Patents Assigned to Magna Steyr
  • Motor vehicle having a roof opening
    Patent number: 9027990
    Abstract: A motor vehicle and a method for at least partially opening and closing a folding roof for the motor vehicle. The motor vehicle a roof frame defining a roof opening and a roof mechanism configured to permit a selective closing and at least partial opening of the roof opening. The roof mechanism includes a folding roof system having a hood cover with a plurality of spaced apart first transparent elements in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle and a second plurality of transparent elements between the first transparent elements and configured such that, in the at least partial opening of the roof opening, the hood cover forms folds in which the first transparent elements are positioned in an upper, upward-facing side of a fold and the second transparent elements are positioned in a lower, downward-facing side of a fold and are concealed by the first transparent elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Christoph Aschaber, Claus Careni, Berthold Klein, Wolfgang Richter, Martin Rodler
  • Material for negative electrodes, and negative electrodes and batteries comprising this material, and process for producing the material
    Patent number: 8986888
    Abstract: A material for a battery or an accumulator, especially for a negative electrode of an accumulator, for example, a lithium ion secondary battery, the use of such a material, an electrode that includes such a material, a battery having such an electrode, and a process for producing such a material. The material includes carbon, an alloy and/or a mixture of silicon with at least one element of main group 1 of the Periodic Table of the Elements excluding lithium, and optionally at least one further metallic element and production-related impurities, the elements being distributed within a silicon phase in the case of a mixture, and a binder which binds carbon and the alloy and/or the mixture to give a solid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: MAGNA STEYR Battery Systems GmbH & Co OG
    Inventors: Cornelia Bayer, Christoph Stangl, Colin God, Stefan Koller, Nikolaus Hochgatterer, Heimo Kreimaier, Gabriel Stabentheiner
  • Motor vehicle with a seat bench
    Patent number: 8985665
    Abstract: A motor vehicle with a seat bench which includes a seat surface which is approximately horizontal in a normal position and a backrest which is approximately vertical in the normal position, wherein the seat surface and the backrest are adjustable into a partition position in which the seat surface and the backrest adopt an at least approximately vertical position and the backrest is arranged above the seat surface. The backrest upper edge is in contact with the roof of the motor vehicle in the partition position, such that the backrest together with the seat surface forms a partition which separates the region behind the partition in the direction of travel from the region in front of the partition in the direction of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Christoph Aschaber, Thomas Auer, Manuel Erlacher, Martin Rodler, Harald Zachnegger
  • Filler neck for the fuel tank of a motor vehicle with selective opening
    Patent number: 8978913
    Abstract: A filler neck for the fuel tank of a motor vehicle has a funnel insert having a lockable flap with a lock, which is held by two elements which can each be pivoted about a pin. The flap is released only when both elements are pivoted to one side simultaneously by the filler tube of a gas pump nozzle. In order to open the flap with minimal actuating forces, the first element can be pivoted about a first pin and holds the hinge pin for the flap on its end far from the first pin, and the second element can be pivoted about a second pin and forms a locking hook. The two pins have a spatial distance from one another in the transverse direction and the two elements are loaded with respect to one another by at least one spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: MAGNA STEYR Fuel Systems GesmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Walser, Dominik Steinmann
  • Method for producing a fibre-reinforced plastic component
    Patent number: 8980034
    Abstract: A method for producing a fiber-reinforced plastic component is specified. In a first step, a positive arrangement is produced by fixing at least one reinforcement ready to be used on a positive core. In a second step, fibers are wound around the positive arrangement, concave regions of the positive arrangement that are formed by the reinforcement being spanned by the fibers. In a third step, the entire area of the fibers is pressed onto the positive arrangement in a negative mould. Finally, the component is cured in the negative mould following the introduction of a cross-linking plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Rene Nagl, Philipp Eberl
  • Seat or bench for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8979187
    Abstract: A motor vehicle including at least one seat and/or at least one bench having a seat surface and a backrest. The backrest can be moved into a position above the seat surface in which the backrest and the seat surface lie opposite one another. In addition, the front edge of the seat surface and an edge of the backrest that lies closest to it can be connected with an additional element, for example, a roller blind or a plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sabine Bernhard, Manuel Erlacher, Achim Schmidt
