Patents by Inventor Günter Heitzer

Günter Heitzer 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 protecting vehicle occupants in a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6530597
    Abstract: A device for protecting vehicle occupants in a motor vehicle has an impact sensor unit which is provided remote from a central region of the vehicle. The impact sensor unit is connected, via a data line for transmitting code signals, to a firing unit which is provided at an assigned vehicle occupant protection device. The firing unit contains an energy source which provides energy for triggering the assigned vehicle occupant protection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reiner Nesper, Shusei Watanabe, Günter Heitzer
  • Method of controlling the inflation of an airbag and airbag accident protection device
    Patent number: 6286862
    Abstract: A method of controlling inflation of an airbag in a motor-vehicle accident protection device, includes activating a gas generator in response to a firing signal for inflating the airbag. A temperature and/or a pressure of the gas generator is measured and the inflation takes place in such a way that a desired pressure profile in the airbag is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Blank, Christian Zelger, Günter Heitzer
  • Device and method for detecting the weight of an object and/or an occupant on a vehicle seat
    Patent number: 6254126
    Abstract: A device and a method for detecting a weight of an object and/or an occupant on a vehicle seat are described. In which a control and evaluation circuit derives a weight signal from a current consumed by an electric motor during a controlled adjustment of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellscaft, Allied-Signal Automotive Abt. SRS, Breed Siemens Restraint Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Bauer, Günter Heitzer, Marten Swart, Peter Popp, Gerhard Danz, Galtano Origlio, Ulrich Kippelt, Markus Frisch