Patents by Inventor Olaf Stindl

Olaf Stindl 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).

  • Impact absorption device for vehicles
    Patent number: 7395896
    Abstract: It is important to recognize the severity of an accident more accurately and reliably. To do so, the present invention consists of installing a compression element (25) that can be compressed reversibly into an impact absorption device (2) in order to dampen the impact on a vehicle component. A pressure sensor is integrated in this compression element (25) which detects the pressure during compression of the compression element (25). From the pressure signal, data such as the collision speed can be determined and a safety device such as an airbag can be triggered. By doing so, expensive early crash sensors and similar devices become unnecessary, while the severity of an accident can be reliably determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Klaus Gerlach, Olaf Stindl, Heiko Jürgens
  • Impact absorption device for vehicles
    Publication number: 20050285430
    Abstract: It is important to recognize the severity of an accident more accurately and reliably. To do so, the present invention consists of installing a compression element (25) that can be compressed reversibly into an impact absorption device (2) in order to dampen the impact on a vehicle component. A pressure sensor is integrated in this compression element (25) which detects the pressure during compression of the compression element (25). From the pressure signal, data such as the collision speed can be determined and a safety device such as an airbag can be triggered. By doing so, expensive early crash sensors and similar devices become unnecessary, while the severity of an accident can be reliably determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Inventors: Klaus Gerlach, Olaf Stindl, Heiko Jurgens