Patents by Inventor Udo Ivenz

Udo Ivenz 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: 9393930
    Abstract: A pedestrian safety device for a motor vehicle includes an inflatable airbag that has a volume portion and a gas inlet channel connected with the volume portion. The volume portion is adapted in such a manner that in the inflated state, it extends over a windshield of the motor vehicle. The pedestrian safety device is configured in such a manner that the inflated volume portion is displaceable in an impact direction in the event of an impact of a person on the inflated volume portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Udo Ivenz, Walter Meierhofer, Ulrich Koestler
  • Patent number: 9321427
    Abstract: A safety device for a motor vehicle includes an inflatable airbag which is adjusted so as to extend across at least a bottom portion of an outer side of a windshield of the motor vehicle in an inflated state in order to protect a person impacting the motor vehicle. The safety device has a gas generator for inflating the airbag. The airbag has a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment and the second compartment are disposed such that at a specific vehicle speed or within a specific vehicle speed range, a shorter person would very likely hit the first compartment, while at the specific vehicle speed or within the specific vehicle speed range, a taller person would very likely hit the second compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Udo Ivenz, Markus Springsklee, Ulrich Koestler, Tim Rudolph, Walter Meierhofer
  • Publication number: 20150175122
    Abstract: A safety device for a motor vehicle includes an inflatable airbag which is adjusted so as to extend across at least a bottom portion of an outer side of a windshield of the motor vehicle in an inflated state in order to protect a person impacting the motor vehicle. The safety device has a gas generator for inflating the airbag. The airbag has a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment and the second compartment are disposed such that at a specific vehicle speed or within a specific vehicle speed range, a shorter person would very likely hit the first compartment, while at the specific vehicle speed or within the specific vehicle speed range, a taller person would very likely hit the second compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Udo IVENZ, Markus SPRINGSKLEE, Ulrich KOESTLER, Tim RUDOLPH, Walter MEIERHOFER
  • Publication number: 20140367186
    Abstract: A pedestrian safety device for a motor vehicle includes an inflatable airbag that has a volume portion and a gas inlet channel connected with the volume portion. The volume portion is adapted in such a manner that in the inflated state, it extends over a windshield of the motor vehicle. The pedestrian safety device is configured in such a manner that the inflated volume portion is displaceable in an impact direction in the event of an impact of a person on the inflated volume portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Udo IVENZ, Walter MEIERHOFER, Ulrich KOESTLER
  • Patent number: 8662238
    Abstract: A motor vehicle having a safety device for protecting pedestrians or bicyclists that collide with the motor vehicle includes an airbag which, in the non-activated basic state, is arranged folded together on an automotive body and, in the activated deployed state, at least partially covers a frame around the windshield. In the activated state, the airbag stretches out a windshield cover in front of the windshield. The cover has a region in which a plurality of energy dissipators are distributed on the side of the cover facing the windshield. During an impact with a person's head, the region is pressed against the windshield. The energy dissipators cause prior damage to the windshield, such that the rigidity of the windshield in this region is reduced. The windshield thus yields upon impact of the head in the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Udo Ivenz, Ulrich Koestler, Walter Meierhofer, Nadine Krebs