Patents by Inventor Friedhelm ENGLER

Friedhelm ENGLER 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).

  • Camera-based side mirror function of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10447933
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a motor vehicle body having an interior forming a passenger compartment. At least one camera is arranged on the outside of the motor vehicle body for imaging an area to the side and behind of the motor vehicle. In the interior of the motor vehicle, particularly in the region of an instrument panel, a monitor or display is arranged in or on an air outlet. The monitor is connected to the camera for continuously displaying the imaged area to occupants, and in particular a driver, in the passenger compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Matthias Wirth, Martin Schaufler, Jong-Won Kim, Borris Ilse, Boris Jacob, Friedhelm Engler, Michael Richter, Tom Woods, Andrew Bradbury, Ralf Meyer, Frank Leopold, Thorsten Schurna
  • CAMERA-BASED SIDE MIRROR FUNCTION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170223274
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a motor vehicle body having an interior forming a passenger compartment. At least one camera is arranged on the outside of the motor vehicle body for imaging an area to the side and behind of the motor vehicle. In the interior of the motor vehicle, particularly in the region of an instrument panel, a monitor or display is arranged in or on an air outlet. The monitor is connected to the camera for continuously displaying the imaged area to occupants, and in particular a driver, in the passenger compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Matthias WIRTH, Martin SCHAUFLER, Jong-Won KIM, Borris ILSE, Boris JACOB, Friedhelm ENGLER, Michael RICHTER, Tom WOODS, Andrew BRADBURY, Ralf MEYER, Frank LEOPOLD, Thorsten SCHURNA
  • Replaceable battery module for an electric vehicle
    Patent number: 9511657
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a replaceable battery module for an electrically driven vehicle, with at least one bracket that can be detachably arranged on a bearing structure of the motor vehicle, and carries at least one battery unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Friedhelm Engler, Clarence Kim, Richard Shaw
  • Opening and/or closing device
    Patent number: 9266413
    Abstract: An opening and/or closing device for a movable, flexurally rigid and at least regionally transparent wall element of a motor vehicle is provided. The device includes at least one supporting arm and at least one supporting body. The supporting arm and the supporting body encompass a first end that faces the wall element and is pivoted to the wall element, and encompass a second end that faces away from the wall element and is pivoted to a vehicle structure. By turning the supporting arm and the supporting body, the wall element is moved from an open functional position, in which a vehicle interior is accessible from outside for entry and/or egress and in which the wall element is situated in a frontal area of the motor vehicle, into a closed functional position, in which the vehicle interior is sealed to the outside by the wall element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Friedhelm Engler, Clarence Kim, Richard Shaw
  • OPENING AND/OR CLOSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130062913
    Abstract: An opening and/or closing device for a movable, flexurally rigid and at least regionally transparent wall element of a motor vehicle is provided. The device includes at least one supporting arm and at least one supporting body. The supporting arm and the supporting body encompass a first end that faces the wall element and is pivoted to the wall element, and encompass a second end that faces away from the wall element and is pivoted to a vehicle structure. By turning the supporting arm and the supporting body, the wall element is moved from an open functional position, in which a vehicle interior is accessible from outside for entry and/or egress and in which the wall element is situated in a frontal area of the motor vehicle, into a closed functional position, in which the vehicle interior is sealed to the outside by the wall element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Friedhelm ENGLER, Clarence KIM, Richard SHAW
  • REPLACEABLE BATTERY MODULE FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20130062939
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a replaceable battery module for an electrically driven vehicle, with at least one bracket that can be detachably arranged on a bearing structure of the motor vehicle, and carries at least one battery unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Friedhelm ENGLER, Clarence KIM, Richard SHAW
  • Automobile
    Patent number: D729121
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Friedhelm Engler, Richard Shaw, Clarence Kim, Augustin Barbot