Thorsten Koch
Thorsten Koch, Seeheim-Jugenheim DE
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20100109378 | 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 - The invention relates to a device for a motor vehicle for protecting vehicle occupants when there is an impact of energy directed laterally at a motor vehicle door due to a collision, having a connecting structure which has at least two parts, a first and a second part, of which the first part is permanently connected with the motor vehicle door and the second part is permanently connected with an energy-absorbing region of the motor vehicle body located in the vehicle interior and both parts via at least one common joint region can be operationally connected with each other for the calculated conducting-away of at least one part of the energy input laterally acting on the motor vehicle door in the region of the motor vehicle body. | 05-06-2010 |
20130047839 | ACTIVATION UNIT WITH AN ACTUATOR - An activation unit is disclosed having at least one actuator having a variable length disposed around at least one first axis. The activation unit operatively interacts with an activation element mounted so that it can be bi-directionally deflected along a second axis. The front side of the actuator is indirectly or directly engaged with a first piston, which can be deflected along the first axis in a mechanically positively driven manner. The first piston has a front side facing away from the actuator which axially borders at least regions of a transfer medium on one side. The transfer medium is radially surrounded relative to a first axis by a housing radially to the first axis, and axially borders at least regionally a front side of at least one second piston. The at least second piston can be deflected in a mechanically positively driven manner, and engages the activation element directly or indirectly. An actively variable and/or passive temperature control medium is provided on and/or in the housing that is in indirect or direct thermal contact with the transfer medium. | 02-28-2013 |
20140298794 | ACTUATOR HAVING AT LEAST ONE CONTROL ELEMENT WHICH HAS THERMAL TRANSDUCER MATERIAL - The invention is an actuator which includes at least one control element which has thermally activatable transducer material and which, in response to the supply or dissipation of energy, changes from a first shape state into a second shape state, and a mechanical energy store, which is functionally connected to the control element and, when the control element is in the second shape state, exerts on the control element a restoring force which returns the control element to the first shape state. The mechanical energy store includes an elastomer body, which at least in some regions is in direct physical and thermal contact with the control element, the elastomer body is connected in a spatially fixed manner to the control element in at least two spatially separated joining regions along the control element. | 10-09-2014 |
Thorsten Koch, Weissach DE
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20090273128 | Apparatus including an MR-fluid hydraulic mount - A first expression of an embodiment of the invention is for apparatus including a magnetorheological-fluid (MR-fluid) hydraulic mount. The mount includes an internal MR-fluid cavity and a partition plate assembly. The partition plate assembly partitions the cavity into first and second MR-fluid chambers. The mount is adapted to receive an MR-fluid pressure sensor in fluid communication with the second MR-fluid chamber. A second expression of an embodiment of the invention is for apparatus including an MR-fluid hydraulic mount. The mount includes an internal MR-fluid cavity, a partition plate assembly, and an MR-fluid pressure sensor. The partition plate assembly partitions the cavity into first and second MR-fluid chambers. The MR-fluid pressure sensor is in fluid communication with the second MR-fluid chamber. | 11-05-2009 |
20090276098 | Method for controlling an MR-fluid hydraulic mount connected to a vehicle engine - A method of the invention is for controlling an MR-fluid hydraulic mount connected to a vehicle engine. The mount includes an internal MR-fluid cavity. The mount includes a partition plate assembly partitioning the cavity into first and second MR-fluid chambers. The partition plate assembly has an orifice extending from the first MR-fluid chamber to the second MR-fluid chamber. The mount includes an electric coil positioned to magnetically influence the orifice. The method includes, when the vehicle engine is at idle, determining a reference pressure as a fluid pressure within the second MR-fluid chamber. The method includes, when the vehicle engine is above idle, determining a command electric current to be applied to the electric coil using at least a difference between the reference pressure and a current fluid pressure within the second MR-fluid chamber. The method includes applying the command electric output current to the electric coil. | 11-05-2009 |
Thorsten Koch, Schwieberdingen DE
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20090026719 | Chassis System for a Motor Vehicle and Method for Driving Dynamics Regulation - A chassis system for a motor vehicle has a device for roll stabilization and a device for wheel camber adjustment. The device for roll stabilization and the device for wheel camber adjustment have one or more hydraulic actuating devices. The device for roll stabilization and the device for wheel camber adjustment are coupled to one another by a common hydraulic system. Accordingly, a link is provided between the roll stabilization arrangement and the camber adjustment arrangement in the motor vehicle. An active camber adjustment arrangement is realized by using the hydraulic power supply and the valves of the roll stabilization arrangement. | 01-29-2009 |
Thorsten Koch, Schwalbach/taunus DE
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20120003602 | DEVICE FOR OBSERVATION OF THE ORAL CAVITY - A device for observation of the oral cavity having a mirror arrangement with at least one mirror element assigned to a certain observation zone in the oral cavity area and a positioning structure for positioning the mirror arrangement in the oral cavity in a reproducible manner. | 01-05-2012 |
Thorsten Koch, Metzingen DE
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20150020951 | VIBRATION WELDING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A VIBRATION WELDING MACHINE - The invention relates to a vibration welding machine ( | 01-22-2015 |