Patents by Inventor Sandra Schaaf

Sandra Schaaf 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).

  • PRESSURE TANK SYSTEM WITH HEAT CONDUCTING LAYER
    Publication number: 20080066805
    Abstract: A pressure tank system including a pressure release valve that releases pressure in the tank if the valve exceeds a predetermined temperature. In order for the pressure release valve to be effective, it must detect heat at all areas of the tank system. The tank system includes a heat conducting device for transferring heat from anywhere on the tank system to the pressure release valve. In one embodiment, the heat conducting device is a heat conducting mesh that is wrapped around and outside of the pressure tank. In another embodiment, the heat conducting device is an aluminum sheet wrapped around the tank. In another embodiment, the heat conducting device includes heat conducting strips that extend along the tank and are connected to the pressure release valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Franz Winter, Sandra Schaaf, Andre Mack-Gardner, Josef Kallo
  • Vehicle vent through an opening in a radio antenna base
    Patent number: 6535171
    Abstract: Venting a closed compartment of a vehicle through an opening provided in a radio antenna base, which opening is aligned with a vent hole in the roof of the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Andreas Lauermann, Sandra Schaaf