Patents by Inventor Daniel Eichlinger

Daniel Eichlinger 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).

  • Patent number: 10900409
    Abstract: A device for controlling an air flow in a motor vehicle compartment. The device includes: a frame defining an opening; a plurality of slats extending across the frame, arranged above one another; and an actuator connected to each of the slats by a respective fastener. Each slat extends in a respective air deflection plane, and is movable via the actuator, between: a closed position, in which the slats cooperate with one another to block the passage of the air through the opening, and an open position, in which the slats allow the air to flow through the opening, the deflection planes of the slats intersecting upstream from the frame. Each fastener is mounted rotatably only on the actuator, around a respective actuating axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: FLEX-N-GATE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Yann Clapie, Bertrand Thoulouze, Daniel Eichlinger
  • Publication number: 20180347449
    Abstract: A device for controlling an air flow in a motor vehicle compartment. The device includes: a frame defining an opening; a plurality of slats extending across the frame, arranged above one another; and an actuator connected to each of the slats by a respective fastener. Each slat extends in a respective air deflection plane, and is movable via the actuator, between: a closed position, in which the slats cooperate with one another to block the passage of the air through the opening, and an open position, in which the slats allow the air to flow through the opening, the deflection planes of the slats intersecting upstream from the frame. Each fastener is mounted rotatably only on the actuator, around a respective actuating axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Yann CLAPIE, Bertrand THOULOUZE, Daniel EICHLINGER
  • Patent number: 9381946
    Abstract: A multi-functional support for a motor vehicle, wherein the multi-functional support comprises a plurality of mounts for accommodating, in a supporting manner, motor vehicle front elements, wherein the motor vehicle front elements are visible in the installed state in an outside top view of the motor vehicle, wherein the multi-functional support together with the received motor vehicle front elements can be fixed so as to be mounted in a floating manner on a body of the motor vehicle, wherein the floating mounting is designed such that, by releasing the fixing and by displacing the multi-functional support relative to the body, a joint line, which is visible in an outside top view of the motor vehicle, between the motor vehicle front elements and outer motor vehicle trim parts directly adjacent to the motor vehicle front elements can be adjusted in a predefined manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: FAURECIA EXTERIORS GMBH
    Inventors: Yann Clapie, Stefan Meder, Daniel Eichlinger, Roland Wohlmuth, Michael Straus, Karl-Heinz Killersreiter, Jacques Hoffner, Pascal Joly-Pottuz
  • Patent number: 9114837
    Abstract: A force deflecting component (100) for a motor vehicle for protecting an underside of the motor vehicle against an impact of a curb edge, wherein the force-deflecting component (100) is configured to be arranged on a motor vehicle longitudinal member (102) on the underside of the motor vehicle in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle and connected in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle by a support (104) connected to the body of the motor vehicle, wherein the force-deflecting component (100) comprises an impact surface (112) and is elastically deformable in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle to completely absorb forces acting on the impact surface (112) in the event of a sudden movement of the motor vehicle in the direction of the curb edge caused by a curb departure of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Faurecia Exteriors GmbH
    Inventors: Yann Clapie, Daniel Eichlinger
  • Publication number: 20140167454
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multi-functional support (1) for a motor vehicle, wherein the multi-functional support (1) comprises a plurality of mounts for accommodating, in a supporting manner, motor vehicle front elements (2; 3; 12), wherein the motor vehicle front elements (2; 3; 12) are visible in the installed state in an outside top view of the motor vehicle, wherein the multi-functional support (1) together with the received motor vehicle front elements (2; 3; 12) can be fixed so as to be mounted in a floating manner on a body (11; 13; 14) of the motor vehicle, wherein the floating mounting is designed such that, by releasing the fixing and by displacing the multi-functional support (1) relative to the body (11; 13; 14), a joint line (30), which is visible in an outside top view of the motor vehicle, between the motor vehicle front elements (2; 3; 12) and outer motor vehicle trim parts (8) directly adjacent to the motor vehicle front elements (2; 3; 12) can be adjusted in a predefined manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: FAURECIA EXTERIORS GMBH
    Inventors: Yann Clapie, Stefan Meder, Daniel Eichlinger, Roland Wohlmuth, Michael Straus, Karl-Heinz Killersreiter, Jaques Hoffner, Pascal Joly-Pottuz
  • Publication number: 20140015281
    Abstract: A force deflecting component (100) for a motor vehicle for protecting an underside of the motor vehicle against an impact of a curb edge, wherein the force-deflecting component (100) is configured to be arranged on a motor vehicle longitudinal member (102) on the underside of the motor vehicle in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle and connected in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle by a support (104) connected to the body of the motor vehicle, wherein the force-deflecting component (100) comprises an impact surface (112) and is elastically deformable in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle to completely absorb forces acting on the impact surface (112) in the event of a sudden movement of the motor vehicle in the direction of the curb edge caused by a curb departure of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Faurecia Exteriors GmbH
    Inventors: Yann Clapie, Daniel Eichlinger