Patents by Inventor Frank Babel

Frank Babel 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).

  • Spare-wheel carrier for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 7389898
    Abstract: A spare-wheel carrier for a motor vehicle is pivotable at a body of the motor vehicle and arranged in a region of a tailgate of the motor vehicle. The spare-wheel carrier includes at least one sensor configured to detect at least one position of the spare-wheel carrier and to transmit the at least one position to a control unit. The control unit is configured to enable and block at least one function of the motor vehicle in accordance with the position of the spare-wheel carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Volkswagon AG
    Inventors: Holger Riemer, Frank Babel, Oliver Burnus
  • Spare-wheel carrier for a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20040124223
    Abstract: A spare-wheel carrier for a motor vehicle is pivotable at a body of the motor vehicle and arranged in a region of a tailgate of the motor vehicle. The spare-wheel carrier includes at least one sensor configured to detect at least one position of the spare-wheel carrier and to transmit the at least one position to a control unit. The control unit is configured to enable and block at least one function of the motor vehicle in accordance with the position of the spare-wheel carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Holger Riemer, Frank Babel, Oliver Burnus