Patents by Inventor Bjoern Bonitz

Bjoern Bonitz 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).

  • Patent number: 8608474
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recoil impulse generator for a weapon simulator comprising a force storage element and an impulse mass that can be moved and that is moved from a stressed to an unstressed position with a triggering element is actuated in order to simulate a recoil impulse. The recoil impulse generator comprises a drive that drives a spindle uninterruptedly during a shot sequence simulating several shots; a coupling that is connected to the impulse mass and to the force storage element and that engages in the spindle in an engaged state and that is moved along the spindle by means of rotation of the spindle in order to bring the impulse mass into the stressed position again the force applied by the force storage element; a disengaging means that switches the coupling to a disengaged state when the impulse mass has reached the stressed position; and an engaging means that switches the coupling to the engaged state when the impulse mass has reached the unstressed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: E.Sigma Technology AG
    Inventors: Martin Markert, Josef Muellner, Bjoern Bonitz
  • Publication number: 20110318715
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recoil impulse generator for a weapon simulator comprising a force storage element and an impulse mass that can be moved and that is moved from a stressed to an unstressed position with a triggering element is actuated in order to simulate a recoil impulse. The recoil impulse generator comprises a drive that drives a spindle uniterruptedly during a shot sequence simulating several shots; a coupling that is connected to the impulse mass and to the force storage element and that engages in the spindle in an engaged state and that is moved along the spindle by means of rotation of the spindle in order to bring the impulse mass into the stressed position again the force applied by the force storage element; a disengaging means that switches the coupling to a disengaged state when the impulse mass has reached the stressed position; and an engaging means that switches the coupling to the engaged state when the impulse mass has reached the unstressed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: E.SIGMA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Martin Markert, Josef Muellner, Bjoern Bonitz