Takata Corporation

Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co .kg

Takata-petri (ulm) Gmbh

Maximilian Bossecker

Robert Getz

Ulrich Karlbauer

Holger Witt

Patrick Lindemann

Benedikt Heudorfer

Christian Weyrich

Hans-Peter Sendelbach

Andreas Riedel

Trenton Dean

A ball screw drive for a vehicle steering system is provided, with the ball screw drive including a nut configured to receive torque from a power transmission drive. The nut has internal threads, and external threads are provided on the nut or connected thereto for rotation with the nut. A threaded spindle having a spindle thread is provided, with the threaded spindle being drivable by the internal threads of the nut such that rotary motion of the nut is translated into linear motion of the threaded spindle. A rotational angle sensor is provided having a sensor gear that is rotatably driven by the external threads of the nut, and the rotational angle sensor is configured to generate an electric signal based on a rotational position of the sensor gear.

Position sensor

A disc rotor machine for a motor vehicle drive is disclosed that includes a disc-shaped stator. The stator has a plurality of core segments-, which are distributed in a circumferential direction and are rigidly connected to one another by means of at least one retaining ring, and a plurality of coil windings each extending around a core segment. The disc rotor machine also comprises a rotor which is mounted rotatably relative to the stator, the rotor having a first rotor disc arranged adjacent to the stator towards a first axial side and a second rotor disc arranged adjacent to the stator towards a second axial side opposite the first axial side, which rotor discs can be driven by a plurality of coils of the stator which are distributed in a circumferential direction and include the core segments and coil windings. The disc rotor machine further comprises a cooling device which cools the coils during operation, the stator having a carrier wheel which accommodates the coil windings and is connected to the at least one retaining ring, the carrier wheel forming a cooling channel portion of the cooling device that directly accommodates at least one of the coil windings.

Disc rotor machine with stator having core segents, with rotor disc with cooling device

An axial flux machine having a stator which is located between a first rotor disk and a second rotor disk. The base part of the stator is a central support flange which defines a first lateral face and a second lateral face. The central support flange has a plurality of flow openings. A first, left stator cover is mounted, with a formed collection channel, on the first lateral face of the support flange, and a second, right stator cover is mounted, with a formed distribution channel, on the second lateral face of the support flange.

Axial flux machine

An occupant protection device for motor vehicles, having an unfoldable protection element which, when unfolded, forms a curtain for the protection of vehicle occupants, in particular in the head/chest region. A tensioning strap is provided which, when the protection element is unfolded, is tensioned between a first vehicle point and a second vehicle point and in the process forms an obstacle against which the unfolded protection element is supported by means of its outwardly directed rear side.

Occupant protection device for motor vehicles

A gas bag in which an orifice is opened or closed with the aid of a control band as soon as the gas bag has reached a predetermined state of deployment. One end of the control band is fastened to a gas bag envelope in the region of the orifice. The control band is connected at its other end to the gas bag envelope so that, when the predetermined state of deployment is reached, the control band slips into the gas bag envelope so that the orifice is closed by the slipped-in region of the gas bag envelope by the internal pressure of the gas bag, or the control band slips out of the gas bag envelope so that the previously closed orifice is opened.

Gas bag for an airbag module

A vehicle occupant safety device for protecting the neck and nape area of an occupant of a vehicle. The device includes a main airbag for bending the head of the occupant, and at least one secondary airbag in fluid communication with the main airbag. The secondary airbag and the main airbag being connected to one another so that the second airbag fills with gas first. The secondary airbag being configured to fill with gas and deploy to position the main airbag before inflation of the main airbag occurs.

Safety device for a vehicle occupant

An occupant protection device with an airbag for fastening in a vehicle seat. In order, in an occupant protection device of this type, to make it possible for the seat to be produced and installed very simply and cost-effectively and to achieve reliable deployment of the airbag, the invention proposes that the occupant protection device has a receiving container for the airbag, which container is free of closure flaps, and the opening of the receiving container is covered by a seat cover of the vehicle seat. In this case, the seat cover is to be fastened to a side wall of the receiving container in such a manner that, when the airbag is inflated with gas, the seat cover tears open in the region of the opening of the receiving container.

Occupant protection device

An occupant protection device for a motor vehicle occupant. The device includes an airbag arranged on a motor vehicle body in the region of a lateral roof edge of a motor vehicle, the airbag being configured to deploy downwards during inflation so that the inflated airbag extends in front of at least one side window of the motor vehicle; and a guide extending longitudinally and being connected to the lower edge of the airbag. The guide is movably guided on the motor vehicle body in the direction of deployment of the airbag.

Occupant protection device for motor vehicle occupants

A vehicle has an airbag arrangement for protecting the occupant from neck whiplash during a front or rear collision and the cervical spine during a vehicle roll over. The airbag arrangement has an airbag device integrated with the vehicle seat. The airbag device has at least one airbag for protecting the occupant's head/neck region. The airbag is fully inflated when the vehicle rolls over. In that state, the airbag projects from the vehicle seat in such a way that it actively bends the occupant's head toward the occupant's chest, i.e., rolls the upper body for better protection. During a front and rear collision without a roller over, however, the airbag only partially inflates to an extent to position the airbag between the occupant's head and the head restraint, without displacing the occupant's head with the airbag.

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Hügelsheim, Germany

Maximilian Bossecker