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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104793 | Pyrotechnic triggering of thermally activated shape memory materials for selectively changing a structural and/or mechanical property of a vehicle member A vehicle member generally comprises a thermally activated shape memory material in operative communication with a pyrotechnic device. The pyrotechnic device is effective to thermally change a dimension, a shape, an orientation change, an elastic modulus property ch... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8047572 | Reversibly deployable energy absorbing assembly and methods for operating the same A reversibly deployable energy absorbing assembly includes a rigid support structure having at least one inlet and at least one outlet; a flexible covering sealingly engaged with the rigid support structure to define an inflatable interior region; a gas source in fl... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7905517 | Device for increasing occupant protection in a motor vehicle during a lateral impact The invention is a device for increasing occupant protection in a motor vehicle during a lateral impact, in which the energy input acts laterally on a partial area of the motor vehicle door wherein a motor vehicle seat is situated on the side of the motor vehicle do... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7641233 | Occupant restraint device and occupant restraint system An occupant restraint system which is activated instantaneously at an vehicle accident to protect an occupant's body against a disaster. An occupant restraint system (A) is provided on the back (1a) of a seat (1) with a shoulder top restraint de... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7584995 | Actuatable knee bolster An actuatable knee bolster provided in an instrument panel of a vehicle to protect lower legs of an occupant seated in a front seat of the vehicle. The actuatable knee bolster includes: an opposing section opposed to the lower legs of the occupant; a driving section... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7438317 | Rollover protection device A rollover protection device includes a cassette housing which guides an extendable rollover bar. The cassette housing includes guidances for the rollover bar. The rollover bar is a single shell or multi-shell form part made of fibre reinforced plastic and has shell... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7416211 | Safety system for an automobile A safety system is provided for an automobile, which includes a plurality of sensors for monitoring a plurality of parameters. The safety system also includes a processor to ascertain an imminent accident. The system further includes one or more parasols that cover ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416213 | Safety device for a vehicle A safety device for reducing risk of injury to a vehicle occupant in the event of lateral impact accidents, includes at least one cushion element which is arranged on the vehicle, laterally adjacent to an occupant position, and can be moved by an actuating device fr... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7393011 | Airbag with floating tethers An airbag assembly including one or more elongate tether elements that extend through vent openings along travel paths from anchoring locations such that the tether elements extend in sliding relation through the vent openings. The gas emission capacity of the vent ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7364189 | Volume-filling mechanical structures with means for deploying same in a bolster system A volume-filling mechanical structure for modifying a crash including: a bolster system defined by an outer bolster and an inner bolster; a honeycomb celled material expandable from a dormant state to a deployed state, the honeycomb celled material disposed intermed... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357415 | Pyrotechnic safety device with retractable telescoping mechanism A safety device for use in an automobile that comprises a bolster and a telescoping mechanism. The telescoping mechanism extends when pressurized by the rapid introduction of a fluid. Following extension, the telescoping mechanism vents the fluid to allow the device... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350852 | Inflatable interior panel for a vehicle An inflatable interior panel for a passenger vehicle includes a non-inflatable section, and an inflatable section having a peripheral portion adjacent the non-inflatable section. The inflatable section is isolated from the non-inflatable section wherein the inflatab... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343235 | Safety device for a vehicle In a passenger restraint device for an automotive vehicle, when the relative speed of the vehicle with respect to a crash object changes as a result of a driving maneuver of the vehicle performed before a crash, the actual crash time deviates from an estimated crash... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7328916 | Knee protection system In a knee protection system according to the present invention, a knee protection panel is driven from a standby position surrounded by an interior member to the vehicle rear side to a knee-protecting position in front of the knees of an occupant by a drive mechanis... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325831 | Active impact protection system The invention relates to an active impact protection system (1) for a knee area and/or a lower leg area of a vehicle occupant in a motor vehicle, particularly in a passenger car. The impact protection system (1) comprises an impact element (2) t... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322606 | Occupant protection apparatus An occupant protection apparatus includes a cover sheet adapted to be fed out from a peripheral edge of a window of a vehicle, when a pulling unit is activated, so as to cover the window. The pulling unit includes a pulling string having flexibility and a pulling de... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322598 | Set of equipment comprising an inflatable structure and means for guiding its deployment, and corresponding motor vehicle Set of equipment (1) for a motor vehicle includes an inflatable structure (2), a support (4) for the inflatable structure, elements for (6) inflating the structure in a direction of inflation (D) in order to deploy it, a plate (8) ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318600 | Passenger protective device Curtain-shaped bag bodies 26, 27 are expanded and developed inside a vehicle room on windows of a vehicle. The bag bodies 26, 27 are expanded and developed by a plurality of inflaters 26, 27, and the plurality of inflaters 26, 27 are arra... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311330 | Holding device for a motor vehicle safety means A motor vehicle safety mechanism has a component which can be displaced out of a rest position suddenly into an action position by release of a holding device. Such a motor vehicle safety mechanism is, for example, a head support/roll bar which extends automatically... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309104 | Shape memory polymer seat assemblies A seat assembly includes a seat fabric, wherein at least a portion of the seat fabric comprises a yarn comprising a shape memory polymer adapted to undergo a change in a modulus of elasticity at a thermal transition temperature; a support material upon which the sea... