Patents by Inventor Helmut Sponer

Helmut Sponer 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: 6719359
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle with underbody and wheels mounted in wheelhouses which are guided on wheel guide elements coupled to the body, functional elements being mounted in the area of wheel dishes opening inward, and with wheel spoilers mounted on the underbody in front of the wheels in the direction of travel, for the sake of better deflection of environmental influences such as dirt particles, moisture, etc the wheel spoilers of at least one wheel axle per wheel ending in a structurally simple configuration in a deflecting strip extending more or less vertically downward, the deflecting strips being extended continuously inward and rearward at least to the vertical central plane of the wheels extending through the axes of rotation of the wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Hartmut Steinicke, Helmut Sponer, Martin Angel
  • Publication number: 20030173798
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle with underbody and wheels mounted in wheelhouses which are guided on wheel guide elements coupled to the body, functional elements being mounted in the area of wheel dishes opening inward, and with wheel spoilers mounted on the underbody in front of the wheels in the direction of travel, for the sake of better deflection of environmental influences such as dirt particles, moisture, etc the wheel spoilers of at least one wheel axle per wheel ending in a structurally simple configuration in a deflecting strip extending more or less vertically downward, the deflecting strips being extended continously inward and rearward at least to the vertical central plane of the wheels extending through the axes of rotation of the wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Hartmut Steinicke, Helmut Sponer, Martin Angel