Patents by Inventor Ralf SIBER

Ralf SIBER 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: 20160097315
    Abstract: A silencer for a motor vehicle and in particular air intake or exhaust gas lines and/or HVAC air passageways is disclosed. The silencer includes a pipe arranged in a housing, which defines a duct and an annular orifice arrangement having a first annular orifice which extends from the pipe to the housing. The housing and pipe form a chamber arrangement with a first chamber and a second chamber, which are separated by the first annular orifice and communicate with the duct through apertures in the pipe. The housing is designed integrally with a first connector and the pipe integrally with a second connector, which communicate with the duct, and in particular merge into the duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Kai BECKER, Ralf SIBER
  • Patent number: 8707925
    Abstract: An intake tract is provided for combustion air of a vehicle. The intake tract includes, but is not limited to an intake opening and an intake channel. At the end of the intake channel a sound source is arranged, which is sound-dampened by a sound damping device in the intake channel. An air filter is arranged between part regions of the intake channel and downstream of the air filter an air mass sensor is provided in an intake channel section, wherein the intake channel section of the air mass sensor includes, but is not limited to the sound damping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Ralf Siber, Burkhard Bode, Wolfgang Fasan
  • Patent number: 8607908
    Abstract: An intake system of combustion air is provided for a vehicle. The intake system has an intake opening, an intake duct, and an air filter. The intake opening is situated on one side of a water separation container, which is fixed on a girder of the vehicle. The intake opening is situated in a front most front face of the vehicle in the travel direction for this purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Ralf Siber, Wolfgang Fasan, Torsten Lang
  • Patent number: 8562706
    Abstract: An air filter is provided that includes, but is not limited to an air filter housing, which encloses an air filter chamber having an ambient air volume and a filtered air volume separated from the ambient air volume by a filter device. At least one interior side of the air filter housing enclosing the ambient air volume has ribs. The ambient air volume has air flowing through it in a flow direction operation of the air filter and sections of the ribs are situated parallel to this flow direction of the air and curved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Ralf Siber
  • Publication number: 20120180442
    Abstract: An air filter is provided for a motor vehicle with an air supplying inlet and an air discharging outlet and with at least one air guiding structure arranged downstream of the inlet that is configured to change the flow direction of supplied air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Ralf SIBER, Juergen Gerhard BECHTOLD
  • Publication number: 20120085308
    Abstract: An intake tract is provided for combustion air of a vehicle. The intake tract includes, but is not limited to an intake opening and an intake channel. At the end of the intake channel a sound source is arranged, which is sound-dampened by a sound damping device in the intake channel. An air filter is arranged between part regions of the intake channel and downstream of the air filter an air mass sensor is provided in an intake channel section, wherein the intake channel section of the air mass sensor includes, but is not limited to the sound damping device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Ralf SIBER, Burkhard BODE, Wolfgang FASAN
  • Publication number: 20120085307
    Abstract: An intake system of combustion air is provided for a vehicle. The intake system has an intake opening, an intake duct, and an air filter. The intake opening is situated on one side of a water separation container, which is fixed on a girder of the vehicle. The intake opening is situated in a front most front face of the vehicle in the travel direction for this purpose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Ralf SIBER, Wolfgang FASAN, Torsten LANG
  • Publication number: 20100300569
    Abstract: A corrugated hose 10 for carrying a fluid includes, but is not limited to a hose body for carrying the fluid. Furthermore, the corrugated hose includes, but is not limited to at least one circumferential bellows pocket extending radially to the outside in order to make possible movement compensation of the hose body. The hose body in flow direction merges with the bellows pocket via a sharp-edged tear-off edge for detaching the flow from the hose body. By detaching the flow in the tear-off edge it is prevented that the flow flows into the bellows pocket, as a result of which a corrugated hose that is simple to produce and has a low flow resistance is created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Christian Degen, Alex Gregorian, Ralf Siber
  • Publication number: 20090133371
    Abstract: An air filter is provided that includes, but is not limited to an air filter housing, which encloses an air filter chamber having an ambient air volume and a filtered air volume separated from the ambient air volume by a filter device. At least one interior side of the air filter housing enclosing the ambient air volume has ribs. The ambient air volume has air flowing through it in a flow direction operation of the air filter and sections of the ribs are situated parallel to this flow direction of the air and curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Ralf SIBER