Patents by Inventor Thilo DAPPERS

Thilo DAPPERS 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).

  • Exhaust system component for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 8931590
    Abstract: An exhaust system component for a motor vehicle has a first exhaust passage, an attachment flange, which encloses the first exhaust passage, for the connection of the component to an adjacent component, the attachment flange defining an attachment plane for the contact with the adjacent component and having fastening holes for the connection to the adjacent component, and a second exhaust passage, which is spaced apart from the first exhaust passage in a longitudinal direction of the component. A normal line on the attachment plane extends at a non-negligible angle to the longitudinal direction, and the fastening holes are elongated in a direction parallel to the attachment plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Thilo Dappers, Guengoer Bastan
  • EXHAUST SYSTEM COMPONENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20120180303
    Abstract: An exhaust system component for a motor vehicle has a first exhaust passage, an attachment flange, which encloses the first exhaust passage, for the connection of the component to an adjacent component, the attachment flange defining an attachment plane for the contact with the adjacent component and having fastening holes for the connection to the adjacent component, and a second exhaust passage, which is spaced apart from the first exhaust passage in a longitudinal direction of the component. A normal line on the attachment plane extends at a non-negligible angle to the longitudinal direction, and the fastening holes are elongated in a direction parallel to the attachment plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Thilo DAPPERS, Guengoer BASTAN