Patents by Inventor Bernd Dreyer

Bernd Dreyer 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: 11143017
    Abstract: A downhole device configured to be inserted into a borehole includes a device body having an outer surface and a recess formed in the outer surface, a cover covering the recess to form a first cavity, and a shock-absorber configured to support an electrical module within the first cavity, the shock-absorber disposed between a base of the first cavity and the cover opposite the base. The downhole device also includes a vibration-damping layer disposed between the base of the first cavity and the cover, the vibration-damping layer configured to dampen vibration of the electrical module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Weiqiang Wang, Robert Reinertsen, Edward Glenn Burroughs, Bernd Dreyer, Cord Huber
  • Publication number: 20170275984
    Abstract: A downhole device configured to be inserted into a borehole includes a device body having an outer surface and a recess formed in the outer surface, a cover covering the recess to form a first cavity, and a shock-absorber configured to support an electrical module within the first cavity, the shock-absorber disposed between a base of the first cavity and the cover opposite the base. The downhole device also includes a vibration-damping layer disposed between the base of the first cavity and the cover, the vibration-damping layer configured to dampen vibration of the electrical module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Weiqiang Wang, Robert Reinertsen, Edward Glenn Burroughs, Bernd Dreyer, Cord Huber
  • Publication number: 20150252666
    Abstract: A downhole device configured to be inserted into a borehole includes a device body having an outer surface and a recess formed in the outer surface and a cover covering the recess to form a first cavity, the cover forming a fluid-tight seal with the device body. The device includes at least one shock-absorber configured to support an electrical module within the first cavity, the at least one shock-absorber extending between a base of the cavity and an inner surface of the cover opposite the base. The device also includes a vibration-damping layer located on at least one of the base of the cavity and the inner surface of the cover, the vibration-damping layer configured to be in contact with a surface of the electrical module to dampen vibration of the electrical module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Weiqiang Wang, Robert Reinertsen, Edward Glenn Burroughs, Bernd Dreyer, Cord Huber
  • Patent number: 8967313
    Abstract: A front hood is provided for a motor vehicle that includes, but is not limited to damping element of plastic arranged between a top structure and a bottom structure. The damping element is glued to the top structure and the bottom structure. In the event of a head impact on the front hood the deformation of the top structure is retarded by the damping element. The damping element in the process supports itself on the bottom structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Uwe Schmitz, Bernd Dreyer, Grace Thompson, Joachim Schaefer, Joerg Fuge, Anett Kilian
  • Patent number: 8739682
    Abstract: A pneumatic actuator is provided for an active hood and includes a cylinder and a piston, which is movable in the cylinder between a lower terminal position, in which the volume of a chamber delimited by piston and cylinder, which may be impinged using compressed gas, is minimal, and an upper terminal position, in which the volume of the chamber is maximal. The piston is lockable in the lower terminal position by a detent body engaging in first recesses of the cylinder and the piston. A slider is displaceable by impingement using the compressed gas out of an idle position, in which it fixes the detent body in the first recesses, into a triggering position, in which a second recess of the slider overlaps with one of the first recesses and is capable, together with a single one of the first recesses of accommodating the detent body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Bernd Dreyer, Joachim Schaefer, Erik Wiesinger
  • Patent number: 8544271
    Abstract: A pyrotechnic actuator is provided for an active hood that encompasses an installation site for a gas generator, a cylinder incorporating a moving piston and a compressed gas line that joins the installation site with the cylinder. A filter body for trapping particles from the gas stream of the gas generator is arranged on the compressed gas line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Bernd Dreyer, Joachim Schäfer, Erik Wiesinger, Rolf Wich, Axel Thielert
  • Patent number: 8316758
    Abstract: A pneumatic actuator is provided for an active hood and includes, but is not limited to a cylinder and a piston, which is movable in the cylinder between a lower terminal position, in which the volume of a chamber delimited by piston and cylinder, which may be impinged using compressed gas, is minimal, and an upper terminal position, in which the volume of the chamber is maximal. The piston is lockable in the lower terminal position by a detent body engaging in first recesses of the cylinder and the piston. A slider is displaceable by impingement using the compressed gas out of an idle position, in which it fixes the detent body in the first recesses, into a triggering position, in which a second recess of the slider overlaps with one of the first recesses and is capable, together with a single one of the first recesses of accommodating the detent body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Bernd Dreyer, Joachim Schäfer, Erik Wiesinger
  • Patent number: 8220863
    Abstract: A body for a motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to a supporting structure, a hood, which is hinged to the supporting structure and includes, but is not limited to a framework and an outer skin, and at least one compressible support disposed between the framework of the hood and the supporting structure. A contact surface opposite the support on the hood side is connected to the outer skin by a stiffening element extending through a cavity of the framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Joachim Schaefer, Uwe Schmitz, Bernd Dreyer
  • Publication number: 20110278081
    Abstract: A front hood is provided for a motor vehicle that includes, but is not limited to damping element of plastic arranged between a top structure and a bottom structure. The damping element is glued to the top structure and the bottom structure. In the event of a head impact on the front hood the deformation of the top structure is retarded by the damping element. The damping element in the process supports itself on the bottom structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Uwe Schmitz, Bernd Dreyer, Grace Thompson, Joachim Schaefer, Joerg Fuge, Anett Kilian
  • Publication number: 20110139533
    Abstract: A body for a motor vehicle includes, but is not limited to a supporting structure, a hood, which is hinged to the supporting structure and includes, but is not limited to a framework and an outer skin, and at least one compressible support disposed between the framework of the hood and the supporting structure. A contact surface opposite the support on the hood side is connected to the outer skin by means of a stiffening element extending through a cavity of the framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Joachim Schaefer, Uwe Schmitz, Bernd Dreyer
  • Publication number: 20110121608
    Abstract: With a body for a motor vehicle with a carrying structure and an engine hood hinged on the carrying structure, the engine hood is supported on the carrying structure through a support crushable in its longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Uwe SCHMITZ, Bernd DREYER, Joachim SCHÄfer
  • Publication number: 20100024420
    Abstract: A pyrotechnic actuator is provided for an active hood that encompasses an installation site for a gas generator, a cylinder incorporating a moving piston and a compressed gas line that joins the installation site with the cylinder. A filter body for trapping particles from the gas stream of the gas generator is arranged on the compressed gas line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Bernd Dreyer, Joachim Schäfer, Erik Wiesinger, Rolf Wich, Axel Thielert
  • Publication number: 20090217814
    Abstract: A pneumatic actuator is provided for an active hood and includes, but is not limited to a cylinder and a piston, which is movable in the cylinder between a lower terminal position, in which the volume of a chamber delimited by piston and cylinder, which may be impinged using compressed gas, is minimal, and an upper terminal position, in which the volume of the chamber is maximal. The piston is lockable in the lower terminal position by a detent body engaging in first recesses of the cylinder and the piston. A slider is displaceable by impingement using the compressed gas out of an idle position, in which it fixes the detent body in the first recesses, into a triggering position, in which a second recess of the slider overlaps with one of the first recesses and is capable, together with a single one of the first recesses of accommodating the detent body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Bernd DREYER, Joachim SCHAEFER, Erik WIESINGER