Patents by Inventor Otakar Fialka

Otakar Fialka 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: 10393567
    Abstract: A container system, having a container with an outer wall and a cavity which has either a slotted-guide element or a sliding block, a sound transducer unit with a longitudinal axis, which includes the other of the sliding block or the slotted-guide element, and a coupling element for acoustically coupling the sound transducer unit with the container. A contour of the slotted-guide element is formed such that, when introducing the sound transducer unit into the cavity, a first path of movement of the sound transducer unit relative to the container occurs, without mechanical contact of the coupling element with either the sound transducer unit or the outer wall. A second path of movement occurs, where the sound transducer unit pivots relative to the container until the sound transducer unit reaches an end position, where the coupling element is pressed in between the outer wall and the sound transducer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Otakar Fialka, Karl-Friedrich Pfeiffer
  • Publication number: 20170234718
    Abstract: A container system, having a container with an outer wall and a cavity which has either a slotted-guide element or a sliding block, a sound transducer unit with a longitudinal axis, which includes the other of the sliding block or the slotted-guide element, and a coupling element for acoustically coupling the sound transducer unit with the container. A contour of the slotted-guide element is formed such that, when introducing the sound transducer unit into the cavity, a first path of movement of the sound transducer unit relative to the container occurs, without mechanical contact of the coupling element with either the sound transducer unit or the outer wall. A second path of movement occurs, where the sound transducer unit pivots relative to the container until the sound transducer unit reaches an end position, where the coupling element is pressed in between the outer wall and the sound transducer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Otakar Fialka, Karl-Friedrich Pfeiffer