Patents by Inventor Gunter Bernhardt

Gunter Bernhardt 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).

  • Patent number: 6607211
    Abstract: The invention provides a safety module, which includes a trigger sensor for activating a safety system in the event of an accident operated cooperative engagement with a protective device to prevent improper triggering which comprises a damper mass (7) in or on a housing (1) enclosing the trigger sensor (10) and if the safety module is configured as a belt tensioner, the housing (1) may further include a winding device (4) that is pyrotechnically activated by the trigger sensor (10) in the event of an accident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Hartmut Bürger, Günter Bernhardt, Hans Fehrmann, Manfred Gottwald
  • Publication number: 20020158452
    Abstract: The invention provides a safety module, which includes a trigger sensor for activating a safety system in the event of an accident operated cooperative engagement with a protective device to prevent improper triggering which comprises a damper mass (7) in or on a housing (1) enclosing the trigger sensor (10) and if the safety module is configured as a belt tensioner, the housing (1) may further include a winding device (4) that is pyrotechnically activated by the trigger sensor (10) in the event of an accident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: HARTMUT BURGER, GUNTER BERNHARDT, HANS FEHRMANN, MANFRED GOTTWALD
  • Patent number: 5714560
    Abstract: Water-soluble or water-dispersible graft polymers which are obtainable by free-radical-initiated polymerization of(A) a monomer or monomer mixture comprising(a) from 20 to 100% by weight of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or a mixture thereof or alkali metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium salts thereof,(b) from 0 to 80% by weight of other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers which can be copolymerized with the monomers (a), and(c) from 0 to 5% by weight of monomers containing at least 2 ethylenically unsaturated, non-conjugated double bonds in the molecule,in the presence of proteins (B)in an A:B weight ratio of from (95 to 10):(5 to 90), are used as tanning agents for self-tanning, pretanning and assist tanning of pelts and skin pelts and for the retanning of leather and skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Walter Denzinger, Axel Kistenmacher, Heinrich Hartmann, Gunter Bernhardt, Gerhard Wolf