Patents by Inventor Mike Seidel

Mike Seidel 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: 20230382157
    Abstract: An arrangement has a wheel and a sheet-shaped cover element. The wheel has a rim, a hub and a plurality of spokes, wherein the wheel has a free space between at least every two spokes spaced apart in the circumferential direction. The free space being at least partly covered by the cover element and, on its inner edge, having a slight step on an outer side of the rim, which step extends at least in some portions along the edge. The cover element and the rim are formed and arranged relative to one another in such a way that a gap resulting in the region of the step from the arrangement of the cover element relative to the rim, following entry of a flow into the gap until exit from the gap, causes an at least two-fold deflection of the flow passing through the gap from the vehicle interior to the vehicle exterior or from the vehicle exterior to the vehicle interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventor: Mike SEIDEL
  • Publication number: 20230382158
    Abstract: A cover element is suitable for attachment to a vehicle wheel having a hub, a wheel rim provided with a rim well for accommodating a tire, and wheel spokes which connect the hub to the wheel rim. The cover element is designed to cover at least one gap between two wheel spokes that adjoin one another in the circumferential direction. The outer surface of the cover element, at least in regions, is provided with at least one bistable display element, such as an e-paper display element having a display device, or is formed by at least one such element, wherein the display device can be supplied with electrical control signals via a control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Stella CLARKE, Benedikt FELLA, Mike SEIDEL, Claudio STRUCKMANN
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11718125
    Abstract: A wheel for a vehicle has a wheel rim, a hub portion, and at least one spoke which connects the hub portion to the wheel rim, and also at least one cover element which at least partially covers the spoke region. The cover element is designed to, in the installed position thereof, produce an imbalance-free state of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Mike Seidel
  • Patent number: 11485168
    Abstract: A wheel of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, has a rim, a hub portion, and at least two spokes connecting the hub portion to the rim. At least two adjoining spokes are connected to each other by at least one connecting web which is arranged in a space between the spokes, is not attached to the rim and the hub portion, and extends at least approximately in the circumferential direction of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christopher Bourne, Mike Seidel, Kurt Walther
  • Patent number: 11007816
    Abstract: A wheel of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, has a rim, a hub portion, and at least two spokes connecting the hub portion to the rim. At least one free space between the spokes is covered at least in part by a substantially planar covering element. The covering element is produced from two different material layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Kristian Groth, Andreas Krause, Christopher Bourne, Peter Jaegermeyr, Thomas Maier, Julia Mieslinger, Mike Seidel
  • Publication number: 20200384800
    Abstract: A wheel for a vehicle has a wheel rim, a hub portion, and at least one spoke which connects the hub portion to the wheel rim, and also at least one cover element which at least partially covers the spoke region. The cover element is designed to, in the installed position thereof, produce an imbalance-free state of the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventor: Mike SEIDEL
  • Publication number: 20200016925
    Abstract: A wheel of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, has a rim, a hub portion, and at least two spokes connecting the hub portion to the rim. At least two adjoining spokes are connected to each other by at least one connecting web which is arranged in a space between the spokes, is not attached to the rim and the hub portion, and extends at least approximately in the circumferential direction of the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher BOURNE, Mike SEIDEL, Kurt WALTHER
  • Publication number: 20190184736
    Abstract: A wheel of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, has a rim, a hub portion, and at least two spokes connecting the hub portion to the rim. At least one free space between the spokes is covered at least in part by a substantially planar covering element. The covering element is produced from two different material layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Kristian GROTH, Andreas KRAUSE, Christopher BOURNE, Peter JAEGERMEYR, Thomas MAIER, Julia MIESLINGER, Mike SEIDEL
  • Patent number: 9493031
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel has a rim and spokes supporting the rim on a hub section. A clearance is formed between two mutually adjacent spokes and is covered by a flat covering element. In this case, the covering element, which is assigned to only one such clearance, is made of a fiber-reinforced synthetic material and, on an exterior side of the wheel, is glued onto the spokes which, on their mutually facing edges, have a slight step toward the interior side of the wheel, as well as onto the hub section which, in the area of this clearance on its side facing the rim, also has such a slight step. Not all clearances between two mutually adjacent spokes of the vehicle wheel are covered in such a manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan Dick, Mike Seidel, Veit Wuerfel
  • Publication number: 20130020856
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel has a rim and spokes supporting the rim on a hub section. A clearance is formed between two mutually adjacent spokes and is covered by a flat covering element. In this case, the covering element, which is assigned to only one such clearance, is made of a fiber-reinforced synthetic material and, on an exterior side of the wheel, is glued onto the spokes which, on their mutually facing edges, have a slight step toward the interior side of the wheel, as well as onto the hub section which, in the area of this clearance on its side facing the rim, also has such a slight step. Not all clearances between two mutually adjacent spokes of the vehicle wheel are covered in such a manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stephan DICK, Mike SEIDEL, Veit WUERFEL
  • Patent number: 6755168
    Abstract: An automatic decompression device for an internal combustion engine includes a camshaft rotatable about an axis of rotation and having an end face, and a lever coupled to the end face and movable between a first position, wherein the lever is engageable with a valve actuating device to actuate a valve during rotation of the camshaft, and a second position, wherein the lever does not substantially move the valve actuating device. The lever is preferably pivotally coupled to the end face to pivot about a pivot axis that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the camshaft. Further preferably, the automatic decompression device further includes a spring between the end face and the lever to bias the lever toward the first position. In a highly preferred embodiment, the end face of the camshaft includes a slot and the lever is at least partially retained within the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Harley Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Schneider, Mike Seidel
  • Publication number: 20020078915
    Abstract: An automatic decompression device for an internal combustion engine includes a camshaft rotatable about an axis of rotation and having an end face, and a lever coupled to the end face and movable between a first position, wherein the lever is engageable with a valve actuating device to actuate a valve during rotation of the camshaft, and a second position, wherein the lever does not substantially move the valve actuating device. The lever is preferably pivotally coupled to the end face to pivot about a pivot axis that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the camshaft. Further preferably, the automatic decompression device further includes a spring between the end face and the lever to bias the lever toward the first position. In a highly preferred embodiment, the end face of the camshaft includes a slot and the lever is at least partially retained within the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Schneider, Mike Seidel