Patents by Inventor Günter Rettinger

Günter Rettinger 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: 9488448
    Abstract: Protection equipment (10) for protecting a target (1) against attacking missiles with a plurality of protection elements (11, 12) that are triggerable individually in order to combat a missile, wherein the protection elements (11, 12) are arranged in such a manner that a triggered protection element (11) may be replaced by a replacement protection element (12) arranged redundantly in relation to the former. The protection equipment may be associated with a vehicle (1). The disclosure includes a method for protecting a target (1) against attacking missiles using the disclosed protection equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Weber, Günter Rettinger
  • Publication number: 20150184980
    Abstract: Protection equipment (10) for protecting a target (1) against attacking missiles with a plurality of protection elements (11, 12) that are triggerable individually in order to combat a missile, wherein the protection elements (11, 12) are arranged in such a manner that a triggered protection element (11) may be replaced by a replacement protection element (12) arranged redundantly in relation to the former. The protection equipment may be associated with a vehicle (1). The disclosure includes a method for protecting a target (1) against attacking missiles using the disclosed protection equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Weber, Günter Rettinger