Patents by Inventor Günter Dorn

Günter Dorn 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: 20250074216
    Abstract: In the case of a camper having a battery and electric comfort functions, the battery has a great capacity, in particular for supplying electricity to a travel drive of a towing vehicle, and/or is designed for an optional travel drive of the camper during trailer operation in road traffic, and the electric comfort functions are supplied with electricity from the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Thor Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus Metzler, Rainer Buck, Günter Dorn, Wilhelm Müller
  • Publication number: 20250065825
    Abstract: A piece of furnishing for a recreational vehicle, in particular for a mobile home or a caravan or for a van serving as a recreational vehicle, comprises a body, a toilet and a sink, which is designed in particular as a restroom sink and/or kitchen sink. The toilet and the restroom sink are attached to the body. In a basic position the toilet is arranged below the sink. Furthermore, a recreational vehicle with such a piece of furnishing is specified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Thor Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus Metzler, Rainer Buck, Gunter Dorn
  • Patent number: 12187133
    Abstract: A trailer includes a battery and an axle or a tandem axle with wheels driven by way of electric motors. The battery supplies electricity to the electric motors during trailer travel, and a sensor detects forces on a coupling of the trailer in at least one of the following directions: longitudinal direction of the trailer and/or transverse direction of the trailer and/or perpendicular direction, and a controller controls the electric motors, so that a minimum and/or a maximum limit value is adhered to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Erwin Hymer Group SE
    Inventors: Rainer Buck, Marcus Metzler, Günter Dorn, Rüdiger Freimann
  • Patent number: 12179612
    Abstract: In a camper having a battery and electric comfort functions, the battery has a great capacity for supplying electricity to a travel drive of a towing vehicle, and/or is designed for an optional travel drive of the camper during trailer operation in road traffic, and the electric comfort functions are supplied with electricity from the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Thor Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus Metzler, Rainer Buck, Günter Dorn, Wilhelm Müller
  • Patent number: 12030423
    Abstract: A vehicle, such as a motor home or camper or the like, includes a living space expansion that can be set up as needed and has a space volume, which, in the set-up state, is connected with an interior space volume of the vehicle. The living space expansion includes at least three wall sections, wherein at least two of the wall sections are each configured as side walls, wherein at least of the one wall sections is configured to be moved out of the interior space volume to form the living space expansion. At least one of the wall sections of the living space expansion can be a hollow chamber wall section. The hollow chamber wall section can be an inflatable hollow chamber wall section or a self-inflating hollow chamber wall section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Erwin Hymer Group SE
    Inventors: Günter Dorn, Rainer Buck, Marcus Metzler
  • Publication number: 20220105814
    Abstract: In a camper having a battery and electric comfort functions, the battery has a great capacity for supplying electricity to a travel drive of a towing vehicle, and/or is designed for an optional travel drive of the camper during trailer operation in road traffic, and the electric comfort functions are supplied with electricity from the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Marcus Metzler, Rainer Buck, Günter Dorn, Wilhelm Müller
  • Publication number: 20210291667
    Abstract: A trailer includes a battery and an axle or a tandem axle with wheels driven by way of electric motors. The battery supplies electricity to the electric motors during trailer travel, and a sensor detects forces on a coupling of the trailer in at least one of the following directions: longitudinal direction of the trailer and/or transverse direction of the trailer and/or perpendicular direction, and a controller controls the electric motors, so that a minimum and/or a maximum limit value is adhered to.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Rainer Buck, Marcus Metzler, Günter Dorn, Rüdiger Freimann
  • Publication number: 20210031669
    Abstract: A vehicle, such as a motor home or camper or the like, includes a living space expansion that can be set up as needed and has a space volume, which, in the set-up state, is connected with an interior space volume of the vehicle. The living space expansion includes at least three wall sections, wherein at least two of the wall sections are each configured as side walls, wherein at least of the one wall sections is configured to be moved out of the interior space volume to form the living space expansion. At least one of the wall sections of the living space expansion can be a hollow chamber wall section. The hollow chamber wall section can be an inflatable hollow chamber wall section or a self-inflating hollow chamber wall section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Günter Dorn, Rainer Buck, Marcus Metzler