| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE37466 |
Control system for vehicle occupant restraint devices |
December 11, 2001 |
| A vehicle occupant restraint device control system for use in a vehicle to selectively control the operation of safety devices such as one or more airbags includes a seat position sensor device which detects the position of a seat relative to a selected component of the vehicle, and a |
| RE36427 |
System and method for controlling vehicle safety drive |
December 7, 1999 |
| A system and method for controlling actuation of a vehicle safety device in response to an impact to a first portion of the vehicle includes a ferromagnetic element mechanically coupled with the first portion of the vehicle so as to receive elastic strain waves generated as a result of |
| D481664 |
Vehicle wheel |
November 4, 2003 |
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| D481346 |
Vehicle wheel |
October 28, 2003 |
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| D473837 |
Vehicle wheel |
April 29, 2003 |
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| D472860 |
Rear view mirror cover |
April 8, 2003 |
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| D471080 |
Mounting bracket for an airbag inflator |
March 4, 2003 |
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| D463349 |
Vehicle wheel |
September 24, 2002 |
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| D462929 |
Vehicle wheel |
September 17, 2002 |
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| D459692 |
Vehicle wheel |
July 2, 2002 |
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| D456332 |
Front face for a vehicle wheel |
April 30, 2002 |
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| D441709 |
Vehicle wheel |
May 8, 2001 |
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| D440933 |
Vehicle wheel |
April 24, 2001 |
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| D436914 |
Vehicle wheel |
January 30, 2001 |
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| D431222 |
Vehicle wheel |
September 26, 2000 |
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| D398573 |
Wheel for motor vehicle |
September 22, 1998 |
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| D397068 |
Steering wheel with air bag for motorvehicles |
August 18, 1998 |
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| D392607 |
Steering wheel with air bag for motorvehicles |
March 24, 1998 |
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| 6762394 |
Heated steering wheel |
July 13, 2004 |
| The invention relates to a heated steering wheel having a steering wheel rim with a heating device arranged on the steering wheel rim. A shell has two or more shell parts that each extend at least part of the way around the periphery of the steering wheel rim in radial cross-section. The |
| 6736424 |
Airbag system for a motor vehicle |
May 18, 2004 |
| An airbag system for a motor vehicle has an airbag that is deployed upon inflation with a gas from a folded state into the vehicle interior. An inflation device supplies gas for inflating the airbag. A sensing device senses deployment of the airbag to the effect that the temporal and |
| 6735999 |
Calibration spring adjuster for a seat belt system |
May 18, 2004 |
| A calibration spring tension adjuster for a seat belt tension sensor has a calibration spring, and a holder. The fixed part and the movable part are adjacent to each other and comprise mutually facing stepped helical faces arranged so that the movable part can be rotated relative to the |
| 6722212 |
Device for measuring tensile stress on a seat belt |
April 20, 2004 |
| A device for measuring tensile stress acting on a vehicle seat belt has two components. A first component is connected with a seat belt and a second component is fixed to a vehicle part a spring arranged between the two components, against whose force the two components may be moved rela |
| 6712305 |
Seat belt retractor |
March 30, 2004 |
| A seat belt retractor has a spool mounted for rotation in the retractor for retraction or pay-out of seat belt webbing depending upon the direction of rotation of the spool. A locking ring is attached to one end of the spool. A device for locking locks the locking ring against rotation i |
| 6709009 |
Passenger side module with two airbags |
March 23, 2004 |
| The airbag module has a base plate, two inflators, a top plate and two airbags. The inflators are mounted into the base plate and the airbags are secured to the base plate via top plates. The first airbag has substantially an "L" cross section in its deployed state. The second airbag |
| 6705558 |
Seat belt retractor with a load limiter |
