Patents by Inventor Winfried Gauch

Winfried Gauch 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 AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING THE ELECTRIC STEERING LOCK FOR THE STEERING COLUMN OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140249719
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the electric steering lock (1) for the steering column (2) of a motor vehicle, consisting in effecting an automatic predetermined rotation of the steering column (2), locking the steering lock (2), when the engine (4) of this vehicle is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicants: VALEO SECURITE HABITACLE, VALEO SICHERHEITSSYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Winfried Gauch, Emmanuel Bollinger
  • Taillight fixture of a vehicle preferably a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 5952917
    Abstract: A taillight fixture for a motor vehicle has at least one light window and a light arrangement with lights, including a brake light, a turn signal light, and a taillight, arranged behind the light window. Light beams emitted by the light arrangement pass through the light window to the exterior. At least one first light-sensitive sensor is positioned in the area of the light window. A control device is provided and the at least one first sensor is connected thereto. At least one of the lights of the light arrangement is connected to the control device, and the control device controls the luminocity of at least one light based on signals received from the first sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Werner Zimmermann, Djuanarto Kusuma, Helmut Haf, Winfried Gauch