Patents by Inventor Karl Kübler

Karl Kübler 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: 6341814
    Abstract: The invention relates to an open motor vehicle such as a convertible, roadster or the like, which has a vehicle body, a drive device with internal combustion engine, gearbox and exhaust system, a vehicle interior with at least one vehicle seat with backrest and headrest and a fresh-air/heating device. In order to increase the air-conditioning comfort when driving with the top down and in order to improve the sense of well-being of the vehicle occupants, the fresh-air/heating device has at least one air vent which is provided in the vehicle interior behind the at least one vehicle seat, and at least one air duct which is connected to the air vent and to which air which has been heated by the waste heat of the drive device can be fed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Anton Hönninger, Karl Kübler, Martin Molter
  • Patent number: 6208267
    Abstract: In an indicating device for an electronic backup aid, is arranged in the rear area of the vehicle in the driver's field of vision on a holding device. The holding device is vertically adjustable between at least two end positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Anton Hoenninger, Karl Kuebler
  • Patent number: 6076631
    Abstract: A bass reflex box of a radio-sound system of an automobile is designed to be accommodated compactly and with good sound generating effect in the vehicle interior. For this purpose, the bass reflex box, which can be designed as an energy-absorbing crash element, is installed in a space between the firewall that separates the vehicle interior from the engine compartment and a foot support plate located in the vehicle interior at a distance from the firewall and tilted upward relative to the vehicle interior floor, with bass output openings extending into the vehicle interior above the foot support plate. The foot support plate can be eliminated and its function assumed directly by the bass reflex box itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Anton Hoenninger, Karl Kuebler