Patents by Inventor Heinz Hoschopf

Heinz Hoschopf 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 for conducting crash tests using a carriage and corresponding device
    Patent number: 6675631
    Abstract: A method of conducting crash tests uses a crash-test carriage. The crash-test carriage is accelerated in accordance with a real deceleration curve to thereby simulate deceleration forces associated with a real collision, the crash-test carriage having a carriage drive apparatus associated therewith. The method includes the step of exerting an accelerating force on the crash-test carriage in an acceleration direction, the accelerating force exceeding a respective force required for acceleration in accordance with the real deceleration curve. The method also includes a step of exerting a braking force on the crash-test carriage in a direction opposite the acceleration direction in order to achieve a desired acceleration curve. The braking force is applied on one of the crash-test carriage and the carriage drive apparatus, the braking force being so large so as to accelerate the crash-test carriage in accordance with the desired acceleration curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: DSD Dr. Steffan Datentechnik Ges. m.b.H.
    Inventors: Hermann Steffan, Andreas Moser, Manfred Hofinger, Bertram Christian Geigl, Erich Mayrhofer, Heinz Hoschopf, Stefan Winkler, Kurt Steiner