| TAKATA AG Patent applications |
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| 20160001807 | Motor Vehicle Steering Wheel - A motor vehicle steering wheel with at least one gripping portion for gripping the steering wheel by a driver and with a central steering wheel region which is connected with the gripping portion is provided. The central steering wheel region—based on the state of the steering wheel properly mounted in a motor vehicle—forms a cover surface facing the driver, wherein behind the cover surface a receptacle for a gas bag is arranged and the cover surface defines an outlet opening through which the gas bag can be deployed for the protection of the driver. The steering wheel furthermore comprises an electronic display device with a screen. The screen is provided beside the outlet opening on the cover surface of the central steering wheel region, and the surface of the screen amounts to at least 60% of the opening cross-section of the outlet opening. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20150375710 | AIRBAG FOR A VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOLDING AN AIRBAG FOR A VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM - An airbag for a vehicle occupant restraining system of a motor vehicle is provided. The airbag comprises a pre-folded portion, which comprises at least two subsections of the airbag, of which the one subsection is folded about a folding line via bend folding to an inner side of the other subsection facing the vehicle interior space in the mounted and inflated status of the airbag. The folded subsection is formed such that it extends in the mounted and inflated status of the airbag beyond a door balustrade of a vehicle longitudinal side. The airbag further comprises a roll folded portion, which comprises the pre-folded portion, wherein the roll folded portion is formed by rolling up the airbag to an outer side of the airbag facing in the mounted and inflated status of the airbag a vehicle longitudinal side. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150367809 | GAS BAG ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM - A gas hag arrangement for a vehicle occupant restraint system comprises an inflatable gas hag, wherein the gas bag includes at least one vent device for venting gas from the gas bag, wherein the vent device in a first condition has a first outflow cross-section and in a second condition a second outflow cross-section; as well as a release mechanism which initially fixes the vent device and which releases the same after activation. The release mechanism includes an element to be filled with gas, with which the vent device is connected such that before filling of the tillable element it is fixed at the same and during filling of the fillable element is detached from the same, wherein the vent device is directly or indirectly connected with the tillable element via a releasable connection which will tear during filling of the fillable element and release the vent device. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150353045 | SIDE AIRBAG FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A side airbag for motor vehicles is provided. The side airbag comprises a gas bag which is to be arranged as intended on a vehicle seat, so that, in order to protect a vehicle occupant situated on the vehicle seat, it can be deployed laterally beside the vehicle occupant, and a gas generator for filling the gas bag with a gas, so that the same deploys. The gas bag and the gas generator are configured and provided to be arranged on the vehicle seat such that in the deployed state the gas bag supports itself on a backrest frame of the vehicle seat. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150343982 | AIRBAG MODULE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An airbag module for a motor vehicle is provided. The airbag module comprises a gas bag which for the protection of a person can be inflated by means of a gas generator, a module housing for accommodating the gas bag, which includes a tab which protrudes from a main chamber of the module housing accommodating the gas bag, a gas bag holder for fixing the gas bag at the module housing, an inflatable element for regulating the gas pressure in the gas bag, a triggering unit for filling the inflatable element with gas, which is arranged within the module housing in the tab of the module housing, and a fixing element by means of which the triggering unit is fixed at the module housing. The fixing element with a base body, with which it at least partly encloses the triggering unit, engages into the tab of the module housing. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150329073 | GAS BAG ARRANGEMENT WITH A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN OUTLET CROSS-SECTION OF A VENT OPENING - A gas bag arrangement for a vehicle occupant restraint system is provided. The gas bag arrangement comprises a gas bag inflatable by a gas generator to protect a vehicle occupant, whose envelope defines an interior space of the gas bag that can be filled with gas, a vent opening through which gas can flow out of the gas bag, and a device for controlling the outlet cross-section of the vent opening, which comprises at least one covering part with which the vent opening can be covered, in order to at least partly close the same, and which furthermore comprises an actuating mechanism which interacts with the covering part, in order to vary the outlet cross-section of the vent opening. The actuating mechanism includes an additional gas source and an element different from the gas bag and inflatable by means of the gas source. