Patents by Inventor Karel Chalupa

Karel Chalupa 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).

  • WHEEL WELL THERMAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD
    Publication number: 20240092320
    Abstract: A wheel well thermal energy management system includes a wheel well liner, and a deflector. The wheel well liner and the deflector both establish a portion of an aperture that is configured to direct a flow of air to a wheel well of a vehicle. A wheel well thermal energy management method includes moving a vehicle and, during the moving, guiding a flow of air through an aperture into a wheel well of the vehicle. The aperture is established by a wheel well liner together with a deflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Tim Hennicke, Karel Chalupa, Jevon Husapack, Paul Evans, Eugen Weber
  • Active tire spoiler system and method
    Patent number: 10272957
    Abstract: An active tire spoiler system includes a first tire spoiler, a second tire spoiler and a control module. That control module includes a controller configured to displace the first tire spoiler and the second tire spoiler between a stowed position and a deployed position. A related method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Peter Klop, Manfred Lentzen, Karel Chalupa
  • ACTIVE TIRE SPOILER SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20180154952
    Abstract: An active tire spoiler system includes a first tire spoiler, a second tire spoiler and a control module. That control module includes a controller configured to displace the first tire spoiler and the second tire spoiler between a stowed position and a deployed position. A related method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Aaron Peter Klop, Manfred Lentzen, Karel Chalupa