  • Condensation device
    Patent number: 8967096
    Abstract: A condensation device for an engine having a water-containing lubricant. The condensation device includes a first fluid line configured to permit a flow of vaporized water to be discharged from the engine under its natural convection, a pressure-compensation device configured to permit a flow of air out of the condensation device; and a second fluid line configured to permit condensate from the flow of vaporized water in the first fluid line to flow to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Franz Mayr, Harald Pippenbach
  • Process for producing a shell-shaped hollow body and a use therefor
    Patent number: 8956489
    Abstract: A process for producing a shell-shaped hollow body composed of fiber-reinforced plastic in which, in a first step, a continuous hollow body made of fiber-reinforced plastic is produced. In a second step, the continuous hollow body is separated into a plurality of shell-shaped hollow bodies. Such a shell-shaped hollow body is applicable in vehicle construction, for example, as chassis or bodywork.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Julia Rovan, Manuel Erlacher
  • Filler neck with blocker device for diesel fuel tank
    Patent number: 8944122
    Abstract: A filler neck for a diesel fuel tank with a blocker device for preventing misfuelling with a nozzle of smaller diameter than the minimum diesel nozzle diameter, and includes control levers, a control spring, a blocker lever, a blocker latch and a blocker latch spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: MAGNA STEYR Fuel Systems GesmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Jürgen Pfohl
  • Fastening device
    Patent number: 8936124
    Abstract: A fixing device for releasable fixing an electrical energy accumulator to a carrying structure of a motor vehicle includes a retaining protrusion and a locking catch which are provided on the energy accumulator and on the carrying structure (or vice versa). To fix the energy accumulator to the carrying structure, a relative movement of the retaining protrusion to the locking catch is provided along a movement track in the direction of an end position, in which the locking catch can be swiveled between a release position and a locked position such that in the release position the locking catch is outside the movement track of the retaining protrusion and in the locked position the locking catch protrudes into the movement track of the retaining protrusion and there engages behind the retaining protrusion when the retaining protrusion is in the end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Thomas Auer, Martin Rodler
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20140361461
    Abstract: A method for producing a plastic container from a first plastic half-shell and a second plastic half-shell, with a first attachment permanently fastened to the first plastic half-shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: MAGNA STEYR Fuel Systems GesmbH
    Inventors: Maris EGGER, Manuel FARMER, Michael MAYRHOFER, Christian URDL
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING A WELDED JOINT
    Publication number: 20140353287
    Abstract: A method for producing a welded joint between a high-strength aluminium alloy with a copper proportion as a first metal and a second metal, in which the welded joint is produced by CMT welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: MAGNA STEYR Engineering AG & Co KG
    Inventor: Werner KARNER
  • Pressure vessel for gaseous or liquid media
    Patent number: 8899439
    Abstract: A pressure vessel 1 for storing a liquid or gaseous medium, having a core vessel 2, a support jacket 3 arranged at least partially around the core vessel, an opening 4 arranged on one side of the pressure vessel, and a valve body 5, arranged at least partially in the opening 4, for open-loop control and/or closed-loop control of the discharging and/or filling of the pressure vessel 1. The valve body 5 is provided as a single piece in the region of the opening 4 and is arranged between the core vessel 2 and the support jacket 3 in such a way that the valve body 5 can be fixed in its position, at least partially, by the core vessel 2 and the support jacket 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Zieger
  • Pressure reducer
    Patent number: 8887748
    Abstract: A pressure reducer having a high-pressure inlet, a low-pressure outlet and a valve having a valve seat and a valve plunger, which interacts therewith and can be displaced in a direction of displacement. When displaced away from the valve seat, the valve plunger opens a first path between the high-pressure inlet and the low-pressure outlet. The pressure reducer furthermore includes a second path, which connects the high-pressure inlet and the low-pressure outlet, a first control valve, which is arranged in the course of the second path, and a first effective area of the valve plunger, which is arranged in the course of the second path and is aligned in such a way that a first control pressure acting thereon results in a first force on the valve plunger in the direction of displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG
    Inventor: Peter Pucher
  • System for supplying a consumer with gaseous fuel and associated method
