Patents by Inventor Torsten Sassmannshausen

Torsten Sassmannshausen 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).

  • Seat back of a vehicle seat and vehicle seat having such seat back
    Patent number: 8939464
    Abstract: A seat back has a rigid seat back frame and a cover. A seat back center part extends substantially perpendicular to the sitting direction. Two seat back frame sides laterally delimit the seat back and are transformed into the seat back center part. An airbag module accommodated in the cover of one of the seat back frame sides is mounted to the seat back frame. In the area of the seat back frame side, the seat back frame has a contact surface adjacent to a spirally folded airbag and extending substantially obliquely forward away from the seat back center part. The contact surface includes an angle (?) of 10°???45° with the sitting direction. The airbag extends substantially obliquely forward away from the center part and is wound spirally inwardly in a sense of rotation directed away from the center part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: TRW Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Dominique Acker, Andreas Loos, Torsten Sassmannshausen
  • SEAT BACK OF A VEHICLE SEAT AND VEHICLE SEAT HAVING SUCH SEAT BACK
    Publication number: 20130009431
    Abstract: A seat back has a rigid seat back frame and a cover. A seat back center part extends substantially perpendicular to the sitting direction. Two seat back frame sides laterally delimit the seat back and are transformed into the seat back center part. An airbag module accommodated in the cover of one of the seat back frame sides is mounted to the seat back frame. In the area of the seat back frame side, the seat back frame has a contact surface adjacent to a spirally folded airbag and extending substantially obliquely forward away from the seat back center part. The contact surface includes an angle (?) of 10°???45° with the sitting direction. The airbag extends substantially obliquely forward away from the center part and is wound spirally inwardly in a sense of rotation directed away from the center part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Dominique Acker, Andreas Loos, Torsten Sassmannshausen