Patents by Inventor Eric PLAGENS

Eric PLAGENS 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).

  • Apparatus for mounting a motor such that vibrations are decoupled
    Patent number: 9985495
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting an electric motor, in particular a fan drive of a heating or air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle, such that vibrations are decoupled, having a number of elastic damping elements which are plug-mounted on the motor, and also comprising a corresponding number of mounting contours, which are associated with said damping elements, in an external housing which at least partially surrounds the motor housing, wherein the respective damping element has a central insertion slot for the corresponding radial lug, and wherein the respective damping element has material spokes, which extend in the manner of a star starting from the insertion slot, so as to form spoke sections which face one another and between which slot regions which are free of material and open at the periphery are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Stefan Beetz, Maurad Berkouk, Sebastien Labat, Attila Simofi-Ilyes, Eric Plagens
  • APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A MOTOR SUCH THAT VIBRATIONS ARE DECOUPLED
    Publication number: 20170117773
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting an electric motor, in particular a fan drive of a heating or air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle, such that vibrations are decoupled, having a number of elastic damping elements which are plug-mounted on the motor, and also comprising a corresponding number of mounting contours, which are associated with said damping elements, in an external housing which at least partially surrounds the motor housing, wherein the respective damping element has a central insertion slot for the corresponding radial lug, and wherein the respective damping element has material spokes, which extend in the manner of a star starting from the insertion slot, so as to form spoke sections which face one another and between which slot regions which are free of material and open at the periphery are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Stefan BEETZ, Maurad BERKOUK, Sebastien LABAT, Attila SIMOFI-ILYES, Eric PLAGENS