Patents by Inventor Niklas BARTNECK

Niklas BARTNECK 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: 11801710
    Abstract: A fiber-composite ventilation flap for a vehicle is made of a laminate formed by at least two individual tiers. At least one of the individual tiers has respective unidirectionally oriented fibers, and wherein the at least two individual tiers are arranged in the laminate in such a way that the fibers thereof are oriented at least predominantly differently to one another. The fibers of the at least two individual tiers are oriented differently to one another in such a way that at least one region of the fiber-composite ventilation flap curves about a predefined primary axis under the influence of heat and is thereby in an open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Niklas Bartneck, Tobias Mueller-Kambeitz, Hubert Scholz
  • Publication number: 20210016600
    Abstract: A fiber-composite ventilation flap for a vehicle is made of a laminate formed by at least two individual tiers. At least one of the individual tiers has respective unidirectionally oriented fibers, and wherein the at least two individual tiers are arranged in the laminate in such a way that the fibers thereof are oriented at least predominantly differently to one another. The fibers of the at least two individual tiers are oriented differently to one another in such a way that at least one region of the fiber-composite ventilation flap curves about a predefined primary axis under the influence of heat and is thereby in an open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Niklas BARTNECK, Tobias MUELLER-KAMBEITZ, Hubert SCHOLZ