Inventor · Thalmässing, DE

Gerhard Mader

26Patents
9h-index
34Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 30, 1983 → Apr 26, 2005

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5748075A Control unit with an air pressure detector for a vehicle passenger protection system Physics 45 Expired
US5157412A Laser beam-induced color printing Electricity 43 Expired
US5085197A Arrangement for the detection of deficiencies in a tank ventilation system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 34 Expired
US6255939A Method and device for sensing an object or a person in the interior of a vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 31 Expired
US4484128A Vector control system for AC motor drives Electricity 28 Expired
US6313739A Device for sensing an object or a person in the interior of a vehicle and method for operating such a device Physics 15 Expired
US6256563A Configuration for controlling an occupant restraint device in a motor vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 13 Expired
US7525416B2 Device, vehicle and method for detecting a collision of an object on a collision location detection region of a vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US6036224A Impact sensor configuration for a motor vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US5821419A Micromechanical sensor unit for detecting acceleration Physics 9 Expired
US7039513B2 Control arrangement and method for testing the operation of a control arrangement of this type for occupant protection means in a motor vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US6282941A Impact detection device, in particular for a motor vehicle Physics 9 Expired
US6256562A Control configuration for an occupant protection system for side collision protection in a vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US6016884A Configuration for triggering a personal protection system Physics 6 Expired
US6452288B1 Method and device for sensing and object or a person in the interior of a vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Expired
US6470249B1 Vehicle occupant protection system for a motor vehicle and method for controlling the triggering of the vehicle occupant protection system Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US5675134A Traffic accident detecting sensor for a passenger protection system in a vehicle Electricity 4 Expired
US6052635A System for triggering a restraining device in a motor vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired
US4831259A Pyrodetector suited for movement-selective and direction-selective detection Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US5969311A Mechanical inertia switch Electricity 4 Expired
US7635042B2 Device for detecting collision with a vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Expired
US6773029B2 Device and method for sensing an object or a person in the interior of a vehicle and vehicle occupant protection apparatus in a vehicle with such a device Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Expired
US6513832B1 Control system for vehicle occupant protection device in a motor vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Expired
US5025146A Optical sensor line of amorphous or polycrystalline photoelectric material having a plurality of sensor elements Electricity 2 Expired
US6459245B1 Voltage supply for a sensor unit and acceleration sensor unit with such a voltage supply Electricity 1 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.