March 16, 2004 |
| A seat belt retractor for a seat belt system in a motor vehicle has a belt reel for the winding and unwinding of seat belt webbing. At least one locking element can lock the belt reel against further rotation. Forces exerted by the seat belt webbing can be introduced into a frame connect |
| 6702319 |
Airbag module with latching connection |
March 9, 2004 |
| An airbag module has at least two housing parts securely connected to each other by a mechanical catch connection. At least one catch hook is arranged on the first housing part and at least one tab with a corresponding catch opening is arranged in the second housing part. During the |
| 6696933 |
Air bag system with biomechanical gray zones |
February 24, 2004 |
| The implementation of dual-stage inflators in some production vehicles is quickly becoming a common reality. A dual-stage inflator has two firing squibs that can fire independently, simultaneously or in a delayed mode. This tailorability provides the ability to fire a low level, high lev |
| 6695942 |
Method of manufacturing a steering wheel |
February 24, 2004 |
| A method of manufacturing motor car steering wheels with an external shell made of composite materials, which comprises preparing a pile of sheets of composite materials, hot molding thereof for obtaining respective half-shells with a shape corresponding to that of respective halves of t |
| 6695340 |
Airbag for a vehicle |
February 24, 2004 |
| An airbag for a vehicle is constructed to be arranged in the region of the vehicle roof and has at least one inflatable chamber. The arrangement of the airbag is above securing portions which extend from the inflatable chamber upwards in the direction of the vehicle roof, with the securi |
| 6695243 |
Seat belt retractor with hydraulic load limiting |
February 24, 2004 |
| A seat belt retractor has a belt reel rotatably mounted in a frame. A blocking means blocks rotation of a blockable part of the belt reel and a belt webbing carrier on the belt reel that is substantially drum-shaped. The belt webbing carrier is associated with a rotor that is in rotary |
| 6691943 |
Seat belt retractor with a web sensor |
February 17, 2004 |
| A seat belt retractor has a web sensor with an inertia member, a locking pawl and a lock cup. The inertia member is eccentrically pivotally mounted to the lock cup. The locking pawl is integrally formed with the inertia member. The lock cup has a set of radially inwardly pointing teeth f |
| 6688646 |
Seat belt system with a belt tensioner |
February 10, 2004 |
| A vehicle seat belt system, in particular a three-point seat belt system, has belt webbing and an end fitting by which an end of the belt webbing is secured to a vehicle. A belt tensioner acts with a pulling eyebolt through which the belt webbing is guided by a webbing guide in the vicin |
| 6688547 |
Self compensating inertia sensor |
February 10, 2004 |
| The inertia sensor is a sensor for a seatbelt retractor used for sensing deceleration. The inertia sensor is composed of a primary mass, a secondary mass, and a lifter. The primary mass provides the inertia for the self compensating function. The secondary mass provides the inertia f |
| 6682098 |
Method of determining the load on a vehicle occupant |
January 27, 2004 |
| The load acting on the body of a belted-in vehicle occupant restrained by a seat belt is determined by providing electrical signals from occupant restraint device sensors. The electrical signals are then evaluated with an evaluating device, wherein the movement of a seat belt webbing |
| 6682097 |
Guide sleeve for electric cable emerging from a tube |
January 27, 2004 |
| A device for the lateral outward guiding of an electric cable installed in a tube has a deflector is arranged inside the tube obliquely to the longitudinal direction of the tube. The electric cable is deflected by the deflector through a lateral opening in the casing of the tube. |
| 6682095 |
Non-safety vehicle systems control using occupant classification |
January 27, 2004 |
| Energy is conserved utilizing information collected by a vehicle safety system. Information concerning whether seats other than the driver's seat are occupied and information concerning the size and weight of any occupants present, is transferred to a power load logic via a vehicle i |
| 6679447 |
Seat belt retractor |
January 20, 2004 |
| A seat belt retractor has a housing and a spool in the housing. A toothed ratchet wheel is coupled to the spool. A locking assembly has a lock bar pivotally mounted to the housing and moveable by means of a camming arrangement from an initial position clear of the ratchet wheel to a |
| 6679446 |
Seat belt pretensioner |
