Patents by Inventor Michael Koelbl
Michael Koelbl 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).
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Publication number: 20080179024Abstract: A shade arrangement for a motor vehicle with a shade which has a shade material (10) one end of which is attached to a take-up tube (12) which is supported on a take-up shaft (14), and the other end of which is connected to a pull (16). Furthermore, with a motor I provided within the take-up tube for turning the take-up shaft. The shade arrangement also has at least one flexible drive element (20, 26) which is not directly connected to the take-up shaft and is connected to the pull such that rotation of the take-up shaft in the unwinding direction of a shade material leads to a force being applied by the drive element on the pull to move it. The motor is a tube motor which is extends within the take-up tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2005Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: WEBASTO AGInventors: Mathis Fichter, Horst-Martin Schulz, Karin Langguth, Michael Koelbl, Sebastian Glasl
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Publication number: 20080150310Abstract: The invention relates to a receiving device (1) for a motor vehicle comprising at least one a tray-shaped container (2) and a hat rack (3), wherein said hat rack (3) is shaped in such a way that it covers the tray-shaped container (2), the inventive receiving device (1) can be placed between the loading space (4) and the passenger compartment (5) of the motor vehicle and the hat rack (3) is at least partly made of a flexible material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Alain Leroy, Heinz Pschorn, Robert Braun, Dirk Legler, Michael Koelbl, Oliver Vogt, Thomas Rudolph, Thomas Jakimenczuk
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Publication number: 20080122240Abstract: The invention relates to a tailgate for a vehicle, said tailgate comprising an additional load carrier which is arranged in such a way that it can be pivoted or tilted about an axis in relation to the tailgate, and comprises at least one loading surface arranged approximately horizontally in an outwardly pivoted position. The load carrier (10) also comprises at least one tiltable wall (12) which is connected, at a rigid approximately right angle, to the loading bottom (11) which is approximately horizontally positioned in the outwardly pivoted position, said tiltable wall being located inside the loading region of the vehicle, in the inwardly pivoted position of the load carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2006Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventors: Alain Leroy, Heinz Pschorn, Robert Braun, Dirk Legler, Michael Koelbl, Oliver Vogt, Thomas Rudolph, Thomas Jakimenczuk
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Patent number: 7334833Abstract: A rear hatch arrangement of a motor vehicle is proposed which comprises a first, upper rear hatch part (15) which is attached via a coupling means (16) to a body section (11) and can be pivoted around an axis which runs in the transverse direction of the vehicle, and a second, lower rear hatch part (15) with an upper edge which in the closed position borders the lower edge of the upper rear hatch part (14) and which lower rear hatch part can be pivoted out relative to the upper rear hatch part (14) by means of at least one articulated mechanism. As claimed in the invention the articulated mechanism (19) is guided in at least one guide rail (23) so that the lower rear hatch part (15) in the outwardly pivoted state can be translationally shifted relative to the upper rear hatch part (14).Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2005Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Webasto AGInventors: Michael Koelbl, Alain Leroy, Dirk Legler, Thomas Jakimenczuk, Heinz Pschorn, Thomas Rudolph
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Publication number: 20080036245Abstract: A motor vehicle roof with an at least partially transparent roof section (10) and a shade arrangement (12) located underneath the transparent roof section. In one of three embodiments, with two take-up shafts (16, 18) located in succession in the lengthwise direction of the roof and a length of shade (14) which extends in between, and the front end of the length of shade can be taken up onto the front take-up shaft and the back end onto the rear take-up shaft, the two take-up shafts each being pre-tensioned in the take-up direction, the two take-up shafts being movable along one laterally arranged guide in the lengthwise direction of the roof, and there being a common drive (70, 72, 74, 76) in order to move the take-up shafts (16, 18) in opposite directions toward one another in the lengthwise direction of the roof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2005Publication date: February 14, 2008Applicant: WEBASTO AGInventors: Michael Koelbl, Wolfgang Suess, Horst-Martin Schulz, Karin Langguth, Michaela Nowak, Thomas Rudolph
