Inventor · Darmstadt, DE

Tobias Melz

26Patents
5h-index
29Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 16, 2004 → Jul 23, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7735901B2 Device and method for increasing occupant protection in a vehicle during a side-impact Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US7770391B2 Device for effecting a bi-directional displacement of a means along a guide Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7637359B2 Modular interface for damping mechanical vibrations Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 9 Expired
US9581147B2 Actuator having at least one control element which has thermal transducer material Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 6 Active
US7971486B2 Apparatus and method for the vibroacoustic inspection of a motor vehicles Physics 6 Active
US7547062B2 Device for a motor vehicle that affords occupant protection during the impact of energy directed against a motor vehicle door as a result of a collision Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US8186490B2 Pushing force deviating interface for damping mechanical vibrations Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 4 Active
US7770464B2 Device for dynamically load testing a sample Physics 4 Expired
US7876024B2 Device and method for influencing vibration of a planar element Electricity 4 Expired
US8061763B2 Device for a motor vehicle for protecting vehicle occupants when there is an impact of energy directed at a motor vehicle door due to a collision Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US7610984B2 Device for increasing the degree of occupant protection in a vehicle during a side impact Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Expired
US9442053B2 Test sample frame and system for dynamically and/or cyclically load testing a sample Physics 3 Active
US9739353B2 Active bearing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US9222544B2 Device for mechanical vibration decoupling Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Active
US8282087B2 Oscillation decoupling device Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Active
US9429210B2 Device for transmitting or decoupling mechanical vibrations Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US9668392B2 Method for producing a housing enclosing at least one component under pre-tension Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9899592B2 Actuating drive and method for cooling a solid body actuator housed in an actuating drive with an actuating element Electricity 1 Active
US8312977B2 Apparatus for producing a frictional and/or form-fitting connection between two components which are arranged such that they can be moved linearly or rotated relative to one another Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US7905517B2 Device for increasing occupant protection in a motor vehicle during a lateral impact Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US7795693B2 Flat substrate having an electrically conductive structure Electricity 0 Active
US9584048B2 Electroactive elastomer converter Electricity 0 Active
US7694575B2 Method and drive for influencing the mechanical load-bearing capability and/or loading of a technical structure Physics 0 Expired
US8150053B2 Method and device for eliminating vibrations of a mechanical structure Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active
US9404542B2 Shaft arrangement and method for relaying torques acting around a rotational axis Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 0 Active

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