle occupant in the event of an accident and a slackening of the safety belt is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: TAKATA-PETRI AG
    Inventor: Robert Kopetzky
  • Publication number: 20020113157
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive unit for a safety belt tensioner which has a drive which can be triggered on the response of an acceleration sensor and which can be rotationally fixedly coupled to the belt winding reel. The drive is located in a drive chamber which is formed by two plates, which extend parallel to one another and which are provided with a coating material, and which has a drive band of which at least one end is fastened to a drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Applicant: TAKATA-(EUROPE) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH.
    Inventors: Robert Kopetzky, Roland Schnabl, Andreas Wengert, Gunter Maierhofer, Dieter Beck
  • Publication number: 20020047256
    Abstract: A safety belt arrangement for motor vehicles. The arrangement includes a safety belt and a belt roller from which the belt is retracted and withdrawn. The roller is pre-tensioned in the belt wind-up direction the unwinding of the belt is blocked in the case of an accident. The safety belt arrangement includes a belt deflection apparatus that includes a deflection roller. The belt is guided from the belt roller to the deflection roller so that the belt can be deflected as it approaches the passenger. The deflection roller is movable away from the passenger by a spring force in the case of an accident. Normally, the deflection roller is fixed in the against the spring force by a retainer mechanism. The retainer mechanism releases the deflection member in the event of an accident. A retraction force on the belt moves the passenger back into the normal seated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Robert Kopetzky
  • Patent number: 6340127
    Abstract: The invention relates to a harmonic reduction gear comprising a drive-side eccenter (12) which engages into a complementary opening (13) of an outer toothed member (14), and a housing-fixed inner toothed ring (15) which is arranged around the outer toothed member (14) and on which the outer toothed member (14) rolls with the reversed rotational sense as the eccenter (12) when the eccenter (12) is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Kopetzky, Thomas Kempfle
  • Patent number: 6250579
    Abstract: A belt winder for safety belts has a spindle (14) for the winding up of the safety belt (18) and a rotatable latching flange (12) which can be latched with respect to a fixed base frame (10). A torsion bar (16) is rotationally fixedly connected at its one end to the spindle (14) and is rotationally fixedly connected at its other end to the latching flange (12). A further torsion bar (26) is provided, which can be selectively switched in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Bannert, Christian Husung, Martin Wifling, Robert Fleischmann, Hermann Hasse, Andreas Wengert, Leonhard Mayer, Oswald Lustig, Robert Kopetzky, Roland Schnabl, Richard Frank, Thomas Kempfle
  • Publication number: 20010004094
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety belt apparatus for vehicles, in particular motor vehicles having at least one safety belt (11), which is wound to a greater or lesser degree onto a belt reel (13) rotatably secured on the vehicle chassis (14) about an axis of rotation (12) and preferably biased by a spring retraction mechanism, in particular a spiral spring (15) in the belt winding up direction and/or having a belt draw out blocking mechanism (26, 38; 55, 56, 57), which, with an attempted rapid draw out of the safety belt (11) and/or with in particular accident dependent accelerations and/or deviations of the vehicle position from the normal, horizontal arrangement of the vehicle blocks a further draw out of the safety belt (11), with a toothed ratchet wheel (29) being rotationally coupled to the belt reel (13) and cooperating with a blocking pawl (17) secured to the housing and movable into an out of engagement, in such a way that with the blocking pawl (17) moved into engagement with the toothed ratchet whe
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Applicant: TAKATA (EUROPE) VEHICLE SAFETY TECHNOLOGY GmbH
    Inventors: Harry Hanna, Robert Kopetzky, Martin Wifling
  • Patent number: 6217070
    Abstract: Three-point safety belt system, in particular for motor vehicle seats, comprising a safety belt (2) which can be unwound from a reel (1) and which is guided via a deflection device (3) arranged at the side above the seat and which has a passage opening (4), the lower boundary of which is formed by a deflection roller (9) for the safety belt (2), wherein, to make the drawing out of the safety belt easier and to reduce the wear of the belt (2), the deflection device has at least one further deflection roller (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Takata Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Kopetzky, Matthias Pleyer, Sabine Dreizler
