Patents by Inventor Stefan Wiegert

Stefan Wiegert 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: 20120139215
    Abstract: A side gas bag arrangement for a vehicle occupant restraint system of a motor vehicle is provided. The side gas bag arrangement comprising at least one side gas bag inflatable for the protection of a vehicle occupant, which with a side gas bag arrangement mounted in the vehicle and in the inflated condition of the side gas bag extends along a long side of the vehicle, wherein the side gas bag includes at least one inflatable chamber which is formed such that in the inflated condition of the side gas bag it extends over a side window of the vehicle and in direction of the vehicle floor beyond a door sill adjoining the side window; and sealing means which at least seal a partial region of the side gas bag, so that gas is prevented from flowing out of this partial region to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Rainer HEUSCHMID, Delphine Bello, Johannes Baumhauer, Armin Kircher, Stefan Wiegert, Alexander Siebert, Thomas Pletl, Manfred Schmid
  • Patent number: 6783151
    Abstract: An airbag arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an airbag deployable in a direction to protect a vehicle occupant and an arrangement for limiting the unfolding impulse of the airbag upon an obstacle placed in a deployment path of the airbag to reduce the unfolding impulse transferred to the obstacle. The limitation arrangement, which can be, for example, a sheath, aperture in the airbag, can respond to the resistance of the occupant located in the deployment path, which is outside a normal seating position, or respond to a lack of resistance from the passenger. As the limitation arrangement limits the unfolding impulse of the airbag, it reduces the maximum unfolding impulse transferable to the occupant located outside the normal seating, in the deploying path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignees: Takata-Petri (Ulm) GmbH, Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Georg Rasch, Stefan Wiegert, Reiner Heuschmid, Andreas Riedel, Franz Fürst, Mehmet Cakmak, Sven Schawe, Tycho von Jan, Norbert Küster-Claus
  • Publication number: 20020047253
    Abstract: An airbag arrangement for a motor vehicle includes an airbag deployable in a direction to protect a vehicle occupant and an arrangement for limiting the unfolding impulse of the airbag upon an obstacle placed in a deployment path of the airbag to reduce the unfolding impulse transferred to the obstacle. The limitation arrangement, which can be, for example, a sheath, aperture in the airbag, can respond to the resistance of the occupant located in the deployment path, which is outside a normal seating position, or respond to a lack of resistance from the passenger. As the limitation arrangement limits the unfolding impulse of the airbag, it reduces the maximum unfolding impulse transferable to the occupant located outside the normal seating, in the deploying path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Georg Rasch, Stefan Wiegert, Reiner Heuschmid, Andreas Riedel, Franz Furst, Mehmet Cakmak, Sven Schawe, Tycho von Jan, Norbert Kuster-Claus