Patents by Inventor Martin SCHMUECKER

Martin SCHMUECKER 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).

  • Publication number: 20200238855
    Abstract: A vehicle with a vehicle seat arranged in the vehicle interior, which is paired with an occupant protection system, which has at least one crash detection sensor system that detects at least one acceleration value in the event of a crash, which influences the vehicle in the event of a crash so that inertial forces act on the vehicle seat connected to the vehicle and on the occupant sitting on the vehicle seat on the basis of an acceleration value, wherein the acceleration value is used for the crash-adaptive specification, over time, of said displacement travel of the occupant secured with a belt system on the vehicle seat. A total displacement travel of the vehicle seat in the travel direction comprises an additional, exclusively crash-active displacement travel adjoining a displacement travel of the vehicle seat for seat length adjustment in the travel direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Eduard SEIB, Thorsten OKUPNIK, Juergen CORDES, Jens MESCHKE, Martin SCHMUECKER, Thomas WOHLLEBE, Manuel KURZ, Thomas DRESCHER
  • Publication number: 20180358529
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermoelectric module with a thermoelectric element for converting a temperature gradient between the two ends of the thermoelectric element into an electric voltage, an electrically conductive heat conducting element which is arranged between the thermoelectric element and a warm medium in order to thermally couple the high-temperature side of the thermoelectric element to the warm medium, and/or an electrically conductive heating element which is arranged between the thermoelectric element and a cold medium in order to thermally couple the low-temperature side of the thermoelectric element to the cold medium. The invention is characterized in that the electrically conductive heat conducting element is designed as a spring element which is elastic parallel to the direction of progression of the temperature gradient t.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Reinhard Sottong, Martin Schmücker