Patents by Inventor Viviane REIBEL

Viviane REIBEL 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: 20240109603
    Abstract: Disclosed is a closing plug is provided for closing through-openings in components, such as components of motor vehicles. The closing plug includes a base body made from a hard component with a closing wall for covering a through-opening, and a sealing/fastening device made from a soft component. The soft component is configured to be sealed and connected to a wall of a carrier component that bounds a through-opening. The closing plug can be inserted into a through-opening in an assembly direction that extends orthogonally to a wall of a carrier component that bounds a through-opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Albert SBONGK, Viviane REIBEL, Manuel HUEBNER
  • Patent number: 11572031
    Abstract: A seat belt guide device for a passenger restraint belt of a motor vehicle is provided, wherein the seat belt guide device includes a fastening device with at least one spring-actuated catching device, with which the seat belt guide device can be snap-fitted or fastened to a motor vehicle in an assembly direction, wherein the seat belt guide device is preferably molded from at least one plastic injection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Matthias Wolf, Jochen Beck, Viviane Reibel
  • Patent number: 11560916
    Abstract: A bolt fastener includes a plurality of fixing structures that are arranged radially around a receiving space for a bolt and are axially pivotable, wherein the fixing structures have, in the direction of an axial receiving space for a fastening bolt, engagement faces for engagement with a bolt and have, at diametrically opposite ends, bearing faces with which the fixing structures are supported counter to an outward movement, wherein bearing structures for the bearing faces are also provided, which cooperate in a supporting manner with the bearing faces, wherein the bearing face and bearing structure are dimensioned such that they disengage when the fixing structures are pivoted counter to the insertion direction of the bolt, wherein the radial spacing between the bearing structures and a bolt mounted in the receiving space is smaller than the entire extent of the fixing structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Viviane Reibel, Albert Sbongk
  • Publication number: 20210362671
    Abstract: A seat belt guide device for a passenger restraint belt of a motor vehicle is provided, wherein the seat belt guide device includes a fastening device with at least one spring-actuated catching device, with which the seat belt guide device can be snap-fitted or fastened to a motor vehicle in an assembly direction, wherein the seat belt guide device is preferably molded from at least one plastic injection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Matthias WOLF, Jochen BECK, Viviane REIBEL
  • Publication number: 20210048056
    Abstract: A bolt fastener includes a plurality of fixing structures that are arranged radially around a receiving space for a bolt and are axially pivotable, wherein the fixing structures have, in the direction of an axial receiving space for a fastening bolt, engagement faces for engagement with a bolt and have, at diametrically opposite ends, bearing faces with which the fixing structures are supported counter to an outward movement, wherein bearing structures for the bearing faces are also provided, which cooperate in a supporting manner with the bearing faces, wherein the bearing face and bearing structure are dimensioned such that they disengage when the fixing structures are pivoted counter to the insertion direction of the bolt, wherein the radial spacing between the bearing structures and a bolt mounted in the receiving space is smaller than the entire extent of the fixing structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Viviane REIBEL, Albert SBONGK