TAKATA-PETRI AG Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140001737 | FOLDED AIRBAG FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | 01-02-2014 |
20110232414 | METHOD FOR COATING A STEERING WHEEL AND CORRESPONDING STEERING WHEEL - A method for coating a steering wheel and a corresponding steering wheel having a steering wheel rim comprising a steering wheel skeleton having a foam layer applied thereto and intended to be encompassed by a cover layer made of leather or plastic are provided. In order to simplify production, the cover layer is positioned on the steering wheel rim as a strip and is fixed to the foam layer on one end. The cover layer strip is then glued onto the foam layer and the lateral edges of the cover layer strip are sewed together in a known manner. | 09-29-2011 |
20110153160 | STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A steering wheel assembly for a motor vehicle is provided. The steering wheel assembly having a steering wheel for steering the motor vehicle, at least one vehicle component that is to be arranged at the steering wheel, and an electronic control unit for processing information and for controlling the at least one vehicle component. The electronic control unit is arranged in the steering wheel. | 06-23-2011 |
20110088963 | STEERING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, HAVING A STEERING WHEEL, A STEERING SHAFT AND A SUPERPOSITION GEARING - A steering device for a motor vehicle is provided. The steering device has a steering wheel, having a steering shaft and having a superposition gearing which is arranged in or on the steering wheel and which is designed to transmit a motor-driven adjusting movement to the steering shaft. In one form, at least one interface is provided which, in the presence of a defined condition, separates or limits a transmission of force between the steering shaft and the superposition gearing. The interface is for example an overload clutch. | 04-21-2011 |
20100321200 | Steering Wheel Assembly for a Motor Vehicle and Method for Operating a Portable Functional Component - A steering wheel assembly is provided for a motor vehicle, comprising a steering wheel, at least one actuating element disposed on the steering wheel, the actuating element being mounted and provided for the actuation of at least one first functional component of the motor vehicle installed in the motor vehicle, and further comprising a control electronics unit cooperating with the actuating element for controlling the actuating element, wherein according to the invention the control electronics unit is configured to associate the actuating element with a portable second functional component, which is located in an effective environment of the control electronics unit such that the portable second functional component can be actuated instead of the first functional component by means of the actuating element. The invention further relates to a method for operating a portable second functional component in a motor vehicle having a steering wheel assembly according to the invention, comprising the following steps: receiving a first identifier of the portable second functional component by the control electronics unit, the subsequent returning of a second identifier to the portable second functional element by the control electronics unit, wherein at least the number of the actuating elements available at the steering wheel for actuating the second functional component is encoded in the second identifier, and selecting at least one actuating element from the number of available actuating elements by means of the portable second functional component. | 12-23-2010 |
20100148478 | Vehicle seat for a vehicle - A vehicle seat including a backrest which has a middle part laterally confined by side walls; an airbag module arranged in one of the side walls; adjusting means for adjusting the width of the backrest. The adjusting means have an adjusting element, which is arranged together with the airbag module in the side wall and movable relative to the middle part, via which the position of the side wall is changeable relative to the middle part. The adjusting element is connected to a section of the module housing of the airbag module so that the module housing is moved by moving the adjusting element. | 06-17-2010 |
20100045008 | AIRBAG FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An airbag for a motor vehicle is provided The airbag comprising an airbag covering, two covering sections of the airbag covering facing each other, a discharge opening formed in one of the two covering sections for discharging gas out of the airbag, a connecting means for forming a releasable connection between the two covering sections, wherein upon inflation of the airbag the connection counters an escape of gas through the connecting means, and wherein upon inflation of the airbag the connecting means interacts with the airbag covering in such a manner that the connection is released and can escape out of the discharge opening. The two covering sections each form an airbag layer which are connected to each other for forming the airbag covering and which upon inflation of the airbag move away from each other. The airbag layers moving away from each other introduce a force into the connecting means such that the connections between the two covering sections is released. | 02-25-2010 |
20100023219 | Optical Steering Angle Sensor For Determining The Absolute Value of The Steering Angle - An optical steering angle sensor for determining the absolute value of the steering angle even when a steering wheel has been revolved several times is provided, having a stator, a rotor with a barcode and evaluation electronics. In one form, the invention provides for the rotor to have a track groove which is arranged in the form of a worm in order to determine the number of revolutions, which track groove has an associated driver finger on the stator, which engages in the track groove and is arranged in a bearing such that it can pivot, and has a holder for a magnet which can pivot with the driver finger and which driver finger has an associated stationary Hall sensor, which is provided in an evaluation circuit. | 01-28-2010 |
20100018343 | Steering Wheel For A Vehicle And Method For Producing The Same - A method is provided for producing a steering wheel for a vehicle, especially for a motor vehicle. The method according to one form of the invention comprises the following steps: producing a steering wheel frame having a hub base, a steering wheel rim and at least one spoke by providing a hub insert, injection-molding a plastic matrix around the hub insert to give the hub base, the hub base having a hollow shape forming the interior and reinforcing structures being arranged in the interior of the hub base, injection-molding and/or gas-assisted injection molding or water injection molding the at least one spoke and the steering wheel rim from the plastic matrix, the at least one spoke connecting the hub base to the steering wheel rim, and at least partially coating the steering wheel frame with a coating. The invention also relates to a steering wheel produced by this method. | 01-28-2010 |
20090199676 | Sensor System For A Steering Wheel Of A Motor Vehicle - A sensor system for a steering wheel of a motor vehicle is provided, characterized in that, in one form, in and/or on a steering wheel rim at least one sensor device for recording the effects of an acceleration is arranged. Rapid and effective reactions can thus be made to impact events, for example. | 08-13-2009 |
20090102169 | Airbag arrangement - An airbag arrangement for restraining an occupant of a motor vehicle. The vehicle roof is bounded by lateral roof edge regions extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and also bounded by a front window cross member extending transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. A first section of the folded-up airbag can be arranged along a lateral roof edge region. A second section can be angled away from the first section transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, wherein the second section of the airbag is arranged along a longitudinal side of the front window cross member. The airbag can be disconnected from the vehicle body in the region of the second section or be connected releasably thereto when the airbag is deployed. Therefore, when the airbag is deployed, the entire second section can be deployed freely. | 04-23-2009 |