Patents by Inventor Jurgen Herzig

Jurgen Herzig 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).

  • Publication number: 20230347732
    Abstract: Disclosed is a charging, fueling, or service compartment system for a vehicle. The charging, fueling, or service compartment system having a compartment body, at least one terminal or connection region for a charging plug or an equipment gun, and a movable compartment body cover. The charging, fueling, or service compartment system further includes a movable cover associated with the at least one terminal or connection region. The cover associated with the at least one terminal or connection region associated with a mechanism, which is directly or indirectly operatively connected to the compartment body cover such that when the compartment body cover is transferred from its closed position into its open position, the cover associated with the at least one terminal or connection region is moved along in such a way that the cover associated with the at least one terminal or connection region is preferably moved synchronously from movable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Roland OCH, Jürgen HERZIG
  • Publication number: 20230097685
    Abstract: A housing body (1) is designed in order to be mounted at least in regions in a mounting opening of an outer skin or outer body component (5) of a motor vehicle, and has an outer flange region (6), which surrounds the housing body (1) at least in regions and defines the outer geometry of the housing body at least in regions, the flange region having a multidimensional shape and being designed in order to rest against a support surface of the outer skin or outer body component (5) in the installed state of the housing body. The shape of the outer flange region (6) is designed such that the housing body (1) is mountable, as needed, in a mounting opening, mirrored relative to the motor vehicle longitudinal axis, in a left- or right-sided outer skin or outer body component, by moving the housing body from left to right.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jürgen HERZIG, Matthias KAPAUN, Matthias HEGWEIN
  • Patent number: 11198403
    Abstract: An apparatus for shielding hot regions, in particular of an internal combustion engine, includes a heat shield with a through hole. The apparatus has a component, in particular a heat source, with a fastening region which has a receptacle and a shoulder which surrounds the receptacle at least partially. The shoulder extends through the through hole of the heat shield. The apparatus has a fastening element, in particular a screw, which fastens the heat shield to the fastening region, the fastening element being supported on the shoulder, extending through the through hole of the heat shield, and being fastened in the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: MAN Truck & Bus AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Herzig, Wolfgang Simon, Alexander Lienert
  • Patent number: 11040615
    Abstract: A tank flap or charging flap arrangement for a vehicle, including a housing which can be inserted into a mounting opening in the vehicle and has at least one connection part for the refueling or electrical charging of the vehicle, furthermore including a flap arranged on a hinge arm of the tank flap or charging flap arrangement, the hinge arm mounted on the housing so as to be pivotable about a first pivot axis, wherein the flap is mounted on the hinge arm so as to be pivotable about a second pivot axis, and therefore the flap can be pivoted between a closed position, in which the flap closes the housing, and a first opening position, in which the flap opens up access to the at least one connection part for refueling or electrical charging, and a second opening position, which is opened further than the first opening position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Jürgen Herzig
  • Publication number: 20200055389
    Abstract: A tank flap or charging flap arrangement for a vehicle, including a housing which can be inserted into a mounting opening in the vehicle and has at least one connection part for the refueling or electrical charging of the vehicle, furthermore including a flap arranged on a hinge arm of the tank flap or charging flap arrangement, the hinge arm mounted on the housing so as to be pivotable about a first pivot axis, wherein the flap is mounted on the hinge arm so as to be pivotable about a second pivot axis, and therefore the flap can be pivoted between a closed position, in which the flap closes the housing, and a first opening position, in which the flap opens up access to the at least one connection part for refueling or electrical charging, and a second opening position, which is opened further than the first opening position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventor: Jürgen HERZIG
  • Publication number: 20190135201
    Abstract: An apparatus for shielding hot regions, in particular of an internal combustion engine, includes a heat shield with a through hole. The apparatus has a component, in particular a heat source, with a fastening region which has a receptacle and a shoulder which surrounds the receptacle at least partially. The shoulder extends through the through hole of the heat shield. The apparatus has a fastening element, in particular a screw, which fastens the heat shield to the fastening region, the fastening element being supported on the shoulder, extending through the through hole of the heat shield, and being fastened in the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Jürgen Herzig, Wolfgang Simon, Alexander Lienert
  • Patent number: 8544932
    Abstract: An automobile fuel-tank tube comprising a tube body made of a first plastic and fitted at one end with means for its affixation to an automobile body opening, further comprising a base integrally shaped with said tube body and made of a second plastic softer than the first and including an aperture to receive in sealing manner a comparatively hard filling pipe, a reinforcing section being integrated into the base and also consists of the first plastic and counteracts radial and/or circumferential deformation of said base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: ITW Automotive Products GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Jurgen Herzig
  • Publication number: 20110017732
    Abstract: An automobile fuel-tank tube comprising a tube body made of a first plastic and fitted at one end with means for its affixation to an automobile body opening, further comprising a base integrally shaped with said tube body and made of a second plastic softer than the first and including an aperture to receive in sealing manner a comparatively hard filling pipe, a reinforcing section being integrated into the base and also consists of the first plastic and counteracts radial and/or circumferential deformation of said base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Applicant: ITW AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Jurgen Herzig