Patents by Inventor Frank MINTER

Frank MINTER 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).

  • Patent number: 11628785
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for providing a retreat space for the periodic recuperation of a person. In this case, the interior of a vehicle serves as the retreat space. Said vehicle may be a person's own passenger vehicle or a rented vehicle. Since the retreat space is only used for brief recuperation, e.g., during a lunch break, the space is prepared such that it can fulfill the recuperation requirements from the very start. For this purpose, a request message is sent to the vehicle, by means of which request message the vehicle is prepared as a retreat space for the person. Said preparation consists in configuring the vehicle interior, at least in terms of lighting and/or climatic conditions and/or entertainment facilities, to serve as a retreat space for the recuperation of said person at the reserved time in accordance with the request message. The vehicle may also receive a reservation request message from a service provider who provides vehicles for rent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Theodoros Tzivanopoulos, Frank Minter, Marcel Kaltenberg
  • Patent number: 11491296
    Abstract: An autonomous aerial vehicle for ventilating persons. The ventilation becomes necessary as a result of fires, accidents, or medical emergencies. In these and comparable cases, the aerial vehicle aids for ventilating a person quickly and independently of the transport links of a location or the traffic situation at the time so the state of the person is stabilized until the arrival of an emergency doctor or other rescue workers and the chances of survival improves. The aerial vehicle provides positional determination inside and/or outside buildings, recording of the surrounding area, ventilation of at least one person, and a communication method or mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas David Wiesner, Mathis Borchers, Frank Minter, Katrin Riedel
  • Publication number: 20200316331
    Abstract: An autonomous aerial vehicle for ventilating persons. The ventilation becomes necessary as a result of fires, accidents, or medical emergencies. In these and comparable cases, the aerial vehicle aids for ventilating a person quickly and independently of the transport links of a location or the traffic situation at the time so the state of the person is stabilized until the arrival of an emergency doctor or other rescue workers and the chances of survival improves. The aerial vehicle provides positional determination inside and/or outside buildings, recording of the surrounding area, ventilation of at least one person, and a communication method or mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas David WIESNER, Mathis BORCHERS, Frank MINTER, Katrin RIEDEL
  • Patent number: 10651488
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a body structure element for increasing the stiffness and/or the crash performance of a body structure of a vehicle, comprising a first channel for a first gas flow with a first gas feed line and a first gas discharge line and comprising means for introducing moisture into the first gas stream. The disclosure relates, in other words, to the functional integration of a humidifier for a fuel cell system into a body structure element and preferably the functional integration of a humidifier for a fuel cell system into crash performance increasing element, in particular, an extrusion profile, and a body structural element. The disclosure also relates to a fuel cell system with a humidifier integrated into a body structure element and a vehicle with such a fuel cell system and/or such a body structure element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: VOLKSWAGEN AG, AUDI AG
    Inventors: Frank Minter, Daniel Schütz, Jürgen Stieg
  • Publication number: 20200130616
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for providing a retreat space for the periodic recuperation of a person. In this case, the interior of a vehicle serves as the retreat space. Said vehicle may be a person's own passenger vehicle or a rented vehicle. Since the retreat space is only used for brief recuperation, e.g., during a lunch break, the space is prepared such that it can fulfill the recuperation requirements from the very start. For this purpose, a request message is sent to the vehicle, by means of which request message the vehicle is prepared as a retreat space for the person. Said preparation consists in configuring the vehicle interior, at least in terms of lighting and/or climatic conditions and/or entertainment facilities, to serve as a retreat space for the recuperation of said person at the reserved time in accordance with the request message. The vehicle may also receive a reservation request message from a service provider who provides vehicles for rent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Theodoros Tzivanopoulos, Frank Minter, Marcel Kaltenberg
  • Publication number: 20170263957
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a body structure element for increasing the stiffness and/or the crash performance of a body structure of a vehicle, comprising a first channel for a first gas flow with a first gas feed line and a first gas discharge line and comprising means for introducing moisture into the first gas stream. The disclosure relates, in other words, to the functional integration of a humidifier for a fuel cell system into a body structure element and preferably the functional integration of a humidifier for a fuel cell system into crash performance increasing element, in particular, an extrusion profile, and a body structural element. The disclosure also relates to a fuel cell system with a humidifier integrated into a body structure element and a vehicle with such a fuel cell system and/or such a body structure element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Frank MINTER, Daniel SCHÜTZ, Jürgen STIEG