Patents by Inventor Thomas Dramlitsch

Thomas Dramlitsch 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 downsizing a safety device for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8794672
    Abstract: A method of downscaling the travel-time-function of a reference body of mass mt in a spring-mass system with a spring providing a spring force when the spring-mass system is exposed to an acceleration field with an acceleration which moves the reference body against the spring force according to the travel-time-function is provided. In this method, the downscaling is done by coupling the reference body of mass mt to additional masses mr which are kinematically linked together in such a way that they do not react to acceleration field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventor: Thomas Dramlitsch
  • METHOD FOR DOWNSIZING A SAFETY DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20130092778
    Abstract: A method of downscaling the travel-time-function of a reference body of mass mt in a spring-mass system with a spring providing a spring force when the spring-mass system is exposed to an acceleration field with an acceleration which moves the reference body against the spring force according to the travel-time-function is provided. In this method, the downscaling is done by coupling the reference body of mass mt to additional masses mr which are kinematically linked together in such a way that they do not react to acceleration field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas Dramlitsch
  • Method of establishing belt pullout in an occupant restraint system for vehicles and an occupant restraint system for vehicles
    Patent number: 7823923
    Abstract: A method of establishing belt pullout in an occupant restraint system for vehicles with a safety belt includes the steps: detecting the vehicle acceleration, and establishing the belt pullout in dependence on the detected vehicle acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Inventor: Thomas Dramlitsch
  • Method of Establishing Belt Pullout in an Occupant Restraint System for Vehicles and an Occupant Restraint System for Vehicles
    Publication number: 20070256876
    Abstract: A method of establishing belt pullout in an occupant restraint system for vehicles with a safety belt includes the steps: detecting the vehicle acceleration, and establishing the belt pullout in dependence on the detected vehicle acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventor: Thomas Dramlitsch