Patents by Inventor Christoph Daab

Christoph Daab has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140183847
    Abstract: An instrument panel is integrated into the vehicle, and extends from the driver to the passenger side in a longitudinal extension. The vehicle encompasses a steering wheel, which is arranged on the driver side, and protrudes from the instrument panel in a direction oriented opposite the traveling direction of the vehicle. The vehicle exhibits an airbag module with at least one airbag, which is integrated into the instrument panel in front of the steering wheel as viewed in the traveling direction. The airbag is designed to inflate when and/or after activated out of an opening arranged in the instrument panel in an inflating direction oriented in the direction of an upper body position of the driver. The instrument panel encompasses a guiding ramp, which is designed to guide the airbag over the steering wheel as it being inflated in the inflating direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Ulrich RICK, Christoph DAAB, Frank SATERDAG
  • Patent number: 8128156
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to a bulkhead for separating a vehicle interior space from an engine bay. The entire bulkhead in its upper area at a first bending point bends toward the front side of the vehicle (=forward), to then extend upwardly from there in a forward-arched area, where it forms a window support for a windshield. The bulkhead has an air inlet opening in a forwardly arched area that is connected with the vehicle interior space to supply air to the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Daab, Karl-Heinz Arndt, Norbert Ranker
  • Publication number: 20100201157
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to a bulkhead for separating a vehicle interior space from an engine bay. The entire bulkhead in its upper area at a first bending point bends toward the front side of the vehicle (=forward), to then extend upwardly from there in a forward-arched area, where it forms a window support for a windshield. The bulkhead has an air inlet opening in a forwardly arched area that is connected with the vehicle interior space to supply air to the latter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Christoph Daab, Karl-Heinz Arndt, Norbert Ranker
  • Publication number: 20090218378
    Abstract: A cargo space floor is provided for a motor vehicle and a ski rack is positioned on the cargo space floor that may be pivoted from a lower nonuse position around a first pivot axis into an upper usage position, in which a ski may be fastened to the ski rack. The ski rack has at least one first support strut and one second support strut that are spaced apart from one another and have openings aligned with one another for receiving a ski. A motor vehicle is also provided having such an advantageous cargo space floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Ernesto RUPAR, Monica Felicio FRAGOSO, Andrew DYSON, Christoph DAAB
  • Patent number: D619929
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Tyler, Christoph Daab, Borris Ilse, Sergio Loureiro Da Silva, Boris Jacob