Patents by Inventor Gerald Terraz

Gerald Terraz 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).

  • Actuating drive of an air passage device
    Patent number: 9249892
    Abstract: An actuating drive of an air passage device for an engine cooling system of a vehicle, the actuating drive including a drive gear to be driven by an electric motor, which is rotatable about an axis of rotation, and an output element which is operatively connected with the drive gear and is movable with the drive gear along an adjustment path, in order to shift the air passage device between an open position, in which the air passage device is opened in order to allow an air stream to pass through, and a closed position in which the air passage device is closed in order to minimize an air stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Uwe Klippert, Gerald Terraz
  • ACTUATING DRIVE OF AN AIR PASSAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140097366
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuating drive of an air passage device for an engine cooling system of a vehicle, comprising a drive gear to be driven by an electric motor, which is rotatable about an axis of rotation, and an output element which is operatively connected with the drive gear and is movable with the drive gear along an adjustment path, in order to shift the air passage device between an open position, in which the air passage device is opened in order to allow an air stream to pass through, and a closed position in which the air passage device is closed in order to minimize an air stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Uwe Klippert, Gerald Terraz