Patents by Inventor Ulrike Schafmeister

Ulrike Schafmeister 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).

  • Device for starting the engine of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 7541689
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for starting the engine of a motor vehicle equipped with an authentification device, which includes an access entitlement unit that the user can carry and a vehicle-side access entitlement test device having a receptacle for the access entitlement unit, and with a tripping unit, which includes a tripping element that when activated can initiate an engine start. The tripping element and the receptacle are connected mechanically together such that the tripping element is actuatable by an essentially translatory movement of the access entitlement unit inserted into the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gert Hildebrand, Ulrike Schafmeister, Marc Girard
  • Device for starting the engine of a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20070056792
    Abstract: A device and method are provided for starting the engine of a motor vehicle equipped with an authentification device, which includes an access entitlement unit that the user can carry and a vehicle-side access entitlement test device having a receptacle for the access entitlement unit, and with a tripping unit, which includes a tripping element that when activated can initiate an engine start. The tripping element and the receptacle are connected mechanically together such that the tripping element is actuatable by an essentially translatory movement of the access entitlement unit inserted into the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gert Hildebrand, Ulrike Schafmeister, Marc Girard
  • Frontal configuration of a steering wheel
    Patent number: D565485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Ulrike Schafmeister