Patents by Inventor Michael J. Eckert

Michael J. Eckert 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).

  • PRECURSOR COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING A CURABLE COMPONENT AND SURFACE COATED OR MODIFIED HOLLOW GLASS MICROSPHERES, ARTICLES, ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHODS, AND METHODS OF INTERFERING WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
    Publication number: 20240150551
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions, articles, and methods related to altering electromagnetic radiation. An actinic radiation curable precursor composition of a three-dimensional article includes a) a resin comprising an actinic radiation curable component, wherein the resin has a viscosity no greater than 500 cP; b) hollow glass microspheres having a density no greater than 2 g/mL and an average diameter no greater than 200 micrometers; and c) a photoinitiator. At least part of the surface of the hollow glass microspheres comprises a surface coating or modification. An article includes a photo(co)polymerization reaction product of the composition. A method of manufacturing a three-dimensional article includes the steps of a) providing an actinic radiation curable precursor composition; and b) selectively exposing a portion of the composition to a source of actinic radiation to at least partially cure the exposed portion of the composition, thereby forming a cured layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Tom Gaide, Jens Eichler, Christian Weinmann, Friedrich M. Wolff, Stefan V. Friedrich, Karoline Anne Ostrowski, Adrian S. Eckert, Michael H. Stalder, Philipp Jurgen Semmler, Badri Veeraraghavan, Klaus Hintzer, Jennifer J. Sokol
  • Subframe configured to detach upon impact
    Patent number: 9352785
    Abstract: A subframe for a vehicle has a front attachment to a crush rail in the vehicle, and a rear attachment to the vehicle, the subframe comprising at least one initiator configured to cause the subframe to fold downward in event of impact, the subframe configured so that the front attachment detaches as a result of the impact and the subframe is deflected downward, while the rear attachment does not detach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: N. Petter Winberg, Michael J Eckert, Sachin Shrimant Sawant
  • SUBFRAME CONFIGURED TO DETACH UPON IMPACT
    Publication number: 20150298741
    Abstract: A subframe for a vehicle has a front attachment to a crush rail in the vehicle, and a rear attachment to the vehicle, the subframe comprising at least one initiator configured to cause the subframe to fold downward in event of impact, the subframe configured so that the front attachment detaches as a result of the impact and the subframe is deflected downward, while the rear attachment does not detach.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: Tesla Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: N. Petter WINBERG, Michael J. Eckert, Sachin Shrimant SAWANT