Patents by Inventor Edgar Prottengeier
Edgar Prottengeier 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).
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Patent number: 8635922Abstract: A height-adjustable actuation device comprises a drive for height adjustment of the actuation device; a casing having a longitudinal axis; a hollow spindle arranged in the casing for displacement of a first lid arranged on the hollow spindle along the longitudinal axis; an internal spindle arranged inside the hollow spindle for displacement of a second lid arranged on the internal spindle along the longitudinal axis, with the hollow spindle and the internal spindle being non-rotatably connected to each other in terms of a rotation about the longitudinal axis, and with the hollow spindle and the internal spindle being displaceable relative to each other along the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2011Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Suspa GmbHInventors: Edgar Prottengeier, Ludwig Haas, Eduard Faller
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Publication number: 20110174101Abstract: A height-adjustable actuation device comprises a drive for height adjustment of the actuation device; a casing having a longitudinal axis; a hollow spindle arranged in the casing for displacement of a first lid arranged on the hollow spindle along the longitudinal axis; an internal spindle arranged inside the hollow spindle for displacement of a second lid arranged on the internal spindle along the longitudinal axis, with the hollow spindle and the internal spindle being non-rotatably connected to each other in terms of a rotation about the longitudinal axis, and with the hollow spindle and the internal spindle being displaceable relative to each other along the longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: SUSPA GMBHInventors: Edgar PROTTENGEIER, Ludwig Haas, Eduard Faller
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Patent number: 7325831Abstract: The invention relates to an active impact protection system (1) for a knee area and/or a lower leg area of a vehicle occupant in a motor vehicle, particularly in a passenger car. The impact protection system (1) comprises an impact element (2) that can be extended toward the vehicle occupant out of a passive position and into an active position by means of a drive device (4). A particularly advantageous design results when the impact element (2) is formed by a lid of a passenger-side glove compartment (3).Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2003Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AGInventors: Rainer Justen, Michael Fehring, Axel Ouerengässer, Michael Kreim, Herbert Müller, Edgar Prottengeier, Wolfgang Nagl, Markus Happich
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Publication number: 20060249343Abstract: In a rotary damper for damping a motion of rotation, in particular for damping the motion of rotation of a tailgate of a vehicle, it is provided, with a view to achieving a damping behaviour that corresponds to raised demands for convenience, that at least one compressible frictional damping lining is disposed within the housing, acting between a shaft and the housing for damping the motion of rotation of a shaft along a direction of rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2006Publication date: November 9, 2006Applicant: SUSPA Holding GmbHInventors: Edgar Prottengeier, Wolfgang Nagl, Glen Wilkinson
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Patent number: 6634250Abstract: A steering column damper for a power-driven vehicle comprises a jacket tube with a central longitudinal axis; a sliding tube displaceably guided in the jacket tube; a steering shaft, which is mounted for pivotability about the central longitudinal axis relative to the sliding tube and/or the jacket tube and guided through the jacket tube and the sliding tube; at least one working area, which is disposed between the jacket tube and the sliding tube and filled with a damping medium; at least one working-area-volume reduction unit, which is connected with the sliding tube, reducing the volume of the at least one working area upon insertion of the sliding tube into the jacket tube; at least one aperture which opens the at least one working area to ambience for discharge of the damping medium from the respective working area; a closing element for blocking the at least one aperture; and a triggering unit for controllable release of the respective closing element.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2002Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignees: Suspa Holding GmbH, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Willi Elbe Gelenkwellen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Frank Schröter, Edgar Prottengeier, Wolfgang Nagl, Jens Scharf, Jörg Hauhoff, Lothar Meyle
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Publication number: 20020088296Abstract: A steering column damper for a power-driven vehicle comprises a jacket tube with a central longitudinal axis; a sliding tube displaceably guided in the jacket tube; a steering shaft, which is mounted for pivotability about the central longitudinal axis relative to the sliding tube and/or the jacket tube and guided through the jacket tube and the sliding tube; at least one working area, which is disposed between the jacket tube and the sliding tube and filled with a damping medium; at least one working-area-volume reduction unit, which is connected with the sliding tube, reducing the volume of the at least one working area upon insertion of the sliding tube into the jacket tube; at least one aperture which opens the at least one working area to ambience for discharge of the damping medium from the respective working area; a closing element for blocking the at least one aperture; and a triggering unit for controllable release of the respective closing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2002Publication date: July 11, 2002Applicant: SUSPA Holding GmbHInventors: Frank Schroter, Edgar Prottengeier, Wolfgang Nagl, Jens Scharf, Jorg Hauhoff, Lothar Meyle
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Patent number: 5427214Abstract: An impact damper for supporting a bumper of a vehicle on the latter's chassis consists of two tubes one guided within the other, the external tube having at least one inwards-directed projection reinforced by a reinforcement ring and engaging with a suited depression of the internal tube. A deformation face is formed on the projection and tapers towards the axis of the tubes.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1993Date of Patent: June 27, 1995Assignee: Suspa Compart AktiengesellschaftInventors: Edgar Prottengeier, Wolfgang Nagl
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Patent number: 5181589Abstract: A reversible impact damper is in series with an additionally provided irreversible deformation damper. The impact damper is a usual solid damper. The deformation damper has a deformation piston bearing against a piston rod of the impact damper on the one hand and on the other hand against crimps, which are formed in the wall of a slide tube displaceable relative to the housing of the impact damper and which are deformable.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 1991Date of Patent: January 26, 1993Assignee: Suspa Compart AGInventors: Helge Siegner, Edgar Prottengeier