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150298650 | BELT RETRACTOR - The invention relates to a belt retractor ( | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150258995 | Method and Assistance System for Assisting a Driver of a Motor Vehicle as well as Measuring Method and Measuring System for Determining a Mental State of a Driver of a Motor Vehicle - A method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle is provided. The method comprises the steps: measuring at least one value of at least one vital parameter of the driver correlated with the mental state of the driver and/or at least one value of at least one driving dynamics variable correlated with the mental state of the driver, classifying the mental state of the driver with reference to the measured value of the vital parameter or the driving dynamics variable, and generating a signal perceptible by the driver by means of a driver assistance system of the motor vehicle, wherein the signal is selected from a plurality of different signals in dependence on the classification of the mental state of the driver, or suppressing a signal of the driver assistance system and/or selecting at least one vehicle parameter in dependence on the classification of the mental state. | 09-17-2015 |
| 20150239425 | Gas Generator Assembly For An Airbag Module - The invention relates to a gas generator assembly for an airbag module of a motor vehicle, which is equipped for inflating a gas bag of the airbag module. The gas generator assembly comprises a generator housing, with a gas set arranged in the generator housing, from which a gas can be generated on ignition, an ignition device for igniting the gas bag, a volume compensating element which acts on the gas set under elastic pretension and which is designed as spring element, and a filter for filtering gases generated by means of the gas set, which are released from the generator housing. The volume compensating element is formed of a filter material and is arranged in the generator housing such that gases generated in the generator housing are filtered by the volume compensating element, before they exit from the generator housing. | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150203066 | VEHICLE WITH A GAS BAG ARRANGEMENT OF A VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM - This invention relates to a gas bag arrangement of a vehicle occupant restraint system, the gas bag arrangement comprising:
| 07-23-2015 |
| 20150143946 | LOCKING DEVICE FOR LOCKING A MOVABLE COMPONENT - The invention relates to a locking device for locking a movable component, in particular a superposition drive, comprising a locking element which in a locking position is formed to cooperate with the movable component. The locking element includes a damping mechanism which during the movement of the locking element into the locking position attenuates a mechanical contact of the locking element with the movable component. The damping mechanism comprises an elastically mounted contact element movable relative to the locking element, which is arranged such that during the movement of the locking element into the locking position it gets in contact with the movable component. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150108266 | BELT RETRACTOR - The invention relates to a belt retractor ( | 04-23-2015 |
| 20140361113 | TENSIONING DRIVE FOR A SAFETY BELT DEVICE - The invention relates to a tensioning drive ( | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140339351 | BELT ROLLER - A belt roller for a safety belt having a belt coil for winding and unwinding the safety belt. The roller includes a lockable locking base which is connected to the belt coil and which is suitable for blocking the belt coil in the event of an abrupt rotation of the belt coil in the belt unwinding direction. The roller also includes a force transmission element which couples the belt coil and the locking base in a locking position and is inactive in an unlocking position. The force transmission element has a base member and a shearing portion which can be sheared off. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140305203 | SENSOR - The invention relates inter alia to a sensor ( | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140230195 | INSERTION TONGUE - A plug-in tongue for a belt buckle of a seatbelt system. The tongue includes a plug-in section suitable for plugging into the belt buckle and with a belt-retaining section which has a slot for the passage and deflection of a seat belt. The plug-in tongue includes a metal plate which has a slot-shaped opening, and wherein at least one edge section of the metal plate, which edge section bounds the slot-shaped opening, is embedded into a plastics material. The edge section of the metal plate, which edge section bounds the slot-shaped opening, is bent out of the opening plane of the slot-shaped opening and has a hook-shaped cross section. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140217711 | STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR A STEERING WHEEL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a steering wheel assembly for a steering wheel of a motor vehicle, with a gas bag accommodated by a housing, which for the protection of a driver is inflatable by means of a gas generator, with a shiftably mounted carrier for accommodating the housing, which can be positioned in a rest position and at least one deflected position, and with at least one fastening device by means of which the carrier can shiftably be fixed at a steering wheel skeleton of the steering wheel. A spring biasing the carrier into the rest position is associated to the fastening device and the fastening device includes a guiding portion on which the carrier is shiftable against the force of the spring into the deflected position along a main shifting direction, along which the distance between the carrier and the steering wheel skeleton is reduced, wherein between the carrier and the guiding portion a clearance exists in a direction transverse to the main shifting direction. The guiding portion is designed such that the clearance varies along the main shifting direction, so that the clearance is smaller in the rest position of the carrier than in the deflected position of the carrier. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140132042 | OCCUPANCY DETECTION DEVICE FOR DETECTING OCCUPANCY OF A SEAT IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to an occupancy detection device for detecting an occupancy of a seat of a motor vehicle. The occupancy detection device comprises
