Patents by Inventor Annhild GOCKEL

Annhild GOCKEL 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: 11913621
    Abstract: A fan system includes a fan mount having a main body with at least two bayonet guides, and a fan having at least two bayonet elements configured to be coupled to the bayonet guides to form a bayonet joint. Each of the bayonet guides include a bayonet arm fastened to and extending spaced apart from the main body. The fan is coupled to the fan mount by moving towards the main body in an axial direction, then rotating it such that the bayonet elements engage the bayonet guides, with each of the bayonet arms securing a corresponding bayonet element against the main body. The fan system is used in a vehicle headlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Annhild Gockel, Sebastian Scholz, Ralf Seiger, Franz-Georg Willeke
  • Publication number: 20230074354
    Abstract: A fan system for a headlight of a motor vehicle, wherein the fan system comprises a fan mount which is designed to be fastened to a housing of the headlight and comprises at least two bayonet guides and comprises a fan which comprises at least two bayonet elements, wherein the bayonet guides and the bayonet elements form a bayonet joint by means of a plug-in movement of the fan into the fan mount in an axial direction and a rotational movement of the bayonet elements into the bayonet guides in a rotational direction, wherein each of the bayonet guides is formed between a main body of the fan mount and a bayonet arm of the relevant one of the bayonet guides, wherein each of the bayonet arms is fastened to the main body and is spaced apart from the main body in a direction counter to the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Annhild GOCKEL, Sebastian SCHOLZ, Ralf SEIGER, Franz-Georg WILLEKE