Patents by Inventor Uwe Wacker

Uwe Wacker 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: 6685252
    Abstract: A seal arrangement is used for a folding roof of a hardtop vehicle, which has a front roof part, a rear roof part and a frame. The rear roof part can be moved from a closed position into a storage position inside a rear luggage space. The frame has a rear window and is pivotable in relation to the lateral roof pillars. The seal arrangement includes a sealing strip at least partially disposed in a region adjacent to a front end of the rear window, and an additional seal extending under the rear window and from the region of the pivoting axis to a rear edge of the rear window. The sealing strip extends under the front roof part and the lateral roof pillars and into a region of a pivoting axis of the rear window. The sealing strip includes a main seal having a surface, a comfort seal, and a channel disposed between the main seal and comfort seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Graf, Uwe Wacker
  • Patent number: 6641202
    Abstract: In a drainage arrangement for a folding hard-top vehicle roof that can be moved into a storage position in the vehicle luggage compartment with the aid of pivotable C pillars, the rear window is pivotable relative to the C pillars (2). Associated with the bottom edge of the rear window is a seal which has a water-guiding channel formed therein. The channel opens in the area of the C pillars into a collecting trough (12), which in turn is connected by a flexible hose (13) to a moisture space of one of the vehicle side windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Graf, Uwe Wacker
  • Publication number: 20030030219
    Abstract: A seal arrangement is used for a folding roof of a hardtop vehicle, which has a front roof part, a rear roof part and a frame. The rear roof part can be moved from a closed position into a storage position inside a rear luggage space. The frame has a rear window and is pivotable in relation to the lateral roof pillars. The seal arrangement includes a sealing strip at least partially disposed in a region adjacent to a front end of the rear window, and an additional seal extending under the rear window and from the region of the pivoting axis to a rear edge of the rear window. The sealing strip extends under the front roof part and the lateral roof pillars and into a region of a pivoting axis of the rear window. The sealing strip includes a main seal having a surface, a comfort seal, and a channel disposed between the main seal and comfort seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: DaimlerChrysler AG.
    Inventors: Thomas Graf, Uwe Wacker
  • Publication number: 20030025351
    Abstract: A drainage arrangement for a folding roof of a hard-top vehicle having a front roof part and a rear window that can be moved into a storage position in the luggage compartment with the aid of pivotable C pillars, the rear window being pivotable relative to the C pillars (2). Associated with the bottom edge of the rear window is a seal which has a water-guiding channel formed therein. The channel opens in the area of the C pillars into a collecting trough (12), which in turn is connected by a flexible hose (13) to a moisture space of one of the vehicle side windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas Graf, Uwe Wacker
  • Patent number: 5810424
    Abstract: A two-seat convertible has wind deflecting bodies which are disposed behind the headrests of the vehicle seats and rest on the vehicle body top rear side and project upwards to approximately the height of the upper edge of the respective headrest. The headrests are constructed in the shape of a hood which tapers toward the rear and is approximately parabolic with respect to the outer contour, in which case the contour of a headrest is situated within the flow-around area of the surface of the assigned wind deflecting body which projects upwards in the front. Each wind deflecting body can be detachably fastened on the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Kuttner, Uwe Wacker, Peter Muller