| 05-15-2014 |
| 20140117650 | GAS BAG FOR A VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A GAS BAG - A gas bag for a vehicle occupant restraint system is provided. The gas bag comprises a first and a second gas bag layer which define an inflatable chamber of the gas bag. The first gas bag layer includes a first portion with an opening for at least partly introducing a gas generator and a second portion which is folded over towards the first portion and is connected with the first portion, so that the first and the second portion of the first gas bag layer form a receiving region for receiving a gas generator. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140103912 | STEERING ANGLE SENSOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A steering angle sensor for motor vehicles for determining the steering angle of a steering element of a steering wheel assembly, which is rotatable during a steering movement is provided. The steering angle sensor comprises a rotatably mounted drive element which during a rotary movement of the steering element likewise performs a rotary movement, and a rotatably mounted driven element which is in engagement with the drive element and is driven by the same The steering angle is determined by detecting the rotary movement and/or the angle of rotation of the driven element. The drive element and/or the driven element include elastic means via which the drive element and the driven element are braced against each other. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140084645 | CHILD SEAT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A child seat for a motor vehicle is provided. The child seat comprises an inside for accommodating a child, an outside, at least one inflatable structure which is arranged on the outside of the child seat, and at least one gas source, wherein in the case of a collision of a motor vehicle in which the child seat is arranged the gas source provides gas for the at least one inflatable structure. It is provided that on its outside the child seat comprises at least one first inflatable structure, which during filling with gas is inflated substantially in lateral direction, and on its outside comprises at least one second inflatable structure, which during filling with gas is inflated substantially in a direction towards the front. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140034406 | Gas Bag Arrangements For A Motor Vehicle - A gas bag arrangement for a motor vehicle is provided. The gas bag comprises a gas bag which can be deployed for the protection of a person present outside the vehicle along at least a section of the front window and/or another portion of an outside of the motor vehicle and a housing in which the gas bag is arranged, wherein the housing is different from a cover of a receiving region of the motor vehicle extending before the front window. The housing is designed such that it at least partly covers the gas bag towards the cover of the motor vehicle—based on the condition of the gas bag arrangement mounted in the vehicle. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140027195 | Gas Bag Arrangement For A Motor Vehicle - A gas bag arrangement for a motor vehicle is provided. The gas bag arrangement contains a gas bag which can be deployed for the protection of a person present outside the motor vehicle along at least a section of the outside of the windshield or another portion of an outside of the motor vehicle, at least one pressure reducing device for reducing the internal pressure at least of a partial region of the at least partly inflated gas bag, and a means for moving at least a section of the at least partly inflated gas bag out of the field of view of a vehicle occupant of the vehicle. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140000976 | STEERING WHEEL FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20130241187 | SENSOR - The invention relates to a sensor ( | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130229191 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING AN ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - A method and a device for testing an electronic appliance for determining at least one variable of a system. The electronic appliance is designed in the form of a sensor. The method includes defining an expected minimum and/or maximum value of the variable and producing an electric signal by means of the electronic appliance depending on the variable. The method also includes detecting at least one value of a parameter of the produced electric signal and defining an expected minimum and/or maximum value of the parameter depending on the defined minimum and/or maximum value of the variable of the system. A determination is made, based on whether the detected value of the parameter is greater than the minimum value defined for the parameter and/or smaller than the maximum value, whether there is a malfunction of the electronic appliance provoked by an external electromagnetic interference field. