Patents Assigned to System GmbH
  • Crumple element comprising a guiding mechanism
    Patent number: 7543537
    Abstract: A deformable element for a vehicle, particularly a rail vehicle, comprising a profiled part (CR) disposed between two end plates (AC, AP) and having the form of a tubular box, particularly of polygonal cross section for dissipating impact energy in the event of longitudinal compression by plastic deformation, and comprising a guide element (FH) disposed parallel to the longitudinal direction of said profiled part (CR), which guide element is fixed to the end plate (AC) remote from the vehicle and is capable of sliding through a through opening (DL) in the end plate (AP) facing the vehicle, wherein the end plate (AP) facing the vehicle has a through opening (DL) which has a shape which permits contactless sliding of said guide element (FH) in the longitudinal direction and lateral inclination of said guide element relative to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Transportation Systems GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Markus Seitzberger, Hans-Jorg Payer, Andreas Rittenschober, Richard Graf
  • Gas generator
    Patent number: 7540241
    Abstract: A gas generator includes a generator housing (12), an igniter device mounting opening (18) which has an edge (22), an igniter device and a booster chamber (24) having a peripheral wall (26). The igniter device has a prefabricated igniter (16) sealed off towards the exterior, a booster charge (23) adjoining the igniter (16) and an injected plastic base (20). The edge (22) of the igniter device mounting opening (18) for fastening the igniter device to the generator housing (12) is embedded in the injected plastic base (20) during injecting. Connectors (14) leading to the igniter (16) are embedded into the plastic base (20) during injecting and the plastic base (20) continues in one piece into the booster chamber (24) by forming a peripheral wall (26) of the booster chamber (24) which the booster charge (23) directly adjoins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: TRW Airbag Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Sebastian Bierwirth
  • Gas bag module and vehicle steering wheel comprising such gas bag module
    Patent number: 7540530
    Abstract: A gas bag module (10) comprises a gas generator (16) and a generator carrier (12), to which the gas generator (16) is fastened and via which the gas generator (16) can be fastened directly or indirectly to a vehicle steering wheel (100). The generator carrier (12) consists at least partially of a multiple-component plastic (30, 32). There is further proposed a vehicle steering wheel (100) including such gas bag module (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Matthias Helmstetter
  • Diversity system with identification and evaluation of antenna properties
    Patent number: 7542750
    Abstract: This invention provides a diversity system with identification and evaluation of antenna properties. The application also provides a method for selecting an external receiving broadcast diversity antenna. The invention makes a selection of one of the diversity antennas as efficient as possible and is able to adapt the solution found to a variety of practical situations that may arise regarding diversity reception in a vehicle. This may be accomplished by the antenna characteristics being detected and antenna selection made based on the antenna characteristics. Thus, the best reception signal will be automatically selected by the mobile broadcast receiver without human intervention or prolonged waiting time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Zahm
  • DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF FURNITURE PARTS WHICH CAN BE MOVED WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER, AND A PIECE OF FURNITURE
    Publication number: 20090134754
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piece of furniture and to a device for controlling the movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, having a drive unit by means of which a first furniture part can be moved relative to a second furniture part, in a driven manner, via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of said first furniture part. According to the invention, the monitoring unit is designed such that, after an initiating action by the monitoring unit, the first furniture part is moved to a predetermined position and is stopped there, with the predetermined position differing from a final position of the first furniture part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicants: Grass GmbH, Kuster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger WENZEL, Peter KROPF, Helmut WETSCHKO
  • DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF A PLURALITY OF MOVEABLE FURNITURE PARTS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURATION OF A DEVICE SUCH AS THIS, AND PIECE OF FURNITURE
    Publication number: 20090134753
    Abstract: A method for configuration of a device for controlling the movement of a plurality of movable furniture parts which can be moved in a driven manner relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit and a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the movable furniture parts. In order to match the movement of the movable furniture parts, at least an inner furniture part is associated with an outer furniture part such that, when a configuration mode is activated, the association of the at least one inner furniture part with the outer furniture part is created by a sequence of opening and/or closing movements of the movable furniture parts that are associated with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicants: Grass GmbH, Kuster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Helmut Wetschko, Jurgen Zipp, Carmelo Gutierrez, Steffen Medebach
  • DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF A PLURALITY OF MOVEABLE FURNITURE PARTS, AND A METHOD FOR CONFIGURATION OF A DEVICE SUCH AS THIS, AND PIECE OF FURNITURE
