Patents by Inventor Thomas Steck

Thomas Steck 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: 20160309982
    Abstract: A lifting device for displacing a receiver for items to be washed in a dishwasher from an initial position into an end position, or vice versa, includes a blocking device configured to automatically block the receiver for items to be washed in at least one intermediate position between the initial position and the end position. The blocking device includes an actuating element which, when actuated, is configured to unlock the blocking device such that the receiver for items to be washed can be displaced from the initial position to the end position, or vice versa, only for so long as the actuating element remains actuated to unlock the blocking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Norbert Gerstner, Ersin Isbilen, Thomas Steck
  • Patent number: 8844966
    Abstract: A vehicle seat of a motor vehicle is provided. The vehicle seat comprises a backrest which includes a middle part and at least one side bolster, a gas bag module with a folded gas bag, which is at least partly arranged in the side bolster, an adjusting element for adjusting a width of the backrest, which is at least partly arranged in the side bolster and is movable relative to the middle part, by means of which the position of the side bolster relative to the middle part can be varied, and ascot frame extending in the side bolster, which in the vehicle seat mounted in the motor vehicle is aligned along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. At least part of the folded gas bag is arranged before the seat frame with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Takata AG
    Inventors: Jens Feller, Torsten Schmidt, Peter Baumgartner, Thomas Steck
  • Patent number: 8491001
    Abstract: An air bag device for a people protection system of a vehicle, having a folded air bag which forms an air bag package having a length and a height. An inlay element, directly connected to and/or placed into the air bag, is provided having a length which essentially corresponds to the length of at least a section of the air bag package and having a height which essentially corresponds to the height of the air bag package. The inlay element is provided and arranged to define the folded air bag regarding its cross-section dimensions and to thereby fix it with desired cross-section dimensions. The inlay element is designed as an elongated flat section and is made of multiple segments, succeeding one another in the longitudinal direction of the air bag. At least one segment of the inlay element has a bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Takata AG
    Inventors: Peter Baumgartner, Thomas Steck
  • Patent number: 8342571
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag, the airbag comprising a tubular area and a filling piece for filling the airbag with gas of a gas generator, wherein the filling piece is formed by putting-over the tubular area of the airbag. In one embodiment, the filling piece is formed by putting-over the tubular area of the airbag in the longitudinal direction, wherein an end of the put-over tubular area faces the airbag interior and said end of the put-over tubular area comprises one or several openings which are arranged to distribute gas inflowing from a gas generator in a targeted manner into the airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Takata AG
    Inventors: Peter Baumgartner, Thomas Steck, Markus Leifheit
  • Publication number: 20120313352
    Abstract: An air bag device for a people protection system of a vehicle, having a folded air bag which forms an air bag package having a length and a height. An inlay element, directly connected to and/or placed into the air bag, is provided having a length which essentially corresponds to the length of at least a section of the air bag package and having a height which essentially corresponds to the height of the air bag package. The inlay element is provided and arranged to define the folded air bag regarding its cross-section dimensions and to thereby fix it with desired cross-section dimensions. The inlay element is designed as an elongated flat section and is made of multiple segments, succeeding one another in the longitudinal direction of the air bag. At least one segment of the inlay element has a bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Peter Baumgartner, Thomas Steck
  • Publication number: 20120104915
    Abstract: A dishwasher includes a wash container, in which a rack for holding items to be washed and/or dried is disposed. At least two lateral guide rails are disposed in the wash container for supporting the rack and allowing the rack to be pulled out of the wash container. Each guide rail includes a guide element disposed in a guide path of the guide rail in a longitudinally movable manner. Provided on the guide rail is a stop which limits a longitudinal movement of the guide element along the guide rail. The stop projects in a first position into the guide path, thereby inhibiting a pull-out movement of the rack. When acted upon in opposition to a pull-out direction, the stop is shiftable out of the guide path into a second position and, when acted upon in the pull-out direction of the rack, the stop is fixed in the guide path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventors: Johann Jobst, Franz Kiechle, Thomas Steck
  • Patent number: 7963553
    Abstract: A vehicle seat including a backrest which has a middle part laterally confined by side walls; an airbag module arranged in one of the side walls; adjusting means for adjusting the width of the backrest. The adjusting means have an adjusting element, which is arranged together with the airbag module in the side wall and movable relative to the middle part, via which the position of the side wall is changeable relative to the middle part. The adjusting element is connected to a section of the module housing of the airbag module so that the module housing is moved by moving the adjusting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignees: Takata-Petri AG, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
    Inventors: Dienhung Huynh, Peter Baumgartner, Thomas Steck, Andreas Riedel
  • Publication number: 20100283229
    Abstract: A vehicle seat of a motor vehicle is provided. The vehicle seat comprising a backrest which includes a middle part and at least one side bolster, a gas bag module with a folded gas bag, which is at least partly arranged in the side bolster, an adjusting element for adjusting a width of the backrest, which is at least partly arranged in the side bolster and is movable relative to the middle part, by means of which the position of the side bolster relative to the middle part can be varied, and a seat frame extending in the side bolster, which in the vehicle seat mounted in the motor vehicle is aligned along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. At least part of the folded gas bag is arranged before the seat frame with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Jens Feller, Torsten Schmidt, Peter Baumgartner, Thomas Steck
  • Publication number: 20100225098
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag, the airbag comprising a tubular area and a filling piece for filling the airbag with gas of a gas generator, wherein the filling piece is formed by putting-over the tubular area of the airbag. In one embodiment, the filling piece is formed by putting-over the tubular area of the airbag in the longitudinal direction, wherein an end of the put-over tubular area faces the airbag interior and said end of the put-over tubular area comprises one or several openings which are arranged to distribute gas inflowing from a gas generator in a targeted manner into the airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Peter Baumgartner, Thomas Steck, Markus Leifheit
  • Publication number: 20100148478
    Abstract: A vehicle seat including a backrest which has a middle part laterally confined by side walls; an airbag module arranged in one of the side walls; adjusting means for adjusting the width of the backrest. The adjusting means have an adjusting element, which is arranged together with the airbag module in the side wall and movable relative to the middle part, via which the position of the side wall is changeable relative to the middle part. The adjusting element is connected to a section of the module housing of the airbag module so that the module housing is moved by moving the adjusting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Dienhung Huynh, Peter Baumgartner, Thomas Steck, Andreas Riedel