Patents by Inventor Friedrich Stephan

Friedrich Stephan 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: 7360747
    Abstract: A holder for a food or beverage container includes a housing having an opening, a holding arm having a retracted position, and a multipartite mask arrangement associated with the housing opening. The multipartite mask arrangement includes a plurality of masks mounted for movement on the housing, and the masks are movable independently of one another from an open position uncovering the housing opening to a closed position closing the housing opening. The holding arm includes a receiver for the container and is received in the housing in the retracted position. The mask arrangement closes the housing opening when the holding arm is at the retracted position, and at least partially uncovers the housing opening for a deployment of the holding arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Friedrich Stephan, Martin Frank, Andreas Schneider
  • Publication number: 20050225112
    Abstract: A holder for a food or beverage container includes a housing having an opening, a holding arm having a retracted position, and a multipartite mask arrangement associated with the housing opening. The multipartite mask arrangement includes a plurality of masks mounted for movement on the housing, and the masks are movable independently of one another from an open position uncovering the housing opening to a closed position closing the housing opening. The holding arm includes a receiver for the container and is received in the housing in the retracted position. The mask arrangement closes the housing opening when the holding arm is at the retracted position, and at least partially uncovers the housing opening for a deployment of the holding arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
    Inventors: Friedrich Stephan, Martin Frank, Andreas Schneider
  • Patent number: 5758920
    Abstract: A cover for the dashboard of a motor vehicle is detachably held in place by predetermined breaking points. In the event of a crash, the breaking points shear off, permitting the steering column, together with the cover, to collapse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. H.C.F. Porsche AG
    Inventor: Friedrich Stephan
  • Patent number: 4770439
    Abstract: An impact protection system for an occupant of a motor vehicle with a prefabricated constructional unit that is fastened at parts of the vehicle body and which includes a generator housing, a base plate, a gas cushion, a generator and a cover provided with a tearing seam, is provided with a receiving frame that is adjustably connected with a support part of a dashboard. The prefabricated constructional unit is fastened at the receiving frame. The support partg delimits a recess of the dashboard that is closed off by a recess cover. The cover, via a releasable snap-in connection and an additional fastening, interacts with the receiving frame such that when the gas cushion unfolds, the snap-in connection opens up and the cover, via a desired bending point formed by the receiving frame, is swivelled preferably upward in the direction of a windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Walter Maier, Rainer Kneip, Friedrich Stephan, Franz-Rudolf Wierschem