    Publication number: 20090134752
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling the movement of a plurality of moveable furniture parts which can be moved in a driven manner relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the moveable furniture parts. According to the invention, the monitoring unit is designed such that, as long as one moveable furniture part is being moved in a driven manner on a predetermined movement section, none of the other furniture parts which can be moved in a driven manner are moveable in a driven manner. The invention also relates to a piece of furniture and to a method for configuration of a device for controlling the movement of moveable furniture parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicants: Kuster Automotive Door Systems GmbH, Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Helmut Wetschko
  • DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF A MOVEABLE FURNITURE PART, AND A PIECE OF FURNITURE HAVING A DEVICE SUCH AS THIS
    Publication number: 20090138134
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling the movement of a moveable furniture part which can be moved, in a driven manner, relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the moveable furniture part. According to the invention, the monitoring unit can be operated in an operating mode and in a configuration mode, with the monitoring unit being designed to use additional means to enter a configuration mode in which the device can be configured. In addition, the invention relates to a piece of furniture having a device such as this.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicants: Grass GmbH, Kuster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Helmut Wetschko, Carmelo Gutierrez, Steffen Medebach, Frank Oberpichler, Jurgen Zipp
  • Input control system for high frequency receiver
    Patent number: 7539469
    Abstract: A receiver may receive and process broadcasting signals in digital and analog forms. The receiver may include an amplifying input stage, a digital signal processing stage and an analog signal processing stage. The input stage may receive a broadcast signal. The digital signal processing stage may process a received broadcast signal and output a first quality information signal. The analog signal processing stage may process a received analog broadcast signal and outputs a second quality information signal. An evaluation unit may evaluate at least one of the first and second quality information signals and output a control signal to the amplifying input stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Zahm, Achim Ratzel, Stefan Köhler
  • Vehicle roof adjustable between closed and storage positions
    Patent number: 7537266
    Abstract: A vehicle roof assembly includes a roof having roof parts adjustable between a closed position in which the parts cover the vehicle interior and a storage position in which the parts are stowed in the vehicle trunk. A rear cover frame is adjustably attached to the vehicle body to move between a maximum raised position and a lowered storage position. A kinematic system connected between a rear cover and the frame is movable between an extended position in which the cover is in an opened position raised above the trunk and the frame is in a raised position, and a retracted position in which the cover is in a closed position covering the trunk and the frame is in its lowered position. A stop device associated with the frame limits the raising motion of the frame in an intermediate raised position between its lowered and maximum raised positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Magna Car Top Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Schumacher, Stephan Rau
  • Method and device for adjusting to a minimum value the toner supply to a developing station of an electrographic printing unit or copying unit
    Patent number: 7539425
    Abstract: In a method to adjust the toner supply to a minimum value in a developer station of an electrographic printing or copying device in which charge images are generated on an intermediate carrier, the charge images being inked with toner at the developer station, a toner concentration is measured in the developer station via a toner marking applied on the intermediate carrier and inked with toner at the developer station. A measurement signal is generated. Dependent on the measurement signal, a supply of the toner to the developer station is regulated. The supply of the toner to the developer station is increased independent of the measured toner concentration upon an under-run of a minimum value of the toner supply per unit time into the developer station so that the transfer of the toner from the developer station to the intermediate carrier is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Oce Printing Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Joseph Knott, André Gerd Schwarzkopf
  • Device for measuring the position of at least one structure on a substrate
    Publication number: 20090128828
    Abstract: A device for measuring the position of at least one structure on a substrate is disclosed. The substrate to be measured is positioned in a mirror body. A flat insert is provided in the mirror body and is formed such that the substrate and the insert together always have the same optical thickness, irrespective of the mechanical thickness of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Vistec Semiconductor Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Katrin Pietsch, Klaus-Dieter Adam, Tillmann Ehrenberg
  • C-Shaped Profile
    Publication number: 20090126315
    Abstract: A C-shaped sheet metal profile for partitions that are planked on both sides is provided. The C-shaped profile comprises two leg sections and a bottom section that interconnects the leg sections. The leg sections form lateral faces of the C-shaped profile. At least one of the leg sections is provided with beads which protrude outward and form a support area for the planking. At least some sections of the beads are embodied such that the support area corresponds to more than 5 percent and less than 25 percent of the lateral face when the depth of penetration of the beads into a planking amounts to 0.3 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Richter System GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Alfons Jean Knauf
