Patents by Inventor Udo Lindner

Udo Lindner 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: 6848410
    Abstract: A device for the targeted sound transmission from an intake tract of an internal combustion engine to the interior of a motor vehicle. The device comprises at least one hollow transmission conduit, which communicates on the input side with the intake tract and to which at least one resonator chamber, which emits the sound to the motor vehicle interior, is connected. In order to achieve improved modulation of the sound that is emmitted to the motor vehicle interior, the inventive device has several resonator chambers operating in parallel, at least two of which differ from one another with respect to the tuning of their frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignees: Mahle Filtersysteme GmbH, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Reinhard Hoffmann, Kay Brodesser, Udo Lindner
  • Publication number: 20040094112
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for the targeted sound transmission from an intake tract (1) of an internal combustion engine to the interior (21) of a motor vehicle. Said device comprises at least one hollow transmission conduit (12), which communicates on the input side with the intake tract (1) and to which at least one resonator chamber (13), which emits the sound to the motor vehicle interior (21), is connected. In order to achieve improved modulation of the sound that is emitted to the motor vehicle interior (21), the inventive device (10) has several resonator chambers (13) operating in parallel, at least two of which differ from one another-with respect to the tuning of their frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Reinhard Hoffmann, Kay Brodesser, Udo Lindner
  • Patent number: 6600408
    Abstract: A device for the targeted transmission of sound from an induction tract of an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle into the interior of the motor vehicle, comprising a hollow transmission body which communicates with the induction tract on the intake side and which emits sound on the output side into the vehicle interior. In order to improve the sound emission of a device of this type, the invention proposes that the transmission body had a conduit section with a conduit cross-section and a chamber section with a chamber cross-section, whereby the chamber cross-section is larger than the conduit cross-section. The conduit section communicates with the induction tract on the intake side and opens into the intake side of the chamber section. The output side of the chamber section emits the sound into the vehicle interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignees: Mahle Filtersysteme GmbH, Bayerische Motorenwerke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Norbert Walter, Manfred Helget, Thomas Gokeler, Reinhard Hoffmann, Udo Lindner