Patents by Inventor Novica Zelenovic

Novica Zelenovic 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).

  • Motor-vehicle pyrotechnic unit
    Patent number: 7484448
    Abstract: A pyrotechnic release unit has a generally tubular casing having an open rear end and an open front end and adapted to be secured to one of a pair of separable vehicle parts, a pin releasably retained in the front end of the housing and adapted to be secured to the other of the pair of separable vehicle parts, a support plug fittable through the rear end into the housing and carrying a pyrotechnic charge turned toward the front end, and a latch element bearing rearward on the casing and forward on the support plug and sufficiently strong that on explosion of the charge the support plug remains fixed in the casing and the pin is blown out of the front end of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Hirschmann Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Günther Schmid, Novica Zelenovic
  • Motor-vehicle pyrotechnic unit
    Publication number: 20060230914
    Abstract: A pyrotechnic release unit has a generally tubular casing having an open rear end and an open front end and adapted to be secured to one of a pair of separable vehicle parts, a pin releasably retained in the front end of the housing and adapted to be secured to the other of the pair of separable vehicle parts, a support plug fittable through the rear end into the housing and carrying a pyrotechnic charge turned toward the front end, and a latch element bearing rearward on the casing and forward on the support plug and sufficiently strong that on explosion of the charge the support plug remains fixed in the casing and the pin is blown out of the front end of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Gunther Schmid, Novica Zelenovic