Patents by Inventor Monika Nitschke

Monika Nitschke 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 device for checking a sensor signal and for actuating a passenger protection means of a vehicle
    Patent number: 9950684
    Abstract: A method for checking a sensor signal suitable for actuating a passenger protection arrangement of a vehicle. The method includes a step of carrying out a comparison between the sensor signal and at least one reference signal, repeatedly within a predetermined time interval, in order to obtain a plurality of comparison results, and a step of evaluating the sensor signal based on the plurality of comparison results, in order to detect a fault in the sensor signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Steffen Berndt, Martin Schweizer, Stefan Lottholz, Werner Nitschke, Monika Nitschke
  • Activation system for actuators of a vehicle seat device
    Patent number: 9174604
    Abstract: An activation system for actuators of a vehicle seat device, including a first control device; a gas pressure accumulator having a gas pressure accumulator valve situated on it; a pressure distribution device functionally connected to the gas pressure accumulator; and a connecting device situated between the first control device and the pressure distribution device, the actuators being activatable as a function of an accident characteristic which is ascertainable with the aid of the first control device and which is transmittable to the pressure distribution device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Marcus Wellhoefer, Werner Nitschke, Monika Nitschke
  • COLD GAS GENERATOR FOR PROVIDING COLD GAS FOR ACTIVATING AN AIR BAG AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COLD GAS FOR ACTIVATING AN AIR BAG
    Publication number: 20140326320
    Abstract: A cold gas generator for providing cold gas for an activation of an air bag, the cold gas generator having a cold gas outlet for connection to the air bag, a first volume for a first cold gas, a first connecting device, a second volume for a second cold gas and a second connecting device. The first connecting device is developed to connect the first volume to the cold gas outlet, in response to a first activating pulse. The second connecting device is developed to connect the second volume to the cold gas outlet or to the first volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventor: Monika Nitschke
  • Activation system for actuators of a vehicle seat device
    Publication number: 20140284908
    Abstract: An activation system for actuators of a vehicle seat device, including a first control device; a gas pressure accumulator having a gas pressure accumulator valve situated on it; a pressure distribution device functionally connected to the gas pressure accumulator; and a connecting device situated between the first control device and the pressure distribution device, the actuators being activatable as a function of an accident characteristic which is ascertainable with the aid of the first control device and which is transmittable to the pressure distribution device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Matthias Marcus Wellhoefer, Werner Nitschke, Monika Nitschke