Patents by Inventor Erich Rieger

Erich Rieger 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: 8201836
    Abstract: A toe binding of a safety ski binding includes a housing for at least partly mounting at least one release spring determining the safety release values and at least one sole holder loaded by the force of the release spring. When an upper force threshold is exceeded the sole holder releases the front section of a boot secured by the binding at least in lateral direction relative to the boot longitudinal axis. An adjusting device is adapted for individually changing the lateral alignment between the sole holder and the housing transversely to the binding longitudinal axis of the binding and substantially parallel to the standing plane for a boot, so that an angle or a lateral deflection between the boot longitudinal axis of a boot inserted into the binding and the binding longitudinal axis of the safety ski binding can be changed and individually preadjusted within predefined adjusting limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Atomic Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Holzer, Erich Rieger
  • Patent number: 7988180
    Abstract: The invention describes a ski binding with guide elements for a front and a rear binding piece body oriented in the binding longitudinal direction, which binding piece bodies are designed to retain the front and rear end portion of a sports shoe. This ski binding comprises a first coupling element connected to the front binding piece body and a second coupling element connected to the rear binding piece body. A positioning and fixing mechanism is disposed between the binding piece bodies in order to adjust and retain the binding piece bodies by reference to the binding longitudinal direction. The first and second coupling element can be selectively rigidly coupled with one another and uncoupled from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Atomic Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Holzer, Erich Rieger
  • Publication number: 20100109290
    Abstract: The invention describes a ski binding with guide elements for a front and a rear binding piece body oriented in the binding longitudinal direction, which binding piece bodies are designed to retain the front respectively rear end portion of a sports shoe. This ski binding comprises a first coupling element connected to the front binding piece body and a second coupling element connected to the rear binding piece body, and mutually facing end portions of these coupling elements co-operate with a positioning and fixing mechanism disposed between the binding piece bodies in order to adjust and retain the binding piece bodies by reference to the binding longitudinal direction. The positioning elements of the first and second coupling elements are respectively disposed on the left-hand and/or right-hand side faces of the two coupling elements lying one above the other by reference to the standing plane and by reference to the binding longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: ATOMIC AUSTRIA GMBH
    Inventors: Helmut Holzer, Erich Rieger
  • Publication number: 20090283988
    Abstract: The invention relates to a toe binding (1) of a safety ski binding. The toe binding (1) comprises a housing (2) for mounting at least partly at least one release spring determining the safely release values and at least one sole holder (5) loaded directly or indirectly by the force of the release spring, which when an upper force threshold is exceeded releases the front section of a boot secured by the safety ski binding at least in lateral direction relative to the boot longitudinal axis (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: ATOMIC AUSTRIA GMBH
    Inventors: Helmut Holzer, Erich Rieger