  • Method for determining the position of the edge bead removal line of a disk-like object
    Publication number: 20090130784
    Abstract: A method for determining the position of an edge bead removal line of a disk-like object having an edge area and an alignment mark on the edge area is disclosed, wherein the edge area including the edge bead removal line is imaged on a line-by-line basis, an intensity profile I of the imaged edge area including the edge bead removal line is obtained with a camera on a line-by-line basis, and the edge area and the alignment mark are detected, wherein the local intensity maxima I?max of the intensity profile I are plotted as points in a diagram, segment sets are formed in the diagram, the segment sets are fitted in ellipses, and a quality criterion qges is determined for each ellipse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: VISTEC Semiconductor Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Detlef Michelsson, Guido Dietzler
  • Apparatus and method for supporting a substrate at a position with high precision
    Publication number: 20090126525
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are disclosed for supporting a substrate at a position with high precision. The substrate is placed on a stage which is configured to be traversable in a plane in two spatial directions oriented perpendicular to each other. The substrate is supported on three point-like support elements. At least one of the support elements is configured to be moveable in the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Vistec Semiconductor Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Katrin Pietsch, Klaus-Dieter Adam, Tillmann Ehrenberg
  • Operating Table Column
    Publication number: 20090126112
    Abstract: An operating table column is disclosed which includes a column shaft, on which an operating table top can be fixed, and a column foot which can be secured in place on a floor. The column shaft is mounted on the column foot so as to be rotatable about its vertical axis. Electrical transmission elements which interact with one another are arranged on the column shaft and on the column foot for transferring electrical energy, and the column shaft is freely rotatable in relation to the column foot while a transfer of electricity via the transmission elements is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: TRUMPF Medizin Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Arnd Kuchenbecker, Sven Steffens, Steffen Loeser
  • Illuminating a Surgical Site
    Publication number: 20090127433
    Abstract: A surgical lamp includes a light source, a camera, at least one rotatable polarization filter, and a control device that controls the polarization filter according to the results of an evaluation of the image which is captured by the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Trumpf Medizin Systeme GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Rouven Rosenheimer, Willibald Hiemer, Martin Schenk
  • Storage compartment for a motor vehicle, glove compartment and dash board
    Patent number: 7533919
    Abstract: The invention relates to a glove compartment for a motor vehicle, comprising a first storage compartment (106), separate from a second storage compartment (108), and a first cover (110) for covering the first storage compartment and a second cover (114) for covering the second storage compartment, the first cover being configured in such a manner as to conceal a joint (121) between the first and the second cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Sauer
  • Method for eliminating errors during operation of an electrographic printer or copier device, and electrographic printer or copier device and computer program
    Patent number: 7536118
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling a printer or copier device by which errors, such as paper jams, can be cleared automatically. A controller commands a module having the error to clear the error automatically. The commands are sent to modules beginning at the output of the printer or copier device and moving in a reverse direction to the paper flow direction of the printer or copier so as to automatically clear errors such as paper jams. Status signals indicating whether the error has successfully been cleared are reported back to the controller. A printer or copier for carrying out the method and a computer program for carrying out the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Oce Printing Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Sippel, Christoph Nemmaier
  • HANDLING DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR THE MULTIAXIAL HANDLING AND GUIDING OF WORKPIECES ARRANGED ON A CARRYING MEANS
    Publication number: 20090123264
    Abstract: A method and device is provided for multiaxial handling and guiding workpieces (9), particularly vehicle body subassemblies, in a processing station (2) relative to one or more processing devices (11). The workpieces (9) are placed on a supporting device (17) and, together with the supporting device (17), are handled by a number of multiaxially moving manipulators (15, 16) in common directions that are coordinated with one another, and are guided. The workpieces (9) are received by the manipulators (15, 16) together with the supporting device (17) at a receiving area (13) and are moved to a spatially separate processing area (14) and back again, whereby they are displaced relative to one or more processing devices (11) in the processing area (14) during the processing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: KUKA Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard HARTMANN, Juergen RADLER