Patents by Inventor Bernd Gayer

Bernd Gayer 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).

  • Publication number: 20240067100
    Abstract: A beverage holder (1) for a motor vehicle has a receptacle (2) with a side wall (5) extending from a bottom wall (3) to an open top (4) that is farther upward. At least one elastic compensation element (7) is provided for holding differently sized drinking vessels (6). The side wall (5) has at least one opening (8), and an elastic covering (10) penetrates the opening (8) due to its biasing to form the elastic compensation element (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Bernd Gayer, Marc-Lieven Heth, Michael Alborg
  • Patent number: 10639967
    Abstract: An air-outlet adjusting assembly for a motor vehicle includes a drive unit configured to be driven by an electric drive and configured to act on at least one pivotable valve flap and at least one pivotable guide slat. The drive unit includes a rotatably arranged sliding-block carrier having a sliding block arranged eccentrically thereon, wherein, in a first rotary motion segment of the sliding-block carrier, the sliding block is configured to engage in a valve-flap slotted link connected for conjoint rotation to the at least one valve flap and, in a second rotary motion segment of the sliding-block carrier, the sliding block is configured to engage in a guide-slat slotted link connected for conjoint rotation to the at least one guide slat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, DR. SCHNEIDER KUNSTSTOFFWERKE GMBH
    Inventors: Sergej Mikolajewski, Bernd Gayer, Norman Lange, Johannes Schneider
  • Publication number: 20180037090
    Abstract: An air-outlet adjusting assembly for a motor vehicle includes a drive unit configured to be driven by an electric drive and configured to act on at least one pivotable valve flap and at least one pivotable guide slat. The drive unit includes a rotatably arranged sliding-block carrier having a sliding block arranged eccentrically thereon, wherein, in a first rotary motion segment of the sliding-block carrier, the sliding block is configured to engage in a valve-flap slotted link connected for conjoint rotation to the at least one valve flap and, in a second rotary motion segment of the sliding-block carrier, the sliding block is configured to engage in a guide-slat slotted link connected for conjoint rotation to the at least one guide slat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Sergej Mikolajewski, Bernd Gayer, Norman Lange, Johannes Schneider
  • Patent number: 7367583
    Abstract: An instrument panel has a passenger airbag system such that, in the deployment of the airbag, an airbag cover on the top side of the instrument panel adjacent to the windshield is upwardly displaceable in the direction of the windshield about a transverse pivot axis. Thereby, a passage for the actual airbag of the passenger airbag module is cleared. In order to prevent damage to the windshield due to the airbag cover being pivoted upward when the airbag is deployed, a transverse intended breaking line is provided on the airbag cover at a distance from the pivot axis so that the airbag cover is bent upward about this intended breaking line when it comes to rest against the windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Gayer, Martin Frank, Thomas Bruening
  • Patent number: 7077431
    Abstract: A flexible gap covering between an adjustable steering column of a motor vehicle and an instrument panel, on one side, is fastened to the steering column covering and, on the other side, is fastened to the instrument panel. A flexible gap covering which permits a large adjusting range of the steering column, is easy to mount and has a corresponding appearance, has an upper covering and a lower covering. The upper covering is formed of two parts, which are arranged above one another and are fixedly connected with one another in a joint overlapping area. At least one tensioning element is applied to the overlapping area on the side facing away from the vehicle occupant compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Gayer, Thomas Bruening, Martin Frank
  • Publication number: 20050167955
    Abstract: An instrument panel has a passenger airbag system such that, in the deployment of the airbag, an airbag cover on the top side of the instrument panel adjacent to the windshield is upwardly displaceable in the direction of the windshield about a transverse pivot axis. Thereby, a passage for the actual airbag of the passenger airbag module is cleared. In order to prevent damage to the windshield due to the airbag cover being pivoted upward when the airbag is deployed, a transverse intended breaking line is provided on the airbag cover at a distance from the pivot axis so that the airbag cover is bent upward about this intended breaking line when it comes to rest against the windshield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Gayer, Martin Frank, Thomas Bruening
  • Publication number: 20040129098
    Abstract: A flexible gap covering between an adjustable steering column of a motor vehicle and an instrument panel, on one side, is fastened to the steering column covering and, on the other side, is fastened to the instrument panel. A flexible gap covering which permits a large adjusting range of the steering column, is easy to mount and has a corresponding appearance, has an upper covering and a lower covering. The upper covering is formed of two parts, which are arranged above one another and are fixedly connected with one another in a joint overlapping area. At least one tensioning element is applied to the overlapping area on the side facing away from the vehicle occupant compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Bernd Gayer, Thomas Bruening, Martin Frank
  • Patent number: 6328367
    Abstract: An interior covering part, particularly an instrument panel for motor vehicles, has a member which is covered by a foil and is constructed integrally with a flap covering an opening for passage of an air bag when the air bag is triggered. The flap is also covered by the foil and is marked by a weakening and/or perforation along its edge. On its side facing a vehicle occupant compartment, the interior covering part is provided with a laminated-on decorative layer which is slotted on the side situated opposite a hypothetical folding axis as well as in areas on both adjoining upright sides of the flap. The slotted areas of the decorative layer are covered by a fitted-on strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengessellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Eichhorn, Bernd Gayer, Leo Linder