Patents by Inventor Achim MORITZ

Achim MORITZ 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).

  • Device having pyrotechnically adjustable rigidity for absorbing crash energy and method for adjusting the rigidity
    Patent number: 8762008
    Abstract: A device having an adjustable rigidity for absorbing crash energy, includes: a housing for accommodating and deforming a deformation element when the deformation element is moved in a forward motion direction due to the crash energy; a disengageable die situated in the housing for accommodating and deforming the deformation element; a supporting device situated in the housing and configured to support, in a first position, the disengageable die against a radial force of the deformation element acting in a transverse direction to the forward motion direction, and (ii) release, in a second position, the disengageable die for a motion for disengagement due to the radial force; and a pyrotechnic actuator moving the supporting device from the first position into the second position, to adjust the rigidity of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Marchthaler, Thomas Friedrich, Achim Moritz
  • DEVICE HAVING PYROTECHNICALLY ADJUSTABLE RIGIDITY FOR ABSORBING CRASH ENERGY AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE RIGIDITY
    Publication number: 20120283917
    Abstract: A device having an adjustable rigidity for absorbing crash energy, includes: a housing for accommodating and deforming a deformation element when the deformation element is moved in a forward motion direction due to the crash energy; a disengageable die situated in the housing for accommodating and deforming the deformation element; a supporting device situated in the housing and configured to support, in a first position, the disengageable die against a radial force of the deformation element acting in a transverse direction to the forward motion direction, and (ii) release, in a second position, the disengageable die for a motion for disengagement due to the radial force; and a pyrotechnic actuator moving the supporting device from the first position into the second position, to adjust the rigidity of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Reiner MARCHTHALER, Thomas FRIEDRICH, Achim MORITZ