Patents by Inventor Bernhard Duerr

Bernhard Duerr 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: 7147280
    Abstract: A holding receptacle for vehicles, which, when installed, is integrated in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, has two side walls which are connected to each other in the region of their ends by transverse walls and a bottom to form an upwardly open box which can be used as a storage space. The suitability for a design which is advantageous with regard to weight is improved. It is proposed that a lightweight supporting frame having side wall structures and at least one crossmember structure is provided as the load-bearing structure of the holding receptacle, with a box-shaped insert containing the storage space being held by the supporting frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Duerr, Frank Emhardt, Hermann Gaus, Thomas Geisel, Rainer Leucht, Ralf-Henning Schrom, Rainer Tiefenbacher
  • Publication number: 20050062320
    Abstract: In order to provide a holding receptacle for vehicles, which, when installed, is integrated in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, having two side walls which are connected to each other in the region of their ends by transverse walls and a bottom to form an upwardly open box which can be used as a storage space; in which, inter alia, the suitability for a design which is advantageous with regard to weight is improved, it is proposed that a lightweight supporting frame having side wall structures and at least one crossmember structure is provided as the load-bearing structure of the holding receptacle, with a box-shaped insert containing the storage space being held by the supporting frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Bernhard Duerr, Frand Emhardt, Hermann Gaus, Thomas Geisel, Rainer Leucht, Ralf-Henning Schrom, Rainer Tiefenbacher
  • Patent number: 6793281
    Abstract: A folding-table arrangement is assigned to a vehicle seat and has tabletop arrangement with at least one tabletop being accommodated in a receiving housing which is arranged laterally next to the vehicle seat. Each tabletop of the tabletop arrangement can be pulled out upwards and folded down into an approximately horizontal in-use position in which the tabletop arrangement is held by the receiving housing by a support. The tabletop arrangement together with its hinge pin which connects it to the receiving housing is guided in a sliding manner between its pulled-out and its pushed-in position in a guide shaft of the receiving housing. The concomitantly moved hinge pin of the tabletop arrangement is fixed on a guide slide which runs in the guide shaft of the receiving housing and, in the in-use position of the tabletop arrangement, is displaced into an upper end position in the guide shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Duerr, Frank Emhardt, Hermann Gaus, Thomas Geisel, Rainer Leucht, Ralf-Henning Schrom, Rainer Tiefenbacher
  • Patent number: 6695271
    Abstract: A holder (10) for a beverage container, which is provided in the construction of a motor vehicle, is formed with two extensions (14, 16), which are displaceable from a base position in a housing (12) into a use position extended away from the housing (12). One of the two extensions (14) has a champagne glass holder (28), on which a champagne glass is held in a stabile manner with its foot by means of downwardly pivoting holding-down devices (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Fischer Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Bieck, Gunter Leopold, Juergen Koerber, Bernhard Duerr, Frank Emhardt, Hermann Gaus, Thomas Geisel, Christoph Jung, Rainer Leucht, Ralf-Henning Schrom, Rainer Tiefenbacher
  • Publication number: 20030062459
    Abstract: The invention relates to a holder (10) for a beverage container, which is provided in the construction of a motor vehicle. The invention proposes that the holder (10) is formed with two extensions (14, 16), which are displaceable from a base position in a housing (12) into a use position extended away from the housing (12). One of the two extensions (14) has a champagne glass holder (28), on which a champagne glass is held in a stabile manner with its foot by means of downwardly pivoting holding-down devices (36).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Torsten Bieck, Gunter Leopold, Juergen Koerber, Bernhard Duerr, Frank Emhardt, Hermann Gaus, Thomas Geisel, Christoph Jung, Rainer Leucht, Ralf-Henning Schrom, Rainer Tiefenbacher
  • Patent number: 6438982
    Abstract: A cooling container for vehicles arranged in use laterally next to a seat cushion of a vehicle seat. The cooling container has a cooling compartment accessible from the top through a container opening after a lid is opened, the cooling compartment being sufficient at least for accommodating one commercially available drinks bottle stored lengthways in it, and being of a depth which clearly exceeds the bottle diameter. The cooling compartment is sufficient at least for accommodating a commercially available drinks bottle stored lengthways in it, but is of a depth which is too small to accommodate an upright drinks bottle below the closed lid. Retaining structure is arranged in the cooling compartment of the cooling container in order to secure the drinks bottle below the closed lid in a ready-to-hand storage position in which the drinks bottle extends obliquely upwards with its bottle neck towards an end region of the cooling compartment, which end region is arranged so that the bottle can be readily grasped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Duerr, Frank Emhardt, Ralf-Henning Schrom, Thomsa Geisel, Rainer Tiefenbacher, Rainer Leucht, Hermann Gaus
  • Publication number: 20020023452
    Abstract: A cooling container for vehicles arranged in use laterally next to a seat cushion of a vehicle seat. The cooling container has a cooling compartment accessible from the top through a container opening after a lid is opened, the cooling compartment being sufficient at least for accommodating one commercially available drinks bottle stored lengthways in it, and being of a depth which clearly exceeds the bottle diameter. The cooling compartment is sufficient at least for accommodating a commercially available drinks bottle stored lengthways in it, but is of a depth which is too small to accommodate an upright drinks bottle below the closed lid. Retaining structure is arranged in the cooling compartment of the cooling container in order to secure the drinks bottle below the closed lid in a ready-to-hand storage position in which the drinks bottle extends obliquely upwards with its bottle neck towards an end region of the cooling compartment, which end region is arranged so that the bottle can be readily grasped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Publication date: February 28, 2002
    Inventors: Bernhard Duerr, Frank Emhardt, Ralf-Henning Schrom, Thomsa Geisel, Rainer Tiefenbacher, Rainer Leucht, Hermann Gaus
  • Publication number: 20020003361
    Abstract: A folding-table arrangement is assigned to a vehicle seat and has tabletop arrangement with at least one tabletop being accommodated in a receiving housing which is arranged laterally next to the vehicle seat. Each tabletop of the tabletop arrangement can be pulled out upwards and folded down into an approximately horizontal in-use position in which the tabletop arrangement is held by the receiving housing by supporting means. The tabletop arrangement together with its hinge pin which connects it to the receiving housing is guided in a sliding manner between its pulled-out and its pushed-in position in a guide shaft of the receiving housing. The concomitantly moved hinge pin of the tabletop arrangement is fixed on a guide slide which runs in the guide shaft of the receiving housing and, in the in-use position of the tabletop arrangement, is displaced into an upper end position in the guide shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Bernhard Duerr, Frank Emhardt, Hermann Gaus, Thomas Geisel, Rainer Leucht, Ralf-Henning Schrom, Rainer Tiefenbacher