Patents by Inventor Gerrit Heyl

Gerrit Heyl 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: 10814930
    Abstract: An inlay element to be arranged in a clamping region of a fiber-reinforced tube has an elongate round body, which has an outer lateral surface on which there are arranged at least two protrusions extending radially away from the lateral surface. The protrusions each have an end face remote from the round body for the areal application of an external clamping force. A tube arrangement is provided with the fiber-reinforced tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Elmar Jaeger, Gerrit Heyl, Rudolf Schrupp
  • Publication number: 20170210441
    Abstract: An inlay element to be arranged in a clamping region of a fiber-reinforced tube has an elongate round body, which has an outer lateral surface on which there are arranged at least two protrusions extending radially away from the lateral surface. The protrusions each have an end face remote from the round body for the areal application of an external clamping force. A tube arrangement is provided with the fiber-reinforced tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Elmar JAEGER, Gerrit HEYL, Rudolf SCHRUPP
  • Patent number: 7784809
    Abstract: A motorcycle having a forked front wheel support with two rigid fork arms on which a front wheel of the motorcycle is mounted, an upper trailing link provided for supporting wheel support forces connected via an upper joint to an upper area of the wheel support, and lower trailing link provided for supporting wheel support forces situated below the upper trailing link and connected via a lower joint to the lower trailing link, in which at least one of the two joints is elastically connected to its respective upper or lower trailing link and/or to the wheel support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerrit Heyl, Josef Seidl
  • Publication number: 20080296863
    Abstract: A motorcycle having a forked front wheel support with two rigid fork arms on which a front wheel of the motorcycle is mounted, an upper trailing link provided for supporting wheel support forces connected via an upper joint to an upper area of the wheel support, and lower trailing link provided for supporting wheel support forces situated below the upper trailing link and connected via a lower joint to the lower trailing link, in which at least one of the two joints is elastically connected to its respective upper or lower trailing link and/or to the wheel support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerrit HEYL, Josef Seidl
  • Publication number: 20070176392
    Abstract: Motorcycle having a steerable front wheel and a steering damper filled with a rheological fluid provided for damping steering movements of the front wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Georg Schiffer, Gerrit Heyl, Jens Priese
  • Patent number: 5084918
    Abstract: An integral safety helmet is described in which a chin guard can be folded up. For the release of the chin guard, a central opening bar is provided on the front side of the chin guard. As a result, the locking mechanism can easily be opened by only one hand or by the thumb of the motorcyclist. In certain embodiments, the opening bar is designed as a two-armed lever having an upper arm and a lower lever arm. In this manner, the chin piece can be released in two different manners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
    Inventors: Peter M Breining, Stephen H. Watson, Jerome M. Sivesind, Gerrit Heyl
  • Patent number: 4572534
    Abstract: A front wheel suspension for a motorcycle in which the nose-diving during braking is reduced; for that purpose, an auxiliary spring is additionally connected with the spring element of the spring system during the braking operation. In a preferred embodiment, brake means act on a bolt which in turn supports a thrust rod stressing the auxiliary spring during the braking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1986
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Gerrit Heyl