Patents by Inventor Helmuth Schrader

Helmuth Schrader 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: 4460213
    Abstract: In a motor car front end with an adjustable air-conducting means in the form of a nose apron which is arranged beneath the bumper and which may be tilted downwards about a transverse axis as a function of the velocity of travel, the nose apron (1) has a well rounded front edge (2) and its adjacent, tapering area is provided with reinforcing corrugations (3) and cooling air outlet ports (4). In its lowered position at high velocities of travel the nose apron (1) forms, relative to the road surface, a narrow Venturi cross-section (10) which causes an area of underpressure which results in a reduction of air resistance. In its raised position at low velocities of travel the nose apron (1) forms an ordinary angle of repose relative to the road surface and covers part of the radiator (22) from excessive throughflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1984
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Lutz J. Janssen, Helmuth Schrader