    Patent number: 8887771
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for supplying a consumer with gaseous fuel. Said system comprises at least one compressed gas container, which is fluidically connected to the consumer via a collecting line and valves. To extensively utilise the capacity of the compressed gas container, a reserve container (3) is connected to the collecting line (12) via a first valve (9) and the system is equipped with an ejector pump (14), which is operated by gas from the reserve container (3) and delivers gas from the compressed gas container(s) (1, 2, . . . ) into the collecting line (12). To achieve this, with respect to the flow, the ejector pump (14) is situated between the compressed gas container(s) (1,2, . . . ) and the consumer (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Peter Pucher
  • TANK SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140326724
    Abstract: A tank system which prevents problems caused by electrostatic charging during a fueling sequence. The tank system includes a filling pipe, a filling hose which leads to a fuel tank, and a support sleeve, composed of an electrically conductive plastic material, in abutment with the filling pipe and the filling hose to thereby connect the filling pipe to the filling hose in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: MAGNA STEYR Fuel Systems GesmbH
    Inventors: Dominik STEINMANN, Patrick ZIERLER
  • System for driving an assembly arrangement for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8876656
    Abstract: A system for driving an assembly arrangement for a motor vehicle, which assembly arrangement having at least one auxiliary assembly and an electric machine which is configured independently of a drive unit of the motor vehicle. It is possible for the electric machine to be operated both as a motor for driving the auxiliary assembly and as a generator for generating electric power. If required, it is possible for a separate engine which is configured as an internal combustion engine to be connected or fastened releasably via an interface to the assembly arrangement and to be coupled to the assembly arrangement for drive action, in order to supply the at least one auxiliary assembly and/or the electric machine with rotational drive moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: MAGNA STEYR Engineering AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Konstantin Erjawetz, Helfried Müller
  • VEHICLE BATTERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140322571
    Abstract: A vehicle battery system has a vehicle battery, a cooling device to cool the vehicle battery and which includes a heat sink in thermal contact with the battery cells to transfer heat from the battery cells to the heat sink. The heat sink has at least one cooling channel through which a coolant may flow and connection ends formed by delimitations of the at least one cooling channel. A coolant distributor is provided at and connected to at least one end of the heat sink at a receiving region which is adhesive bonded to the heat sink, the receiving region of the coolant distributor surrounding the connection ends of the heat sink, in which the end faces of the delimitations of the cooling channel form stops for the coolant distributor which abut contact surfaces of the coolant distributor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: MAGNA STEYR Battery Systems GmbH & Co OG
    Inventors: Harald FABIAN, Miran KOJC, Boris LOBNIK, Volker MATL
  • BATTERY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTION BETWEEN A CELL CONNECTOR AND AN ELECTRONIC UNIT OF A BATTERY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140322574
    Abstract: A battery system and a method for producing an electrically conductive connection in a battery system. The battery system includes a plurality of cells arranged in at least one stack, a cell connector to connect a pole of a first cell in an electrically conductive manner to a pole of a second cell, an electronic unit to detect the voltage of the cells, a first pin arranged on the cell connector, at least one second pin arranged on the electronic unit; and a conductor to connect the first pin in an electrically conductive manner to the second pin, the conductor having at least one flexible section, a first contact element connected in an electrically conductive manner to a first end of the flexible section and also to the first pin, and a second contact element connected in an electrically conductive manner to a second end of the flexible section and also to the second pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: MAGNA STEYR Battery Systems GmbH & Co OG
    Inventor: Thomas KROPSCH
  • HOLLOW PROFILE CONNECTION - GUSSET PLATE
    Publication number: 20140314471
    Abstract: A hollow profile connection to connect at least two hollow profiles via a gusset plate which makes contact with the end regions of the hollow profiles to be connected, in the outer region thereof. At least the end regions of the hollow profiles in cross-section have a profile formed by webs or ribs. The gusset plate is connected to the at least two hollow profiles via a friction-stir weld which run along the ribs or webs of the at least two hollow profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: MAGNA STEYR Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Bernhard HOFER, Harald ZACHNEGGER