Tobias Melz
26Patents
5h-index
29Co-inventors
65Inventor score
Filing activity: Jul 16, 2004 → Jul 23, 2013
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.