Patents by Inventor Marcel MATHISSEN

Marcel MATHISSEN 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: 11571997
    Abstract: A seat component for a vehicle seat having at least one air outlet unit configured to be connected to an air supply. In order to be able to adapt a ventilation function of the vehicle seat individually to a contact area between the vehicle seat and a person sitting thereon, the air outlet unit has at least one flexible air guide funnel and at least one diaphragm valve which is arranged within the at least one flexible air guide funnel and which is connected to the at least one flexible air guide funnel in such a way that the diaphragm valve closes the air guide funnel when the air guide funnel is not deformed, and at least partially opens the air guide funnel when the air guide funnel is deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Baranowski, Jessica Rebecca Rausch, Volker Scheer, Maximilian Engelke, Marcel Mathissen
  • Publication number: 20220134921
    Abstract: A seat component for a vehicle seat having at least one air outlet unit configured to be connected to an air supply. In order to be able to adapt a ventilation function of the vehicle seat individually to a contact area between the vehicle seat and a person sitting thereon, the air outlet unit has at least one flexible air guide funnel and at least one diaphragm valve which is arranged within the at least one flexible air guide funnel and which is connected to the at least one flexible air guide funnel in such a way that the diaphragm valve closes the air guide funnel when the air guide funnel is not deformed, and at least partially opens the air guide funnel when the air guide funnel is deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Baranowski, Jessica Rebecca Rausch, Volker Scheer, Maximilian Engelke, Marcel Mathissen
  • Publication number: 20220069554
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a plurality of conductor elements includes providing the plurality of conductor elements, each conductor element includes a conductor end section having an electrically insulating surface coating; securing the conductor end sections of the conductor elements with respect to each other; and simultaneously removing at least a portion of the electrically insulating surface coatings of the conductor end sections using a machining surface of a stripping tool being moved along the conductor end sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Baranowski, Julius Maximilian Engelke, Maira Magnani, Maik Broda, Raphael Koch, Marcel Mathissen
  • Publication number: 20220060075
    Abstract: A production method for manufacturing a hairpin coil includes positioning a plurality of hairpin-like conductor elements on a coil support such that conductor end portions of conductor elements to be connected, which protrude from the coil support, are arranged adjacent to one another as conductor end portion pairs, securing the relative position of the conductor end portions of a conductor end portion pair, and simultaneously welding the respective conductor end portions of a plurality of conductor end portion pairs by friction welding, by a friction surface of a welding tool being simultaneously moved in a frictional manner along the plurality of conductor end portion pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Baranowski, Maik Broda, Raphael Koch, Marcel Mathissen, Maira Magnani, Julius Maximilian Engelke, Ferat Oezkan
  • Patent number: 11008209
    Abstract: An antifreeze cartridge includes a container containing an antifreeze agent, and a sealing film on the container. A connecting structure is configured and intended to be connected by force fit or form fit to a complementary receiver of an antifreeze inlet of a motor vehicle. The container has a handling portion which is configured and intended to allow the manual connection of the connecting structure to the complementary receiver of the antifreeze inlet. The sealing film is configured and intended to be perforated by a hollow perforation element of the antifreeze inlet so that the antifreeze agent contained in the container can be supplied to a frost-protection system of the motor vehicle through the hollow perforation element. A motor vehicle has an antifreeze inlet wherein the antifreeze inlet is accessible from the outside of an engine bay of the motor vehicle without opening a hood of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marcel Mathissen, Julius Maximilian Engelke, Thomas Baranowski
  • Patent number: 10987781
    Abstract: A clamping device for clamping at least two components which are to be joined together includes a first carrier structure, a second carrier structure which is connectable to the first carrier structure by a connector, and at least one positioning device which is provided on the first or the second carrier structure in order to position the components to be joined together at a defined position with reference to the first or the second carrier structure. A method for designing a clamping device for clamping at least two components to be joined together includes steps for designing these various elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Baranowski, Lars Bognar, Maik Broda, Maximilian Engelke, Marcel Mathissen
  • Patent number: 10576898
