Patents by Inventor Thomas Fangmann

Thomas Fangmann 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: 7806429
    Abstract: An air bag assembly unit is provided for an occupant restraint systems in motor vehicles with an air bag, which is accommodated by an air bag housing and is to be filled with gas by the contents of a gas generator. The assembly unit includes a diffusor housing, which is arranged at the air bag housing, is connected to the air bag housing via gas passage openings, and in which the gas generator pushed in via an installation opening is fixed by a holding device. The holding device is formed from a fastening ring (7), which is arranged in the intermediate space (5) of the diffusor housing wall (8) and the gas generator wall (9), seals the intermediate space (5) by a sealing device (6) in a gas-tight manner and surrounds the gas generator (2) in a ring-shaped pattern. The fastening ring (7) is fixed at the diffusor housing wall (8) in a positive-locking manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Thomas Fangmann, Keit Wagener, Hans-Juergen Imken
  • Patent number: 7641219
    Abstract: An arrangement for fixing a gas generator of an air bag unit. The gas generator is securely fixed in the generator chamber and both radial and axial tolerances, in particular of the gas generator, are compensated using a plate-like, spring-elastic fastening element that is pressed in the area of the end of the gas generator lying opposite the fixed bearing between the outer circumference thereof and the inner circumference of the generator chamber axially projecting through the gas generator. After the pressing in, the fastening element is arched into the generator chamber in the axial direction in a section between the outer wall of the gas generator and the inner wall of the generator chamber in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Keit Wagener, Thomas Fangmann
  • Publication number: 20080238044
    Abstract: An arrangement for fixing a gas generator of an air bag unit. The gas generator is securely fixed in the generator chamber and both radial and axial tolerances, in particular of the gas generator, are compensated using a plate-like, spring-elastic fastening element that is pressed in the area of the end of the gas generator lying opposite the fixed bearing between the outer circumference thereof and the inner circumference of the generator chamber axially projecting through the gas generator. After the pressing in, the fastening element is arched into the generator chamber in the axial direction in a section between the outer wall of the gas generator and the inner wall of the generator chamber in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Keit Wagener, Thomas Fangmann
  • Publication number: 20080129019
    Abstract: An air bag assembly unit is provided for an occupant restraint systems in motor vehicles with an air bag, which is accommodated by an air bag housing and is to be filled with gas by the contents of a gas generator. The assembly unit includes a diffusor housing, which is arranged at the air bag housing, is connected to the air bag housing via gas passage openings, and in which the gas generator pushed in via an installation opening is fixed by a holding device. The holding device is formed from a fastening ring (7), which is arranged in the intermediate space (5) of the diffusor housing wall (8) and the gas generator wall (9), seals the intermediate space (5) by a sealing device (6) in a gas-tight manner and surrounds the gas generator (2) in a ring-shaped pattern. The fastening ring (7) is fixed at the diffusor housing wall (8) in a positive-locking manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Fangmann, Keit Wagener, Hans-Juergen Imken
  • Patent number: 7267485
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an annular disk for sliding bearing, with a first annular element 12 and a seal 23 arranged on the first end face 17 of the first annular element 12. A second annular element is attached to the second end face 19 of the first annual element 12. The two annular elements 12, 13 are made of different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Keit Wagener, Thomas Fangmann, Michael Fangmann
  • Patent number: 7083185
    Abstract: A housing for an inflatable air bag of a motor vehicle is presented, which has a gas generator, a mounting space for inserting the folded air bag as well as a diffusor made integrally with the housing for the uniform distribution of the gas released by the fired gas generator. The gas generator is inserted into the diffusor and has a positive-locking connection with the diffusor chamber inner wall for its fixation in the diffusor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Thomas Fangmann, Keit Wagener
  • Publication number: 20050286821
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an annular disk for sliding bearing, with a first annular element 12 and a seal 23 arranged on the first end face 17 of the first annular element 12. A second annular element is attached to the second end face 19 of the first annual element 12. The two annular elements 12, 13 are made of different materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Applicant: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Keit Wagener, Thomas Fangmann, Michael Fangmann
  • Publication number: 20040041381
    Abstract: A housing for an inflatable air bag of a motor vehicle is presented, which has a gas generator, a mounting space for inserting the folded air bag as well as a diffusor made integrally with the housing for the uniform distribution of the gas released by the fired gas generator. The gas generator is inserted into the diffusor and has a positive-locking connection with the diffusor chamber inner wall for its fixation in the diffusor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Fangmann, Keit Wagener
  • Patent number: 6475380
    Abstract: A hydraulic fluid tank for motor vehicles has a fluid filter (1). The fluid filter (1) is inserted into a filter housing (3) present in the hydraulic fluid tank (2). The filter housing (3) may have a two-part design. The filter housing (3) may have an upper part (4) and a lower part (5), which are connected by a lock-in or snap connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Thomas Fangmann, Dieter Gröger