Patents by Inventor Michael Pech

Michael Pech 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: 9114780
    Abstract: A piston for a pretensioner device (10) for a motor vehicle seat belt system of a type having a gas generator (17) with the piston (21) guided in a tube (16) that closes a pressure space (20) in the tube (16). The pressure space (20) can be pressurized by the gas generator (17), driving the piston (21) to undergo pretensioning operation transmitted to the seat belt system by a force transmission means. The piston has a dome shaped front side adapted to engage a force transmission element and a skirt forming a sealing lip oriented toward the pressure space. At least one slot is formed in the outer surface of the piston extending axially from the sealing lip. The slot can be enlarged by the material erosion caused by the pressure and/or pressure conditions in the pressure space produced by gas from the gas generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Christian Fischer, Martin Schmidt, Matthias Steinberg, Michael Pech, Tobias Voss, Thomas Schmidt, Simone Mesecke-Rischmann
  • Patent number: 9050941
    Abstract: A tensioning device (10) for a seat belt, in particular in a motor vehicle, having a gas generator (17) and a piston (21) guided in a tube (16) that closes a pressure space (20) in the tube (16), whereas the pressure space (20) can be pressurized by the gas generator (17), as a result of which the piston (21) can be driven to perform a tensioning operation which can be transmitted to the seat belt by means of the force transmission means. The piston (21) having a closed or constricted opening (1, 1a), and the opening (1, 1a) can be enlarged and/or opened by the material erosion caused by the pressure and/or pressure conditions in the pressure space (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Christian Fischer, Martin Schmidt, Matthias Steinberg, Michael Pech, Tobias Voss, Thomas Schmidt, Simone Mesecke-Rischmann
  • Patent number: 8684413
    Abstract: A pretensioning device (10) for a safety belt, of a motor vehicle, having a gas generator (17), a piston (21) guided in a tube (16), which closes a pressure area (20) in the tube (16) that is pressurized by the gas generator (17) whereupon the piston (21) is able to move in a pretensioning movement which is able to be conveyed to the safety belt by means of an inertia body (19a) resting on a front face (9) of the piston (21). The piston (21) forms a pass-through opening (1) releasable upon exceeding of a predetermined pressure and a recess (26) is provided in the front face (9) with an inertia body (19a) resting thereon, so that a flow connection is created from the pass-through opening (1) to the area (25) located behind the piston (21) in the direction of the pretensioning movement (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Thomas Schmidt, Martin Schmidt, Christian Fischer, Michael Pech, Matthias Steinberg, Tobias Voss
  • Publication number: 20130038047
    Abstract: A pretensioning device (10) for a safety belt, of a motor vehicle, having a gas generator (17), a piston (21) guided in a tube (16), which closes a pressure area (20) in the tube (16) that is pressurized by the gas generator (17) whereupon the piston (21) is able to move in a pretensioning movement which is able to be conveyed to the safety belt by means of an inertia body (19a) resting on a front face (9) of the piston (21). The piston (21) forms a pass-through opening (1) releasable upon exceeding of a predetermined pressure and a recess (26) is provided in the front face (9) with an inertia body (19a) resting thereon, so that a flow connection is created from the pass-through opening (1) to the area (25) located behind the piston (21) in the direction of the pretensioning movement (S).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Thomas Schmidt, Martin Schmidt, Christian Fischer, Michael Pech, Matthias Steinberg, Tobias Voss
  • Publication number: 20120211578
    Abstract: A tensioning device (10) for a seat belt, in particular in a motor vehicle, having a gas generator (17) and a piston (21) guided in a tube (16) that closes a pressure space (20) in the tube (16), whereas the pressure space (20) can be pressurized by the gas generator (17), as a result of which the piston (21) can be driven to perform a tensioning operation which can be transmitted to the seat belt by means of the force transmission means. The piston (21) having a closed or constricted opening (1, 1a), and the opening (1, 1a) can be enlarged and/or opened by the material erosion caused by the pressure and/or pressure conditions in the pressure space (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Christian Fischer, Martin Schmidt, Matthias Steinberg, Michael Pech, Tobias Voss, Thomas Schmidt, Simone Mesecke-Rischmann
  • Patent number: 7458534
    Abstract: A pretensioner coupling for a seat belt retractor for a motor vehicle of a type having a belt shaft and a pretensioner drive for winding the belt shaft. The pretensioner coupling having a coupling latch movably arranged between a release position and an engagement position. The coupling latch produces a load-transmitting rotational connection between the belt shaft and the pretensioner drive when in the engagement position and movable out of the engagement position and into the release position to permit relative rotation between the belt shaft and the pretensioner drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Michael Pech, Stefan Höfs
  • Patent number: 7429012
    Abstract: A self stopping seat belt retractor is provided with a belt shaft for winding a seat belt thereonto and unwinding a wound seat belt therefrom and a housing rotatably supporting the belt shaft and having a locking device that includes a locking means for the belt shaft that can be controlled in a vehicle sensitive and/or belt sensitive manner into engagement with a toothed gearing system on that side of the housing. A tightening device operating on the belt shaft includes a drive wheel, which is, prior to the release of the tightening device, secured in a force-transmitting manner on the housing, is connectable upon release of the tightening device with the belt shaft, whereby the drive wheel of the tightening device is connectable via the locking device with the belt shaft for the transmission of force to the belt shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Kay Löffler, Michael Pech, Martin Schmidt, Thomas Schmidt, Thomas Schneider, Stefan Suhr, Stefan Bösch
  • Publication number: 20070221773
