Patents by Inventor Eckhard Kern

Eckhard Kern 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: 4444047
    Abstract: Apparatus for determination of the instantaneous fuel consumption of fuel injected engines, for indicating the fuel consumption, or for controlling the power of such engines. It includes means for providing electrical signals indicative of the revolutions of the engine per unit time, the distance traveled and a non-linear means which produces electrical signals based on characteristics dependent on the position of the accelerator pedal or throttle control lever, to obtain an output signal indicative of the fuel consumption, to operate an indicator or to control the power of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling A.G.
    Inventor: Eckhard Kern
  • Patent number: 4241438
    Abstract: A device for adjustment of an electrical clock with a clockwork train, the latter having an hour pointer driven via an hour gearwheel and via an hour intermediate wheel, a minutes pointer which is driven by means of a minutes gearwheel (the hour intermediate wheel being coupled in clock drive operation with the minutes gearwheel) and a minutes intermediate wheel, as well as having additional gearwheels with a first transmission ratio, the minutes intermediate wheel being coupled with a motor via the additional gearwheels. The minutes gearwheel is decouplable from the minutes intermediate wheel for the coarse adjustment of the minutes pointer and, by means of at least one additional gearwheel with a second transmission ratio which is more direct than the first transmission ratio, the minutes gearwheel is coupleable with the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1980
    Assignee: VDO Adolf Schindling AG
    Inventor: Eckhard Kern