Patents by Inventor Jochen Tonhaeuser

Jochen Tonhaeuser 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).

  • Cooling module arrangement with a sealing element
    Patent number: 7399157
    Abstract: In a cooling module arrangement with a seal element for a motor vehicle having an engine including a cooling fan with a fan housing component connected to the engine and a fan cowl component connected to a radiator of the motor vehicle with a gap provided between the fan housing and the fan cowl components, wherein a sealing element is connected to one of the components and includes in the area of its free end a circumferential bead, so that, in a pre-installation position, it is firmly held folded back onto the one component so as to facilitate installation of the components but, when unfolded, extends in its operative position across the gap between the components and firmly engages with its free end the other component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Jochen Tonhaeuser, Willi Weber
  • Cooling module arrangement with a sealing element
    Publication number: 20060054304
    Abstract: In a cooling module arrangement with a seal element for a motor vehicle having an engine including a cooling fan with a fan housing component connected to the engine and a fan cowl component connected to a radiator of the motor vehicle with a gap provided between the fan housing and the fan cowl components, wherein a sealing element is connected to one of the components and includes in the area of its free end a circumferential bead, so that, in a pre-installation position, it is firmly held folded back onto the one component so as to facilitate installation of the components but, when unfolded, extends in its operative position across the gap between the components and firmly engages with its free end the other component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Jochen Tonhaeuser, Willi Weber