    Abstract: A pretensioner coupling for a seat belt retractor for a motor vehicle of a type having a belt shaft and a pretensioner drive for winding the belt shaft. The pretensioner coupling having a coupling latch movably arranged between a release position and an engagement position. The coupling latch produces a load-transmitting rotational connection between the belt shaft and the pretensioner drive when in the engagement position and movable out of the engagement position and into the release position to permit relative rotation between the belt shaft and the pretensioner drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Pech, Stefan Hofs
  • Publication number: 20050178870
    Abstract: A self stopping seat belt retractor is provided with a belt shaft for winding a seat belt thereonto and unwinding a wound seat belt therefrom and a housing rotatably supporting the belt shaft and having a locking device that includes a locking means for the belt shaft that can be controlled in a vehicle sensitive and/or belt sensitive manner into engagement with a toothed gearing system on the side of the housing. A tightening device operating on the belt shaft includes a drive wheel, which is, prior to the release of the tightening device, secured in a force-transmitting manner on the housing, is connectable upon release of the tightening device with the belt shaft, whereby the drive wheel of the tightening device is connectable via the locking device with the belt shaft for the transmission of force to the belt shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Kay Loffler, Michael Pech, Martin Schmidt, Thomas Schneider, Stefan Suhr, Stefan Bosch
  • Patent number: 6531612
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula: wherein R1 to R7 and Y are as defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or pharmaceutically acceptable esters thereof, are useful for treating diseases associated with cystein proteases, such as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, tumor metastasis, glomerulonephritis, atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, instable angina pectoris, stroke, plaque rupture, transient ischemic attacks, amaurosis fugax, peripheral arterial occlusive disease, restenosis after angioplasty and stent placement, abdominal aortic aneurysm formation, inflammation, autoimmune disease, malaria, ocular fundus tissue cytopathy and respiratory disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias Gabriel, Michael Pech, Sabine Wallbaum
  • Patent number: 6462076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to beta-amino acid nitrile derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or pharmaceutically acceptable esters thereof. The compounds are cysteine protease inhibitors useful for the treatment of diseases associated with cysteine proteases, such as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, tumor metastasis, glomerulonephritis, atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, instable angina pectoris, stroke, plaque rupture, transient ischemic attacks, amaurosis fugax, peripheral arterial occlusive disease, restenosis after angioplasty and stent placement, abdominal aortic aneurysm formation, inflammation, autoimmune disease, malaria, ocular fundus tissue cytopathy and respiratory disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias Gabriel, Michael Pech, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento
  • Publication number: 20020016361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to beta-amino acid nitrile derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or pharmaceutically acceptable esters thereof. The compounds are cysteine protease inhibitors useful for the treatment of diseases associated with cysteine proteases, such as osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, tumor metastasis, glomerulonephritis, atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, instable angina pectoris, stroke, plaque rupture, transient ischemic attacks, amaurosis fugax, peripheral arterial occlusive disease, restenosis after angioplasty and stent placement, abdominal aortic aneurysm formation, inflammation, autoimmune disease, malaria, ocular fundus tissue cytopathy and respiratory disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Tobias Gabriel, Michael Pech, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento
  • Publication number: 20010008901
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: July 19, 2001
    Inventors: Tobias Gabriel, Michael Pech, Sabine Wallbaum
  • Patent number: 5830920
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein n.sup.1 -n.sup.9 are each independently 0 or 1;m.sup.1 -m.sup.9 are each independently 0 or 1, but with the proviso that at least one of m.sup.1, m.sup.2 and m.sup.3, at least one of m.sup.4, m.sup.5 and m.sup.6 and, when present, at least one of m.sup.7, m.sup.8 and m.sup.9 is 1; and whereinX.sup.1 -X.sup.18 each independently is --O--, --CONR.sup.1,--NR.sup.1 CO-- or --NR.sup.1 --;R.sup.1 is hydrogen or lower alkyl;W is a benzene or s-triazine;Y.sup.1 -Y.sup.9 each independently is an aromatic ring systems;A.sup.1 -A.sup.3 each independently is a residue of a sugar alcohol devoid of the 1-hydroxy group or a derivative thereof, a residue of a sugar acid devoid of the 1-carboxy group or a derivative thereof or tris-(hydroxymethyl)-methyl;D is the di-residue of a sugar alcohol devoid of 2 hydroxy groups or a derivative thereof or the di-residue of a sugar dicarboxylic acid devoid of 2 carboxy group or a derivative thereof;Q.sup.1 -Q.sup.3 and Z.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Chucholowski, Jurgen Fingerle, Niggi Iberg, Hans Peter Marki, Rita Muller, Michael Pech, Marianne Rouge, Gerard Schmid, Thomas Tschopp, Hans Peter Wessel
  • Patent number: 5767268
    Abstract: Compounds of formulas ##STR1## wherein, B is lower alkylene or an optionally substituted aromatic ring system;G.sup.1, G.sup.2 and G.sup.3 each independently signify a residue of a glycopyranoside, a glycopyranose or a derivative thereof, with at least one hydroxy group of residue G.sup.1, G.sup.2 or G.sup.3 being esterified with sulfuric acid, and pharmaceutically usable salts thereof, are useful for the treatment of disorders which are characterized by excessive or destructive proliferation of smooth muscle cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Chucholowski, Jurgen Fingerle, Niggi Iberg, Hans Peter Marki, Rita Muller, Michael Pech, Marianne Rouge, Gerard Schmid, Thomas Tschopp, Hans Peter Wessel
  • Patent number: 5521160
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel sulfuric acid esters of sugar alcohols and sugar alcohol-like compounds of the formula ##STR1## Also described are methods for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of arteriosclerotic changes in the vascular wall as well as a process for the manufacture of the compounds of formula I and their salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Chucholowski, Jurgen Fingerle, Niggi Iberg, Hans P. Marki, Rita Muller, Michael Pech, Marianne Rouge, Gerard Schmid, Thomas Tschopp, Hans P. Wessel