Patents by Inventor Katharina VONBRUNN

Katharina VONBRUNN 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).

  • Charging socket recess or fuel filler recess for inserting into a vehicle body opening of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11820242
    Abstract: A charging or fueling well for insertion into a body opening of a motor vehicle, wherein the charging or fueling well has an outer well body and an inner well region, which surrounds a through opening, into which a charging plug connector for charging a battery of the motor vehicle or a fuel nozzle or tank filler pipe can be inserted. The outer well body includes, at least in some region or regions, a preferably opaque or only slightly translucent plastics material. The inner well region includes, at least in some region or regions, a transparent or translucent plastics material and is formed integrally with the material of the outer well body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Tobias Herold, Katharina Vonbrunn, Ricard Fortuny
  • CHARGING SOCKET RECESS OR FUEL FILLER RECESS FOR INSERTING INTO A VEHICLE BODY OPENING OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200298717
    Abstract: A charging or fueling well for insertion into a body opening of a motor vehicle, wherein the charging or fueling well has an outer well body and an inner well region, which surrounds a through opening, into which a charging plug connector for charging a battery of the motor vehicle or a fuel nozzle or tank filler pipe can be inserted. The outer well body includes, at least in some region or regions, a preferably opaque or only slightly translucent plastics material. The inner well region includes, at least in some region or regions, a transparent or translucent plastics material and is formed integrally with the material of the outer well body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Tobias HEROLD, Katharina VONBRUNN, Ricard FORTUNY