Patents by Inventor Alfred Konrad

Alfred Konrad 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: 11077784
    Abstract: The invention relates to a component group for a vehicle body, having a headlamp housing, which has at least one connecting portion integrally formed in one piece for connection to an adjoining body part, and a predetermined breaking point for separation of the connecting portion from a neighboring portion. To minimize both the repair costs in the event of a collision at low speed in the region of the headlamp and also the costs for production and assembly, it is provided according to the invention that the neighboring portion has connecting structures for connection to a joining part with which the connecting portion is replaceable after its separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Kueppers, Martin Otto Alfred Konrad, Antje Sipido
  • Publication number: 20190219342
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a radiator. A cover is arranged on the radiator and covers the radiator at a specific place to prevent damage to the radiator in the event of an impact or crash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Christoph Kueppers, Martin Otto Alfred Konrad
  • Publication number: 20190077297
    Abstract: The invention relates to a component group for a vehicle body, having a headlamp housing, which has at least one connecting portion integrally formed in one piece for connection to an adjoining body part, and a predetermined breaking point for separation of the connecting portion from a neighboring portion. To minimize both the repair costs in the event of a collision at low speed in the region of the headlamp and also the costs for production and assembly, it is provided according to the invention that the neighboring portion has connecting structures for connection to a joining part with which the connecting portion is replaceable after its separation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Christoph KUEPPERS, Martin Otto Alfred KONRAD, Antje SIPIDO
  • Patent number: 5878722
    Abstract: A method for driving an electromagnetic load, particularly a solenoid valve that influences the fuel quantity to be injected into an internal combustion engine, the duration of the driving of the solenoid valve being correctable by a delay time, characterized in that the delay time can be specified as a function of the instantaneous value of the current to the desired switch-off procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jurgen Gras, Hans-Peter Strobele, Rainer Kienzler, Alfred Konrad, Wolfgang Schmauder, Volker Gandert, Matthias Kretzschmar, Franz Thommes
  • Patent number: 5060868
    Abstract: An electromagnetically actuatable valve is proposed, which serves in particular to inject into the intake tube a mixture-compressing internal combustion engines with externally-supplied ignition. The valve includes a flat armature which is firmly connected with a ball arranged to cooperate with a fixed valve seat. The flat armature is pivotably supported on its end remote from the valve seat on a spring tongue preferably embodied out of a remnant air disc. A tubular inflow stub is disposed concentrically to the valve axis, communicating on one end with a fuel distributor line and on the other end protruding as deeply as possible into the valve. A tubular outlet stub leading away from the valve seat is concentrically guided in the inlet stub, and arranged to have its end remote from the valve seat discharge into a fuel return flow line. As a result, a cooling of the valve and the return of heated fuel which contains vapor bubbles to its supply source is assured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1991
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Knapp, Mathias Linssen, Jurgen Peczkowski, Alfred Konrad
  • Patent number: 4982902
    Abstract: An electromagnetically actuatable valve is proposed, which serves in particular to inject into the intake tube a mixture-compressing internal combustion engines with externally-supplied ignition. The valve includes a flat armature which is firmly connected with a ball arranged to cooperate with a fixed valve seat. The flat armature is pivotally supported on its end remote from the valve seat on a spring tongue preferably embodied out of a remnant air disc. A tubular inflow stub is disposed concentrically to the valve axis, communicating on one end with a fuel distributor line and on the other end protruding as deeply as possible into the valve. A tubular outlet stub leading away from the valve seat is concentrically guided in the inlet stub, and arranged to have its end remote from the valve seat discharge into a fuel return flow line. As a result, a cooling of the valve and the return of heated fuel which contains vapor bubbles to its supply source is assured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Knapp, Mathias Linssen, Jurgen Peczkowski, Alfred Konrad