Patents Assigned to Volkswagen
  • Refrigerant collector for an air conditioning system in a vehicle
    Patent number: 6581407
    Abstract: A refrigerant accumulator (1) for a vehicle air-conditioning system comprises and upper and a lower half-shell (5, 6), which are connected to one another by a welded seam (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Volkswagen
    Inventors: Baroto Adiprasito, Heinz Röhe
  • Retaining device for a paneling element covering an airbag arrangement
    Patent number: 6402188
    Abstract: A retaining device for a panel element of the interior paneling of a motor vehicle which covers the airbag arrangement so that paneling and holding element that may come loose when the airbag unfurls are restrained from being propelled into the passenger cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Volkswagen
    Inventor: Marcus Pasch
  • Internal combustion engine with load-responsive valve control for combustion chamber scavenging
    Patent number: 5020487
    Abstract: In the embodiments described in the specification, a mixture-compressing internal combustion engine has intake and exhaust valve opening and closing times arranged to permit scavenging of the combustion chamber with fresh gas and a valve control is provided to advance the intake valve closing time as a function of engine load in order to increase the compression stroke under partial load conditions. The intake valve opening time and the exhaust valve opening and closing time may also be changed in accordance with the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Assignee: Volkswagen
    Inventor: Hermann Kruger