Patents by Inventor George J. Rutter

George J. Rutter 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).

  • Transmitting and/or receiving unit for incorporation into an elastic structure
    Patent number: 6836253
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a transmitting and/or receiving unit for building into an elastic structure. The transmitting and receiving unit includes one or more electronic circuits or circuit elements and, if needed, sensors and/or signal elements assigned thereto. The transmitting and/or receiving unit has one or several antennas connected to the electronic circuit. The antenna includes one or several filaments which are so arranged in the surface or in space that the main directions of the stresses and forces, which occur within the surrounding elastic structure/matrix, essentially intersect or cross the filament axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Continental Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Strache, Holger Behrends, Thomas Becherer, Jörg Lehmann, George J. Rutter
  • Transmitting and/or receiving unit for incorporation into an elastic structure
    Publication number: 20030085619
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a transmitting and/or receiving unit for building into an elastic structure. The transmitting and receiving unit includes one or more electronic circuits or circuit elements and, if needed, sensors and/or signal elements assigned thereto. The transmitting and/or receiving unit has one or several antennas connected to the electronic circuit. The antenna includes one or several filaments which are so arranged in the surface or in space that the main directions of the stresses and forces, which occur within the surrounding elastic structure/matrix, essentially intersect or cross the filament axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Wolfgang Strache, Holger Behrends, Thomas Becherer, Jorg Lehmann, George J. Rutter