Patents by Inventor Mark-Ulf Goebel

Mark-Ulf Goebel 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: 9381772
    Abstract: A rim onto which a vehicle tire is pulled or can be pulled. The rim has a rim base with at least one device to absorb sound in the manner of a Helmholtz resonator, an air volume partly ring-shaped and at least one opening into the tire interior. The air volume of the Helmholtz resonator is formed by the rim base, by wall and/or web elements, which are arranged on the rim base at a distance from one another when seen in the axial direction of the rim, which are radially oriented, and which are at least partly circumferential, and by a covering element or by a covering element and transverse walls, which delimit the air volume in the circumferential direction. The covering element may be connected to the wall and/or web elements in a form-fitting manner or in a form-fitting and force-fitting manner and in an airtight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Volker Rathje, Alina Hallbauer, Franz-Josef Ertelt, Martin Brause, Mark-Ulf Goebel, Hans-Walter Wodtke
  • Publication number: 20140300177
    Abstract: A rim onto which a vehicle tire is pulled or can be pulled. The rim has a rim base with at least one device to absorb sound in the manner of a Helmholtz resonator, an air volume partly ring-shaped and at least one opening into the tire interior. The air volume of the Helmholtz resonator is formed by the rim base, by wall and/or web elements, which are arranged on the rim base at a distance from one another when seen in the axial direction of the rim, which are radially oriented, and which are at least partly circumferential, and by a covering element or by a covering element and transverse walls, which delimit the air volume in the circumferential direction. The covering element may be connected to the wall and/or web elements in a form-fitting manner or in a form-fitting and force-fitting manner and in an airtight manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AG
    Inventors: Volker Rathje, Alina Hallbauer, Franz-Josef Ertelt, Martin Brause, Mark-Ulf Goebel, Hans-Walter Wodtke