Patents Assigned to Webasto A
  • Patent number: 9694649
    Abstract: Electric heating having at least one first resistance heating device and a second resistance heating device, at least one pulse width modulation device, which is capable of a pulse width modulated operation of the first resistance heating device and/or the second resistance heating device, as well as at least one switching device. For a heating operation, the switching device can be capable of selectively switching the first resistance heating device and the second resistance heating device between a first heating mode in which the first resistance heating device and the second resistance heating device are electrically connected in series, and a second heating mode in which the first resistance heating device and the second resistance heating device are electrically connected in parallel. A vehicle having electric heating as well as to a method for controlling electric heating is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Heinz Seiler, Norbert Botzenmayer, Michael Zeyen, Dietmar Bytzek
  • Patent number: 9688121
    Abstract: A rear window module of a vehicle having a window body, which can be advanced in guide rails that are fixed relative to the vehicle, between a lifted closed position and a lowered open position. The window body, in relation to a vertical longitudinal center plane, at each of its two lateral edges, is provided with a sliding element, which is guided in the relevant guide rail and is fixed to the window body, being spaced apart from a lower window edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: WEBASTO-EDSCHA CABRIO GMBH
    Inventor: Magnus Sviberg
  • Patent number: 9688126
    Abstract: An arrangement for a vehicle roof having a cover which, starting from a closure position, can be raised for opening by deployment means in the rear region thereof and which can be displaced backward over the vehicle roof. The deployment means have a sliding member which can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by a drive and which has a first slotted guide. The deployment means also have a second slotted guide which is secured to the vehicle, and have a first control lever pivotably supported in the rear region on the cover and is coupled to the first slotted guide and the second slotted guide, so that, starting from the closure position of the cover, when the sliding member is displaced in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a movement of the cover in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is initially locked by means of the first control lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Dominik Hölzel, Bernhard Wingen
  • Patent number: 9676255
    Abstract: A top of a convertible vehicle includes a linkage, wherein, by using the linkage, at least one top element is displaceable between a closed position for spanning a vehicle interior and a cleared position for clearing the vehicle interior to the top. By using the linkage, a rear window, which, in relation to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the top on each of its two sides, is connected to the linkage via a rear window link, is displaceable between a lifted viewing position and a lowered storage position, in which the rear window is arranged in a storage space, as well as comprising a detection apparatus. The detection apparatus identifies an obstacle in the storage space when the rear window is being displaced from the viewing position in the direction of the storage position and which interacts with a control apparatus of the top. The rear window is part of the detection apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Webasto-Edscha Cabrio GmbH
    Inventor: Magnus Sviberg
  • Patent number: 9676259
    Abstract: A cover for a motor vehicle roof has a first sheet of planar extent with a main area, a second sheet of planar extent, which is arranged on the main area of the first sheet and has a main area facing away from the first sheet, the main area of the second sheet being smaller than the main area of the first sheet, so that the first sheet has a region projecting beyond the second sheet, a coupling element, which is coupled to the first sheet at the projecting region and is coupled to the main area of the second sheet, in order to fix the second sheet to the first sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Oliver Kleinert, Steffen Lorenz
  • Patent number: 9667120
    Abstract: [Problem] A drive unit (10) for driving, via a first and second geared cable (8, 9), a first and second member to be driven (sun roof and shade) provided to an opening part formed on the secured roof of a vehicle, wherein while being able to switch between a state in which the power from a motor (18) is transferred to both the first and second members to be driven and a state in which the power is selectively transferred to the first or second member to be driven, the member to be driven, in which the transfer of the power from the motor (18) is blocked, is prevented from moving during an impact when the vehicle collides in the selective transfer state. [Solution] The output path of the motor (18) is divided into a first and second output shaft (22, 42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Webasto SE
    Inventor: Niki Kenichi
  • Patent number: 9623734
    Abstract: A sunroof structure for a vehicle has a left side frame disposed on a left side of a vehicle body roof, extending along a vehicle front-rear direction, a right side frame disposed on a right side of the vehicle body roof, extending along the vehicle front-rear direction, a roof panel disposed between the left side frame and the right side frame, having a sunroof opening, a sunroof disposed in the sunroof opening and having at least two glass panels arranged next to each other in the vehicle front-rear direction, in which at least a foremost glass panel of the at least two glass panels is configured to be openable and closeable, and a sunroof side rail disposed below a peripheral portion of the sunroof opening, extending along the vehicle front-rear direction, and having a drain groove and a drain portion configured to discharge water accumulated in the drain groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Tomokazu Maeda, Kozo Ohdoi, Takashi Sasaki, Toru Shibue
