Patents by Inventor Dieter Eberle

Dieter Eberle 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 for indicating the presence of a load on a vehicle seat
    Patent number: 3946178
    Abstract: A device for indicating the loading of a seat, particularly an automobile passenger seat, comprises a seat having a spring suspension with a pull switch mounted on a rigid plate held to the underside of the suspension. The pull switch includes an actuating member which is biased in a first switch position by a resilient element which is secured to a laterally remote part of the spring suspension and it operates on the actuating element to move it to a second switch position when the seat is loaded and the switch is moved with the spring suspension as it is flexed on the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1972
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1976
    Assignee: SWF-Spezialfabrik fur Autozubehor Gustav Rau GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Eberle, Dieter Hanselmann, Hans Prohaska