Patents by Inventor Thorsten OKUPNIK

Thorsten OKUPNIK 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).

  • VEHICLE WITH AN OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM WITH AN ENLARGED FREE SPACE AVAILABLE IN THE VEHICLE INTERIOR
    Publication number: 20200238855
    Abstract: A vehicle with a vehicle seat arranged in the vehicle interior, which is paired with an occupant protection system, which has at least one crash detection sensor system that detects at least one acceleration value in the event of a crash, which influences the vehicle in the event of a crash so that inertial forces act on the vehicle seat connected to the vehicle and on the occupant sitting on the vehicle seat on the basis of an acceleration value, wherein the acceleration value is used for the crash-adaptive specification, over time, of said displacement travel of the occupant secured with a belt system on the vehicle seat. A total displacement travel of the vehicle seat in the travel direction comprises an additional, exclusively crash-active displacement travel adjoining a displacement travel of the vehicle seat for seat length adjustment in the travel direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Eduard SEIB, Thorsten OKUPNIK, Juergen CORDES, Jens MESCHKE, Martin SCHMUECKER, Thomas WOHLLEBE, Manuel KURZ, Thomas DRESCHER