Patents by Inventor Andreas Kolb

Andreas Kolb 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).

  • Publication number: 20030107997
    Abstract: A protocol test device has at least two channels which each have a transmit and a receive side, the protocol test device being designed to switch a signal transmitted from a first channel to the receive side of a second channel. A method for determining, by approximation, a transmit time of a data package in the protocol test device includes the following steps: a) transmitting a signal via the transmit side of the first channel, b) forwarding the signal to the receive side of the second channel, and, c) in the receive side of the second channel allocating a time stamp to the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Inventors: Hans-Jurgen Junkersdorf, Andreas Kolbe, Hans-Ulrich Vollmer
  • Publication number: 20030093259
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a protocol test device including a network processor where the network processor has the following features:
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventor: Andreas Kolbe
  • Publication number: 20030037994
    Abstract: An automated non-synchronised gear-change transmission for a motor vehicle includes a transmission input shaft and a pressure-oil lubrication device. The pressure-oil lubrication device includes a pump driven at least indirectly by the transmission input shaft, and a cross-section modification device disposed on a downstream side of the pump. The cross-section modification device is configured to modify a flow cross section on the downstream side of the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Martin Grillenberger, Markus Heinzel, Andreas Kolb, Juergen Lang
  • Patent number: 5910457
    Abstract: Belt webbing designed for a vehicle occupant restraining system, which is to replace conventional force limiting means leading to added structural complexity and additional costs and which may be possibly incorrectly fitted in place, is characterized in that the warp threads (7) possess lengths differing with each length unit of the belt webbing, that is to say in the form of short warp threads (10) to bear the tensile load acting in the belt webbing (1) up to a first stretch of the belt webbing (1) without loading the longer warp threads and in the form of longer warp threads, which after the first stretch of the belt webbing (1) take part in withstanding the tensile load acting in the belt webbing (1) in a manner dependent on the ratio of the length thereof to the length of the short warp threads (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1999
    Assignee: TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Kolb
  • Patent number: 5439247
    Abstract: The gas bag (10) for a vehicular restraining system is formed by an annular hose (14). It is intended to protect against side impact and is characterized by fast inflation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: TRW Repa GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Kolb
  • Patent number: 5219179
    Abstract: An inflatable gas bag for a restraining system in vehicles is provided in its wall with at least one predefined relief opening which remains sealed up to a predetermined internal pressure of the gas bag and is freed only when this internal pressure is exceeded. The gas bag therefore has the desired hardness in the initial phase of the restraining operation and thereafter effects an energy absorption by controlled discharge of the gases through the relief opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1993
    Assignee: TRW Repa GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Eyrainer, Andreas Kolb
  • Patent number: 4615906
    Abstract: A method for surface treatment of a substrate made of thermoplastic plastic is described, wherein the substrate is guided into the zone of a corona discharge flowing between two electrodes charged with high electrical voltage. The characterizing feature of the method comprises subjecting at least one surface of the substrate, simultaneously with corona treatment, to reactive ionized substances from the the liquid phase in the corona discharge zone.In addition, a device for working the method recited hereinabove is described, comprising a support surface and a high-voltage electrode, said electrode being connected to a high-voltage generator via a high-voltage cable. The characterizing features of the device comprise the high-voltage electrode being a shaped electrode open toward the supporting surface, which is filled with a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Kolbe, Peter Dinter
  • Patent number: 4426344
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a multiple-layered sheet of film comprising at least two thermoplastic materials by coextrusion through a slot die, comprising the steps of heat plastifying a first, second, third and fourth thermoplastic material; joining a stream of the first heat plastified thermoplastic material and a stream of the second heat plastified thermoplastic material to form a first combined stream having a generally rectangular cross-section and having an upper layer of the first thermoplastic material and a lower layer of the second thermoplastic material mechnically anchored together by means of profiles formed on the contact surfaces of the two layers; joining a stream of the third heat plastified thermoplastic material and a stream of the fourth heat plastified thermoplastic material to form a similar second combined stream, reducing the width of the first and second combined stream; joining the first and second combined streams in edge-to-edge fashion in a single plane to form a composi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Dinter, Andreas Kolbe
  • Patent number: 4239973
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for the surface treatment of film webs by means of an electrical corona discharge, comprising: at least one grounded counter-electrode comprised of a point electrode; at least one roll electrode rotatably positioned adjacent to said counter-electrode, the roll electrode comprising an outer tube comprised of dielectric material, an inner tube comprised of dielectric material fitted coaxially inside of the outer tube and a plurality of electrodes carried by the inner tube; and a supply of A.C. voltage for the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1980
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Kolbe, Peter Dinter
  • Patent number: 4153560
    Abstract: A corona discharge device is disclosed in which a cylindrical shell made of a dielectric material is mounted around a rotatable axle. Electrodes are arranged inside and outside of the shell so as to provide a corona discharge across a material to improve its surface qualities. A method of corona discharge treatment with the above apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1979
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Dinter, Andreas Kolbe
  • Patent number: 4116162
    Abstract: Apparatus for coating moving web material includes an open trough containing a fluid coating agent over which a tensioned web to be coated travels. A pair of rotatable doctor rods are supported by the narrow edge areas of open channels across which the rods lie, the channels and the doctor rods extending widthwise parallel to the trough and adjacent each side thereof, with the rods forming upright extensions of the opposite sidewalls of the trough, so that the web contacts the rods sequentially as it traverses the trough. The rod on the far side of the trough relative to the moving web wipes the coating picked up from the trough by the web to desired thickness, and the channel support for the rod enables the rod to be wiped and cleaned by the narrow edge areas, which may be made from replaceable thin doctor strips that extend beyond the channel sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Dinter, Andreas Kolbe, Reinhold Guckes
  • Patent number: 4059497
    Abstract: A corona apparatus comprising at least one roller electrode assembly, a supporting surface acting as a counter electrode, and a generator for generating an alternating current voltage for said electrode assembly characterized in that the roller electrode assembly comprises: a central shaft, an electrode, means for mounting said electrode to said shaft, a tube, means for mounting said tube for rotation about said shaft, said electrode contained within said tube, means for electrically connecting said electrode to said generator and means for supporting said shaft whereby said tube is positioned adjacent to said counter electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1977
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Kolbe, Peter Dinter