Patents by Inventor Christian VOLKMAR

Christian VOLKMAR 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: 20240156665
    Abstract: Methods for controlling an orthopedic technical device having a top part and a bottom part, which are connected to each other by at least one joint device so as to be pivotable about a joint axis, and at least one attachment device with which the orthopedic technical device can be fixed to a limb are provided. The orthopedic technical device also has an actuator, which is fixed to attachment points on the top part and the bottom part and influences a pivoting of the top part relative to the bottom part, wherein the orientation of the bottom part can be adjusted relative to the limb which is fixable to the upper part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Dirk SEIFERT, Roland AUBERGER, Christian BREUER-RUESCH, Alexander Noah SPRING, Marco VOLKMAR
  • Patent number: 10219096
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided having a passenger compartment with at least a front seat position in a front audio zone and at least a rear seat position in a rear audio zone. The vehicle includes at least left and right front speakers respectively in relation to the forward direction of the vehicle, which are arranged in front of the front seat position; left and right center speakers respectively, which are arranged in front of the rear seat position; a central front speaker which is arranged centrally in front of the front seat position; and a control unit which is designed to route signal portions of individual channels of a multi-channel audio signal to the speakers such that the multi-channel audio signal is spatially played back in the front and the rear audio zone based on the seat positions; wherein the front seat position is rotatable by 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Volkmar, Imre Csonka
  • Publication number: 20180352362
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided having a passenger compartment with at least a front seat position in a front audio zone and at least a rear seat position in a rear audio zone. The vehicle includes at least left and right front speakers respectively in relation to the forward direction of the vehicle, which are arranged in front of the front seat position; left and right center speakers respectively, which are arranged in front of the rear seat position; a central front speaker which is arranged centrally in front of the front seat position; and a control unit which is designed to route signal portions of individual channels of a multi-channel audio signal to the speakers such that the multi-channel audio signal is spatially played back in the front and the rear audio zone based on the seat positions; wherein the front seat position is rotatable by 180 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Christian VOLKMAR, Imre CSONKA