Patents by Inventor Micheal Bischoff

Micheal Bischoff 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 for transmitting power and data in a bus system provided for occupant protection devices
    Patent number: 6477457
    Abstract: Information data and energy are transmitted from a central control to control modules through a bus system in an occupant protection system including occupant protection devices such as airbags. In order to avoid overloading the protection system due to an immediate recharging of an energy storage member after that member triggers an occupant protection device, such recharging is suppressed or interrupted, preferably until a reset command signal is received by the respective control module from the central control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignees: Temic Telefunken microelectronic GmbH, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Fendt, Norbert Mueller, Micheal Bischoff, Johannes Rinkens, Stefan Schaeffer, Werner Nitschke, Otto Karl, Joachim Bauer