Patents by Inventor Sebastian Pfenning

Sebastian Pfenning 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).

  • Charging housing or filler neck housing
    Patent number: 9688136
    Abstract: A charging housing or filler neck housing for insertion into a body opening in a motor vehicle comprises a housing body with a passage opening. A plug-in charging connector or a tank filler pipe can be inserted into the passage opening, and a sealing ring is arranged on the passage opening. The sealing ring has an annular sealing body, from which a first elastic sealing lip and a second elastic sealing lip extend, wherein the first sealing lip is designed to bear against a plug-in charging connector or tank filler pipe inserted into the passage opening, and wherein the second sealing lip is designed to bear against a closure flap closing the filler neck housing or charging housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Roth, Christian Beck, Stephan Groβmann, Sebastian Pfenning
  • CHARGING HOUSING OR FILLER NECK HOUSING
    Publication number: 20150274010
    Abstract: A charging housing or filler neck housing for insertion into a body opening in a motor vehicle comprises a housing body with a passage opening. A plug-in charging connector or a tank filler pipe can be inserted into the passage opening, an a sealing ring is arranged on the passage opening. The sealing ring has an annular sealing body, from which a first elastic sealing lip and a second elastic sealing lip extend, wherein the first sealing lip is designed to bear against a plug-in charging connector or tank filler pipe inserted into the passage opening, and wherein the second sealing lip is designed to bear against a closure flap closing the filler neck housing or charging housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Roth, Christian Beck, Stephan Großmann, Sebastian Pfenning