Patents Assigned to Mannessmann VDO AG
  • Patent number: 6314995
    Abstract: A fuel tank (1) has an ejector pump (9) arranged inside it. This ejector pump (9) is preloaded against an inner wall (10) of the fuel tank (1) by means of a flexurally elastic supporting arm (8) and is thus fixed. This allows the ejector pump (9) to be inserted into the interior of the fuel tank (1) without problems through an opening (3) together with a fuel feed unit (4). This considerably simplifies the fitting of the ejector pump (9) and, in particular, there is no need for another fitting opening in the fuel tank (1) to enable the ejector pump (9) to be fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Mannessmann VDO AG
    Inventor: Knut Meyer
  • Patent number: 6308133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a navigation system for a land vehicle having a measurement arrangement for supplying position, direction and/or distance data, having a data source arrangement for supplying navigation data, having an input arrangement at least for inputting a destination point, having a control arrangement at least for determining a route, and having at least one display apparatus for outputting navigation instructions. After receiving data from an identification sensor, the control arrangement uses stored data to determine the driver who is operating the land vehicle and outputs navigation instructions, matched to the driver, in predetermined regions or on predetermined routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Mannessmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Ralf Löffert, Bernhard Troedel