Patents by Inventor Joern Karl

Joern Karl 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: 11254885
    Abstract: A fuel composition for powering a combustion engine, the composition comprising a liquid base fuel; and a (co)polymer obtainable by (co)polymerizing at least the following monomers: one or more bicyclic (meth)acrylate esters (a); up to 15 wt % of styrene (b); optionally other ethylenically unsaturated monomers that are not monomer (a) or (b); up to a total of 100 wt %, wherein the weight percentages of the monomer are based on the total weight of all of the monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Brewer, John Socrates Thomaides, John M Morales, Qiwei He, Damien Christian Vadillo, Michael Timothy Philbin, Joern Karl, Nicholas James Rounthwaite
  • Publication number: 20210179957
    Abstract: A fuel composition for powering a combustion engine, the composition comprising a liquid base fuel; and a (co)polymer obtainable by (co)polymerizing at least the following monomers: one or more bicyclic (meth)acrylate esters (a); up to 15 wt % of styrene (b); optionally other ethylenically unsaturated monomers that are not monomer (a) or (b); up to a total of 100 wt %, wherein the weight percentages of the monomer are based on the total weight of all of the monomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence BREWER, John Socrates THOMAIDES, John M MORALES, Qiwei HE, Damien Christian VADILLO, Michael Timothy PHILBIN, Joern KARL, Nicholas James ROUNTHWAITE
  • Patent number: 10246131
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for performing a parking operation of a motor vehicle into a transverse parking space by means of a parking assistance system of the motor vehicle. With the method of the present disclosure, environmental information related to an environment of the motor vehicle can be captured by one or more sensors. The transverse parking space further can be detected by a controller of the parking assistance system depending on the environmental information, and one or more control signals can be received at a steering system of the motor vehicle. Based upon the one or more control signals received at the steering system, the motor vehicle can be guided from a current position through an entry side of the transverse parking space into the transverse parking space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignees: Valeo Schalter Und Sensoren GmbH, Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Mehmet Terkes, Tobias Geiger, Joern Karl Friedrich Lichtenhagen
  • Publication number: 20160318551
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for performing a parking operation of a motor vehicle (1) into a transverse parking space (14) by means of a parking assistance system (2) of the motor vehicle (1), wherein environmental information to an environment (9) of the motor vehicle (1) is captured by a sensor device (4) of the parking assistance system (2) and the transverse parking space (14) is detected depending on the environmental information by a control device (3) of the parking assistance system (2) and control signals (11) are delivered at least to a steering system (10) of the motor vehicle (1), by which the motor vehicle (1) is guided from a current position through an entry side (22) of the transverse parking space (14) into the transverse parking space (14), wherein a rear boundary (17) is detected by the parking assistance system (2) based on the environmental information, which bounds the transverse parking space (14) on a rear side (16) opposing the entry side (22) in parking space longitudinal direc
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Mehmet Terkes, Tobias Geiger, Joern Karl Friedrich Lichtenhagen
  • Patent number: 8038740
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one hydrophobin or of a derivative thereof as a defoamer in additive compositions or fuels, to a process for defoaming fuels, to an additive and fuel composition comprising at least one hydrophobin or derivative thereof and at least one further fuel additive, and to a process for preparing at least one fuel composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Subkowski, Hans-Georg Lemaire, Marvin Karos, Susan Hammer, Joern Karl, Dietmar Posselt