Patents by Inventor Gundula Steffan

Gundula Steffan 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).

  • Method and system for conducting crash tests
    Patent number: 8453489
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for conducting crash tests in which an object, in particular a motor vehicle or part of a motor vehicle, is typically mounted on a test slide which is accelerated, the acceleration force being generated by means of a pressurized-gas reservoir and specifically applied to the acceleration object via a piston and a push rod, while for reducing the cycle times, the desired gas pressure in the pressurized-gas reservoir is generated by moving a piston, itself exposed to a hydraulic fluid, so as to apply pressure on the gas. The invention also relates to a correspondingly implemented system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Moser, Manfred Hofinger, Gundula Steffan
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING CRASH TESTS
    Publication number: 20100192666
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for conducting crash tests in which an object, in particular a motor vehicle or part of a motor vehicle, is typically mounted on a test slide which is accelerated, the acceleration force being generated by means of a pressurized-gas reservoir and specifically applied to the acceleration object via a piston and a push rod, while for reducing the cycle times, the desired gas pressure in the pressurized-gas reservoir is generated by moving a piston, itself exposed to a hydraulic fluid, so as to apply pressure on the gas. The invention also relates to a correspondingly implemented system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Andreas Moser, Manfred Hofinger, Gundula Steffan