  • Patent number: 6213420
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety belt apparatus with a belt roller (11) which is preferably subjected to a bias force in the wind-up direction by a spring and onto which a seat belt (12) is wound up to a greater or a lesser extent, with an acceleration sensor (13) with a movable mass (19) and an auxiliary pawl (15) which is impacted by the latter controlling with the auxiliary pawl (15) a position control ratchet wheel (14) which in turn acts via a transmission (16) on a main pawl (17) which is rotationally fixedly connected to the belt roller (11) in order that the latter engages into a main ratchet crown (18) during the blocking of the position control ratchet wheel (14) by the auxiliary pawl (15) in order to stop the further drawing out of the belt (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Kopetzky
  • Patent number: 6202957
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for the rolling up of a belt band (30) comprising a reel (1) which has at its jacket surface (2) an axial cut-out (4) extending parallel to the reel axis, comprising a belt band (30) secured to the reel (1) and comprising a reinforcement element (20) which is arranged at the reel (1) and which bridges the axial cut-out (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Bannert, Andreas Wengert, Roland Schnabl, Hermann Hasse, Thomas Kempfle, Robert Kopetzky
  • Patent number: 6202952
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety belt apparatus comprising a belt roller (12) which is preferably resiliently subjected to a bias force in the belt wind-up direction, which carries a more or less rolled up belt (11) and which can be blocked against a further drawing out by a tooth blocking mechanism which can be triggered by an acceleration sensor (13) preferably having a movable mass, such as a ball (35), which has a position control gear (18) which is preferably coaxial with the belt roller (12) and which is rotationally fixedly connected to an auxiliary blocking tooth crown (14) which is directly stressed by an auxiliary pawl (17) of the acceleration sensor (13) and which drives a main pawl (16) which is rotationally fixedly coupled to the belt roller (12) into a main blocking tooth crown (15) which is fixed to the housing when stopped by the auxiliary pawl (17) and in the presence of a drawing out force at the belt (11) whereupon the further drawing out of the belt is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Kopetzky
  • Patent number: 6113146
    Abstract: A roller guide assembly for a safety belt comprising a holder which can be secured to a vehicle part and which journals a guide roller between two bearings. In this, the bearings are formed resiliently. The invention prevents the bearings from prematurely wearing and avoids many of the high stress to which bearings in other roller guides are subjected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Jurgen Mautsch, Martin Wifling, Robert Kopetzky, Oskar Scholler, Horst Krammel
  • Patent number: 6109556
    Abstract: A safety belt arrangement for motor vehicles, comprising at least one safety belt, which is wound to a greater or lesser degree around a belt reel which is rotatably secured about an axis of rotation to the vehicle chassis and which is biased in the belt winding up direction by a retraction mechanism and which also has, in particular, a draw-out blocking mechanism which blocks rapid drawing out of the safety belt and/or further drawing out of the safety belt in the event of accident dependent accelerations of the motor vehicle, wherein a ratchet wheel is rotationally fixedly coupled to the belt reel and cooperates with a latching pawl fixed to the housing, which can be engaged and disengaged in such a way that when the latching pawl is engaged into the ratchet wheel a rolling up movement of the belt reel by the spring retraction mechanism is possible but not, however, a pulling out of the safety belt; and wherein the latching pawl can be engaged and disengaged, with respect to the ratchet wheel, by an actuati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Kopetzky, Georg Bannert, Harry Hanna
  • Patent number: 6076239
    Abstract: A belt lock for a safety belt has a frame (10), a latching element (14) for the latching of the belt tongue (18) and a securing element (16), which secures the latching element (14) in the latched state. Furthermore, a detector device (24, 26, 28) is provided at the belt lock which detects the position of the securing element (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Kopetzky, Frank Pietschmann, Thomas Steidle, Matthias Pleyer
  • Patent number: 6059223
    Abstract: An arrangement for the attachment of a belt to a reel of a safety belt reeling mechanism has a shaft (10') and a reel (12') arranged coaxial to the shaft with a belt (14') attached to the reel (12') forming a closed loop (16') at its end. A securing pin (18') extending transverse to the direction of the belt is provided in the loop and is not formed by the shaft (10').