  • Patent number: 9599103
    Abstract: A method for operating a vehicle heater dosing pump for conveying fuel having a piston which can be moved back and forth between a start position and an end position, and a drive unit which can be electrically excited by applying a voltage, having the following procedure: controlling and/or regulating the voltage for generating an effective voltage to transfer the piston from the start position to the end position, wherein the effective voltage reaches a first maximum (U1) in a start phase (t0-t1), and is lower than the first maximum in a subsequent intermediate phase (t1-t2). The effective voltage reaches a second maximum (U3) in an end phase (t2-t3) following the intermediate phase. A device is also provided having a dosing pump and a control/regulation unit. The control/regulation unit is suitable for controlling voltage applied to a drive unit of the dosing pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventor: Gunter Galtz
  • Patent number: 9592723
    Abstract: A vehicle sunroof device in which a movable panel is supported by a panel support member and the movable panel is capable of being moved in a tilted manner, the movable panel is prevented from being detached due to an upward load without increasing the thickness and the weight of the cored bar of the panel support member in a low-cost structure. A portion of the cored bar of the panel support member, which is located under cam grooves is bent to form first and second protrusions which protrude laterally in the thickness direction of the cored bar. The first protrusion is formed by notching multiple parts of the cored bar and bending the notched parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Kozo Ohdoi, Akihiro Shinkawa
  • Patent number: 9579957
    Abstract: An electric power transmission apparatus of a sunroof for a vehicle may include a moving glass mounted with an electric generator, and configured to slide between an opened position and a closed position, an upper electric conduction device coupled at a lower side of the moving glass, and including a moving spring that is electrically connected with the electric generator and coupled to protrude downward, a front electric conduction device including a front support portion that is a nonconductor, and a close spring that comes into contact with the moving spring when the moving glass moves to the closed position, and a rear electric conduction device including a rear support portion that is a nonconductor, and an open spring that comes into contact with the moving spring when the moving glass moves to the opened position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Donghee Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoo-Sang Park, Yeon-Soo Eo, Sang-Hak Kim, Moon-Jung Eo, Su-Yun Choi
  • Patent number: 9561708
    Abstract: When a light-shielding sheet enters guide rails, engagement belts of the light-shielding sheet engage with the guide rails. A roll-screen device includes a winding roller, a light-shielding sheet, guide rails, and guide sections. The light-shielding sheet includes a sheet body, and engagement belts provided along side edges at both sides of the sheet body in a vehicle width direction. The sheet body and the engagement belts are rolled up on the winding roller such that the sheet body and the engagement belts overlap each other. Each guide rail includes engagement wall section which is located at a vehicle widthwise inner side of the engagement belt and engages with the engagement belt to prevent the light-shielding sheet from falling out of the guide rail. The guide section includes a guide piece configured to put a distance between the engagement belt and the sheet body before the light-shielding sheet enters the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Shinya Yukisada, Akio Yamada
  • Publication number: 20170001498
    Abstract: An electric power transmission apparatus of a sunroof for a vehicle may include a moving glass mounted with an electric generator, and configured to slide between an opened position and a closed position, an upper electric conduction device coupled at a lower side of the moving glass, and including a moving spring that is electrically connected with the electric generator and coupled to protrude downward, a front electric conduction device including a front support portion that is a nonconductor, and a close spring that comes into contact with the moving spring when the moving glass moves to the closed position, and a rear electric conduction device including a rear support portion that is a nonconductor, and an open spring that comes into contact with the moving spring when the moving glass moves to the opened position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Donghee Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoo-Sang PARK, Yeon-Soo EO, Sang-Hak KIM, Moon-Jung EO, Su-Yun CHOI
  • Patent number: 9534627
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement includes a carrier device and a bearing socket for rotatably supporting a component. The bearing socket includes a sleeve fixed in a recess of the carrier device. A peripheral wall of the sleeve delimits an inner space for receiving a bearing journal of a component. The sleeve includes at least a first, inner catch element securing the bearing journal in the sleeve and a second, outer catch element securing the sleeve in the recess of the carrier device. The second catch element is formed from a catch tongue which is a portion of the peripheral wall of the sleeve and which has a hooked portion for engagement in a catch receiving member of the recess of the carrier device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: WEBASTO-EDSCHA CABRIO GMBH
    Inventor: Albert Weber
  • Patent number: 9533554
