Patents by Inventor Rudolf Meixner

Rudolf Meixner 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: 7686330
    Abstract: A gas generator has a tubular housing in which a combustion chamber containing a propellant charge, an outflow chamber and a clearance volume are disposed, positioned behind one another axially. A partition disk is provided between the clearance volume and the outflow chamber and has a central opening and an integrally formed tube section which surrounds the opening and extends to its free end away from the clearance volume towards the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: TRW Airbag Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Meixner, Helmut Pritz
  • Patent number: 7293796
    Abstract: A gas generator, comprising a first and a second combustion chamber, each of which is associated with a propellant charge and an igniter, an outflow chamber with inflow- and outflow openings, arranged between the combustion chambers, and a partition plate dividing the outflow chamber into two partial chambers is provided. An edge region of the partition plate lies at least partially against a boundary of the outflow chamber. Each partial chamber is associated with one of the combustion chambers. A central section of the partition plate surrounded by the edge region has a geometry deviating from a plane and has at least one projection which is directed into one of the partial chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: TRW Airbag Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Meixner, Helmut Pritz, Herbert Ragner
  • Publication number: 20070080529
    Abstract: A gas generator has a tubular housing in which a combustion chamber containing a propellant charge, an outflow chamber and a clearance volume are disposed, positioned behind one another axially. A partition disk is provided between the clearance volume and the outflow chamber and has a central opening and an integrally formed tube section which surrounds the opening and extends to its free end away from the clearance volume towards the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Rudolf Meixner, Helmut Pritz
  • Publication number: 20050067822
    Abstract: A gas generator, comprising a first and a second combustion chamber, each of which is associated with a propellant charge and an igniter, an outflow chamber with inflow- and outflow openings, arranged between the combustion chambers, and a partition plate dividing the outflow chamber into two partial chambers is provided. An edge region of the partition plate lies at least partially against a boundary of the outflow chamber. Each partial chamber is associated with one of the combustion chambers. A central section of the partition plate surrounded by the edge region has a geometry deviating from a plane and has at least one projection which is directed into one of the partial chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Rudolf Meixner, Helmut Pritz, Herbert Ragner
  • Patent number: 6474685
    Abstract: A gas generator for a vehicle occupant restraint system. The gas generator comprises a housing, a filter chamber, and a combustion chamber which is filled with solid propellant and which has an outflow end. The gas generator further comprises at least one igniter unit which has an igniter and ignites the solid propellant, and comprises at least one filter which adjoins the solid propellant at the outflow end and delimits the combustion chamber. The filter has a central part which at least in sections has the shape of a cone and tapers in a direction towards an interior of the combustion chamber. The solid propellant laterally adjoins the conical section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: TRW Airbag Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rudolf Meixner, Werner Müller, Herbert Ragner
  • Patent number: 4222603
    Abstract: A motor vehicle body, especially for passenger motor vehicles, which is provided with laterally arranged doors and longitudinal bearers disposed therebelow whereby an upper area of the longitudinal bearer projects laterally outwardly beyond the lower area, and the upper area is at least partially covered off by the lower edge of the door or by a sealing profile secured at the lower edge of the door and is thus protected against soiling; the lower edge of the door or the sealing profile secured at the lower edge of the door thereby does not abut the longitudinal bearer but extends at a distance with respect thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1980
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Breitschwerdt, Hans Gotz, Rudolf Meixner, Rudolf Andres, Hermann Moller
  • Patent number: 4030773
    Abstract: A fender, especially a rear fender for passenger motor vehicles which consists of an upper part and of a lower part separated by a separating plane extending at least approximately horizontally; the upper part is thereby non-detachably connected with the vehicle while the lower part is detachably connected with the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rudolf Meixner, Gunter Kling