Patents by Inventor Joachim Schütz

Joachim Schütz 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: 8557390
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass product, comprising a glass substrate with a transparent and conductive indium tin oxide layer having a covering layer, which forms a redox barrier for the indium tin oxide layer, wherein the indium tin oxide layer is obtained by pulsed, highly ionizing high-power magnetron sputtering (HPPMS) in which—the pulses of the magnetron have a peak power density greater than 1.5 kW/cm2,—the pulses of the magnetron have a time duration that is ?200 ?s, and—the mean current flow density rise upon ignition of the plasma within a time interval that is ?0.025 ms is at least 106 ?(ms cm2), and the indium tin oxide layer has a crystalline structure, in such a way that the (222)-reflection of an X-ray diffraction spectrum after the production of the indium tin oxide layer is shifted relative to the powder spectrum of indium tin oxide by a maximum of 1 degree, preferably by 0.3 degrees to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Thomas Drescher, Bernd Hangleiter, Joachim Schuetz, Annegret Matthai, Heike Walter, Felix Horstmann, Bernd Szyszka, Volker Sittinger, Wolfgang Werner, Tjhay Weyna Boentoro
  • Publication number: 20120161453
    Abstract: A closure system for emergency release of a motor vehicle cavity that is closed with a lid of a trunk compartment, which comprises, in a lock on the trunk side, a rotary latch arranged such that it can pivot about a second axis of rotation, which latch is held securely in a closed position of the lid via a detent pawl arranged such that it can pivot about a first axis of rotation, and a catch hook associated with the rotary latch, wherein a striker is located on the lid side that stands in operative connection with the rotary latch in the closed position, in that the rotary latch locks the striker with respect to a lock housing, wherein the lid is temporarily captured and held in an intermediate position by the catch hook, via the striker, after deactivation of the locking of the rotary latch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Florian Zysk, Joachim Schuetz
  • Publication number: 20110223415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass product, comprising a glass substrate with a transparent and conductive indium tin oxide layer having a covering layer, which forms a redox barrier for the indium tin oxide layer, wherein the indium tin oxide layer is obtained by pulsed, highly ionizing high-power magnetron sputtering (HPPMS) in which—the pulses of the magnetron have a peak power density greater than 1.5 kW/cm2, —the pulses of the magnetron have a time duration that is ?200 ?s, and—the mean current flow density rise upon ignition of the plasma within a time interval that is ?0.025 ms is at least 106 ?(ms cm2), and the indium tin oxide layer has a crystalline structure, in such a way that the (222)-reflection of an X-ray diffraction spectrum after the production of the indium tin oxide layer is shifted relative to the powder spectrum of indium tin oxide by a maximum of 1 degree, preferably by 0.3 degrees to 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas Drescher, Bernd Hangleiter, Joachim Schuetz, Annegret Matthai, Heike Walter, Felix Horstmann, Bernd Szyszka, Volker Sittinger, Wolfgang Werner, Tjhay Weyna Boentoro
  • Patent number: 7501988
    Abstract: An antenna device (8) for a motor vehicle (10) is disclosed whereby the antenna device (8) includes a dielectric carrier (1) and components mounted on it, including at least one antenna (3; 6) and at least one impedance transformer (5) assigned to this one, as a minimum, antenna (6). In addition, the motor vehicle (10) is described with the antenna device (8) being mounted in a roof area (14) of the motor vehicle (10) and a spoiler (11) in which the antenna device (8) is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ingo Schön, Jörg Giere, Andreas Kelm, Bernhard Schittek, Joachim Schütz, Andreas Kwoczek
  • Patent number: 6241280
    Abstract: A passenger safety arrangement for a vehicle has a side air bag and a safety belt which acts as a restraining element for a passenger seated on a vehicle seat. The passenger safety arrangement also includes at least one sensor for detecting a lateral collision and at least one control unit for activating the lateral air bag and/or a belt tensioning device in response to signals supplied by the sensor. In order to improve passenger protection in the event of a lateral collision, the side air bag is activated by the control unit before actuation of the belt tensioning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Marcus Biewendt, Rolf Bergmann, Ernst-Wilhelm Ritters, Joachim Schütz