Patents by Inventor Klaus Loewen

Klaus Loewen 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).

  • System having a control unit and a status acquisition device as well as a method for testing/diagnosing such a system
    Patent number: 7551998
    Abstract: In a system having a control unit for triggering a restraint system for vehicles, and having a status acquisition device, such as a seat occupation device, from which a data record describing the presence or the non-presence of the condition is transmitted to the control device, upon a defined stimulation signal from the control unit to the status acquisition device the latter transmits a second data record to the control unit, which corresponds to the type characteristics and the type data. Thereby, type data are able to be recorded even in the case of a status acquisition device installed in an obstructed way in a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH, Daimlerchrysler AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Drobny, Ruediger Giesel, Reiner Marchthaler, Michael Meyer, Klaus Loewen
  • Arrangement with a control device and a state detection device, in addition to a method for testing/diagnosing said type of arrangement
    Publication number: 20050010345
    Abstract: In a system having a control unit for triggering a restraint system for vehicles, and having a status acquisition device, such as a seat occupation device, from which a data record describing the presence or the non-presence of the condition is transmitted to the control device, upon a defined stimulation signal from the control unit to the status acquisition device the latter transmits a second data record to the control unit, which corresponds to the type characteristics and the type data. Thereby, type data are able to be recorded even in the case of a status acquisition device installed in an obstructed way in a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Wolfgang Drobny, Ruediger Giesel, Reiner Marchthaler, Michael Meyer, Klaus Loewen