Patents by Inventor Markus DIX

Markus DIX 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).

  • Publication number: 20230331037
    Abstract: A cover element is adapted for attaching to a vehicle wheel having a wheel hub, a wheel rim provided with a rim base for receiving a tire, and a central body connecting the wheel hub to the wheel rim. The cover element is configured in the shape of a circular disk in order to cover the central body, is distinguished in that the outer surface of the cover element is provided at least in regions with at least one bistable display element, such as an E-paper display element, with a display device, or is formed by at least one such display element. Electric control signals can be applied to the display device via a control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Markus DIX, Alwin MAIWALD, Mike SEIDEL
  • Publication number: 20230202409
    Abstract: An attachment part for a motor vehicle includes a main body and a securing element where the attachment part is mechanically securable to the motor vehicle by the securing element. An electrical consumer is integrated into the attachment part. Connection conductor tracks are attached to the main body, contact the electrical consumer, and extend as far as the securing element where the electrical consumer is electrically connectable to a power supply on the motor vehicle by the connection conductor tracks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Nicolas BEHRENS, Markus DIX, Patrick DUMM
  • Publication number: 20220381167
    Abstract: A lubricant pan for a vehicle includes a receiving region in which a lubricant is at least temporarily receivable, a first wall element, and a second wall element. A temperature-control channel is disposed between the first wall element and the second wall element and a temperature-control medium is flowable through the temperature-control channel. A core that is porous and permeable to the temperature-control medium is disposed in the temperature-control channel between the first wall element and the second wall element. The temperature-control medium is introducible into the temperature-control channel via a first connector and the temperature-control medium is dischargable from the temperature-control channel via a second connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Markus DIX, Oleg KONRAD
  • Publication number: 20220317306
    Abstract: A vehicle component integrates an environment detection sensor into a vehicle. The vehicle component is in the form of a plastic component and has a main body with a recess for receiving the environment detection sensor. Towards a visible side of the vehicle component, the recess is delimited by a cover portion which has a signal passage surface or a signal passage opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Erich BREM, Markus DIX, Mirko GINOVSKI, Franz MAIDL, Rudolf SCHILLING, Bernd VEIHELMANN