    Abstract: A portable transport container includes at least one base panel and at least four side panels which are connected to one another with pivotable connections in order to enable a movement of the transport container at least between an open use position and a closed storage position. The at least one base panel and the four side panels are composed primarily of plastic. A plurality of reinforcing elements comprising plastic film are provided which are connected in a firmly bonded manner at least in sections contiguously near to the surface either to the base panel or to one of the four side panels. A transport container holder system of a vehicle includes at least one such portable transport container and a trunk floor and/or a backseat bench of the vehicle, in which at least one open cavity for accommodating one of the portable transport containers is provided for each of the portable transport containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Baranowski, Maik Broda, Julius Maximilian Engelke, Marcel Mathissen
  • Patent number: 10495669
    Abstract: A sensor for a contactless electrocardiographic measurement on a person includes a carrier for fastening the sensor on an object, such as a vehicle seat, and at least one electrically flat electrode mounted to the carrier by an elastic element. An inflatable bellows is disposed between the carrier and the electrode, inflation of the bellows deflecting the elastic element and increasing a distance between the electrode and the carrier to thereby urge the electrode toward a person seated on the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeroen Lem, Benjamin Eilebrecht, Marcel Mathissen, Achim Lindner, Rainer Vogt, Marian Walter, Steffen Leonhardt
  • Publication number: 20190225481
    Abstract: An antifreeze cartridge includes a container containing an antifreeze agent, and a sealing film on the container. A connecting structure is configured and intended to be connected by force fit or form fit to a complementary receiver of an antifreeze inlet of a motor vehicle. The container has a handling portion which is configured and intended to allow the manual connection of the connecting structure to the complementary receiver of the antifreeze inlet. The sealing film is configured and intended to be perforated by a hollow perforation element of the antifreeze inlet so that the antifreeze agent contained in the container can be supplied to a frost-protection system of the motor vehicle through the hollow perforation element. A motor vehicle has an antifreeze inlet wherein the antifreeze inlet is accessible from the outside of an engine bay of the motor vehicle without opening a hood of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Marcel Mathissen, Julius Maximilian Engelke, Thomas Baranowski
  • Publication number: 20190224816
    Abstract: A clamping device for clamping at least two components which are to be joined together includes a first carrier structure, a second carrier structure which is connectable to the first carrier structure by a connector, and at least one positioning device which is provided on the first or the second carrier structure in order to position the components to be joined together at a defined position with reference to the first or the second carrier structure. A method for designing a clamping device for clamping at least two components to be joined together includes steps for designing these various elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Baranowski, Lars Bognar, Maik Broda, Maximilian Engelke, Marcel Mathissen
  • Patent number: 10352854
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle comprising a dust sensor. The dust sensor is a scattered light photometer according to the disclosure. The scattered light photometer measures the dust load of the air in a region of the motor vehicle in which resuspended or emitted dust has a tendency to occur during travel. In addition, the motor vehicle contains a device for dust reduction, which receives measured data from the scattered light photometer, and decides, on the basis of the measured data, whether measures are to be taken against dust resuspension or dust emission. The device takes corresponding measures if the dust load exceeds a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marcel Mathissen, Volker Scheer, Rainer Vogt
  • Patent number: 10293824
    Abstract: A dust resuspension system for a vehicle includes one or more dust sensors mounted to a roof, the dust sensors being configured to observe a part of a roadway surface situated ahead of the vehicle in a direction of travel and provide data of a magnitude of a road dust load of the roadway surface based on type of road surface. The system also includes a device configured to, in response to the data indicating that the magnitude of the road dust load being above a predefined threshold, implement a dust resuspension measure, wherein the measure activates a brake system to impose a forced speed restriction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marcel Mathissen, Volker Scheer, Rainer Vogt
  • Patent number: 10286882
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes at least one air-conducting structure. That at least one air conducting structure is arranged downstream of a vehicle wheel in the direction of travel, for conducting at least some of the air in a wake of the vehicle wheel to a dust collector. A control unit is provided for automatic adjustment, in a manner depending on the speed of travel of the vehicle and/or of the spacing between a lower edge of the air-conducting structure and a roadway surface being driven over by the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marcel Mathissen, Rainer Vogt, Volker Scheer, Lothar Krueger
  • Patent number: 10259388
