Patents by Inventor Dominic Arnold

Dominic Arnold 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 inlet apparatus and method for operating an air inlet
    Patent number: 11052728
    Abstract: A method for operating an air inlet in a vehicle includes setting, via a touch-sensitive operator control unit in an air stream of the air inlet, a temperature and/or a volume flow of air flowing into an interior of the vehicle through the air inlet. The method also includes controlling a color of one or more luminous elements of the operator control unit depending on the setting of the temperature and/or of the volume flow. An apparatus for an inflow of air includes an air inlet, the air inlet configured to provide an inflow of an air stream into a vehicle interior, and a touch-sensitive operator control unit positioned in front of the air inlet such that the touch-sensitive control unit is disposed in the air stream, the touch-sensitive control unit being configured to set first and second operating parameters of the air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gantimur Meissner, Jochen Leinberger, Dominic Arnold, Daniel Zarges, Samuel Gonzalez Moraleja, Jan Koerner
  • METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AIR INLET
    Publication number: 20190217682
    Abstract: A method for operating an air inlet in a vehicle includes setting, via a touch-sensitive operator control unit in an air stream of the air inlet, a temperature and/or a volume flow of air flowing into an interior of the vehicle through the air inlet. The method also includes controlling a color of one or more luminous elements of the operator control unit depending on the setting of the temperature and/or of the volume flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Gantimur Meissner, Jochen Leinberger, Dominic Arnold, Daniel Zarges, Samuel Gonzalez Moraleja, Jan Koerner
  • Vehicle display and control element
    Patent number: D877047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jochen Leinberger, Gantimur Meiβner, Samuel Gonzalez Moraleja, Daniel Zarges, Doeke Willem De Walle, Christian Wimpff, Kathrin Schneider, Dominic Arnold
  • Steering wheel for motor vehicle
    Patent number: D878981
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ernst-Martin Maurer, Gantimur Meißner, Jochen Leinberger, Samuel Gonzalez Moraleja, Daniel Zarges, Katja Schwerdtfeger, Dominic Arnold
  • Seat belt connector for motor vehicles
    Patent number: D881065
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ernst-Martin Maurer, Carsten Tilscher, Doeke Willem De Walle, Katja Schwerdtfeger, Dominic Arnold