Patents by Inventor Volker Salzer

Volker Salzer 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).

  • Operating element for a proximity relating device for vehicles
    Patent number: 6234269
    Abstract: An operating element is provided for a proximity regulating device for vehicles with an actuating lever. The operating element actuating lever has a rotatably mounted head that can assume a plurality of radial switch positions. If the head is in its initial switch position, the proximity regulating device sets an initial distance from a leading vehicle. As the result of the rotary movement from this initial switch position, one or more additional radial switch positions can be set for a near distance in which the proximity regulating device sets a set distance from a leading vehicle that is shorter than the initial distance. Finally, one or more radial switch positions are provided in which the proximity regulating device sets a far distance that is greater than the initial distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Volker Salzer, Michael Dimitrov