Patents by Inventor Dominik Beierl

Dominik Beierl 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: 20230415823
    Abstract: An electric vehicle having a traction battery, with a body having a charging port with a charging interface, which can be exposed or covered using a charging flap. The electric vehicle includes a combination flap, which is configured in the form of an air-conducting element and comprises the charging flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dominik Beierl, Jan Bela
  • Patent number: 11834106
    Abstract: An air conduction device for a motor vehicle including an air conduction element and a movement device with adjustment kinematics. The air conduction element is movable relative to the remaining body as at least part of a tail side part of the vehicle body. The air conduction element moves between an inoperative position and at least one final operating position. The tail side part has a flow guiding area along which air flows which is designed to face an area surrounding the motor vehicle. The air conduction element has a surface which is at least part of the flow guiding area. The air conduction element is configured in its final operating position to lengthen the flow guiding area in the direction of a longitudinal body axis (X) of the body. The adjustment kinematics are configured in the form of multipoint joint kinematics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Dominik Beierl, Joachim Paul, Henrik Heidorn, Haiko Neher, Moritz Zeh
  • Patent number: 11827284
    Abstract: A motor vehicle side spoiler arrangement with a spoiler blade which can be moved in a motorized manner between a retracted rest position and a laterally extended spoiler position. A spoiler shell is fixed on the vehicle and provided with a shell rear wall, a guide mechanism which guides the spoiler blade in the longitudinal direction, and an actuating motor. A sliding seal lip is provided between the spoiler blade and the shell rear wall, which sliding seal lip closes a front-side gap (S) between the spoiler blade and the shell rear wall in the spoiler position of the spoiler blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Dominik Beierl, Joachim Paul, Henrik Heidorn, Haiko Neher
  • Patent number: 11772721
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a rear diffuser which includes a diffuser element which can be moved into a diffuser position in order to influence a driving behavior of the motor vehicle in respect of vehicle downforce and air resistance. The diffuser element, in a closed position, covers an opening of a hitch device, which is exposed by the diffuser element in an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Inventors: Sven Wallrabe, Ilya Senchenkov, Dominik Beierl
  • Publication number: 20230057190
    Abstract: An air guide device for a motor vehicle having an air guide element and a movement mechanism. The air guide element forming a rear side part of a body of the motor vehicle so as to be movable relative to the remaining body. The air guide element is movable between an inoperative position and at least one operating end position. The air guide element, in its inoperative position, is flush with the remaining body. The rear side part has a flow guide surface which faces an environment of the motor vehicle and along which air flows. The air guide element has a surface which is at least part of the flow guide surface. The air guide element, in its operating end position, is configured to extend the flow guide surface along a body longitudinal axis (X) of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Joachim Paul, Henrik Heidorn, Haiko Neher, Dominik Beierl
  • Publication number: 20230016708
    Abstract: An air conduction device for a motor vehicle includes an air conduction element and a movement device. The air conduction element is movably configured relative to the remaining body as at least part of a tail side part of a body of the vehicle. The air conduction element can be brought into an inoperative position and at least one final operating position. The tail side part has a flow guiding area along which air flows which is designed to face an area surrounding the motor vehicle. The air conduction element has a surface which is at least part of the flow guiding area. The air conduction element is configured in its final operating position to lengthen the flow guiding area in the direction of a longitudinal body axis (X) of the body. The air conduction element can be brought into its positions with the help of the movement device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dominik Beierl, Joachim Paul, Henrik Heidorn, Haiko Neher
  • Publication number: 20230012129
    Abstract: An air conduction device for a motor vehicle including an air conduction element and a movement device with adjustment kinematics. The air conduction element is movable relative to the remaining body as at least part of a tail side part of the vehicle body. The air conduction element moves between an inoperative position and at least one final operating position. The tail side part has a flow guiding area along which air flows which is designed to face an area surrounding the motor vehicle. The air conduction element has a surface which is at least part of the flow guiding area. The air conduction element is configured in its final operating position to lengthen the flow guiding area in the direction of a longitudinal body axis (X) of the body. The adjustment kinematics are configured in the form of multipoint joint kinematics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dominik Beierl, Joachim Paul, Henrik Heidorn, Haiko Neher, Moritz Zeh
