Patents by Inventor Matthias Kiening

Matthias Kiening 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 apparatus for determining deployment of a safety restraint device in an occupant restraining system
    Patent number: 6766235
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraining system includes a plurality of safety restraint devices and utilizes a main controller and a safing controller to determine whether or not conditions are proper for deploying each safety restraint device. The system discriminates between front, side, rear, and roll-over impact events and determines which safety restraint devices should be deployed in response to an impact event. The system also independently determines whether to activate a fuel cut-off switch in response to an impact event. The main and safing controllers utilize vehicle data from a main center tunnel sensor assembly and various satellite sensors to make deployment decisions. The safing controller is used to independently verify whether or not the safety restraint should be deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Seimens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Manfred Frimberger, Telmo Glaser, Jeffrey Gleacher, Reinhard Hamperl, Matthias Kiening, Douglas McConnell, Reinhart Weber
  • Method and apparatus for determining deployment of a safety restraint device in an occupant restraining system
    Publication number: 20030139866
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraining system includes a plurality of safety restraint devices and utilizes a main controller and a safing controller to determine whether or not conditions are proper for deploying each safety restraint device. The system discriminates between front, side, rear, and roll-over impact events and determines which safety restraint devices should be deployed in response to an impact event. The system also independently determines whether to activate a fuel cut-off switch in response to an impact event. The main and safing controllers utilize vehicle data from a main center tunnel sensor assembly and various satellite sensors to make deployment decisions. The safing controller is used to independently verify whether or not the safety restraint should be deployed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Manfred Frimberger, Telmo Glaser, Jeffrey Gleacher, Reinhard Hamperl, Matthias Kiening, Douglas McConnell, Reinhart Weber