Bernhard Mattes
80Patents
21h-index
94Co-inventors
91Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 10, 1976 → Nov 27, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5118134A | Method and apparatus for protecting motor vehicle occupants | Physics | 187 | Expired |
| US5411289A | Air bag system for a motor vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 107 | Expired |
| US6141604A | Method and arrangement for detecting a vehicle roll-over | Performing Operations; Transporting | 84 | Expired |
| US5737224A | Apparatus and method for tripping a system for the protection of occupants of a vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 79 | Expired |
| US5014810A | Method for controlling the release of passenger restraint systems | Performing Operations; Transporting | 55 | Expired |
| US6424897B1 | Device for producing a signal to initiate actuation of a security system in a vehicle making an overturn | Performing Operations; Transporting | 43 | Expired |
| US4700973A | Trigger system for a vehicular passenger restraint system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 41 | Expired |
| US6960993B2 | Device for transmitting signals and/or energy to a vehicle seat rail system | Physics | 41 | Expired |
| US5068793A | Apparatus for triggering passenger protection systems | Performing Operations; Transporting | 39 | Expired |
| US6772056B2 | Data bus for constraint means in a vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 35 | Expired |
| US6784792B2 | Method and device for recognition of a collision with a pedestrian | Performing Operations; Transporting | 34 | Expired |
| US7505754B2 | Deployment of vehicle safety restraint via wireless trigger signal | Performing Operations; Transporting | 34 | Expired |
| US4638179A | Extended response trigger circuit | Performing Operations; Transporting | 33 | Expired |
| US7102495B2 | Method for preventing collisions involving motor vehicles | Performing Operations; Transporting | 29 | Expired |
| US5483447A | Apparatus for tripping a system for the protection of occupants of a vehicle | Performing Operations; Transporting | 28 | Expired |
| US5037129A | Safety device for vehicle occupants | Physics | 25 | Expired |
| US4784237A | Apparatus for automatic release of passenger protection devices in the event of an accident | Performing Operations; Transporting | 24 | Expired |
| US5204547A | Air bag system for protection of the occupants of motor vehicles | Performing Operations; Transporting | 23 | Expired |
| US4641041A | Circuit arrangement for registering false release signals for a restraint system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 23 | Expired |
| US5646454A | Electronic safety device for vehicle occupants including a memory device for storing fault conditions and associated control commands | Physics | 23 | Expired |
| US5440913A | Electronic device for safeguarding occupants of a vehicle and method for testing the same | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US6308554A | Electronic device having an acceleration-sensitive sensor | Physics | 21 | Expired |
| US6496759B1 | Process for determining a critical angular position of a vehicle leading to roll-over | Performing Operations; Transporting | 20 | Expired |
| US5764465A | Electronic circuit arrangement having polarity reversal protection | Performing Operations; Transporting | 19 | Expired |
| US5146104A | Electronic device for triggering a safety device | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 17 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.