Patents by Inventor Gudrun Fries

Gudrun Fries 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).

  • Plastic fender for a motor vehicle and device for fastening the same
    Patent number: 6929313
    Abstract: A plastic fender has an upper first edge area and a second edge area extending at an approximately 90° angle thereto. The fender is fixed to the vehicle body in the second edge area by a screw. Furthermore, along the first and second edge areas, a plurality of spaced-apart elongated holes is provided, which admit a mounting section of a guide element which in turn is mounted to the vehicle body with a mounting screw. On the mounting sections of the guide elements, a guide edge covering, respectively, the opposite longitudinal edges of an elongated hole is provided such that, during thermal expansion, the fender can elongate unhindered. For this purpose, the longitudinal extent of the mounting section of the guide elements is shorter than the corresponding longitudinal extent of the elongated hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignees: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Dynamit Nobel Kunststoff GmbH
    Inventors: Gudrun Fries, legal representative, Joachim Wehner, Bernd Fries, deceased
  • Plastic fender for a motor vehicle and device for fastening the same
    Publication number: 20050099035
    Abstract: A plastic fender has an upper first edge area and a second edge area extending at an approximately 90° angle thereto. The fender is fixed to the vehicle body in the second edge area by a screw. Furthermore, along the first and second edge areas, a plurality of spaced-apart elongated holes is provided, which admit a mounting section of a guide element which in turn is mounted to the vehicle body with a mounting screw. On the mounting sections of the guide elements, a guide edge covering, respectively, the opposite longitudinal edges of an elongated hole is provided such that, during thermal expansion, the fender can elongate unhindered. For this purpose, the longitudinal extent of the mounting section of the guide elements is shorter than the corresponding longitudinal extent of the elongated hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Applicants: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Dynamit Nobel Kunststoff GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Fries, Gudrun Fries, Joachim Wehner