Patents by Inventor Rainer Knockl

Rainer Knockl 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).

  • Air guide in vehicle engine bay
    Patent number: 7503306
    Abstract: An air guide is disclosed for a bonnet-covered engine bay of a goods vehicles, in particular agricultural tractors, where under the bonnet are located a combustion engine (1), components under high thermal load and low thermal load, and a fan which generates an air flow which is directed through air guide ducts past the combustion engine into the open. As the air flow from the fan heats up greatly on the combustion engine, there is a risk of a deterioration in the functioning of heat-sensitive components exposed to the air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: AGCO GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Knockl, Gerd Rathke
  • AIR GUIDE IN VEHICLE ENGINE BAY
    Publication number: 20070289570
    Abstract: An air guide is disclosed for a bonnet-covered engine bay of a goods vehicles, in particular agricultural tractors, where under the bonnet are located a combustion engine (1), components under high thermal load and low thermal load, and a fan which generates an air flow which is directed through air guide ducts past the combustion engine into the open. As the air flow from the fan heats up greatly on the combustion engine, there is a risk of a deterioration in the functioning of heat-sensitive components exposed to the air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: AGCO GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Knockl, Gerd Rathke