Patents by Inventor Lutz Seyfarth

Lutz Seyfarth 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: 7878421
    Abstract: A wash system for window glasses and/or headlamps of a vehicle, with a fluid line through which a fluid is conducted from a fluid reservoir into a nozzle and with a heating cable which is laid in the fluid line is disclosed. The heating cable is laid so as to enter the nozzle or to pass through the nozzle and to heat not only the fluid line but also the nozzle. One obtains a wash system that can be manufactured at low cost and ensures freeze protection at reduced energy expense by the fact that the heating cable is laid in a meander pattern in the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Vola Plast Werner Hoppach, KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Hofmann, Markus Bickel, Lutz Seyfarth
  • Publication number: 20090179084
    Abstract: A wash system for window glasses and/or headlamps of a vehicle, with a fluid line through which a fluid is conducted from a fluid reservoir into a nozzle and with a heating cable which is laid in the fluid line is disclosed. The heating cable is laid so as to enter the nozzle or to pass through the nozzle and to heat not only the fluid line but also the nozzle. One obtains a wash system that can be manufactured at low cost and ensures freeze protection at reduced energy expense by the fact that the heating cable is laid in a meander pattern in the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Jurgen Hofmann, Markus Bickel, Lutz Seyfarth
  • Publication number: 20080196917
    Abstract: A fluid supply hose for a windscreen or headlamp washer system of a vehicle having an electric heating element, said heating element comprising a coaxial cable (2, 12) with an inner current conductor (3, 13) and an outer current conductor (5, 15) surrounding said inner conductor (3, 13), an insulator (4, 14) being provided between said inner (3, 13) and said outer conductor (5, 15). To provide a fluid supply hose of the type mentioned herein above the heating element of which is of a small and flow-enhancing design so that the fluid supply hose may have a smaller cross section, the inner current conductor (3, 13) is given a higher electric resistance than the outer current conductor (5, 15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Jurgen Hofmann, Lutz Seyfarth, Markus Bickel
  • Patent number: 6474568
    Abstract: In a washer system (9) which is intended for a motor vehicle, a delivery unit (1) is used to supply a washer nozzle (11) which is connected by means of a pipe element (10). To protect against damage at low ambient temperatures, a heating element (5) is arranged on a housing (7) of a pump chamber (3) of the delivery unit (1) and thus makes it possible for the washer fluid situated in the pump chamber (3) to be heated rapidly and in a specific manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Lutz Seyfarth, Roland Sieber
  • Publication number: 20010015385
    Abstract: In the case of a washer system (9) which is intended for a motor vehicle, a delivery unit (1) is used to supply a washer nozzle (11) which is connected by means of a pipe element (10). To protect against damage at low ambient temperatures, a heating element (5) is arranged on a housing (7) of a pump chamber (3) of the delivery unit (1) and thus makes it possible for the washer fluid situated in the pump chamber (3) to be heated rapidly and in a specific manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Applicant: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Lutz Seyfarth, Roland Sieber
  • Patent number: 6247653
    Abstract: In a washer system (9) which is intended for a motor vehicle, a delivery unit (1) is used to supply a washer nozzle (11) which is connected by a pipe element (10). To protect against damage at low ambient temperatures, a heating element (5) is arranged on a housing (7) of a pump chamber (3) of the delivery unit (1) and thus makes it possible for the washer fluid situated in the pump chamber (3) to be heated rapidly and in a specific manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Lutz Seyfarth, Roland Sieber