Patents by Inventor Bjorn Foerster

Bjorn Foerster 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).

  • Air guiding device for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9126640
    Abstract: An air guiding device (10) for a motor vehicle, with a spoiler lip (12) extending in the transverse direction (FQ) of the vehicle, and with a pneumatic actuating device (28) for the spoiler lip (12), with the aid of which actuating device the spoiler lip (12) is shiftable between a retracted rest position and an extended position, wherein the pneumatic actuating device (28) has a pneumatic actuator (30) which is fillable with or is emptiable of air, wherein the pneumatic actuator (30) is divided in the transverse direction (FQ) of the vehicle into a plurality of zones (40, 42, 44), wherein the pneumatic actuator (30) has a plurality of air-fillable chambers (46, 48, 50) in each zone (40, 42, 44), and wherein the chambers (46, 48, 50) are fillable with or are emptiable of air in a manner individual to the zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignees: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Apollo Vredestein B.V.
    Inventors: Steffen Hoelzel, Bjorn Foerster, Gerard Nijman, Mike Ludovica Karel Peeters, Louis-Phillippe Antoine Eugene Maria Reuvekamp, Guido Berge
  • Air guiding device for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9126639
    Abstract: An air guiding device (10) for a motor vehicle has a spoiler lip (12) mountable on a front part (8) of the motor vehicle via an adapter (32) and extends in the transverse direction (FQ) of the vehicle. A pneumatic actuating device (28) shifts the spoiler lip (12) between a retracted rest position and an extended position. A flexurally elastic rod (24) is guided in a guide (26) near the free end of the spoiler lip (12). The spoiler lip (12) is mounted on the adapter (32) so that the spoiler lip (12), even in the retracted rest position, is under a prestress that opposes the shifting of the spoiler lip (12) out of the rest position into an extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignees: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Apollo Vredestein B.V.
    Inventors: Steffen Hoelzel, Bjorn Foerster, Gerard Nijman, Mike Ludovica Karel Peeters, Louis-Phillippe Antoine Eugene Maria Reuvekamp
  • AIR GUIDING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140175831
    Abstract: An air guiding device (10) for a motor vehicle, with a spoiler lip (12) extending in the transverse direction (FQ) of the vehicle, and with a pneumatic actuating device (28) for the spoiler lip (12), with the aid of which actuating device the spoiler lip (12) is shiftable between a retracted rest position and an extended position, wherein the pneumatic actuating device (28) has a pneumatic actuator (30) which is fillable with or is emptiable of air, wherein the pneumatic actuator (30) is divided in the transverse direction (FQ) of the vehicle into a plurality of zones (40, 42, 44), wherein the pneumatic actuator (30) has a plurality of air-fillable chambers (46, 48, 50) in each zone (40, 42, 44), and wherein the chambers (46, 48, 50) are fillable with or are emptiable of air in a manner individual to the zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: Apollo Vredestein B.V., Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Steffen Hoelzel, Bjorn Foerster, Gerard Nijman, Mike Ludovica Karel Peeters, Louis-Phillippe Antoine Eugene Maria Reuvekamp, Guido Berge
  • AIR GUIDING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140110970
    Abstract: An air guiding device (10) for a motor vehicle has a spoiler lip (12) mountable on a front part (8) of the motor vehicle via an adapter (32) and extends in the transverse direction (FQ) of the vehicle. A pneumatic actuating device (28) shifts the spoiler lip (12) between a retracted rest position and an extended position. A flexurally elastic rod (24) is guided in a guide (26) near the free end of the spoiler lip (12). The spoiler lip (12) is mounted on the adapter (32) so that the spoiler lip (12), even in the retracted rest position, is under a prestress that opposes the shifting of the spoiler lip (12) out of the rest position into an extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicants: Apollo Vredestein B.V., Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Steffen Hoelzel, Bjorn Foerster, Gerard Nijman, Mike Ludovica Karel Peeters, Louis-Phillippe Antoine Eugene Maria Reuvekamp