Patents by Inventor Roger Kaufmann

Roger Kaufmann 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).

  • Interior trim part for a passenger compartment of a vehicle, and method for producing an interior trim part
    Patent number: 8297675
    Abstract: An interior trim part for a passenger compartment of a vehicle has a shaped part which has a front side which forms a decorative wear layer of the interior trim part, and having at least one carrier layer which forms a rear side of the interior trim part, at least one part region of the interior trim part being provided with at least one supporting structure which provides a pleasant tactile sensation at the surface of the part region, the shaped part having at least one connecting element which is attached to the carrier layer of the rear side of the internal trim part, and the supporting structure being formed as a separate supporting element and being held by the connecting element of the shaped part. Moreover, a method for producing an interior trim part for a passenger compartment of a vehicle is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Someschan, Rene Berns, Mark Drewe, Roger Kaufmann
  • INTERIOR TRIM PART FOR A PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF A VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN INTERIOR TRIM PART
    Publication number: 20110068596
    Abstract: An interior trim part for a passenger compartment of a vehicle has a shaped part which has a front side which forms a decorative wear layer of the interior trim part, and having at least one carrier layer which forms a rear side of the interior trim part, at least one part region of the interior trim part being provided with at least one supporting structure which provides a pleasant tactile sensation at the surface of the part region, the shaped part having at least one connecting element which is attached to the carrier layer of the rear side of the internal trim part, and the supporting structure being formed as a separate supporting element and being held by the connecting element of the shaped part. Moreover, a method for producing an interior trim part for a passenger compartment of a vehicle is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Robert Someschan, Rene Berns, Mark Drewe, Roger Kaufmann