Patents by Inventor Manfred Hoeller

Manfred Hoeller 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: 7992620
    Abstract: This invention relates to a shade arrangement for a motor vehicle with at least two shades having lengths of shade material (10a, 10b), which are located next to one another and to one end of which a respective pull (14a, 14b) is attached. Both of the lengths of shade material (10a, 10b) are drawn out and taken up in the same direction at their opposite end from/onto a common roller tube (12) which is pretensioned in the take-up direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Norbert Elbs, Manfred Hoeller, Thomas Stemmer, Horst-Martin Schulz, Wolfgang Wagner
  • Publication number: 20090301666
    Abstract: This invention relates to a shade arrangement for a motor vehicle with at least two shades having lengths of shade material (10a, 10b), which are located next to one another and to one end of which a respective pull (14a, 14b) is attached. Both of the lengths of shade material (10a, 10b) are drawn out and taken up in the same direction at their opposite end from/onto a common roller tube (12) which is pretensioned in the take-up direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: WEBASTO AG
    Inventors: Norbert Elbs, Manfred Hoeller, Thomas Stemmer, Horst-Martin Schulz, Wolfgang Wagner
  • Patent number: 7524389
    Abstract: A process and tool for producing a composite body part for a motor vehicle, especially for producing a roof module, the tool having a first tool part and a second tool part which are movable relative to one another. The outer skin is inserted in the first tool part, at least part of the peripheral edge area of the side of the outer skin facing the first tool part being moved into sealing contact with a seal arrangement which is provided on the first tool part, plastic material is applied to the side of the outer skin facing away from the first tool part, the second tool part provision shaping the plastic material, and the composite body part being released from the seal arrangement and removed from the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Norbert Elbs, Manfred Hoeller, Bernd Schleicher, Thomas Stemmer, Wolfgang Wagner, Matthias Dichtl, Frank Kiesewetter, Ralf Schwaighoffe
  • Publication number: 20050242469
    Abstract: A process and tool for producing a composite body part for a motor vehicle, especially for producing a roof module, the tool having a first tool part and a second tool part which are movable relative to one another. The outer skin is inserted in the first tool part, at least part of the peripheral edge area of the side of the outer skin facing the first tool part being moved into sealing contact with a seal arrangement which is provided on the first tool part, plastic material is applied to the side of the outer skin facing away from the first tool part, the second tool part provision shaping the plastic material, and the composite body part being released from the seal arrangement and removed from the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Applicant: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Norbert Elbs, Manfred Hoeller, Bernd Schleicher, Thomas Stemmer, Wolfgang Wagner, Matthias Dichtl, Frank Kiesewetter, Ralf Schwaighofer
  • Patent number: 5154481
    Abstract: Vehicle roof with at least one cover that, alternatively, closes or at least partially opens an opening in a fixed roof surface of the vehicle, carries a solar power source for supplying power to at least one power consuming device that is separately located from the cover, and with a contact device for producing an electrical connection between the solar power source and the consuming device. The contact device is made as a switch arrangement that incorporates the cover so that the power consuming device is connected to the solar power source in one or more predetermined cover positions and is disconnected from the solar power source in all other cover positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Assignee: Webasto AG Fahrzeugtechnik
    Inventors: Werner Paetz, Klaus Meiler, Thomas Schumacher, Horst Bienert, August Hirschberger, Hermann Pfisterer, Manfred Hoeller