Patents by Inventor Gerhard Nittnaus

Gerhard Nittnaus 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).

  • Mine-detonation-resistant understructure for a vehicle
    Patent number: 7255034
    Abstract: An inwardly bend bottom plate, having at least one bending line, is provided on the underside of an armored vehicle body as a protection against mine detonation and can be additionally armored by modular armor plates. Above the bottom plate is a floorboard so spaced therefrom that the dynamic inward buckling of the bottom plate can take place in a deformation space between the bottom plate and the floorboard without injury to an occupant of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Anton Strassgürtl, Manfred Hermann, Gerhard Nittnaus, Gerhard Skoff
  • MINE-DETONATION-RESISTANT UNDERSTRUCTURE FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20070084337
    Abstract: An inwardly bend bottom plate, having at least one bending line, is provided on the underside of an armored vehicle body as a protection against mine detonation and can be additionally armored by modular armor plates. Above the bottom plate is a floorboard so spaced therefrom that the dynamic inward buckling of the bottom plate can take place in a deformation space between the bottom plate and the floorboard without injury to an occupant of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventors: Anton Strassgurtl, Manfred Hermann, Gerhard Nittnaus, Gerhard Skoff