Patents by Inventor Patrick Hellwig

Patrick Hellwig 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 controlling a safety device in a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 7676311
    Abstract: In a method for controlling a safety device in a motor vehicle, wherein the safety device is controlled as a function of at least one preset characteristic of a vehicle seat in the motor vehicle, an electric adjusting mechanism, which is provided for adjusting the preset characteristic of the vehicle seat, detects the measured adjustments, which relate to the preset characteristic, and that the preset characteristic is determined with the aid of the measured adjustments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Richard Baur, Patrick Hellwig, Marko Beszeni
  • Method for controlling a safety device in a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20070182140
    Abstract: In a method for controlling a safety device in a motor vehicle, wherein the safety device is controlled as a function of at least one preset characteristic of a vehicle seat in the motor vehicle, an electric adjusting mechanism, which is provided for adjusting the preset characteristic of the vehicle seat, detects the measured adjustments, which relate to the preset characteristic, and that the preset characteristic is determined with the aid of the measured adjustments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Richard Baur, Patrick Hellwig, Marko Beszeni