Patents by Inventor Martin SCHWABL

Martin SCHWABL 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).

  • Lining element, and process for manufacturing a lining element
    Patent number: 11891010
    Abstract: A lining element for use in a vehicle in order to cover an airbag includes a dimensionally stable backing layer with a first predetermined breaking region which is delimited from a surrounding region and/or from a second predetermined breaking region by at least one predetermined breaking line, where a plurality of regularly spaced predetermined breaking points are disposed along the predetermined breaking line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Martin Schwabl
  • Trim component for an interior of a motor vehicle, interior component for the interior, motor vehicle, and method for producing a trim component for an interior of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11648890
    Abstract: A trim component for an interior of a motor vehicle has a film and has a carrier from a thermoplastic plastics material. The film has a relief structure, the carrier has a lattice structure having lattice members, and the carrier is back-molded on a rear side of the film such that the lattice members are connected in a materially integral manner to the rear side of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Aigner, Stefan Fischer, Dienhung Huynh, Markus Haering, Bruno Roth, Martin Schwabl
  • Holder for an interior trim part, and vehicle body structure
    Patent number: 11260914
    Abstract: A holder for an interior trim part, in particular for covering the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, has at least one supply line for guiding a temperature-controllable, liquid or gaseous fluid, to an outlet via which the fluid can emerge from the supply line, and an inlet via which the fluid can enter a discharge line. An interior trim part can be arranged on the holder in such a manner that the outlet of the holder is fluidically connected to an inlet of the interior trim part, and the inlet of the discharge line of the holder is fluidically connected to an outlet of the interior trim part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bekele Gizaw, Bruno Roth, Peter Satzger, Martin Schwabl, Christina Selmeier
  • Trim Component for an Interior of a Motor Vehicle, Interior Component for the Interior, Motor Vehicle, and Method for Producing a Trim Component for an Interior of a Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20210146858
    Abstract: A trim component for an interior of a motor vehicle has a film and has a carrier from a thermoplastic plastics material. The film has a relief structure, the carrier has a lattice structure having lattice members, and the carrier is back-molded on a rear side of the film such that the lattice members are connected in a materially integral manner to the rear side of the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Ralf AIGNER, Stefan FISCHER, Dienhung HUYNH, Markus HAERING, Bruno ROTH, Martin SCHWABL
  • Holder for an Interior Trim Part, and Vehicle Body Structure
    Publication number: 20200156709
    Abstract: A holder for an interior trim part, in particular for covering the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, has at least one supply line for guiding a temperature-controllable, liquid or gaseous fluid, to an outlet via which the fluid can emerge from the supply line, and an inlet via which the fluid can enter a discharge line. An interior trim part can be arranged on the holder in such a manner that the outlet of the holder is fluidically connected to an inlet of the interior trim part, and the inlet of the discharge line of the holder is fluidically connected to an outlet of the interior trim part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Bekele GIZAW, Bruno ROTH, Peter SATZGER, Martin SCHWABL, Christina SELMEIER
  • Lining Element, and Process for Manufacturing a Lining Element
    Publication number: 20200010043
    Abstract: A lining element for use in a vehicle in order to cover an airbag includes a dimensionally stable backing layer with a first predetermined breaking region which is delimited from a surrounding region and/or from a second predetermined breaking region by at least one predetermined breaking line, where a plurality of regularly spaced predetermined breaking points are disposed along the predetermined breaking line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventor: Martin SCHWABL