Patents by Inventor Patrick Urbach

Patrick Urbach 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: 11851112
    Abstract: A position-variable motorized vehicle aerodynamics module, having: A flow component which is configured to be subjected to an incident flow or surrounding flow of an airstream, A bracket, which is configured for fixed attachment to a structure fixed to a vehicle, A power unit, which is configured to displace the flow component between at least two different operating positions relative to the bracket under normal operating conditions, A connecting structure, which the flow component connects with the power unit in a force- and movement-transmitting manner, and A guiding arrangement, which guides the displacement movement of the flow component between the at least two operating positions, Where the connecting structure is configured, in the event of a force being transmitted to the flow component through collision with a solid body, to allow through deformation an evasive movement of the flow component relative to the bracket; where the connecting structure is part of the guiding arrangement, and where the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE
    Inventors: Karsten Grebel, Patrick Urbach
  • Publication number: 20220126930
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a position-variable motorized vehicle aerodynamics module (12), comprising: A flow component (14) which is configured to be subjected to an incident flow or surrounding flow of an airstream (F), A bracket (22), which is configured for fixed attachment to a structure (20) fixed to a vehicle, A power unit (28), which is configured to displace the flow component (14) between at least two different operating positions relative to the bracket (22) under normal operating conditions, A connecting structure (36), which the flow component (14) connects with the power unit (28) in a force- and movement-transmitting manner, and A guiding arrangement (26), which guides the displacement movement of the flow component (14) between the at least two operating positions, Where the connecting structure (36) is configured, in the event of a force being transmitted to the flow component (14) through collision with a solid body (42), to allow through deformation an evasive movement of the flo
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Karsten Grebel, Patrick Urbach
  • Patent number: 11161557
    Abstract: A wheel spoiler arrangement, encompassing: a wheel spoiler carrier; a wheel spoiler received displaceably relative to the wheel spoiler carrier between inactive and active positions constituting operating positions; a motion guidance system between the carrier and the spoiler, a drive system to drive the spoiler between its operating positions, and an overload coupling that transfers force in a direction from the spoiler to the drive system up to a predetermined limit load; the overload coupling having a shiftable structure that is shiftable, between an effective position into which the structure is preloaded in a force-transferring engagement and a passive position in which position the force-transferring engagement is not possible; the shiftable structure being shiftable from the effective position into the passive position upon exceedance of the limit load resulting from a force acting on the spoiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Patrick Urbach, Peter Dill, Karsten Grebel, Andreas Cierpka
  • Patent number: 10953933
    Abstract: A wheel spoiler apparatus encompassing a flow impingement body, a displacement drive system, and a displacement guidance system, the flow impingement body being displaceable between a retracted inactive position and an extended active position, the displacement guidance system comprising a vehicle connection region in which it is connectable to a vehicle body, and comprising a flow impingement body connection region in which it is connected to the flow impingement body, the displacement guidance system encompasses two four-joint linkages coupled to one another via a common pivot joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Schmitt, Karsten Grebel, Juliane Nies, Peter Dill, Virgil-Catalin Petrisor, Patrick Urbach, Nagaraj Koppad
  • Publication number: 20200189668
    Abstract: A wheel spoiler arrangement, encompassing: a wheel spoiler carrier; a wheel spoiler received displaceably relative to the wheel spoiler carrier between inactive and active positions constituting operating positions; a motion guidance system between the carrier and the spoiler, a drive system to drive the spoiler between its operating positions, and an overload coupling that transfers force in a direction from the spoiler to the drive system up to a predetermined limit load; the overload coupling having a shiftable structure that is shiftable, between an effective position into which the structure is preloaded in a force-transferring engagement and a passive position in which position the force-transferring engagement is not possible; the shiftable structure being shiftable from the effective position into the passive position upon exceedance of the limit load resulting from a force acting on the spoiler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Patrick Urbach, Peter Dill, Karsten Grebel, Andreas Cierpka
  • Patent number: 10421352
    Abstract: An air flap apparatus for a motor vehicle having a driving force source to drive a plurality of air flaps between their operating positions; the apparatus having at least two sub-groups of air flap(s) which are displaceable separately from one another between their operating positions but are drivable by the shared driving force source; there being arranged between the driving force source and the at least two sub-groups a gated control configuration which in order to transfer driving force to different sub-groups has, on a groove carrier rotatable around a rotation axis, at least two control grooves embodied separately and arranged at a distance from one another, into each of which a control pin penetrates, each combination of control pin and control groove being motion-transferringly coupled to a different sub-group, the at least two control grooves are embodied on an enveloping surface of the groove carrier at an axial distance from one another and are coded such that for two sub-groups, they permit at lea
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Röchling Automotive SE & Co. KG
    Inventor: Patrick Urbach
  • Publication number: 20190176612
    Abstract: An air flap apparatus for a motor vehicle having a driving force source to drive a plurality of air flaps between their operating positions; the apparatus having at least two sub-groups of air flap(s) which are displaceable separately from one another between their operating positions but are drivable by the shared driving force source; there being arranged between the driving force source and the at least two sub-groups a gated control configuration which in order to transfer driving force to different sub-groups has, on a groove carrier rotatable around a rotation axis, at least two control grooves embodied separately and arranged at a distance from one another, into each of which a control pin penetrates, each combination of control pin and control groove being motion-transferringly coupled to a different sub-group, the at least two control grooves are embodied on an enveloping surface of the groove carrier at an axial distance from one another and are coded such that for two sub-groups, they permit at lea
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Patrick Urbach
  • Publication number: 20190061839
    Abstract: A wheel spoiler apparatus encompassing a flow impingement body, a displacement drive system, and a displacement guidance system, the flow impingement body being displaceable between a retracted inactive position and an extended active position, the displacement guidance system comprising a vehicle connection region in which it is connectable to a vehicle body, and comprising a flow impingement body connection region in which it is connected to the flow impingement body, the displacement guidance system encompasses two four-joint linkages coupled to one another via a common pivot joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas Schmitt, Karsten Grebel, Juliane Nies, Peter Dill, Virgil-Catalin Petrisor, Patrick Urbach, Nagaraj Koppad