    Abstract: A top of a convertible vehicle includes at least one top element displaceable between a closed position and a storage position. Each of two side portions accommodates a closing system fixing the relevant side portion to a front apron of the vehicle or to a further top element. The closing systems are displaceable between a blocked position and a cleared position. Each closing system includes a locking hook, which interacts with a corresponding locking element and which is pivotable about a hook axis, and a drive unit, which drives a control element pivotable about a pivot axis and mounted at the relevant side portion as well as being connected to the locking hook via a coupling unit. The pivot axis of the control element and the hook axis are oriented with respect to each other in a skew fashion and the coupling unit includes at least one 3-D link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Webasto-Edscha Cabrio GmbH
    Inventors: Magnus Sviberg, Alexander Haimerl
  • Patent number: 9522591
    Abstract: A vehicle construction, having a displaceable top which includes a linkage that, on each of its two sides, in relation to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the top, and can have one link arrangement, the link arrangement being pivotably mounted at a main bearing that is fixed relative to the vehicle. In a closed position of the top, a top surface element abuts against a component part that is fixed relative to the vehicle via a sealing arrangement, wherein the sealing arrangement is arranged at a sealing carrier unit, which can be pivoted with respect to the component part that is fixed relative to the vehicle and with respect to the top surface element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: WEBASTO-EDSCHA CABRIO GMBH
    Inventors: Jason Bowles, Philipp Wolf, Ryan Mitchell
  • Patent number: 9506701
    Abstract: A cold and/or heat accumulator has a first heat exchanger and preferably a second heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger may, in particular, be provided to be perfused by a refrigerant while the second heat exchanger is preferably perfused by brine. The first heat exchanger and preferably also the second heat exchanger are engaged in a heat-exchanging relationship with carrier elements charged with a cold or heat storage medium and may, in particular, be formed by graphite strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: WEBASTO AG
    Inventors: Noureddine Khelifa, Wolfgang Krämer, Steffen Korfmann, Thomas Peters
  • Patent number: 9505293
    Abstract: A spacing adjustment device between a first and a second component of a convertible roof assembly for a vehicle. The space adjusting device may have a body having a first thickness at a first end and a second, greater thickness, at a second end; an inner surface configured to conform to an exterior contour of the first component and an exterior surface opposite the inner surface and configured to conform to the contours of the second component; the body having at least two sections each having a different thickness between the inner and exterior surfaces; wherein the thickness of the at least two sections increases in step wise manner from the first end to the second end of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: WEBASTO-EDSCHA CABRIO GMBH
    Inventors: Jason Bowles, Magnus Sviberg, Georg Kopp, Alexander Haimerl
  • Publication number: 20160339769
    Abstract: A one-motor electric sunshade and sunroof structure may include glass sleds configured to open and close a sunroof glass by sliding in a front and rear direction along mechanism rails disposed at both sides of a roof panel for a vehicle, each having both ends to which a front sled and a rear sled are rotatably coupled, respectively, main cable devices which are connected with a drive motor by a cable, and movable along the mechanism rails, each having a cable protrusion that protrudes to be slidably accommodated in glass grooves formed in side surfaces of the front sled, the rear sled, and the glass sled, and sunshade sleds selectively coupled to the main cable devices and configured to open and close the sunshade by sliding, each having a first side at which a sunshade lever, which is selectively restricted with a corresponding mechanism rail, is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Donghee Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-Hoon PARK, Seong-Min KWAK
  • Publication number: 20160312506
    Abstract: A dual-opening panoramic sunroof may include front glass which slides forward and rearward by being connected with a front sled that is slidable forward and rearward along a mechanism rail, a rear glass which slides forward and rearward by being connected with a rear sled, a front timing plate which has a rear end rotatably coupled to the rear sled, and a front end formed with a front groove to accommodate a portion of the front sled, and selectively connects the front sled and the rear sled, a rear tilt lever which is disposed rearward of the mechanism rail, and a rear timing plate which has a rear end rotatably coupled to the rear tilt sled, and a front end formed with a rear groove formed to selectively accommodate a portion of the rear sled, and connects the rear sled and the rear tilt sled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Webasto Donghee Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Han Park, Jin-Ho KIM, Su-Yun CHOI, Ji-hoon HA
  • Patent number: 9457644
    Abstract: A convertible top for a vehicle includes a convertible top assembly having a pivotally interconnected link arrangement between a forward assembly and an aft assembly. The forward assembly is configured to pivotally move relative to the vehicle framework and the aft assembly from a closed position to a first retracted position. The aft assembly is configured to pivotally move relative to the vehicle framework and the forward assembly from the first retracted position to a lowered storage position. Methods for opening the convertible top assembly are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: WEBASTO-EDSCHA CABRIO GMBH
    Inventors: Jason Bowles, Magnus Sviberg