Patents by Inventor Ludger Hilvert

Ludger Hilvert 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).

  • Container for gas storage tanks in a vehicle
    Patent number: 7624753
    Abstract: A container for gas storage tanks in a vehicle is disclosed as part of a fuel storage system. The container is dimensioned to include one or more storage tanks along with a flow control device, such as a pressure regulator or automatic valve. The container does not form a fluid-tight containment around the storage tank and includes one or more ventilation openings to allow a gas within the container to be vented therefrom. There is also one or more drain openings in the container to allow liquid within the container to be drained therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Uwe Süess, Ludger Hilvert
  • Container for gas storage tanks in a vehicle
    Publication number: 20060032532
    Abstract: A container for gas storage tanks in a vehicle is disclosed as part of a fuel storage system. The container is dimensioned to include one or more storage tanks along with a flow control device, such as a pressure regulator or automatic valve. The container does not form a fluid-tight containment around the storage tank and includes one or more ventilation openings to allow a gas within the container to be vented therefrom. There is also one or more drain openings in the container to allow liquid within the container to be drained therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Uwe Suess, Ludger Hilvert
  • Vehicle jack
    Patent number: 5782456
    Abstract: A vehicle jack with an upright assembly and an arm articulated thereto around a fixed horizontal axis. The free end of the arm bends toward the vehicle and is directly or indirectly raised away from and lowered toward the ground by a spindle. To simplify obtaining an angle in the arm, the main section of the arm is straight and an angled section is form fit onto its free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: August Bilstein GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Brosius, Ludger Hilvert, Andreas Huber, Ferdinand Alten