Patents by Inventor Heinz Soja

Heinz Soja 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: 20090284044
    Abstract: An air guide device, especially an extendable and retractable rear spoiler on a motor vehicle, that includes an adjustable air guide element and at least one, also adjustable, flow element designed as an underflow guard. A sealing element, which seals off an intermediate space between the air guide element and the flow element at least when the air guide element is fully extended, is provided either on the flow guide element or on the flow element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AG
    Inventors: Bela Molnar, Heinz Soja
  • Publication number: 20070075564
    Abstract: A tailgate of a motor vehicle has a vibration absorber configured as a spring-mass system. In order to reduce a vibrating of the tailgate in the driving mode, it is provided that the vibration absorber is fastened as a separate component to the tailgate. The advantages mainly obtained are that of enabling the separate absorber mass to be coordinated with the tailgate in a simple manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Heinz Soja, Okan Gonuldinc, Georg Erdelitsch, Ray Mehdiyoun, Jorg Ocker
  • Patent number: 7040690
    Abstract: An air guiding device is fastened to the front end of the motor vehicle and has a pneumatic operating element in order to displace the air guiding device from an inoperative position into an operative position. In order to protect the pneumatic operating element, for example, from stone as the motor vehicle is driven, the air guiding device comprises a spoiler lip comprising a flexible and elastic material, the pneumatic operating element is constructed as an inflatable hose which, viewed in the driving direction, is arranged behind the spoiler lip, and the elastic spoiler lip, in its inoperative position, rests under prestress against the front end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignees: Dr. Ing h.c.F. Porsche AG, Prospective Concepts AG
    Inventors: Heinz Soja, Mathias Froeschle
  • Publication number: 20030116996
    Abstract: An air guiding device is fastened to the front end of the motor vehicle and has a pneumatic operating element in order to displace the air guiding device from an inoperative position into an operative position. In order to protect the pneumatic operating element, for example, from stone throw, during a drive of the motor vehicle, the air guiding device comprises a spoiler lip comprising a flexible and elastic material, the pneumatic operating element being constructed as an inflatable hose which, viewed in the driving direction, is arranged behind the spoiler lip, and the elastic spoiler lip, in its inoperative position, resting under prestress against the front end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Heinz Soja, Mathias Froeschle