Patents by Inventor Manfred Weindorf

Manfred Weindorf 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: 6206776
    Abstract: A ventilation system for the interior of a vehicle includes a housing comprising an air inlet; a first air outlet; and a second air outlet, which is arranged directly in front of the first air outlet; and a swivel flap arranged in the area of the air outlets. The second air outlet is arranged in a plane that is oriented at a right angle with respect to the plane of the first air outlet. For achieving an air deflection with a simultaneous air distribution within a narrow space, the housing has a third air outlet which is situated in a plane orthogonal to the planes of the other air outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventor: Manfred Weindorf
  • Patent number: 6019288
    Abstract: A heating or air conditioning unit for the interior of vehicles with air outlets, which are disposed in the center plane of the interior of the vehicle, particularly in the dashboard and which include at least one centrally disposed center vent and two side vents, and with a control unit with adjusting elements for influencing the air emerging from the air outlets is provided. For the purpose of adjusting the division of air between the at least one center vent and the two side vents in the driver's side and the front seat passenger's side of the interior of the vehicle from the driver's seat, two air ducts, each leading to one of the side vents, branch off from the air duct leading to the at least one center vent and, at each branching site, an air splitter is disposed, which is controlled from an air distribution adjusting element, which is disposed in a control panel of the control unit, which is usually placed centrally in the dashboard in the interior of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Klaus Arold, Dieter Heinle, Markus Schoellhorn, Manfred Weindorf
  • Patent number: 5983987
    Abstract: An air conditioner for vehicles has a housing and has an evaporator and a heat exchanger which, viewed in the air flow direction, are successively arranged in the housing at a distance from one another and enclose a housing section between one another whose bottom is approximately V-shaped. A warm air flap is swivellably arranged in the housing section for controlling the air supply to the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Manfred Weindorf