Patents by Inventor Stefan Gerdon

Stefan Gerdon 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: 9003771
    Abstract: The invention relates to a static mixer for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine-driven vehicle, with a plurality of flow guide elements which influence the flow of an exhaust gas stream and which are inclined at a given angle relative to the mixer plane and are held in the exhaust gas channel by means of at least one retaining strip. According to the invention the at least one retaining strip is made resilient at least in partial regions and/or is elastically supported in the plane of the mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Axel Peters, Marko Buder, Stefan Gerdon, Stefan Kohrs, Manfred Doll
  • Publication number: 20100293931
    Abstract: The invention relates to a static mixer for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine-driven vehicle, with a plurality of flow guide elements which influence the flow of an exhaust gas stream and which are inclined at a given angle relative to the mixer plane and are held in the exhaust gas channel by means of at least one retaining strip. According to the invention the at least one retaining strip (2, 3) is made resilient at least in partial regions and/or is elastically supported in the plane of the mixer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Axel Peters, Marko Buder, Stefan Gerdon, Stefan Kohrs, Manfred Doll