Patents by Inventor Bernhard Plazotta

Bernhard Plazotta 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: 10486762
    Abstract: A motorcycle having a combustion engine and a throttle valve device, a fuel tank, and a canister for receiving fuel vapor from the fuel tank. There is disclosed an apparatus and system for use on such a motorcycle, the apparatus and system having a conduit arrangement for passing fuel vapor from the fuel tank to the canister, and from the canister to the throttle valve device, and featuring a motorcycle frame with at least one frame tube. The frame tube has an inner recess, and at least a portion of the canister is arranged in the inner recess of the frame tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: KTM AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Plazotta, Maximilian Schönberger
  • Publication number: 20180312209
    Abstract: A motorcycle having a combustion engine and a throttle valve device, a fuel tank, and a canister for receiving fuel vapor from the fuel tank. There is disclosed an apparatus and system for use on such a motorcycle, the apparatus and system having a conduit arrangement for passing fuel vapor from the fuel tank to the canister, and from the canister to the throttle valve device, and featuring a motorcycle frame with at least one frame tube. The frame tube has an inner recess, and at least a portion of the canister is arranged in the inner recess of the frame tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Bernhard Plazotta, Maximilian Schönberger
  • Patent number: 8973689
    Abstract: An electrically powered vehicle, for example a motorcycle. Disclosed is a vehicle (1) having a rider saddle (7) and a vehicle frame (10) having two frame profiles (11) extending up to a steering head (5) spaced away from each other and the vehicle (1) comprising at least one front wheel (3) guided at a front wheel guide (2) of the vehicle frame (10) and at least one rear wheel (17) guided at a rear wheel guide (13) and the vehicle having a electrically operated drive motor (30) as well as an electrical energy storage device (16) and a drive motor controller (41) and that between the drive motor (30) and a driving wheel a drive train is provided and that the energy storage device (16) is mountable between the frame profiles (11) above the drive motor (30) and the energy storage device (16) is releasably defined at a drive unit (28) mounting the drive motor (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: KTM Sportmotorcycle AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Plazotta, Alexander Rauscher
  • Publication number: 20100018787
    Abstract: An electrically powered vehicle, for example a motorcycle. Disclosed is a vehicle (1) having a rider saddle (7) and a vehicle frame (10) having two frame profiles (11) extending up to a steering head (5) spaced away from each other and the vehicle (1) comprising at least one front wheel (3) guided at a front wheel guide (2) of the vehicle frame (10) and at least one rear wheel (17) guided at a rear wheel guide (13) and the vehicle having a electrically operated drive motor (30) as well as an electrical energy storage device (16) and a drive motor controller (41) and that between the drive motor (30) and a driving wheel a drive train is provided and that the energy storage device (16) is mountable between the frame profiles (11) above the drive motor (30) and the energy storage device (16) is releasably defined at a drive unit (28) mounting the drive motor (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: KTM Sportmotorcycle AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Plazotta, Alexander Rauscher
  • Publication number: 20080308331
    Abstract: There is disclosed a motorcycle including a rider saddle (16) and a fuel tank (18), as well as an air intake apparatus (29) provided with a filter element (25) for filtering intake air for an internal combustion engine of the motorcycle (1). The air intake apparatus (29) has a filter element mount (24) and the filter element mount (24) is formed integrally with a portion of the fuel tank (18). The fuel tank functions are thus economically integrated with the functions of the air intake apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: KTM Sportmotorcycle AG
    Inventors: Johann Trunkenpolz, Bernhard Plazotta, Helmut Grobner