Barrel Patents (Class 296/4)
  • Patent number: 10775480
    Abstract: A system, device and method for wireless device localization using a differential evolution algorithm in a continuous trilateration process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: Volkswagen AG, PORSCHE AG, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Liang Kong, Oleg Tolstov, Andrea Kuklenyik, Florian Rill
  • Patent number: 8672382
    Abstract: A pedestrian protection system for a motor vehicle includes an impact recognition sensor for recognizing an impact of the motor vehicle with a pedestrian. The impact recognition sensor is located in a front fender of the motor vehicle, next to an outer skin that lines the fender, or in a front part of the motor vehicle, next to an outer skin that lines the front part of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Stefan Schinke, Thorsten Gaas, Andre Zander
  • Patent number: 4061391
    Abstract: A left truck engageable carriage that removably supports a number of stocks of cylindrical drums in side by side abutting contact to provide a unitized assembly that may be transported as such on a flat bed truck or flat car. The carriage is particularly adapted for use with empty drums and minimizes the individual handling of the latter as they are returned by users to a facility for cleaning and refurbishing, as well as minimizing handling when the cleaned drums are forwarded to a user for filling with a desired liquid product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1977
    Inventor: Theodore T. Violette