Patents Assigned to 4activeSystems GmbH
  • Patent number: 12276570
    Abstract: A collision testing vehicle is disclosed which can be utilized to perform testing with a driver assistance system. The collision testing vehicle includes a vehicle having a vehicle body. The vehicle is structured to be subject to an impact force during a collision with a collision body. A wheel is coupled to the vehicle body, and the wheel includes a detachable support that is configured to non-destructively detach from the wheel when subjected to the impact force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: 4activeSystems GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Wimmer, Martin Fritz
  • Publication number: 20220074818
    Abstract: A collision testing vehicle is disclosed which can be utilized to perform testing with a driver assistance system. The collision testing vehicle includes a vehicle having a vehicle body. The vehicle is structured to be subject to an impact force during a collision with a collision body. A wheel is coupled to the vehicle body, and the wheel includes a detachable support that is configured to non-destructively detach from the wheel when subjected to the impact force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: 4activeSystems GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Wimmer, Martin Fritz
  • Patent number: 11187623
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle (100), in particular a bicycle, for performing tests for a driver assistance system. The vehicle (100) has a base body (101) and at least one strut (102), which is formed to be dimensionally stable without influence of an impact force, which is generatable upon a collision of the vehicle (100) with a collision body, and is elastically deformable upon influence of the impact force. The strut (102) is connected to the base body (101) such that upon influence of the impact force the strut (102) is non-destructively detachable from the base body (101).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: 4activeSystems GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Wimmer, Martin Fritz
  • Patent number: 11125651
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a platform for testing collisions or near-collision situations between a collision body, in particular a vehicle, and a test object. The platform has a base body, which has a bottom surface and an attachment surface formed opposite to the bottom surface, wherein an attachment device is formed on the attachment surface for attaching the test object. Furthermore, the platform has at least one roller element, which is arranged at the bottom surface, wherein the roller element is configured such that the base body is displaceable along a ground by the roller element. The base body is formed of an elastically deformable material having a thickness of less than 2500 kg/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: 4activeSystems GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Hafellner, Martin Fritz
  • Patent number: 11009429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a platform for testing collisions or near-collision situations between a collision body, in particular a vehicle, and a test object. The platform has a base body, which has a bottom surface and an attachment surface formed opposite to the bottom surface, wherein an attachment device is formed on the attachment surface for attaching the test object. Furthermore, the platform has at least one roller element, which is arranged at the bottom surface, wherein the roller element is configured such that the base body is displaceable along a ground by the roller element. The base body is formed of an elastically deformable material having a thickness of less than 2500 kg/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: 4activeSystems GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Hafellner, Martin Fritz
  • Patent number: 10955313
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dummy vehicle for carrying out tests for a driver assistance system. The dummy vehicle has a deformable first outer panel, which at least partially encloses an inner volume of the dummy vehicle, and an opening element, which at least partially encloses the inner volume of the dummy vehicle, wherein the opening element and the first outer panel form a self-supporting unit. The opening element is detachably connected to the first outer panel such that, upon an influence of an impact force, the opening element is detachable from the first outer panel, such that the self-supporting unit is disintegratable and a deformation of the vehicle is providable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: 4activeSystems GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Hafellner, Martin Fritz
  • Patent number: 10891876
    Abstract: A dummy object is described which is particularly suitable for a functional testing of driver assistance systems for vehicles. The dummy object comprises a torso, at least one extremity-representing an arm or a leg, wherein the extremity includes a proximal extremity portion mounted in an articulated manner at the torso and a distal extremity portion mounted in an articulated manner at the proximal extremity portion, and at least one drive which is arranged in the torso and is designed to move the proximal extremity portion relative to the torso. The proximal extremity portion can be moved in such a manner that a movement of the distal extremity portion, which is correlated with the movement of the proximal extremity portion, can be created by utilizing the mass inertia of the associated distal extremity portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: 4ActiveSystems GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Fritz, Peter Josef Peyrer
  • Publication number: 20180306676
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle (100), in particular a bicycle, for performing tests for a driver assistance system. The vehicle (100) has a base body (101) and at least one strut (102), which is formed to be dimensionally stable without influence of an impact force, which is generatable upon a collision of the vehicle (100) with a collision body, and is elastically deformable upon influence of the impact force. The strut (102) is connected to the base body (101) such that upon influence of the impact force the strut (102) is non-destructively detachable from the base body (101).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: 4activeSystems GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Wimmer, Martin Fritz
  • Patent number: 9355576
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a three-dimensional dummy object, in particular for functionally testing driver assistance systems in motor vehicles, comprising a head, a skeleton, a trunk, movable pelvis and movable legs. The skeleton comprises a trunk skeleton having cavities, to which the arms and legs are articulated, wherein the legs each have a thigh and a lower leg articulated to the thigh, wherein a drive unit and a receiver/control unit are installed in the trunk skeleton, which receiver/control unit receives signals correlating to the relative velocity of the moving dummy object as an input quantity, such that the movement pattern of the thighs and lower legs can be varied according to the relative velocity of the dummy object by means of an installed movement mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: 4activeSystems GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Fritz