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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4465294 | Safety ski binding A safety ski binding includes a jaw for releasably holding a ski boot sole, which jaw has strain sensors which produce electrical signals in response to forces exerted on the jaw and an electrically operated release mechanism. A plug board provided in the... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4463968 | Method for programmed release in ski bindings A method for achieving programmed release in ski bindings determines release criterial in order to minimize selected types of lower extremity ski injuries, the release criteria being formulated from biomechanical models and associated equations. Analog an... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4460195 | Automatic clamping and release mechanism A clamping and releasing mechanism is disclosed. In the exemplary embodiment the mechanism comprises a housing accommodating a telescopic piston-pin, the rearward end of which is mechanically locked. Pressure sensors located at the forward portion of the ... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4458157 | Method and apparatus for releasing a ski boot from a ski A method and apparatus for actuating a safety ski binding, for the purpose, in hazardous situations, of automatically releasing a ski boot from a ski on which it is held. The forces exerted by the ski on the leg of the skier are continuously integrated wi... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4457532 | Method and apparatus for the actuating behavior of safety ski binding A method and apparatus for automatically releasing a ski boot from a ski on which the ski boot is held by a ski binding. Circuitry is provided for continuously monitoring over a time integral the forces exerted by the ski on the leg of the skier. The moni... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4444411 | Safety ski binding A safety ski binding includes a first jaw which is fixedly mounted on a ski and a second jaw which is supported movably on the ski and includes an electrically activated release mechanism. A piezoelectric sensor is provided on each jaw, the sensor in the ... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4436321 | Electrically releasable safety ski binding An electrically releasable safety ski binding in which a measuring system determines the load applied to a skier's leg during skiing and a release mechanism incorporating an electromechanical converter such as a solenoid acts on a clamp device securing th... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4415176 | Electronically released snow ski binding A ski binding for releasably securing a ski boot to a ski includes strain gages mounted between the ski and the ski binding housing. The strain gages measure forces induced on the binding and develop electrical signals commensurate thereto. The signals ar... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4405151 | Locking device for an electronic safety ski binding A locking device for an electronic safety ski binding comprises two interengaged locking members of which the locked member is connected to a sole retainer and is movable between its releasing and its retaining position in which it is held by the locking ... | 09/20/1983 |
| 4402524 | Battery-charging generator for electronic ski binding A safety ski binding comprises force-pick-ups for generating electric signals in response to forces and/or torques acting on the skier's leg, an electronic integrated circuit for initiating the operation of the releasing mechanism by a tripping signal gen... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4395759 | Electronic safety ski binding with redundant sensors An electronic safety ski binding comprises force sensors for generating electric signals in response to forces and/or torques acting on the skier's leg, and an electronic integrated circuit for processing the electrical signals and initiating the operatio... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4387307 | Electronic safety ski binding release A system for processing analog electrical input signals to produce output signals having frequencies determined by electrical adapting signals, in which the adapting signals may depend upon characteristics of the input signals.... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4385773 | Ski safety binding A ski safety binding is provided with a measuring system for determining the occurrence of a dangerous bending moment about a transverse axis 11 passing through the weakest point of the skier's leg lying generally somewhat above the ankle. In a first embo... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4360218 | Step-in electrical releasable ski binding In a step-in electrical releasable ski binding (1) there is provided clamping means (5,6) having an open condition and a closed condition and a force unit (15) for providing a clamping force for releasably securing a ski boot (4) to a ski (2). A holding m... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4349212 | Holding plate, in particular for ski bindings A circuit arrangement embodied within the construction of a ski. A conductor plate is provided inside the ski and has at least one threaded opening therein for threadedly receiving a screw which facilitates a fastening of a base plate for a ski binding me... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4309760 | Electronic integrating system A system for integrating signals at a rate according to the characteristics of the signals. These characteristics include the direction of change of the signals and their magnitude. A ski binding release system incorporating a force responsive integration... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4291894 | Electrical ski boot release Apparatus for releasing a binding which fastens a ski boot to a ski, produces one or more electrical signals corresponding to the force between the ski and the ski boot and the torque between the ski and the ski boot, and actuates a ski boot release mecha... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4280714 | Safety bindings for skis A safety binding for a ski, includes a main circuit for providing a signal to control the release of the binding and thus the freeing of a user's ski boot. The binding includes at least one additional circuit for providing an electrical signal which is in... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4160555 | Safety bindings for skis A ski safety binding has a ski boot clamping member on a ski and a means for locking the member. An electric release for the safety binding comprises means for detecting a force on the skier's leg and for producing a signal as a function of this force. Th... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4159124 | Safety binding for a ski A ski binding having a locking device tripped electromechanically. The device includes an electromagnetic circuit comprising means producing a permanent magnetic field and a winding able to move in said field, the winding being connected to a member for retain... | 06/26/1979 |
| 4156534 | Safety bindings for skis A safety binding for skis incorporates a device for adjusting the binding employing an electrical circuit assembly for detecting the stress exerted during skiing, or values representative of this stress, enabling alteration of the adjustment of the bindin... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4140331 | Sports equipment A safety ski binding whereby a ski is secured detachably to a ski boot including an electrical or electronic device connected to a supply of electricity. A switch is located between the device and supply and includes a moveable part which is actuated auto... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4135733 | Safety bindings for skis A safety binding for skis in which release of the boot from the ski is effected by a signal issuing from an electrical circuit. The electrical signal is a function of the force applied to a skier's leg, and is received in a circuit which compares the sign... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4130296 | Ski-binding A ski binding for releasably securing a ski boot to a ski and for releasing the ski boot upon the application of predetermined forces to the boot, the ski binding comprising a boot engaging member movable in a linear path between a boot engaging position ... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4121854 | Electro-pyrotechnic unlocking device, in particular for a safety fixture for a ski The device is automatically re-armed and comprises at least one pyrotechnic jack and a push-member actuated by the jack for unlocking the fixture. A loader carries a plurality of pyrotechnic charges for actuating the jack in succession. A device is provid... | 10/24/1978 |
| 3960383 | Magnetic ski binding An improved ski binding assembly includes front and rear magnetic coupling units which are attachable to a ski and boot attachments which coact with the coupling units to hold the boot to the ski. Each coupling unit comprises means for providing an adjust... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3947051 | Safety ski binding with transmitter arranged between the leg and the shoe of the skier A release binding with a transmitter, arranged between the leg and the boot of the skier or a part corresponding to the boot, for the initiation of the release operation of the binding during falls, particularly during forward falls, in which the transmit... | 03/30/1976 |
