Patents by Inventor Tobias Putz

Tobias Putz 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: 8371610
    Abstract: A retention device for an airbag arrangement can include a first retaining element, which can be connected via a first end section to an airbag flap and via a second end section to a firing channel or via a first end section to at least one airbag flap and via a second end section to a carrier which encloses the airbag flap and has at least one section disposed between the first and the second end sections. The first end section and/or the second end section have at least two overlapping end subsections, which are connected to one another and which are connected opposite to one another and spaced apart from one another to the first plate and second plate, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kreppold, Tobias Putz
  • Publication number: 20120068440
    Abstract: A retention device for an airbag arrangement can include a first retaining element, which can be connected via a first end section to an airbag flap and via a second end section to a firing channel or via a first end section to at least one airbag flap and via a second end section to a carrier which encloses the airbag flap and has at least one section disposed between the first and the second end sections. The first end section and/or the second end section have at least two overlapping end subsections, which are connected to one another and which are connected opposite to one another and spaced apart from one another to the first plate and second plate, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kreppold, Calvin Bristow, Tobias Putz