Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Spindler

Wolfgang Spindler 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).

  • Positioning device
    Patent number: 8083261
    Abstract: A positioning device has a deformable load-bearing element (10), a shaped part (12) coupled to the load-bearing element (10), and a holder (24). The load-bearing element (10) is adapted to be shifted from a first position in which the shaped part (12) is held in a first shape by the holder (24), into a second position in which the shaped part (12) is at least partially no longer held by the holder (24) and takes a second shape which is transmitted to the load-bearing element (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: TRW Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Grau, Wolfgang Holbein, Karsten Kortschack, Wolfgang Spindler, Alexander Seibold, Jonas Mueller
  • Positioning device
    Publication number: 20090302593
    Abstract: A positioning device has a deformable load-bearing element (10), a shaped part (12) coupled to the load-bearing element (10), and a holder (24). The load-bearing element (10) is adapted to be shifted from a first position in which the shaped part (12) is held in a first shape by the holder (24), into a second position in which the shaped part (12) is at least partially no longer held by the holder (24) and takes a second shape which is transmitted to the load-bearing element (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Hermann Grau, Wolfgang Holbein, Karsten Kortschack, Wolfgang Spindler, Alexander Seibold, Jonas Mueller