Patents by Inventor Ralph Georg Gesang

Ralph Georg Gesang 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).

  • Equipment box for the spare-wheel well of a motor vehicle and motor vehicle with equipment box
    Patent number: 10486617
    Abstract: An equipment box, that may be stowed in the spare-wheel well of a motor vehicle, has a main body and a cover that can be attached thereto. The main body is formed for items of equipment to be received by a housing with at least one access opening. The cover can be attached to the main body in a supporting position and in a closing position, in which the cover in each case covers different regions of the main body. The cover in these two positions lies in the same plane, turned by an angle ?, and the cover in the closing position covers the entire main body, while in the supporting position it only covers a middle region of the main body and protrudes beyond the main body on opposite sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph Georg Gesang, Christian Causemann, Frank Schneider, Jeannette Peter
  • EQUIPMENT BOX FOR THE SPARE-WHEEL WELL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE WITH EQUIPMENT BOX
    Publication number: 20180334110
    Abstract: An equipment box, that may be stowed in the spare-wheel well of a motor vehicle, has a main body and a cover that can be attached thereto. The main body is formed for items of equipment to be received by a housing with at least one access opening. The cover can be attached to the main body in a supporting position and in a closing position, in which the cover in each case covers different regions of the main body. The cover in these two positions lies in the same plane, turned by an angle ?, and the cover in the closing position covers the entire main body, while in the supporting position it only covers a middle region of the main body and protrudes beyond the main body on opposite sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Ralph Georg Gesang, Christian Causemann, Frank Schneider, Jeannette Peter