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Publication number: 20070278818Abstract: This arrangement relates to an operating and control means for a shade arrangement, especially for a vehicle roof with a transparent roof surface, the shade arrangement comprising at least one shade with a shade roller and a shade fabric which can be unrolled therefrom by means of an electric actuator against the forms of a return spring assigned to the shade roller, and the shade roller with entrainment of the shade fabric being movable in side guide rails in order to move the shade surface formed by the unrolled shade fabric. As claimed in the invention, the operating means for this shade arrangement comprises a first switch arrangement (56) for setting the size of the shading surface formed by the shade fabric by taking up and unrolling the shade fabric, and a second switch arrangement (58) for moving the shading surface as a whole without changing its size.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2005Publication date: December 6, 2007Applicant: WEBASTO AGInventors: Michael Koelbl, Wolfgang Suess, Horst-Martin Schulz, Karin Langguth, Michaela Nowak, Thomas Rudolph
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Patent number: 7237836Abstract: A motor vehicle roof with a roof plate which has a transparent plastic area to which a peripheral plastic edge is molded which is used especially as a cover visor and which extends downward.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2006Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Webasto AGInventors: Miriam Schoenauer, Joachim Birkner, Michael Koelbl, Alexander Lang, Rudi Muttenhammer, Martin Pollak, Ralf Schwaighofer, Friedhelm Wulf, Jean-Guy Cocaign
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Patent number: 7198323Abstract: A motor vehicle roof with a roof plate which has a transparent plastic area to which a peripheral plastic edge is molded which is used especially as a cover visor and which extends downward. Furthermore, the roof plate has a nontransparent area with a holding frame for a functional element molded onto a bottom thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2006Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Webasto AGInventors: Miriam Schoenauer, Joachim Birkner, Michael Koelbl, Alexander Lang, Rudi Muttenhammer, Martin Pollak, Ralf Schwaighofer, Friedhelm Wulf, Jean-Guy Cocaign
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Patent number: 7185936Abstract: A motor vehicle roof with a roof plate which has a transparent plastic area to which a peripheral plastic edge is molded which is used especially as a cover visor and which extends downward. Furthermore, the roof plate has a nontransparent area with a holding frame for a functional element molded onto a bottom thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2006Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Webasto AGInventors: Miriam Schoenauer, Joachim Birkner, Michael Koelbl, Alexander Lang, Rudi Muttenhammer, Martin Pollak, Ralf Schwaighofer, Friedhelm Wulf, Jean-Guy Cocaign
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Patent number: 7083226Abstract: A motor vehicle roof with a roof plate which has a transparent plastic area to which a peripheral plastic edge is molded which is used especially as a cover visor and which extends downward.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2004Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Webasto AGInventors: Miriam Schoenauer, Joachim Birkner, Michael Koelbl, Alexander Lang, Rudi Muttenhammer, Martin Pollak, Ralf Schwaighofer, Friedhelm Wulf, Jean-Guy Cocaign
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Patent number: 7017972Abstract: A motor vehicle is provided which includes a passenger compartment, a vehicle roof which in its closed position closes the passenger compartment, and a cargo bed open to the top and located behind the passenger compartment. The vehicle roof can be swiveled from its closed position into an open position in which its rear edge is located behind the passenger compartment near the cargo bed. A multiple-joint arrangement is provided for swiveling the motor vehicle roof out of the closed position into the open position and thus allowing the vehicle to be easily converted from a pick-up into a convertible. The multiple-joint arrangement includes a first part attached to the roof at or near the rear edge of the roof and a second part attached to a middle area of the roof.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2004Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Webasto AGInventors: Thomas Rudolph, Michael Kölbl, Peter Oberhaus, Francois De Gaillard, Manfred Färber
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Patent number: 6878054Abstract: A ventilation cap (3) for a motor vehicle roof (1) for ventilation of the motor vehicle interior (4) and a roof with such a ventilation cap, in which the ventilation cap (3) is formed to be oblong having an air duct with a front air opening (6) and with a rear air opening (7) which discharge above the motor vehicle roof (1), the air duct being flow-connected to the motor vehicle interior (4) via a flow path which is formed in the ventilation cap (3). The motor vehicle roof (1) is formed preferably as a glass roof with at least two glass surfaces (2a, 2b), on which the ventilation cap (3) is mounted essentially a central longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2003Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbHInventors: Joachim Klesing, Michael Kölbl, Martin Pollak, Bernd Schleicher, Wolfgang Seifert, Helmut Teschner, Bernhard Vecchioni
