Patents by Inventor Sonja Kuchler

Sonja Kuchler 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).

  • Steering wheel with a preassembled air-bag anti-impact device
    Patent number: 5924725
    Abstract: A steering wheel unit for mounting on a steering column of a motor vehicle has a steering wheel including an inner frame with a steering wheel rim and with at least one spoke connected to the steering wheel rim and extending radially inwardly toward a steering column. The steering wheel includes a molded plastic envelope enclosing the inner frame. An air-bag anti-impact device is mounted on the steering wheel. A cap for covering the air-bag anti-impact device is provided. The air-bag anti-impact device has a folded air-bag and a gas producer for inflating the air-bag when tripped. The air-bag has a delimiting edge and is connected with the delimiting edge to the steering wheel to thereby delimit a gas inlet opening for gas produced by the gas producer upon tripping. The cap is opened by the force of the air-bag when being inflated by the gas producer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Michel Kozyreff, Bernd Werner, Josef Egger, Sonja Kuchler