Patents by Inventor Karl Kemmerling

Karl Kemmerling 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).

  • Patent number: 8469436
    Abstract: A clamping device for sliding roofs is provided in the region of the guidance and runner rail. An actuation lever is pivotable between locking and release positions. A clamping element is modifiable in its position by means of the actuation lever, which coacts with a countermember of the end carriage and moves the end carriage to the end of the guidance and runner rail. The clamping element is aligned with the guidance and runner rail, and is shiftable in a longitudinal direction, between a locking position retaining the end carriage, and a release position. The guide comprises in a subregion on the underside an open space such that upon shifting of the actuation lever into the release position, the clamping element is at least partly lowerable sufficiently that the end carriage can be displaced away from the end of the guidance and runner rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: VBG Group Truck Equipment GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Wensing, Hans Boris Hahnen, Frank Neumeyer, Frank Frentzen, Rolf Birkenbach, Joachim Rossbach, Karl Kemmerling, Axel Scholz, Tim Lauterbach, Rolf Weigelt, Ragnvald Andersson
  • Patent number: 8403396
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roller carriage for a sliding bow roof for a truck or truck trailer. The roof encompasses guidance and runner rails, extending on the cargo surface of the truck along the longitudinal sides of the cargo surface. Roller carriages, which comprise rollers and on which retaining bows, embodied in gantry fashion and having a roof tarpaulin mounted thereon, are displaceably guided. At least one roller carriage is equipped with a securing device for preventing inadvertent shifting of the roller carriage along the rails. The securing device encompasses a wedge element associated with a roller, which element is shiftable between a release position and a secured position. In its release position it has no contact with the roller. In its secured position a portion of the wedge element is between the roller and the corresponding guidance and runner rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: VBG Group Truck Equipment GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Wensing, Hans Boris Hahnen, Frank Neumeyer, Frank Frentzen, Rolf Birkenbach, Joachim Rossbach, Karl Kemmerling, Axel Scholz, Tim Lauterbach, Rolf Weigelt
  • Patent number: 8360512
    Abstract: A stanchion for a tarpaulin structure, which can be locked onto a fixing member. The stanchion can be reliably locked and has an improved service life, achieved by the provision of a counter bearing and a support element, the latter being inserted between the fixing member and the counter bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Edscha LKW-Schiebeverdecke GmbH
    Inventors: Roger Remmel, Karl Kemmerling, Lars Remmel
  • Patent number: 8240741
    Abstract: The invention relates to a covering frame for a tarpaulin structure, comprising a number of bows, which can be displaced along lateral longitudinal beams (4) and which each have a slide (6) at the ends thereof. Folding means (9) for force-folding a tarpaulin are provided in the vicinity of the slides (6). The invention also relates to a slide (6). A reliable and cost-effective assembly is achieved by virtue of the fact that the folding means (9) can be inserted into a guide (62a) of the slide (6) along the axis of the guide (62a). In addition, a profile of a longitudinal beam (4) for use in a covering frame is provided in order to guide a slide (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: VBG Group Truck Equipment GmbH
    Inventors: Lars Remmel, Marion Heynen, Karl Kemmerling
  • Publication number: 20110049926
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roller carriage for a sliding bow roof for a truck or truck trailer. The roof encompasses guidance and runner rails, extending on the cargo surface of the truck along the longitudinal sides of the cargo surface. Roller carriages, which comprise rollers and on which retaining bows, embodied in gantry fashion and having a roof tarpaulin mounted thereon, are displaceably guided. At least one roller carriage is equipped with a securing device for preventing inadvertent shifting of the roller carriage along the rails. The securing device encompasses a wedge element associated with a roller, which element is shiftable between a release position and a secured position. In its release position it has no contact with the roller. In its secured position a portion of the wedge element is between the roller and the corresponding guidance and runner rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Udo WENSING, Hans Boris Hahnen, Frank Neumeyer, Frank Frentzen, Rolf Birkenbach, Joachim Rossbach, Karl Kemmerling, Axel Scholz, Tim Lauterbach, Rolf Weigelt
  • Publication number: 20110047760
    Abstract: A clamping device for sliding roofs is provided in the region of the guidance and runner rail. An actuation lever is pivotable between locking and release positions. A clamping element is modifiable in its position by means of the actuation lever, which coacts with a countermember of the end carriage and moves the end carriage to the end of the guidance and runner rail. The clamping element is aligned with the guidance and runner rail, and is shiftable in a longitudinal direction, between a locking position retaining the end carriage, and a release position. The guide comprises in a subregion on the underside an open space such that upon shifting of the actuation lever into the release position, the clamping element is at least partly lowerable sufficiently that the end carriage can be displaced away from the end of the guidance and runner rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Udo Wensing, Hans Boris Hahnen, Frank Neumeyer, Frank Frentzen, Rolf Birkenbach, Joachim Rossbach, Karl Kemmerling, Axel Scholz, Tim Lauterbach, Rolf Weigelt, Ragnvald Andersson
  • Publication number: 20090121514
    Abstract: The invention relates to a covcring frame for a tarpaulin structure, comprising a number of bows, which can be displaced along lateral longitudinal beams (4) and which each have a slide (6) at the ends thereof. lolding means (9) for force-folding a tarpaulin are provided in the vicinity of the slides (6). The invention also relates to a slide (6). A reliable and cost-effective assembly is achieved by virtue of the fact that the folding means (9) can be inserted into a guide (62a) of the slide (6) along the axis of the guide (62a). In addition, a profile of a longitudinal beam (4) for use in a covering frame is provided in order to guide a slide (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Lars Remmel, Marion Heynen, Karl Kemmerling
  • Publication number: 20050231004
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stanchion for a tarpaulin structure, which can be locked onto a fixing member (10). The invention provides a stanchion that can be reliably locked and has an improved service life, achieved by the provision of a counter bearing (28) and a support element (29), the latter being inserted between the fixing member (10) and the counter bearing (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: Edscha LKW-SCHIEBEVERDECKE GMBH
    Inventors: Roger Remmel, Karl Kemmerling, Lars Remmel
  • Patent number: D750544
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Edscha Trailer Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Ali Akbar Burhanidust, Frank Frentzen, Jorg Grunwald, Karl Kemmerling, Axel Scholz, Rolf Weigelt
  • Patent number: D751024
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Edscha Trailer Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Ali Akbar Burhanidust, Frank Frentzen, Jorg Grunwald, Karl Kemmerling, Axel Scholz, Rolf Weigelt
  • Patent number: D753576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Edscha Trailer Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Ali Akbar Burhanidust, Frank Frentzen, Jorg Grunwald, Karl Kemmerling, Axel Scholz, Rolf Weigelt