Patents by Inventor Gerd Runtsch

Gerd Runtsch 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: 7587933
    Abstract: A punctured pneumatic tire in a tire-rim assembly is repaired by mounting on a vehicle the tire-rim assembly provided with an internal pressure alarm means, said tire comprising an auxiliary load-supporting structure satisfying a requirement that an deformation quantity of the tire in a radial direction thereof at a rim-assembled state under a load corresponding to 90% of a maximum load capacity at an internal tire pressure of zero is within a range of 30-60% of a section height of the tire under no load at the internal tire pressure of zero; detecting a puncture of the tire produced during the running of the tire by the internal pressure alarm means; unavoidably running the punctured tire to a relatively short-range safe place to quickly stop the vehicle; and refilling gas to a given internal pressure by a gas filling means equipped on the vehicle while occluding a punctured hole with a puncture repairing means equipped on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Watanabe, Frank Knothe, Gerd Runtsch, Guenter Leister, Frank Klempau
  • Patent number: 7455140
    Abstract: In a method for ensuring safe tire emergency running operation in a motor vehicle that is equipped with tires that have emergency running properties when the tire pressure is greatly reduced or absent altogether, a device is provided for detecting an emergency running mode of the motor vehicle. The device for limiting the driving speed limits the driving speed of the motor vehicle whenever emergency running is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Dirk Baader, Hermann Gaus, Gerd Runtsch, Juergen Weissenger
  • Publication number: 20070289371
    Abstract: A punctured pneumatic tire in a tire-rim assembly is repaired by mounting on a vehicle the tire-rim assembly provided with an internal pressure alarm means, said tire comprising an auxiliary load-supporting structure satisfying a requirement that an deformation quantity of the tire in a radial direction thereof at a rim-assembled state under a load corresponding to 90% of a maximum load capacity at an internal tire pressure of zero is within a range of 30-60% of a section height of the tire under no load at the internal tire pressure of zero; detecting a puncture of the tire produced during the running of the tire by the internal pressure alarm means; unavoidably running the punctured tire to a relatively short-range safe place to quickly stop the vehicle; and refilling gas to a given internal pressure by a gas filling means equipped on the vehicle while occluding a punctured hole with a puncture repairing means equipped on the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Shinichi Watanabe, Frank Knothe, Gerd Runtsch, Guenter Leister, Frank Klempau
  • Publication number: 20050057347
    Abstract: In a method for ensuring safe tire emergency running operation in a motor vehicle that is equipped with tires that have emergency running properties when the tire pressure is greatly reduced or absent altogether, a device is provided for detecting an emergency running mode of the motor vehicle. The device for limiting the driving speed limits the driving speed of the motor vehicle whenever emergency running is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2002
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Dirk Baader, Hermann Gaus, Gerd Runtsch, Juergen Weissenger