Patents by Inventor Hermann Fasel

Hermann Fasel 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).

  • Motor vehicle with flow-influencing devices to reduce air resistance
    Patent number: 6378932
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has an outer contour around which the headwind flows when driving has associated with it flow-influencing structure to reduce the air resistance of the motor vehicle is known. The flow-influencing structure are movably mounted in a vicinity of the outer contour and can be activated periodically with the aid of drive devices in order to introduce suitably time-dependent disturbances into the flow of the headwind in the vicinity of the flow-influencing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Hermann Fasel, Albert Hack, Ralf Rossmanith, Jörg Russow, Volker Schwarz, Rainer Tiefenbacher