Patents by Inventor Anton Pfeifer

Anton Pfeifer 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: 10953740
    Abstract: An arrangement of air flaps for a motor vehicle, comprising an air flap frame which surrounds a through-flow opening, as well as at least one air flap which is movably mounted on the air flap frame, for changing the effective through-flow area of said through-flow opening, said at least one air flap at least protruding into the through-flow opening and preferably extending across said opening; said arrangement of air flaps including a Hall effect sensor and a detection section comprising magnetizable or permanently magnetized material and which cooperates in such a manner with a detecting section of the Hall effect sensor, the Hall effector sensor that detects a magnetic field emanating from the detection section, emits a detection signal when the at least one air flap is in a prescribed reference position relative to the air flap frame, which is different from a detection signal emitted by the Hall effect sensor when the at least one air flap is not in the prescribed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Domenico Solazzo, Anton Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 10589620
    Abstract: A motor vehicle component assembly including an air door assembly having an air door frame, on which at least one air door is movably arranged for adjusting the area through which air can flow in an air flow opening; a heat source that can include a coolant heat exchanger and/or an internal combustion engine; a blower which in the rated operating mode generates an operating air flow from the air door assembly toward the heat source; a sensor device that detects at least one operating variable and/or one state variable of the motor vehicle component assembly, and/or one state variable of the area surrounding the motor vehicle component assembly, and on the basis of this detection, outputs at least one detection variable; and a control device, which is configured to control the operation of the blower, the control device being configured to operate the blower, based on the at least one detected variable, in a deicing mode that is different from the rated operating mode, in which the blower generates a deicing a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: RÖCHLING AUTOMOTIVE SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Domenico Solazzo, Anton Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 10160310
    Abstract: An air flap device for a motor vehicle, having an air flap member with a flow-through opening and having a plurality of air flaps, which protrude into the flow-through opening or pass through it and which are each mounted on the air flap member so that they can move between a blocking position as a working position and a feed-through position as another working position, wherein each air flap in its blocking position interferes with flow through the flow-through opening as intended to a greater extent than in the feed-through position, wherein the air flap device has, as one operating position, a closed position, in which each air flap of the plurality of air flaps is in the blocking position as the working position associated with the closed position, and has an open position as another operating position, in which each air flap of the plurality of air flaps is in the feed-through position as the working position associated with the open position, the air flap device having a drive device for supplying a dri
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Domenico Solazzo, Anton Pfeifer
  • Publication number: 20180170171
    Abstract: An air flap device for a motor vehicle, having an air flap member with a flow-through opening and having a plurality of air flaps, which protrude into the flow-through opening or pass through it and which are each mounted on the air flap member so that they can move between a blocking position as a working position and a feed-through position as another working position, wherein each air flap in its blocking position interferes with flow through the flow-through opening as intended to a greater extent than in the feed-through position, wherein the air flap device has, as one operating position, a closed position, in which each air flap of the plurality of air flaps is in the blocking position as the working position associated with the closed position, and has an open position as another operating position, in which each air flap of the plurality of air flaps is in the feed-through position as the working position associated with the open position, the air flap device having a drive device for supplying a dri
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Domenico Solazzo, Anton Pfeifer
  • Publication number: 20180118015
    Abstract: A motor vehicle component assembly including an air door assembly having an air door frame, on which at least one air door is movably arranged for adjusting the area through which air can flow in an air flow opening; a heat source that can include a coolant heat exchanger and/or an internal combustion engine; a blower which in the rated operating mode generates an operating air flow from the air door assembly toward the heat source; a sensor device that detects at least one operating variable and/or one state variable of the motor vehicle component assembly, and/or one state variable of the area surrounding the motor vehicle component assembly, and on the basis of this detection, outputs at least one detection variable; and a control device, which is configured to control the operation of the blower, the control device being configured to operate the blower, based on the at least one detected variable, in a deicing mode that is different from the rated operating mode, in which the blower generates a deicing a
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Domenico Solazzo, Anton Pfeifer
  • Publication number: 20180086199
    Abstract: An arrangement of air flaps for a motor vehicle, comprising an air flap frame which surrounds a through-flow opening, as well as at least one air flap which is movably mounted on the air flap frame, for changing the effective through-flow area of said through-flow opening, said at least one air flap at least protruding into the through-flow opening and preferably extending across said opening; said arrangement of air flaps including a Hall effect sensor and a detection section comprising magnetizable or permanently magnetized material and which cooperates in such a manner with a detecting section of the Hall effect sensor, the Hall effector sensor that detects a magnetic field emanating from the detection section, emits a detection signal when the at least one air flap is in a prescribed reference position relative to the air flap frame, which is different from a detection signal emitted by the Hall effect sensor when the at least one air flap is not in the prescribed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Domenico Solazzo, Anton Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 5044351
    Abstract: A hydraulic or pneumatic shock-absorber for sporting and hunting bows is fitted, as a connecting element, between a stabilizing counterweight (spinner) and the bow in such a manner as to permit, between the counterweight and the bow, a movement which is damped in the direction of the shot, although the counterweight is secured rigidly to the bow vertically and horizontally to the direction of the shot. This leads to smoother launching of the arrow and to marked accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Assignee: Amerika-Bogen-Handelsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Anton Pfeifer