Patents by Inventor Helmut Foidl

Helmut Foidl 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).

  • Electrically propelled vehicle
    Patent number: 8276698
    Abstract: An electrically-propelled vehicle, the battery of which is housed in a battery housing (20) arranged in the rear of the vehicle and under the floor (4) thereof, to be protected against front and rear collisions and restricting the load are as little as possible. The above is achieved by the floor (4) comprising a cut-out (11), larger in plan than the outline of the battery housing (20), the cut-out (11) having a reinforced edge (12), to which front and rear support pieces (13, 30) for the battery housing (20) are fixed, the rear support piece (13) being fixed to the vehicle by a pair of flanges (17, 17?) with rearward downwardly inclined stop surfaces (19) and the battery housing (20) is rigid or reinforced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co KG
    Inventors: Walter Guss, Helmut Foidl
  • ELECTRICALLY PROPELLED VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20090242298
    Abstract: An electrically-propelled vehicle, the battery of which is housed in a battery housing (20) arranged in the rear of the vehicle and under the floor (4) thereof, to be protected against front and rear collisions and restricting the load are as little as possible. The above is achieved by the floor (4) comprising a cut-out (11), larger in plan than the outline of the battery housing (20), the cut-out (11) having a reinforced edge (12), to which front and rear support pieces (13, 30) for the battery housing (20) are fixed, the rear support piece (13) being fixed to the vehicle by a pair of flanges (17, 17?) with rearward downwardly inclined stop surfaces (19) and the battery housing (20) is rigid or reinforced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: MAGNA STEYR FAHRZEUGTECHNIK AG & CO KG
    Inventors: Walter Guss, Helmut Foidl
  • Instant fastener for the releasable fixing of a removable housing part
    Patent number: 4143895
    Abstract: A quick release fastener for the releasable fixing of a removable housing part, in particular a maintenance cover of an internal combustion engine with a sound-reducing enclosure, being fixed to a stationary housing part, the housing part comprising holders for opposing outer rims of the removable housing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1979
    Assignee: Hans List
    Inventors: Karl Kirchweger, Helmut Foidl, Hans List, Josef Greier