  • Publication number: 20230001991
    Abstract: A motor vehicle side spoiler arrangement with a spoiler blade which can be moved in a motorized manner between a retracted rest position and a laterally extended spoiler position. A spoiler shell is fixed on the vehicle and provided with a shell rear wall, a guide mechanism which guides the spoiler blade in the longitudinal direction, and an actuating motor. A sliding seal lip is provided between the spoiler blade and the shell rear wall, which sliding seal lip closes a front-side gap (S) between the spoiler blade and the shell rear wall in the spoiler position of the spoiler blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dominik Beierl, Joachim Paul, Henrik Heidorn, Haiko Neher
  • Patent number: 11541949
    Abstract: A rear diffuser on the underbody of a motor vehicle having an air duct which extends at the rear of the motor vehicle counter to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle toward the rear end of the motor vehicle. The air duct has at least one upper wall, which delimits the air duct in the upward direction. The upper wall has a first region, which is coupled in a nonadjustable manner to the motor vehicle and/or to the underbody. The upper wall has a second region, which can be moved relative to the motor vehicle and/or to the underbody. The second region is coupled in a movable manner to the first region by at least one hinge-type region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventor: Dominik Beierl
  • Publication number: 20220355631
    Abstract: A rear arrangement for a vehicle includes a trailer coupling mount and a rear diffuser having an adjustable air-guiding element which is adjustable between a retracted position and an extended position. The trailer coupling mount is pivotable about a pivot axis, which is congruent or parallel to the vehicle transverse axis (y), between an inoperative position and a use position. The air-guiding element in the retracted position at least partially conceals the trailer coupling mount, and the air-guiding element has to be brought into the extended position so that the trailer coupling mount can be pivoted into the use position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Dominik Beierl
  • Publication number: 20220355633
    Abstract: A rear arrangement for a vehicle includes a trailer coupling mount and a rear diffuser having an adjustable air-guiding element which is adjustable between a retracted position and an extended position. The trailer coupling mount is pivotable about a pivot axis, which is congruent or parallel to the vehicle longitudinal axis (x), between an inoperative position and a use position. The air-guiding element in the retracted position at least partially conceals the trailer coupling mount, and the air-guiding element has to be brought into the extended position so that the trailer coupling mount can be pivoted into the use position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Dominik Beierl
  • Publication number: 20220355632
    Abstract: A motor vehicle body with an air-guiding device and with a trailer coupling mounting device. The air-guiding device is formed in a rear-end region of the motor vehicle body. The trailer coupling mounting device is adjustable into a rest position and into an active position. The trailer coupling mounting device, in at least the rest position, is at least partially covered with respect to surroundings by the air-guiding device, which is settable into a first operating position and a second operating position. For positioning the trailer coupling mounting device into its active position, the air-guiding device is settable into its second operating position and, after or together with the positioning of the air-guiding device into its second operating position, the trailer coupling mounting device is configured to be movable along a body vertical axis (Z) of the motor vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Dominik Beierl
  • Publication number: 20220355872
    Abstract: A motor vehicle body includes an air-guiding device and a trailer coupling mounting device. The air-guiding device is formed in a rear-end region of the motor vehicle body, and the trailer coupling mounting device is adjustable into a rest position and into an active position. The trailer coupling mounting device, in at least the rest position, is at least partially covered by the air-guiding device, which is settable into a first operating position and a second operating position. For positioning of the trailer coupling mounting device into its active position, the trailer coupling mounting device is movable along a body longitudinal axis of the motor vehicle body, and, before or together with the positioning of the trailer coupling mounting device into its active position, the air-guiding device is settable into an intermediate position which has a pivot angle greater than a pivot angle of the second operating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Dominik Beierl
