Patents by Inventor G{umlaut over (u)}nter Heitzer

G{umlaut over (u)}nter 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).

  • Mat with a heating wire for a motor vehicle seat heater, and motor vehicle seat with such a mat
    Patent number: 6179378
    Abstract: A mat incorporating a heating wire and intended for installation in a motor vehicle seat for heating the motor vehicle seat. The novel mat includes further antennas or antenna components of an antenna system, which cooperates with a resonator/transponder of a child seat. The mat thus forms a part of a system for detecting the presence of a child seat placed on the motor vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Baumgartner, Peter Popp, G{umlaut over (u)}nter Heitzer
  • Control system for an air bag with child seat detection and seat position detection
    Patent number: 6170866
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a restraint device in a motor vehicle has a detector for detecting a child seat disposed on a vehicle seat, a pickup for determining the position of the vehicle seat, and an evaluation device. The evaluation device furnishes a control signal for the restraint device as a function of the vehicle seat position and as a function of a status signal of the detector for detecting a child seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Peter Popp, G{umlaut over (u)}nter Heitzer, Ralf-Johannes Lenninger