Patents by Inventor Frank Spoerle

Frank Spoerle 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: 6953612
    Abstract: In a trim part for decorative purposes, especially in the interior, and in this case preferably for the interior trim of the passenger compartments of vehicles, a cover layer of natural stone is applied to the visible side of a base part. For this purpose, the negative shape of the base part is machined from a natural stone block and the two are combined permanently to form a sandwich. Then the surface is machined on the visible side, and finally clear lacquer is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventor: Frank Spoerle
  • Patent number: 6699349
    Abstract: A method for the production of a trim part for decorative purposes, especially for the forming of interior and/or exterior trim parts for motor vehicles, having a thin ornamental layer made from an inorganic and/or crystalline material that is fragile in thin-layer form, especially natural stone, includes the following method steps: first, a flexible, at least partially transparent stabilizing material is applied to the surface of a block of inorganic and/or crystalline material and is separated together with a thin ornamental layer from the block of inorganic and/or crystalline material; then the laminate of ornamental layer and stabilizing material is placed in a casting mold for the trim part; the casting mold is closed by moving an upper mold and a lower mold relative to one another, and the ornamental layer is thereby shaped into a desired three-dimensional form determined by the casting mold; then the casting mold is filled with at least approximately transparent material and the ornamental layer is the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Frank Spörle, Michael Walter, Anita Warmuth
  • Publication number: 20020108698
    Abstract: In a trim part for decorative purposes, especially in the interior, and in this case preferably for the interior trim of the passenger compartments of vehicles, a cover layer of natural stone is applied to the visible side of a base part. For this purpose, the negative shape of the base part is machined from a natural stone block and the two are combined permanently to form a sandwich. Then the surface is machined on the visible side, and finally clear lacquer is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventor: Frank Spoerle
  • Patent number: 6398890
    Abstract: In a trim part for decorative purposes, especially in the interior, and in this case preferably for the interior trim of the passenger compartments of vehicles, a cover layer of natural stone is applied to the visible side of a base part. For this purpose, the negative shape of the base part is machined from a natural stone block and the two are combined permanently to form a sandwich. Then the surface is machined on the visible side, and finally clear lacquer is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrylser AG
    Inventor: Frank Spoerle
  • Patent number: D589424
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Futschik, Thorsten Klein, Frank Spoerle
  • Patent number: D593017
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Apostolos Antoniadis, Martin Kreidl, Peter Pfeiffer, Frank Spoerle
  • Patent number: D595202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Frank Spoerle
  • Patent number: D604684
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Frank Spoerle
  • Patent number: D623108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Frank Spoerle
  • Patent number: D623111
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventor: Frank Spoerle
  • Patent number: D634689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Futschik, Steffen Koehl, Frank Spoerle, Gorden Wagener
  • Patent number: D635904
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Futschik, Steffen Koehl, Frank Spoerle, Gorden Wagener
  • Patent number: D635906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Futschik, Steffen Koehl, Frank Spoerle, Gorden Wagener
  • Patent number: D635907
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Futschik, Steffen Koehl, Frank Spoerle, Gorden Wagener
  • Patent number: D654843
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Futschik, Steffen Koehl, Frank Spoerle, Gorden Wagener