Patents by Inventor Thilo Schäfer

Thilo Schäfer 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).

  • Passenger compartment of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 7625032
    Abstract: A passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, in particular a passenger automobile, is provided having a dashboard, which has a lower cover connected thereto, and having a carpet laid out in the foot well of the vehicle, which is situated raised up from the foot well floor in the area of a forward front wall of the vehicle. In this passenger compartment, the carpet is provided with at least one molded-on support for the forward area of the cover of the dashboard in its raised area. A simple, and also secure mounting of a lower cover for a dashboard, which is rapid to mount, is provided in this way in a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Thilo Schäfer