Patents by Inventor Thomas FEIERTAG

Thomas FEIERTAG 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).

  • Belt retractor for a safety belt device
    Patent number: 10800376
    Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to a belt retractor (10) for a safety belt device, with a belt reel (20) for winding up and unwinding the safety belt, a pretensioner drive (40) and a pyrotechnic tensioner drive (30), wherein the pretensioner drive (40) has a force-flux-control element (100) which, in a deactivation position, interrupts the force flux between pretensioner drive (40) and belt reel (20). It is provided that the pyrotechnic tensioner drive (30) has one or more drive elements (33) which, after activation of the pyrotechnic tensioner drive (30), is or are set into motion, and, after activation of the pyrotechnic tensioner drive (30), the force-flux-control element (100) is adjusted directly or indirectly by the drive element (33) or—in the case of a plurality of drive elements (33)—by at least one of the drive elements (33) of the pyrotechnic tensioner drive (30) into the deactivation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Atsushi Mihara, Lars Gonnermann, Thomas Feiertag, Hans-Jürgen Divo, Paul Sprongl
  • BELT RETRACTOR FOR A SAFETY BELT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190322241
    Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to a belt retractor (10) for a safety belt device, with a belt reel (20) for winding up and unwinding the safety belt, a pretensioner drive (40) and a pyrotechnic tensioner drive (30), wherein the pretensioner drive (40) has a force-flux-control element (100) which, in a deactivation position, interrupts the force flux between pretensioner drive (40) and belt reel (20). It is provided that the pyrotechnic tensioner drive (30) has one or more drive elements (33) which, after activation of the pyrotechnic tensioner drive (30), is or are set into motion, and, after activation of the pyrotechnic tensioner drive (30), the force-flux-control element (100) is adjusted directly or indirectly by the drive element (33) or—in the case of a plurality of drive elements (33)—by at least one of the drive elements (33) of the pyrotechnic tensioner drive (30) into the deactivation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicants: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEM GERMANY GMBH, JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEM JAPAN K.K.
    Inventors: Atsushi MIHARA, Lars GONNERMANN, Thomas FEIERTAG, Hans-Jürgen DIVO, Paul SPRONGL