Patents by Inventor Michael Rudesheim

Michael Rudesheim 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: 8016231
    Abstract: A force supporting device for assisting a force required to move a flap of an overhead baggage compartment from an open position to a closed position includes a blockable piston cylinder unit attached to the flap for assisting the force required to move the flap, and a triggering device for blocking and releasing the blockable piston cylinder unit as a function of loading of the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Jörg Hillen, Peter Kohns, Thorsten Müller, Michael Rüdesheim, Dieter Wendling
  • Publication number: 20080180006
    Abstract: A force supporting device for assisting a force required to move a flap of an overhead baggage compartment from an open position to a closed position includes a blockable piston cylinder unit attached to the flap for assisting the force required to move the flap, and a triggering device for blocking and releasing the blockable piston cylinder unit as a function of loading of the flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Jorg Hillen, Peter Kohns, Thorsten Muller, Michael Rudesheim, Dieter Wendling
  • Patent number: 6007057
    Abstract: A pressurized gas spring, which exerts an expulsion force on the piston rod entailing a maximum extension velocity of the piston rod, includes braking means effective at a velocity of motion due to external forces above the maximum extension velocity for limiting the velocity of motion to a desired measure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Castor Fuhrmann, Klaus Koch, Horst Maury, Karl Seibert, Michael Rudesheim