January 20, 2004 |
| A seat belt pretensioner has a piston; a tube housing the piston; a force reservoir, activatable when a crash is sensed, to drive the piston along the tube; a resilient steel band connected to the piston; and means for selectively connecting the steel band to a retractor spool. Preferabl |
| 6676161 |
Linear pretensioning drive for a seat belt |
January 13, 2004 |
| A linear pretensioning drive for tightening a vehicle seat belt has a guide tube. A piston is located inside of the guide tube and can be driven along a longitudinal axis of the guide tube. A reverse movement lock is formed by balls that are arranged on a ring around the longitudinal axi |
| 6676155 |
Driver's side airbag module |
January 13, 2004 |
| An airbag module has at least one airbag housing, which can be locked with a receiving device in a motor vehicle and in which at least one inflator and a folded airbag are arranged. Springs are provided on the airbag housing, which bias the airbag housing in the installed state in relati |
| 6676153 |
Easily installed side curtain airbag module |
January 13, 2004 |
| An airbag device for side protection in a motor vehicle has an inflatable airbag and a plurality of attachment elements that are anchored to the airbag module and can be inserted into a corresponding plurality of slots in a structural member of a motor vehicle in an assembly direction th |
| 6676059 |
Seat belt retractor |
January 13, 2004 |
| A seat belt retractor has a spool mounted for rotation on the retractor frame, for retraction or pay-out of seat belt webbing depending upon the rotation direction of the spool. The spool is locked against rotation when a crash is sensed. A force limiting mechanism allows further pay-out |
| 6669234 |
Seat belt buckle and tongue presenter system |
December 30, 2003 |
| A system (20) comprising a buckle presenter (100) and/or a tongue presenter (200) and mechanism to activate and control each presenter. The buckle presenter and tongue presenter (200) are used to respectively move a seat belt buckle (26) and a corresponding tongue (24) from a stowed posi |
| 6669232 |
Device for inflating an airbag |
December 30, 2003 |
| A device for inflating an airbag has a compressed gas container in which an inflation gas is held in readiness under high pressure. An inflation tube projects into the airbag that is to be inflated. A gas release nozzle is connected at one end with the compressed gas container and at ano |
| 6669227 |
Fastener for fastening a curtain airbag to a vehicle |
December 30, 2003 |
| A fastener for securing a tether of a curtain airbag to a vehicle. The fastener includes a border projecting essentiallly from the side of the fastener for locking the fastener to the vehicle. The fastener also has a vertically extending recess in one of the side walls for receiving the |
| 6669226 |
Air bag module with oppositely aligned inflators |
December 30, 2003 |
| An air bag system comprising: a housing/inflator assembly and an air bag assembly operatively linked to the housing/inflator assembly to receive inflation gas to inflate an air bag of the air bag assembly, the housing/inflator assembly comprising: a plurality of inflators, each infla |
| 6669133 |
Seat belt retractor with multi-level load limiting |
December 30, 2003 |
| A seat belt retractor has a spool mounted for rotation in the retractor for retraction or pay-out of seat belt webbing depending upon the rotation direction of the spool. A locking ring is attached to one end of the spool. A lock bar locks the locking ring against rotation when a crash i |
| 6666519 |
Seat belt with a buckle tongue stop |
December 23, 2003 |
| A seat belt has a buckle tongue stop that is resiliently deformable. The buckle tongue stop may be deformable laterally or in its width and may be formed of compressible bumps. The seat belt allows a child seat to be secured in a vehicle according to European regulations yet still enable |
| 6666475 |
Side-curtain airbag and method of manufacture |
December 23, 2003 |
| A side-curtain airbag has at least two inflation chambers spaced apart from each other. The inflation chambers each have two fabric layers. The region between the two inflation chambers has at the most one layer of fabric. A method of manufacturing such a side-curtain airbag is disclosed |
| 6659930 |
Method and apparatus for folding an airbag |
December 9, 2003 |
| A method and an apparatus for folding an airbag of a vehicle occupant restraining system, having a conveyor means, in which a first portion of the spread-out airbag is moved in order thus to push a second portion of the airbag against an abutment which has at least one abutment surface |