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130161946 | DEVICES FOR PASSENGER PROTECTION SYSTEMS OF A VEHICLE - A device for a passenger protection system of a vehicle is provided. The device comprises an oblong gas generator which is formed and provided to provide gas for inflating a gas bag in a case of activation, wherein the gas generator includes at least one firmly arranged stay bolt protruding from the shell surface of the gas generator, and a sleeve-shaped gas conducting element connected with the gas generator, which is formed and provided to divert gas flowing out of the gas generator and introduce the same into a gas bag to be inflated. The gas conducting element is connected with at least one of the stay bolts of the gas generator by means of a bayonet connector For forming a bayonet connector the gas conducting element forms at least one joining channel for the at least one stay bolt of the gas generator and in the region in which it forms the joining channel the gas conducting element at least partly includes a material reinforcement. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130140389 | SEAT BELT RETRACTOR COMPRISING A TENSIONING DRIVE - A seat belt retractor for a safety belt is provided. The retractor includes a seat belt spindle for winding up and unwinding the safety belt and a tensioning drive, which comprises a gas generator, a drive wheel and a supply pipe which connects the gas generator and the drive wheel, a plurality of thrust elements being present in the supply pipe which, after triggering the gas generator, are accelerated and indirectly or directly drive the drive wheel for winding up the safety belt. At least one of the thrust elements is a fiber-reinforced thrust element. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130119645 | AIRBAG MODULE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An airbag module for a motor vehicle is provided. The airbag module comprising a gas bag, which is inflatable by means of a gas generator for the protection of a person, and a vent opening through which gas originating from the airbag module can escape, and a device for controlling the outlet cross-section of the vent opening, which comprises at least one covering member with which the vent opening can be covered, in order to at least partly close the same, and which furthermore comprises an actuating mechanism which cooperates with the covering member, in order to vary the outlet cross-section of the vent opening. The actuating mechanism includes a gas source and an element inflatable by means of the gas source, which during inflation cooperates with the covering member such that it effects a change in the outlet cross-section of the vent opening. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20120319384 | AIRBAG ARRANGEMENT FOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM - An airbag arrangement for a vehicle occupant restraint system is provided. The airbag arrangement comprising airbag inflatable for protecting a vehicle occupant, a gas generator for inflating the airbag, a gas generator carrier at which the gas generator is arranged, a housing part which—with regard to the state of the airbag arrangement installed in the vehicle—covers the airbag towards the vehicle interior. The housing part comprises at least one latching element and the gas generator carrier comprises at least one latching opening assigned to the latching element. The housing part can be connected to the gas generator carrier by inserting the latching element into the latching opening along an insertion direction up to a latching position. The latching element reaches behind a blocking element adjacent the latching opening and connected to the gas generator carrier such that pulling the latching element out of the latching opening is counteracted. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120313352 | AIRBAG DEVICE FOR A PEOPLE PROTECTION SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT - An air bag device for a people protection system of a vehicle, having a folded air bag which forms an air bag package having a length and a height. An inlay element, directly connected to and/or placed into the air bag, is provided having a length which essentially corresponds to the length of at least a section of the air bag package and having a height which essentially corresponds to the height of the air bag package. The inlay element is provided and arranged to define the folded air bag regarding its cross-section dimensions and to thereby fix it with desired cross-section dimensions. The inlay element is designed as an elongated flat section and is made of multiple segments, succeeding one another in the longitudinal direction of the air bag. At least one segment of the inlay element has a bore. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120306186 | AIRBAG FOR A VEHICLE PASSENGER-PROTECTING SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An airbag device for a vehicle passenger-protecting system. According to one variant, the airbag device comprises a first airbag segment, which has at least two material blanks and a second airbag segment which has at least two material blanks, wherein the material blanks of the first airbag segment and the material blanks of the second airbag segment are connected to one another at the respective circumferential edge in a gas-tight manner. The first airbag segment has a first transitional section and the second airbag segment has a second transitional section, wherein the transitional sections form a transitional region in which the two airbag segments are connected to one another in a gas-tight manner. An opening can be formed in each of the two transitional sections. | 12-06-2012 |
