Patents by Inventor Zang Holger

Zang Holger 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).

  • Airbag module with an adaptive influencing device
    Patent number: 9376086
    Abstract: An airbag module having a first shell (10) forming a first gas chamber (GI), a first inflator for the first gas chamber (GI), an adaptive influencing device for influencing the ventilation or shape of the first gas chamber (GI), and an actuation unit (40) for the influencing device. The actuation device (40) has a second shell (44) forming a second gas chamber (G2), and a gas source. The state of the influencing device changing upon actuating the gas source. A tensioning element having a first end (62) is coupled to the adaptive influencing device or forms the device, and a second end (64) is coupled to the second shell (44) when the second gas chamber (G2) is not filled and is decoupled from the second shell (44) when the second gas chamber (G2) is filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Raimund Nebel, Nico Wallat, Zang Holger, Roland Peiz, Alexander Rottach, Jürgen Knauss, Andreas Förge, Wolfgang Drössler, Jens Hoffmann, Marcus Weber, Michael Burger
  • Airbag Module With an Adaptive Influencing Device
    Publication number: 20150239424
    Abstract: An airbag module having a first shell (10) forming a first gas chamber (GI), a first inflator for the first gas chamber (GI), an adaptive influencing device for influencing the ventilation or shape of the first gas chamber (GI), and an actuation unit (40) for the influencing device. The actuation device (40) has a second shell (44) forming a second gas chamber (G2), and a gas source. The state of the influencing device changing upon actuating the gas source. A tensioning element having a first end (62) is coupled to the adaptive influencing device or forms the device, and a second end (64) is coupled to the second shell (44) when the second gas chamber (G2) is not filled and is decoupled from the second shell (44) when the second gas chamber (G2) is filled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Raimund Nebel, Nico Wallat, Zang Holger, Roland Peiz, Alexander Rottach, Jürgen Knauss, Andreas Förg, Wolfgang Drössler, Jens Hoffmann, Marcus Weber, Michael Burger