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Kempfle, Andreas Wengert, Georg Bannert, Robert Fleischmann, Robert Kopetzky
  • Patent number: 5803400
    Abstract: A thread reel, with a thread wound thereon, has a holding pin at its periphery upon which the end of the thread is secured such that a plurality of loops are laid around the holding pin in such a way that in each case the end of each loop, respectively, facing the thread reel simultaneously forms the start of the next loop which is further spaced from the thread reel, with the end of the next loop remote from the preceding loop lying closer to the thread reel than the end to which it is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Kopetzky, Frank Mueller, Ulrich Diepold, Sabine Dreizler, Frank Pietschmann, Matthias Pleyer
  • Patent number: 5743480
    Abstract: The invention relates to a safety belt arrangement in vehicles having a belt tensioner comprising: a holder which is to be secured to the vehicle chassis, with a belt winding reel with a safety belt wound thereon being rotatably mounted on the holder; a belt retraction spring arrangement by means of which the safety belt is continuously lightly pretensioned in the draw-in direction so that it only loosely lies against the vehicle occupant secured by it; and an auxiliary drive which is separated drivewise by a clutch from the belt winding reel but is activated abruptly with an accident-dependent acceleration and is rotationally fixedly coupled to the belt winding reel via the then engaged clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Kopetzky, Robert Wittmann, Georg Bannert, Martin Wifling, Thomas Kempfle, Ulrich Diepold, Andreas Wengert, Christian Husung
  • Patent number: 5730385
    Abstract: A spring-driven reeler for safety belts in motor vehicles has a belt reel which is acted on with a winding-up force of defined size via a first conical thread reel, a thread and a second thread reel by means of a spring arrangement. Measures are provided in order to maintain the safety of the belted-up vehicle occupants as far as possible on thread breakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Kopetzky, Matthias Pleyer
  • Patent number: 5667161
    Abstract: A belt tensioner for safety belt arrangements in motor vehicles has a holder (11) on which are provided a belt winding reel (12) with a safety belt (13) coiled thereon, a blocking arrangement and an additional drive (15) connected via clutch (20) to the belt winding reel (12). The additional drive (15) contains a pressure source (16) which abruptly builds up a high pressure in a pressure chamber on being triggered and also contains a torque generating device (18) acted on by the pressure in the pressure chamber (17) and a drive shaft (19) connected to the latter. The drive shaft (19) is rotationally fixedly connectable to the belt winding reel (12) via the clutch (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Jurgen Mitzkus, Robert Kopetzky
  • Patent number: 5624084
    Abstract: A spring-driven reeling mechanism for safety belts 17 in motor vehicles has a belt reel 11 which is rotationally fixedly connected to a first draw reel 12 with a spiral-shaped guide groove 15. A flexible draw member 13 is wound into the guide groove 15 and extends to a second draw reel 14 with a spiral-shaped guide groove 18. The two draw reels 12, 14 taper in opposite axial directions. The draw reel 14 is acted on by a spiral spring 16 in a direction of rotation such that the safety belt 17 is wound onto the belt reel 11. The spiral spring 16 is accommodated in a hollow cavity 21 of the second draw reel 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Takata Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Kopetzky, Sabine Dreizler, Ulrich Diepold, Matthias Pleyer
  • Patent number: 5588677
    Abstract: A safety belt tensioner for motor vehicles which is securable to the vehicle chassis (12) has an elongate drive device (11) which acts on a flexible draw element (13) displaceable in its longitudinal direction. The flexible draw element is guided from the guide device (11) via a deflection member (14) secured to the chassis to a belt lock part (15) and is attached there for the transmission of a tensile force. The deflection member (14) is simultaneously designed as the mounting element which secures the drive device (11) to the chassis (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Takata (Europe) Vehicle Safety Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Kopetzky, Gunther Hage