Patents by Inventor Werner Geiselhart

Werner Geiselhart 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).

  • Motor vehicle seat arrangement and method for protecting a vehicle occupant
    Patent number: 8474862
    Abstract: A motor vehicle seat arrangement for a motor vehicle. The seat arrangement comprising a vehicle seat, at least one inflatable element, means for inflating the inflatable element which inflate the inflatable element depending on a control signal. The vehicle seat arrangement is arranged in the vehicle and the inflatable element is designed and arranged in or on a side wall of a backrest of the vehicle seat in a way that it exerts a momentum on the upper part of the body of the vehicle occupant while it is inflated in answer to the control signal, so that the whole vehicle occupant is moved away from a collision section of the vehicle that collides or is going to collide with the object or that the thorax region of the upper part of the body of the vehicle occupant performs a tilting movement away from the collision section of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Takata AG
    Inventors: Oliver Pursche, Hans-Peter Sendelbach, Martin Breuninger, Hiroshi Nozu, Werner Geiselhart, Edwin Miller, Thomas Sievers
  • Vehicle seat arrangement and airbag arrangement for a motor vehicle and a method for protecting a vehicle occupant
    Patent number: 8459690
    Abstract: A vehicle seat arrangement for a motor vehicle is provided. The vehicle seat arrangement comprising a vehicle seat, which comprises at least one inflatable element for protecting a vehicle occupant residing on the vehicle seat. The inflatable element is formed and arranged such that said element expands predominantly in direction towards the vehicle occupant when inflated. The inflatable element is integrated into a backrest of the vehicle seat unfolded or provided with only one fold or a protuberance, wherein the inflatable element is arranged between a cushion of the vehicle seat and a cover of the vehicle seat or inside the cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Takata AG
    Inventors: Martin Breuninger, Christian Weyrich, Hans-Peter Sendelbach, Werner Geiselhart, Mirko Korth, Michael Kraft, Edwin Miller
  • VEHICLE SEAT ARRANGEMENT AND AIRBAG ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND A METHOD FOR PROTECTING A VEHICLE OCCUPANT
    Publication number: 20110169250
    Abstract: A vehicle seat arrangement for a motor vehicle is provided. The vehicle seat arrangement comprising a vehicle seat, which comprises at least one inflatable element for protecting a vehicle occupant residing on the vehicle seat. The inflatable element is formed and arranged such that said element expands predominantly in direction towards the vehicle occupant when inflated. The inflatable element is integrated into a backrest of the vehicle seat unfolded or provided with only one fold or a protuberance, wherein the inflatable element is arranged between a cushion of the vehicle seat and a cover of the vehicle seat or inside the cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Martin BREUNINGER, Christian Weyrich, Hans-Peter Sendelbach, Werner Geiselhart, Mirko Korth, Michael Kraft, Edwin Miller
  • Motor vehicle seat arrangement and method for protecting a vehicle occupant
    Publication number: 20100090448
    Abstract: A motor vehicle seat arrangement for a motor vehicle. The seat arrangement comprising a vehicle seat, at least one inflatable element, means for inflating the inflatable element which inflate the inflatable element depending on a control signal. The vehicle seat arrangement is arranged in the vehicle and the inflatable element is designed and arranged in or on a side wall of a backrest of the vehicle seat in a way that it exerts a momentum on the upper part of the body of the vehicle occupant while it is inflated in answer to the control signal, so that the whole vehicle occupant is moved away from a collision section of the vehicle that collides or is going to collide with the object or that the thorax region of the upper part of the body of the vehicle occupant performs a tilting movement away from the collision section of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Oliver Pursche, Hans-Peter Sendelbach, Martin Breuninger, Hiroshi Nozu, Werner Geiselhart, Edwin Miller, Thomas Sievers
  • Safety arrangement for motor vehicles
    Patent number: 7478828
    Abstract: A vehicle seat arrangement having a motor vehicle seat, in which arrangement it is possible to control the kinematics of the motor vehicle seat and/or of a vehicle occupant situated thereon, in such a way that, in the event of a crash, there is as small a relative movement as possible between the vehicle occupant and the motor vehicle seat along the direction of the crash forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Takata-Petri (ULM) GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Heuschmid, Udo Untch, Werner Geiselhart
  • Safety arrangement for motor vehicles
    Publication number: 20050230173
    Abstract: A vehicle seat arrangement having a motor vehicle seat, in which arrangement it is possible to control the kinematics of the motor vehicle seat and/or of a vehicle occupant situated thereon, in such a way that, in the event of a crash, there is as small a relative movement as possible between the vehicle occupant and the motor vehicle seat along the direction of the crash forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Inventors: Rainer Heuschmid, Udo Untch, Werner Geiselhart