Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.

Key Safety Systems, Inc.

Hs Products Engineering Gmbh

Bsrd Limited

Hs Technik Und Design Technische Entwicklungen Gmbh

Trw Occupant Restraint Systems Gmbh

Other

Becker Group Europe Gmbh

Gm Global Technology Operations LLC

Volkswagen Ag

Webasto-werk W. Baier Gmbh & Co.

R. Schmidt Gmbh

Lion Smart Gmbh

Zuendapp Gartentechnik Gmbh & Co. Entwicklungs Kg

Martin Specht

Walter Krauss

Rudolf Meyer

Thomas Heckmayr

Thomas Kilian

Stephan Schwald

Thomas Schrott

Klaus Meiler

Udo Hausrath

Andreas Knych

Steve Marshall

Christian Liedl

Martin Diez

Jurgen Arold

Rudolph Meyer

Dietmar Christian Huber

David R Arnold

Bruce Andrew Kalandek

Bernd Schleicher

Walter P Trutter

Mutaz A Shkoukani

Tobias Mayer

Joseph Massa

Daniel Quinger

Alexander Heckmayr

Hans-Peter Gimbel

Thomas Ludwig

Rainer Schroter

Sebastian Spirig

Antonio Ferrao

Andrew Wallace

Ullrich Juling

Michael B&auml;r

Marcel Straub

Wolff Rainer

Rainer Schr&ouml;ter

Hartmut Harnisch

Thomas Haselbach

Horst Wilfried Ball

Florian Dorschel

Karel Danicek

Stefan Schwald

Franz Hainz

Christian Lack

Wolfgang Schneider

Mark Seer

Christoph Rosch

Michael Bär

Karl Scheidl

Manfred Koeb

Joachim Verheugen

Thomas Heckmayer

Guillem Aranda

Florian Sachsenhauser

Provided is a security device for a motor vehicle for automatically moving a device of the motor vehicle in a predefined driving situation, including an electric motor for moving the device and a first current supply interface that can be electrically coupled to an on-board current supply system of the motor vehicle. The security device includes a second current supply interface for electrically coupling the electric motor to a drive battery of the motor vehicle. The second current supply interface includes a switching device with switching for electrically coupling the electric motor to the drive battery depending on the predefined driving situation. Furthermore, provided is a security system with several security devices and a method for operating such a security system.

Safety device and safety system for a motor vehicle having an additional drive battery coupling, and method

Provided is a stator device for an electric flat motor, including a first stator side part and a second stator side part which can be arranged in such a way that a gap is formed between the first stator side part and the second stator side part to accommodate a rotor, the first stator side part includes an electrically insulating carrier substrate with an electrically conductive conductor layer arranged thereon, and wherein coil-like conductor tracks are formed in the conductor layer. The stator device includes a stiffening device for stiffening the first stator side part, wherein the stiffening device is designed as a magnetic inference for the first stator side part. Furthermore, provided is an electric flat motor for a quick adjustment device for a motor vehicle and a method for producing a stator device for an electric flat motor.

Stator device, electric flat motor and method for producing a stator device

Receiving device for receiving objects in a vehicle interior, having a receiving element and a movement element, the receiving element having a receiving space bounded laterally by a casing section and at a lower end by a base section at least in sections and has an access opening at an upper end. The movement element mounted in the receiving space displaceable between closed and release positions by a bearing device. Movement element closing the access opening at least in sections in the closed and release positions. The movement element releasing access through the access opening into the receiving space. The receiving element and/or the movement element includes damping device for at least partially damping movement element movement. Method of damping movement of movement element of such receiving device for receiving objects in a vehicle interior.

Receiving device and method for damping a movement of a moving element of a receiving device

The invention relates to an active restraint system (), comprising a seat belt retractor (), having a frame () and a belt reel () with a belt webbing () wound thereon and rotatable supported by the frame () for allowing winding and unwinding the belt webbing (). An electric disc motor () comprising a rotor () and a stator () is attached to the belt reel (). The rotor () is directly attached by an attachment () to the belt reel (). The restraint system further comprises a control unit () connected to the disc motor () and adapted to control the disc motor () to drive the belt reel () in accordance with a determined belt motion profile.

Integrated motor retractor (IMR) with motion profiles

Provided is a receiving device for a vehicle interior, having a receiving section for receiving objects in a receiving position of the receiving section, a base body in which the receiving section is arranged in a rest position of the receiving section, a drive unit for moving the receiving section from the rest position via an intermediate position into the receiving position, in which the receiving section projects from the base body, the drive unit applying a first drive force to the receiving section for moving from the rest position into the intermediate position and applying a second drive force to the receiving section for moving from the intermediate position into the receiving position, the first drive force being smaller than the second drive force, further comprising a damping device for applying a first damping force against said first driving force and a second damping force against said second driving force to said receiving portion, said second damping force being greater than said first damping force.