  • Publication number: 20220177057
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a rear diffuser which includes a diffuser element which can be moved into a diffuser position in order to influence a driving behavior of the motor vehicle in respect of vehicle downforce and air resistance. The diffuser element, in a closed position, covers an opening of a hitch device, which is exposed by the diffuser element in an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sven Wallrabe, Ilya Senchenkov, Dominik Beierl
  • Publication number: 20210403102
    Abstract: A rear diffuser on the underbody of a motor vehicle having an air duct which extends at the rear of the motor vehicle counter to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle toward the rear end of the motor vehicle. The air duct has at least one upper wall, which delimits the air duct in the upward direction. The upper wall has a first region, which is coupled in a nonadjustable manner to the motor vehicle and/or to the underbody. The upper wall has a second region, which can be moved relative to the motor vehicle and/or to the underbody. The second region is coupled in a movable manner to the first region by at least one hinge-type region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Dominik Beierl
  • Patent number: 10676140
    Abstract: A rear diffusor unit includes a base element configured to be mounted in a fixed position on a body of a vehicle; a movable diffusor element; and a drive device with which the movable diffusor element is movable relative to the base element between two end positions. The diffusor element is a box diffusor element having two fixed side walls, a fixed rear wall, and a fixed base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Wolf, Markus Keller, Sven Wallrabe, Dominik Beierl
  • Patent number: 10507719
    Abstract: A front-end part (12) for a motor vehicle (10) has an inlet opening (14) for the introduction of headwind. An air duct adjoins the inlet opening (14) for supplying the headwind to a radiator and/or to an air conditioning device. An air-directing element (16) directs the headwind into the air duct. A sound generator (18) outputs an acoustic signal along a sound path. The air-directing element (16) at least partially covers the sound generator (18) in the sound path. The air-direction element (16) has a textile material that is sound-permeable for the acoustic signal of the sound generator. The textile material conducts headwind away and also covers the sound generator (18) without significantly affecting the perception of the acoustic signal. Therefore, a simple design of a front-end part (12) for a motor vehicle (10) is provided with a small number of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Sven Wallrabe, Dominik Beierl, Tina Motz
  • Publication number: 20190283567
    Abstract: A front-end part (12) for a motor vehicle (10) has an inlet opening (14) for the introduction of headwind. An air duct adjoins the inlet opening (14) for supplying the headwind to a radiator and/or to an air conditioning device. An air-directing element (16) directs the headwind into the air duct. A sound generator (18) outputs an acoustic signal along a sound path. The air-directing element (16) at least partially covers the sound generator (18) in the sound path. The air-direction element (16) has a textile material that is sound-permeable for the acoustic signal of the sound generator. The textile material conducts headwind away and also covers the sound generator (18) without significantly affecting the perception of the acoustic signal. Therefore, a simple design of a front-end part (12) for a motor vehicle (10) is provided with a small number of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Sven Wallrabe, Dominik Beierl, Tina Motz
  • Publication number: 20190009841
    Abstract: A rear diffusor unit includes a base element configured to be mounted in a fixed position on a body of a vehicle; a movable diffusor element; and a drive device with which the movable diffusor element is movable relative to the base element between two end positions. The diffusor element is a box diffusor element having two fixed side walls, a fixed rear wall, and a fixed base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Wolf, Markus Keller, Sven Wallrabe, Dominik Beierl
  • Patent number: 9567015
    Abstract: A rear air-guiding device (20) for a fastback motor vehicle (10) is arranged in the region of a roof rear edge (15) above a rear window (13) and includes an air-guiding element (22) that is movable from a rest position (30) into at least one operational position (31; 32). The rear air-guiding device has a gap sealing device that seals off a gap between a leading edge of the air-guiding element (22) and a body surface when the air-guiding device (20) is in the operational position (31; 32) and around which air would flow during driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Wolf, Dominik Beierl