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Patent number: 6846032Abstract: A covering for the cargo area (3) of a motor vehicle (1), especially for the cargo area (3) of a pick-up truck, having a roll-up element (2) which is opened for loading the cargo area (3) and which can be partially or completely closed when it is desired that the cargo area (3) be covered. The roll-up element (2) has interconnected louvers (4) which are outwardly arched and can be guided at its lateral sides by guide elements (10, 11) with recesses (12) for receiving the roll-up element (2). Additionally, the guide elements (10, 11) can have contact elements (15) for applying outwardly directed pressure to the roll-up element (2), the contact elements having a low friction top surface (16) to facilitate sliding or rolling of the roll-up element over it.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2003Date of Patent: January 25, 2005Assignee: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbHInventors: Francois de Gaillard, Michael Kölbl, Peter Mitterbauer, Martin Pollak, Thomas Rudolph
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Publication number: 20040090092Abstract: A motor vehicle, especially a passenger car (1), with an alterable rear structure (2), the rear structure (2) comprising at least one roof element (3), two opposing side elements (12, 13) and one rear element (4), the roof element (3) being located in the open position of the rear structure (2) in the rear floor area (21) of the motor vehicle. In the open position, the rear area of the vehicle has an open-bed, pickup truck configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Applicant: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbHInventors: Francois de Gaillard, Martin de Waal, Jean-Luc Guicheteau, Izumi Kimoto, Michael Koelbl, Alain Leroy, Martin Pollak, Claudio Ivano Righetti, Thomas Rudolph, Sigeru Ueki, Bernhard Vecchioni
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Patent number: 6517150Abstract: A cover unit, for closing the roof opening in the solid skin of a motor vehicle roof, having a cover element, composed of an at least partially transparent plastic, and a reinforcing frame, for example, made of metal, which extends along the side edge of the cover element, and which bears a seal which surrounds the side edge of the cover element for contact against an essentially vertically running roof-mounted sealing surface. The reinforcing frame is cemented, using a flexible cement, to the cover element such that the cover element can move, in the transverse direction, relative to the reinforcing frame in order to enable thermal expansion of the cover element. The seal has a roof sealing area, contacting a roof-mounted sealing surface, which is substantially unaffected by thermal expansion of the cover element, and the seal has a cover sealing area for compensation of thermal expansion of the cover element.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2001Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbHInventors: Francois De Gaillard, Michael Kölbl
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Patent number: 6378208Abstract: A process for producing a motor vehicle body part, especially a motor vehicle roof, which is built in a sandwich construction having layers including an outside shell (10) made of a foam material having an outside skin, and an inside shell (11) that is a prefabricated component. Initially, the foam material is placed into a first mold half (16) of a mold tool, the foam material being applied to the shaped outer skin which is placed in the second mold half (17) of the mold tool. Next, the two mold halves (16, 17) are closed and the foam material is allowed to cure at an elevated temperature.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2000Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbHInventors: Michael Kölbl, Francois De Gaillard
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Patent number: 6338526Abstract: A cover of an openable motor vehicle roof with a cover plate, an edge gap seal, and a peripheral plastic frame which is foamed or injected onto an edge side of the cover plate. The cover is provided with at least one heating element which is integrated into the plastic frame. In one embodiment, the heating element is a heating wire that is clipped into a recess provided on the plastic frame. In another embodiment, a reinforcing frame is embedded in the plastic frame and the heating element is attached to the reinforcing frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2000Date of Patent: January 15, 2002Assignee: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbHInventors: Hans Jardin, Michael Kölbl