Patents by Inventor Thomas Blaas

Thomas Blaas 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: 8521369
    Abstract: A method and a device for control or regulation of a restraint system in a vehicle having a safety belt and at least one of an operation or convenience function. The operation and convenience functions of the restraint system adapt in a situation-related fashion and set the belt retraction force that acts on the safety belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Blaas, Walter Eberle, Martin Lanzerath, Jan Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20100185365
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for control or regulation of a restraint system (2) in a vehicle, comprising a safety belt (3), at least one operation and/or comfort function being adjusted on the restraint system (2), with situation-dependent adaptation of a belt retraction force acting on the safety belt (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: DAIMLER AG
    Inventors: Thomas Blaas, Walter Eberle, Martin Lanzerath, Jan Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20080265555
    Abstract: A belt tensioner for a safety-belt restraint system in a vehicle, which can be triggered in the event of a collision or the threat of a collision, includes a device for tensioning a safety belt that is restraining an occupant, by displacing part of the safety-belt restraint system. The belt tensioner has a drive for the displacing the part, which drive comprises a repeatedly chargeable spring-energy store, as well as a spring-energy store charging device for repeatably charging of the spring-energy store once it has been discharged. The spring-energy store charging device transmits to the spring-energy store for the purpose of charging it, a tensile force that is applied to the safety belt to unwind it from a belt winding device in the course of a fastening operation by the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Baumann, Thomas Blaas, Michael Fehring, Rainer Justen, Markus Scholz