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: 9114780Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 6, 2012Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Christian Fischer, Martin Schmidt, Matthias Steinberg, Michael Pech, Tobias Voss, Thomas Schmidt, Simone Mesecke-Rischmann
-
Patent number: 9050941Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 12, 2010Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Christian Fischer, Martin Schmidt, Matthias Steinberg, Michael Pech, Tobias Voss, Thomas Schmidt, Simone Mesecke-Rischmann
-
Patent number: 8684413Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 3, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Thomas Schmidt, Martin Schmidt, Christian Fischer, Michael Pech, Matthias Steinberg, Tobias Voss
-
Publication number: 20130038047Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Thomas Schmidt, Martin Schmidt, Christian Fischer, Michael Pech, Matthias Steinberg, Tobias Voss
-
Publication number: 20120211578Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2010Publication date: August 23, 2012Inventors: Christian Fischer, Martin Schmidt, Matthias Steinberg, Michael Pech, Tobias Voss, Thomas Schmidt, Simone Mesecke-Rischmann
-
Patent number: 7458534Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 10, 2004Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Michael Pech, Stefan Höfs
-
Patent number: 7429012Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Kay Löffler, Michael Pech, Martin Schmidt, Thomas Schmidt, Thomas Schneider, Stefan Suhr, Stefan Bösch
-
Publication number: 20070221773Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2004Publication date: September 27, 2007Inventors: Michael Pech, Stefan Hofs
-
Publication number: 20050178870Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2003Publication date: August 18, 2005Inventors: Kay Loffler, Michael Pech, Martin Schmidt, Thomas Schneider, Stefan Suhr, Stefan Bosch
-
Patent number: 6531612Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: March 11, 2003Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Tobias Gabriel, Michael Pech, Sabine Wallbaum
-
Patent number: 6462076Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 1, 2001Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Tobias Gabriel, Michael Pech, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento
-
Publication number: 20020016361Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2001Publication date: February 7, 2002Inventors: Tobias Gabriel, Michael Pech, Rosa Maria Rodriguez Sarmiento
-
Publication number: 20010008901Abstract: Compounds of the formula: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2000Publication date: July 19, 2001Inventors: Tobias Gabriel, Michael Pech, Sabine Wallbaum
-
Patent number: 5830920Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 26, 1996Date of Patent: November 3, 1998Assignee: 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: 5767268Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 26, 1996Date of Patent: June 16, 1998Assignee: 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: 5521160Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 4, 1995Date of Patent: May 28, 1996Assignee: 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