Patents by Inventor Felix Bourbiel

Felix Bourbiel 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).

  • Acceleration sensor arrangement, safing arrangement for an activation system, activation system
    Patent number: 8121761
    Abstract: An acceleration sensor arrangement comprises, in one package, an acceleration threshold detector for detecting acceleration and for providing an output signal and a processor circuit for receiving the output signal. The acceleration threshold detector provides an output signal having a first value when the acceleration is less than a predetermined threshold and is arranged to switch the output signal from the first value to a second value when the acceleration reaches the predetermined threshold. The processor circuit generates an event signal to trigger an event, such as the closing of a safing transistor switch in an airbag system, in response to the output signal from the acceleration threshold detector switching to the second value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Felix Bourbiel, Brian Klink, Juergen Piroth
  • ACCELERATION SENSOR ARRANGEMENT, SAFING ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ACTIVATION SYSTEM, ACTIVATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090024284
    Abstract: An acceleration sensor arrangement comprises, in one package, an acceleration threshold detector for detecting acceleration and for providing an output signal and a processor circuit for receiving the output signal. The acceleration threshold detector provides an output signal having a first value when the acceleration is less than a predetermined threshold and is arranged to switch the output signal from the first value to a second value when the acceleration reaches the predetermined threshold. The processor circuit generates an event signal to trigger an event, such as the closing of a safing transistor switch in an airbag system, in response to the output signal from the acceleration threshold detector switching to the second value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Felix Bourbiel, Brian Klink, Juergen Piroth