Patents by Inventor Werner Zanzinger

Werner Zanzinger 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).

  • Patent number: 11976710
    Abstract: A device comprising a main support an equipment support having a first position and a second position adjustable relative to the height of the main support. A first crank lever is mounted to the first bearing and rotatable about a first rotational axis via a first shaft. A connecting rod is connected to the first crank lever via a first joint and to the equipment support via a second joint. A guide is arranged such that the equipment support is displaceable while guided to remain parallel to the main support. The equipment support passes an upper dead center position when moving from a first to a second position by rotation of the first crank lever and, upon further rotation a stop element contacts a stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Werner Zanzinger
  • Publication number: 20240101044
    Abstract: A pivotable display system having a traction spring tensioned to reversibly pivot the display around a pivot axis of a shaft connected to an upper portion of a display in a direction from a front side of the display toward the rear side of the display. In the event of an accident-related application of force below a threshold, the display is rotatable in a rearward direction toward an instrument panel, so that a steering column pushed in a direction towards the display avoids or at least reduces the risk of destruction of the display. In the event of accident-related application of force above the threshold, the traction spring may reversibly displace the display upwardly away from the steering column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Laurentiu Pop, Werner Zanzinger, Tobias Huth, Jörg Thomas, Sergiu Rinja, Caius Ungureanu, Marius Pascalau
  • Publication number: 20200208719
    Abstract: A device comprising a main support an equipment support having a first position and a second position adjustable relative to the height of the main support. A first crank lever is mounted to the first bearing and rotatable about a first rotational axis via a first shaft. A connecting rod is connected to the first crank lever via a first joint and to the equipment support via a second joint. A guide is arranged such that the equipment support is displaceable while guided to remain parallel to the main support. The equipment support passes an upper dead center position when moving from a first to a second position by rotation of the first crank lever and, upon further rotation a stop element contacts a stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Werner Zanzinger