Patents by Inventor Rolf Sauer

Rolf Sauer 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: 8496264
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag cover having a carrier and a visible-side surface made of leather or an imitation leather arranged on the carrier, wherein the surface has a uniform thickness and the carrier has a carrier thinning introduced along a tear line, and a reinforcing layer having a local weakening is arranged between the carrier and the surface, wherein the surface is attached directly to the reinforcing layer. The local weakening is formed by a minimal thickness of the reinforcing layer in the area of the tear line. The uniform thickness of the surface is less than or equal to 1 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Sauer, Karsten Frank Bradfisch
  • Publication number: 20110241316
    Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag cover having a carrier and a visible-side surface made of leather or an imitation leather arranged on the carrier, wherein the surface has a uniform thickness and the carrier has a carrier thinning introduced along a tear line, and a reinforcing layer having a local weakening is arranged between the carrier and the surface, wherein the surface is attached directly to the reinforcing layer. The local weakening is formed by a minimal thickness of the reinforcing layer in the area of the tear line. The uniform thickness of the surface is less than or equal to 1 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: FAURECIA INNENRAUM SYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Rolf Sauer, Karsten Frank Bradfisch
  • Patent number: 7823960
    Abstract: Described is a cubby hole device for vehicles which includes a cubby hole, a first holder , a second holder , a lock and a carrier. The carrier is connected, on the one hand, to an outer frame, on the other hand, to one of the two holders. The cubby hole is connected to the other of the two holders. The first holder and the second holder are mounted rotatably against each other. The lock locks the first holder and the second holder against each other. The cubby hole is displaced against the outer frame by high pressure produced in particular by impact of a vehicle occupant on the cubby hole as a result of which the carrier is deformed plastically by the high pressure and/or the first holder is deformed plastically and/or the first holder is rotated against the second holder. This displacement of the cubby hole by only the constructional elements which are related to the cubby hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Sauer, Oliver Guth, Günter Plaggenborg
  • Patent number: 7533919
    Abstract: The invention relates to a glove compartment for a motor vehicle, comprising a first storage compartment (106), separate from a second storage compartment (108), and a first cover (110) for covering the first storage compartment and a second cover (114) for covering the second storage compartment, the first cover being configured in such a manner as to conceal a joint (121) between the first and the second cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH
    Inventor: Rolf Sauer
  • Publication number: 20090008962
    Abstract: Described is a cubby hole device for vehicles which includes a cubby hole, a first holder, a second holder, a lock and a carrier. The carrier is connected, on the one hand, to an outer frame, on the other hand, to one of the two holders. The cubby hole is connected to the other of the two holders. The first holder and the second holder are mounted rotatably against each other. The lock locks the first holder and the second holder against each other. The cubby hole is displaced against the outer frame by high pressure produced in particular by impact of a vehicle occupant on the cubby hole as a result of which the carrier is deformed plastically by the high pressure and/or the first holder is deformed plastically and/or the first holder is rotated against the second holder. This displacement of the cubby hole by only the constructional elements which are related to the cubby hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Rolf Sauer, Oliver Guth, Gunter Plaggenborg
  • Publication number: 20080290682
    Abstract: The invention relates to a glove compartment for a motor vehicle, comprising a first storage compartment (106), separate from a second storage compartment (108), and a first cover (110) for covering the first storage compartment and a second cover (114) for covering the second storage compartment, the first cover being configured in such a manner as to conceal a joint (121) between the first and the second cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventor: Rolf Sauer
  • Patent number: 5137051
    Abstract: A control device for a radiator valve comprises a housing (10, 12) including an operating, display, control and power supply portion, (14, 16, 18). Said housing comprises a cut-out (24) with which it is slipped-over a motorized drive unit (30-84). When the housing (10, 12) is removed from the drive unit, a reception housing (38) for a motor (34) and a gear unit (36) can be rotated as a hand wheel with respect to a stationary drive housing (32) flanged to the radiator valve so that the valve may be manually operated. A ring (66) being rotatable with respect to the reception housing (38) and a drive housing (32) allows balancing of tolerances and matching to radiator valves of different manufacturers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: Centra-Buerkle GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Laur, Wolfgang Mueller, Rolf Sauer, Gerhard Schneider, Manfred Ulmer