Patents by Inventor Stefan Kruger

Stefan Kruger 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: 20220024419
    Abstract: An arrangement of a separate functional element of a washing fluid reservoir on a corresponding fixing portion of a structural component of a motor vehicle, wherein the fixing portion is at least partially formed from a plastics material, and wherein an opening is formed in the fixing portion in such a manner that an insertion portion of the functional element can be brought into a final installation position by insertion and sliding and/or rotation in a direction transverse to the depth direction of the opening, wherein, in the final installation position, the functional element is positively fixed in relation to the structural component, as viewed in the depth direction of the opening. The invention also relates to a motor vehicle having such an arrangement, to a filling nozzle for a washing fluid reservoir, to a motor vehicle hood latch support with a fixing portion, and to a method for installing a functional element on a fixing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLCHAFT
    Inventors: Mario IPPOLITI, Thorsten Tobias MERZ, Stefan KRÜGER
  • Publication number: 20080313798
    Abstract: A portable toilet has a cabin, a water closet in the cabin, a light-transmitting roof upwardly closing the cabin and having an outer edge, and a vent pipe projecting upward through the roof. A light fixture for the toilet has a housing adapted to fit in an installed position against an outer face of the roof and having a throughgoing hole fittable over the vent pipe and a side turned toward the roof. A light source in the housing is energizeable to emit light from the side through the roof and into the cabin. A latch formation on the housing is engageable with the rim to secure the housing to the roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: Stefan Kruger
  • Patent number: 5915426
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning the outside of a container to remove any adhering liquid, particularly in the region of a fill opening thereof. Adhering liquid is blown off of the container by mean of compressed air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim KG
    Inventors: Arun R. Gupte, Heinrich Kladders, Stefan Kruger