Patents by Inventor Sven Tamme

Sven Tamme 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: 20230278518
    Abstract: An airbag, in particular a front airbag, includes an outer wall having a front wall and a rear wall (18, 24) and a tether (16) as well as an electrically actuatable activation unit (26) for releasing the tether (16). The tether (16) includes plural tether portions (30, 32) connected to each other via a first tear seam (36). A tension means (40) is coupled to the tether (16) so that it destroys the first tear seam (36) when the activation unit (26) is actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Simon SCHMID, Sven TAMME, Benjamin WEIMER
  • Patent number: 11685333
    Abstract: An airbag, in particular a front airbag, includes an outer wall having a front wall and a rear wall (18, 24) and a tether (16) as well as an electrically actuatable activation unit (26) for releasing the tether (16). The tether (16) includes plural tether portions (30, 32) connected to each other via a first tear seam (36). A tension means (40) is coupled to the tether (16) so that it destroys the first tear seam (36) when the activation unit (26) is not actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Simon Schmid, Sven Tamme, Benjamin Weimer
  • Publication number: 20220073028
    Abstract: A knee airbag module, comprising an airbag (10) which has plural vertical chambers superimposed in the inflated state, including a middle, upper and lower chamber (18, 20, 16), is filled directly via the middle chamber (18), wherein the lower chamber (16) can be fluid-communicated with the middle chamber via plural overflow openings (28) and a valve device is configured on the overflow openings (28) so that the overflow openings (28) are open at the beginning of the deployment operation and the valve device closes the overflow openings (28) in the course of the deployment operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventor: Sven TAMME
  • Publication number: 20220055569
    Abstract: An airbag, in particular a front airbag, includes an outer wall having a front wall and a rear wall (18, 24) and a tether (16) as well as an electrically actuatable activation unit (26) for releasing the tether (16). The tether (16) includes plural tether portions (30, 32) connected to each other via a first tear seam (36). A tension means (40) is coupled to the tether (16) so that is destroys the first tear seam (36) when the activation unit (26) is not actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Simon SCHMID, Sven TAMME, Benjamin WEIMER
  • Patent number: 10246040
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag module comprising a housing (14) for an airbag (16) and a cover (12), the housing including a fabric part (14) which at least partly encloses the airbag (16), characterized in that means (20; 30; 60) for fastening the housing (14) which are formed integrally with the cover (12) are provided and in that the fabric part (14) is arranged directly on the fastening means (20; 30; 60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: TRW AUTOMOTIVE GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Elija, Werner Freisler, Sven Tamme
  • Publication number: 20170129443
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag module comprising a housing (14) for an airbag (16) and a cover (12), the housing including a fabric part (14) which at least partly encloses the airbag (16), characterized in that means (20; 30; 60) for fastening the housing (14) which are formed integrally with the cover (12) are provided and in that the fabric part (14) is arranged directly on the fastening means (20; 30; 60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel Elija, Werner Freisler, Sven Tamme