    Abstract: A method for illuminating a passenger compartment of a vehicle with lighting devices which each contain one or more diffuse and/or indirect light sources. The intensity and color of the light emitted by the light sources being set automatically as a function of specific operating parameters which are influenced by a vehicle occupant. The lighting devices which are respectively spatially assigned to an area of the passenger compartment of the vehicle in which there is a vehicle component with an operating parameter which can be set separately by the driver and which can act on a general operating mode selected by the driver, are actuated in such a way that their intensity and color indicate to the driver whether the current setting of the separately settable operating parameter has a positive or negative effect on the general operating mode selected by the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Marcel Mathissen, Thomas Baranowski, Maximilian Julius Engelke, Maik Broda, Xiao Chen
  • Publication number: 20190077321
    Abstract: A portable transport container includes at least one base panel and at least four side panels which are connected to one another with pivotable connections in order to enable a movement of the transport container at least between an open use position and a closed storage position. The at least one base panel and the four side panels are composed primarily of plastic. A plurality of reinforcing elements comprising plastic film are provided which are connected in a firmly bonded manner at least in sections contiguously near to the surface either to the base panel or to one of the four side panels. A transport container holder system of a vehicle includes at least one such portable transport container and a trunk floor and/or a backseat bench of the vehicle, in which at least one open cavity for accommodating one of the portable transport containers is provided for each of the portable transport containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Baranowski, Maik Broda, Julius Maximilian Engelke, Marcel Mathissen
  • Publication number: 20180127040
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electric bicycle. The electric bicycle comprises an electric motor for at least temporarily assisting or replacing a pedal operation. Assigned to the electric bicycle are at least two keys equipped with different rights, which differ from each other with respect to operating modes of the electric bicycle permitted in conjunction with a relevant key. One of the keys is an administrator key equipped with expanded rights. The expanded rights of the administrator key aids to provide a determination from a plurality of particular operating modes implementable for each of a remaining key from the at least two keys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Marcel MATHISSEN
  • Publication number: 20180111549
    Abstract: A method for illuminating a passenger compartment of a vehicle with lighting devices which each contain one or more diffuse and/or indirect light sources. The intensity and color of the light emitted by the light sources being set automatically as a function of specific operating parameters which are influenced by a vehicle occupant. The lighting devices which are respectively spatially assigned to an area of the passenger compartment of the vehicle in which there is a vehicle component with an operating parameter which can be set separately by the driver and which can act on a general operating mode selected by the driver, are actuated in such a way that their intensity and color indicate to the driver whether the current setting of the separately settable operating parameter has a positive or negative effect on the general operating mode selected by the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Marcel Mathissen, Thomas Baranowski, Maximilian Julius Engelke, Maik Broda, Xiao Chen
  • Publication number: 20180053151
    Abstract: A modular system for transporting objects in a motor vehicle, particularly for purchasing and transporting purchased goods, is disclosed. The system has at least one module which is suitable for receiving objects, can be removed from the system and can be replaced with another module, and can be connected to the system and therefore to the motor vehicle by a plug-and-play connection. Furthermore, a method for purchasing and transporting goods is made available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Marcel Mathissen, Thomas Baranowski
  • Patent number: 9862326
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for carrying objects, in particular medications or medical articles, in a vehicle. The arrangement includes a storage compartment for accommodating the objects to be carried and a regulating unit for regulating at least one parameter characteristic of the climatic conditions present in the storage compartment. The regulating unit is designed to carry out the regulation in dependence on the presence of one or more objects in the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jeroen Lem, Karl Michael Siebertz, Rainer Vogt, Marcel Mathissen
  • Publication number: 20170210354
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes at least one air-conducting structure. That at least one air conducting structure is arranged downstream of a vehicle wheel in the direction of travel, for conducting at least some of the air in a wake of the vehicle wheel to a dust collector. A control unit is provided for automatic adjustment, in a manner depending on the speed of travel of the vehicle and/or of the spacing between a lower edge of the air-conducting structure and a roadway surface being driven over by the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Marcel Mathissen, Rainer Vogt, Volker Scheer, Lothar Krueger