Patents by Inventor Herbert Dormeier

Herbert Dormeier 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).

  • Method and apparatus for producing sounds that depend on the operation of an internal combustion engine in the interior space of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 7088829
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing sounds corresponding to the operation of an internal combustion engine in the interior space of a motor vehicle is characterized by a pressure sensor (20) that detects fluctuations in pressure in a fresh air stream into the engine, an amplification device (32, 33) for amplifying output signals of the pressure sensor, and at least one speaker (34) attached to the amplifier and arranged in the interior space of the vehicle for reproducing the amplified signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignees: TUV Automotive GmbH, Bayerische Motorenwerke AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Schick, Herbert Dormeier, Helmut Spannheimer, Bernd Lischo, Raymond Freymann