Patents by Inventor BETTINA WENDEL

BETTINA WENDEL has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device for absorbing kinetic energy, in particular for installing in a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9592780
    Abstract: A device for absorbing kinetic energy includes a first stationary component and a second component that can be moved in relation to the first component, wherein at least one of the components converts energy by plastic deformation when a certain force level is exceeded, and comprising a coupling apparatus, which operatively connects the first component and the second component in such a way that the two components can be moved in relation to each other only with low energy conversion when the coupling apparatus is not activated and forces can be transmitted from one component to the other component when the coupling apparatus is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Bettina Wendel, Carsten Klinkert, Wolfgang Dorfner
  • DEVICE FOR ABSORBING KINETIC ENERGY, IN PARTICULAR FOR INSTALLING IN A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160068125
    Abstract: A device for absorbing kinetic energy includes a first stationary component and a second component that can be moved in relation to the first component, wherein at least one of the components converts energy by plastic deformation when a certain force level is exceeded, and comprising a coupling apparatus, which operatively connects the first component and the second component in such a way that the two components can be moved in relation to each other only with low energy conversion when the coupling apparatus is not activated and forces can be transmitted from one component to the other component when the coupling apparatus is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: AUDI AG
    Inventors: BETTINA WENDEL, CARSTEN KLINKERT, WOLFGANG DORFNER