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: 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
  • Patent number: 11059414
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pickup truck or similar vehicle comprising a cargo area, furthermore comprising a passenger compartment with a roof, the cargo area being located behind the passenger compartment in the direction of travel, wherein the cargo area comprises lateral boundaries and wherein the cargo area has a covering element. It is provided that the covering element comprises a tent, wherein the tent can be inflated or unfolded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Erwin Hymer Group SE
    Inventor: Guenter Dorn
  • Patent number: 11044989
    Abstract: An item of furniture is provided, including lateral elements defining a carcass, at least one of a top element and a bottom element, and at least one securing mechanism having magnetic properties and adapted to secure the item of furniture to a floor element or a wall element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Erwin Hymer Group SE
    Inventor: Guenter Dorn
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20190225135
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pickup truck or similar vehicle comprising a cargo area, furthermore comprising a passenger compartment with a roof, the cargo area being located behind the passenger compartment in the direction of travel, wherein the cargo area comprises lateral boundaries and wherein the cargo area has a covering element. It is provided that the covering element comprises a tent, wherein the tent can be inflated or unfolded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: ERWIN HYMER GROUP SE
    Inventor: Guenter DORN
  • Publication number: 20190174912
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an item of furniture, comprising lateral elements which form a carcass, a top element and/or bottom element and/or a seat base, wherein the item of furniture comprises at least one securing mechanism for securing the item of furniture to a bottom element or a wall element, wherein the securing mechanism has magnetic properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: ERWIN HYMER GROUP SE
    Inventor: Guenter Dorn