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7290787 | Occupant knee protection device for vehicle An occupant knee protection apparatus for a vehicle includes a knee airbag 11 disposed in front of a knee portion B1, B2 of an occupant and configured to expand and deploy toward the knee portion B1, B2 of the occupant upon collisi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287796 | Integrated cargo net for a vehicle A cargo net assembly for a vehicle is described that includes a storage receptacle. The storage receptacle is mounted to the inside of the roof of the vehicle. Pivotable doors may be opened to allow the net to be lowered with a base plate into a use position. The ba... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7267367 | Reversibly expandable energy absorbing assembly utilizing shape memory foams for impact management and methods for operating the same A reversible energy absorbing assembly including a shape memory foam disposed within an interior region, wherein the shape memory foam is adapted to expand to an expanded configuration in response to fluid communication with a fluid source. The shape memory foam is ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264271 | Reversibly deployable energy absorbing assembly and methods for operating the same A reversibly deployable energy absorbing assembly includes a rigid support structure having at least one inlet and at least one outlet; a flexible covering sealingly engaged with the rigid support structure to define an inflatable interior region; a gas source in fl... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7249781 | Automotive air bag device An automotive air bag device has a panel, a folded bag installed in a deeper portion behind the panel, a cover provided in the panel and a connecting member that connects a vehicle body side with the cover. The air bag is inflated by virtue of a gas pressure to push... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246677 | Safety arrangement for a vehicle A safety arrangement (1) is located beneath the hood or bonnet (3) of a motor vehicle and includes an inflatable element (8) which is formed of a plastically deformable material. A gas generator (14) supplies gas to inflate the element ( | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243945 | Weight measuring systems and methods for vehicles Weight sensor for determining the weight of an occupant of a seat including a bladder arranged in a seat portion of the seat and including material or structure in an interior thereof which constrains fluid flow therein and one or more transducers for measuring the ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240920 | Vehicle occupant knee protection apparatus A vehicle occupant knee protection apparatus for protecting the knees of an occupant when collision energy acts on a vehicle. The occupant knee protection apparatus comprises a knee protection member, a contact force detector, a controller, and a drive unit. The kne... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234768 | Reversible chair A reversible chair is disclosed which permits the user to sit with either a conventional backrest or to rest his or her chest against the same element in a “forward chair” configuration. The rest is attached to the seat with a side-mounted support arm such that ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7227672 | Gear changing device and communication apparatus including the same In a gear changing device, when a sun gear rotates in a forward direction, a rotating member is rotated in the same direction as the sun gear and planetary gears are pivotally rotated around the sun gear. When the sun gear rotates in a reverse direction, the rotatin... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7213840 | Occupant leg protection apparatus An occupant leg protection apparatus includes an airbag arranged in front of a vehicle seat, and a gas generator for inflating the airbag. An instrument panel in front of the vehicle seat has an outer layer movable toward an occupant and a base member behind the out... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207598 | Occupant protection device In the occupant protection device according to the present invention, a restraint body joined with a driving mechanism is located near a target area of a seated occupant while being surrounded by an interior decoration member. Upon predicting a collision of the vehi... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204515 | Occupant restraint mechanism An occupant restraint mechanism is disposed between a rigid member and an instrument panel of an automotive vehicle. The occupant restraint mechanism includes first and second brackets each extending between proximal ends fixedly secured to the rigid member and dist... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198294 | Motor vehicles incorporating deployable roll bar assemblies A roll bar assembly capable of punching through a rear window (12) on deployment comprises a deployable u-shaped roll bar (1) fitted with a pin (4) made of hard material. An item of trim (5) is located over the top of the roll bar (1 | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192087 | Adjustable seat cushion thigh support system and method An adjustable seat cushion thigh support system 10 for the use of a seat and method for providing same. The seat has a cushion pan 12 that is fixed in relation to a vehicle. A pair of side rails 14 and a rear cross member 16 form the fixe... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185918 | Linear tracking column module with pedal assembly A collapsible steering assembly features a steering mechanism and a pedal assemble united and supported together by a support structure as a unitized module for shipping and attachment to a vehicle. The support structure supports the pedal assembly for movement beyo... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185917 | Knee bolster structure A knee bolster structure includes an upper shock-absorbing member adapted for absorbing input force of knees of an occupant who has an average physical constitution and a lower shock-absorbing member adapted for absorbing input force of knees of an occupant who is s... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185912 | Knee protection airbag device In the knee protection airbag device of the present invention, an airbag folded and housed in a case opened rearward of the vehicle pushes open the door portion of an airbag cover assembled with the case, upon inflow of inflation gas from the inflator. Around the ai... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7172215 | Set of equipment comprising an inflatable structure and a frangible fixing member, and corresponding vehicle This set of equipment for a motor vehicle includes an inflatable structure, an element acting as a support for the inflatable structure, an element forming a load-spreading plate and at least one frangible member for fixing the load-spreading plate to the support. T... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7159684 | Interlock control system on wheeled work machine A control system for a work machine is provided and includes an operator actuable input assembly and a sensor coupled to the input assembly. The sensor is configured to provide a signal indicative of operator presence on an operator platform. The control system also... | 01/09/2007 |