Holder device for a vehicle interior and method for damping a movement of a receiving section of a holder device

The invention pertains to a force transmitting device () for a transmission (), particularly of a motorcycle, with a shift assist system, featuring a shift input shaft () with a shift lever connection () for receiving a shifting motion of a shift lever () and a transmission connection () for transmitting the shifting motion to a gear shifting gate () of the transmission (), wherein the shift input shaft () features an energy accumulator () for the intermediate storage of at least part of the shifting force such that the relative motion between the shift lever connection () and the transmission connection () can be realized by changing the shifting force stored in the energy accumulator (), and wherein the shift input shaft () features a sensor device () for detecting the relative motion between the shift lever connection () and the transmission connection ().

Force transmission device for a transmission

The invention relates to an electric switching device () for an energy accumulator in an electric vehicle, comprising a housing () inside which at least one switching section () that includes two input contacts () and at least one output contact () is arranged, and a rotary component () which is mounted in such a way as to be rotatable relative to the housing () about a switching axis () between at least one OFF position (I), a series-connecting position (II), and an ON position (III); said rotary component () includes at least one conductor () which has at least two conductor contacts () and which connects the first input contact () in an electrically conducting manner to the output contact () in the series-connecting position (II) and connects the second input contact () in an electrically conducting manner to the output contact () of the at least one switching section () in the ON position (III).

Electric switching device for an energy accumulator in an electric vehicle

A device for preventing or extinguishing a fire in an electrochemical energy storage system comprising storage cells arranged in a storage housing, in particular lithium-ion cells, wherein a composition of expandable volume, containing a chemical compound for preventing or extinguishing a fire, is disposed with limited volume in one or a plurality of hollow spaces in or on the storage housing, and expansion of the volume of the composition can be activated by sensors.

Fire prevention or fire extinguishing in an electrochemical energy storage system

A belt buckle for a vehicle safety belt, comprising a housing () which is formed by at least two housing shells () joined together and in which a locking mechanism () is arranged, and a pushbutton (), provided on said housing, for operating the locking mechanism (), wherein at least two housing shells () are joined together at their shell rims and that elongated cover strips () made of solid material and covering the mutually abutting rims () of the housing shells () are fixed to the joined housing shells ().

Belt buckle for a vehicle safety belt

The invention relates to a drive device for lifting a vehicle engine hood to protect pedestrians, said drive device comprising

Drive device for lifting a vehicle engine hood adapted to protect pedestrian

A belt retractor comprising a safety belt reel () rotatably mounted on a frame () and a load limiter () which acts on a rotational movement of the belt reel () and has a switchable energy consumption, said load limiter having a granulate (), which is enclosed in a closed load limiter chamber () and consists of dry, granular solid, and at least one rotating member () which can be rotated relative to the granulate (), the energy consumption resulting from shear forces acts between the grains of granulate.

Belt retractor for a vehicle safety belt

An airbag arrangement for closeable or openable roof openingof a motor vehicle has a gas cushion arrangement which is to be anchored to the vehicle roofand which is suitable in the inflated state for covering the surface of the roof opening, wherein the gas cushion arrangement has two inflatable gas cushionswhich are suitable in the non-inflated state for being arranged along lateral inside edgesof the roof opening, that extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

Airbag arrangement for a closeable or openable roof opening of a motor vehicle

A ramp deflector mechanism () for attachment to a vehicle frame () has a metal housing () having a first wall or plate (), a second wall or plate (), a hinge () and an articulated third wall or plate (); an inflatable member () situated in the housing (); an inflator () operatively connected between the first wall or plate () and the inflatable member (); and wherein the inflation of the inflation member () causes the articulated wall () to rotate outwardly to absorb crash energy and slow down the accident.

Offset impact countermeasures

A belt retractor for a vehicle safety belt, comprising a belt reelonto which the safety belt is wound when the belt strap is reeled in and from which the safety belt can be unwound when the belt strap is pulled out, a belt strap-sensitive blocking mechanismwhich blocks extension of the belt strap when the belt strap is extended with excessive acceleration, wherein a retarding devicewhich prevents activation of the belt strap-sensitive blocking mechanism along a specified length of belt strap extension at the beginning of the belt strap extension process is rotatably connected to the belt reel

A kit for a device for restraining a vehicle occupant includes a prefabricated seat belt retractor () that has a winding shaft () mounted in a rotatable manner in a retractor frame () to wind up and unwind the seat belt. The kit further includes a similarly prefabricated drive module () having an electric motor (), the drive module being connectable to the retractor frame () in a rotationally fixed manner. Force-transmission elements are provided on the drive module () and on the seat belt retractor () that are to be connected to each other to transmit the torque from the electric motor () to the winding shaft () when the seat belt retractor () and drive module () are assembled. An assembled device for restraining a vehicle occupant and having the components of the kit is also disclosed. Further disclosed is a set of electrical components that when assembled with the seat belt retractor provide a signal indicating the state of locking device that can lock the winding shaft from unwinding a seat belt.

Device for restraining a vehicle occupant

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Martin Specht