Patents by Inventor Alexander Bergmiller
Alexander Bergmiller 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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Patent number: 9038699Abstract: The invention relates to a blind assembly comprising a blind web (11) which is provided with one respective flexible, flat guide strip (10) along both lateral edge areas. Said guide strip (10) is guided inside a guide along the direction of extension of the blind in order to stretch the blind web. The base of the guide strip (10) is guided parallel to adjacent areas of the blind web. The inventive blind assembly further comprises at least one blind coupling with which at least one of the guide strips engages in a removable, positive manner via an entraining element (12) and via which the guide strip can be extended along with the blind web.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2007Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: WEBASTO SEInventors: Alexander Bergmiller, Martin Pollak, Sebastian Glasl, Robert Würl, Andreas Rockelmann, Frank Koslowski, Steven Henry Klotz, Anthony McCall
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Patent number: 8966840Abstract: An arrangement for closing an opening in a vehicle and method for producing such an arrangement. In an arrangement for closing an opening in a vehicle, comprising a pane and an anti-shatter film attached to the pane, in the border region of the pane, the pane and the anti-shatter file are provided with a foam encapsulation. The foam encapsulation is arranged at least particularly spaced apart from an edge of the anti-shatter film, which edge is formed on the pane.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Webasto SEInventors: Steffen Lorenz, Andreas Lang, Wolfgang Dittrich, Peter Reihl, Bernhard Harnischfeger, Alexander Bergmiller, Matthias Dichtl, Manuel Degenhardt, Michaela Nowak, Guido Bott
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Patent number: 8955575Abstract: A shade arrangement for a motor vehicle with at least one shade length and at least one roller tube for taking-up and unrolling the shade length, each side edge of the shade length having at least one flexible, flat guide strip which extends along the drawing direction of the shade and is guided in a guide. The guide contains a connecting link in which the guide strip is guided, and which has an exit gap through which the shade length emerges from the guide, the guide strip being guided such that its base surface is guided essentially parallel to the adjacent region of the shade length. The shaping and dimensioning of the exit gap and guide strip are such that the guide strip cannot emerge from the guide by itself. The shade length is connected to the roller tube via at least one constant force spring.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2005Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Webasto AGInventors: Sebastian Glasl, Christian Adlhoch, Horst-Martin Schulz, Engelbert Hirschvogel, Alexander Bergmiller, Philip Oerke
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Publication number: 20130283727Abstract: An arrangement for closing an opening in a vehicle and method for producing such an arrangement. In an arrangement for closing an opening in a vehicle, comprising a pane and an anti-shatter film attached to the pane, in the border region of the pane, the pane and the anti-shatter file are provided with a foam encapsulation. The foam encapsulation is arranged at least particularly spaced apart from an edge of the anti-shatter film, which edge is formed on the pane.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventors: Steffen Lorenz, Andreas Lang, Wolfgang Dittrich, Peter Reihl, Bernhard Harnischfeger, Alexander Bergmiller, Matthias Dichtl, Manuel Degenhardt, Michaela Nowak, Guido Bott
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Patent number: 8177294Abstract: A vehicle roof with a roof opening disposed within a fixed roof outer skin of a vehicle and a cover (10) to optionally close and at least partially open the roof opening. To at least partially open the roof opening, the cover can be both tilted out from a closed position at its rear edge and displaced in the driving direction to the rear. The cover has at least one locking lug (12a, 12b) in the region of its leading edge (14) that engages, from below in a closed position of the cover, into a support element that is stiff in a direction perpendicular to the roof outer skin. Additionally, the cover is formed at its rear edge such that engagement from below under the lateral and rear areas of the roof opening does not occur in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Webasto AGInventors: Alexander Bergmiller, Wolfgang Seifert, Gerhard Skorianz, Dirk Hofmann, Norbert Elbs
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Patent number: 7946648Abstract: The invention relates to a panel device for a sliding roof arrangement of a vehicle, having a panel element for closing a gap between a frame of the sliding roof arrangement and an externally-guided sliding cover when the latter is situated in a ventilator position, having a holding element in which the panel element can be at least partially held, having an actuating element which deploys the panel element relative to the holding element in a first direction, and having force absorbing means, by means of which a force which acts in a second direction perpendicularly on a side of the panel element and perpendicularly to the first direction can be absorbed.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2007Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Webasto AGInventors: Manfred Färber, Alexander Bergmiller
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Patent number: 7837258Abstract: The invention relates to a wind deflector for a roof opening of a vehicle, which can be closed an partially opened by means of a displaceable roof part, comprising a bow-like base element which can be arranged in a roof opening edge area of the motor vehicle, a bow-like deployment element which is arranged over said base element and which is arranged in such a manner that it can pivot in relation to the base element, a deflector element which can be clamped between the base element and the deployment element, and at least one sealing element which is secured to the deployment element for reducing vehicle noises. The deflector element is secured directly to the sealing element. The invention also relates to a method for producing said type of wind deflector.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Webasto AGInventor: Alexander Bergmiller
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Publication number: 20100231008Abstract: The invention relates to a wind deflector for a roof opening of a vehicle, which can be closed an partially opened by means of a displaceable roof part, comprising a bow-like base element which can be arranged in a roof opening edge area of the motor vehicle, a bow-like deployment element which is arranged over said base element and which is arranged in such a manner that it can pivot in relation to the base element, a deflector element which can be clamped between the base element and the deployment element, and at least one sealing element which is secured to the deployment element for reducing vehicle noises. The deflector element is secured directly to the sealing element. The invention also relates to a method for producing said type of wind deflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2006Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: WEBASTO AGInventor: Alexander Bergmiller
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Publication number: 20100164252Abstract: The invention relates to a panel device for a sliding roof arrangement of a vehicle, having a panel element for closing a gap between a frame of the sliding roof arrangement and an externally-guided sliding cover when the latter is situated in a ventilator position, having a holding element in which the panel element can be at least partially held, having an actuating element which deploys the panel element relative to the holding element in a first direction, and having force absorbing means, by means of which a force which acts in a second direction perpendicularly on a side of the panel element and perpendicularly to the first direction can be absorbed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2007Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: Webasto AGInventors: Manfred Färber, Alexander Bergmiller
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Patent number: 7731275Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle roof with a roof opening with a flange surrounding the roof opening, on which a roof module with a roof frame comprising at least one frame member can be inserted through the roof opening from above, with guide rails arranged on the roof frame and with at least one roof section supported on these guide rails can be attached. The invention teaches that the roof frame is provided with a sealing frame which surrounds all sides of the roof opening which can be attached onto the flange from above, on which the guide rails and the frame members are attached, and which is sealed by means of at least one seal against the flange, and that furthermore mounting elements are provided through which the guide rails on the underside of the flange can be connected to it.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2008Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: StockdorfInventors: Alexander Bergmiller, Walter Schätzler, Dominik Hölzel, Robert Birndorfer
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Patent number: 7651159Abstract: The invention relates to a roof structure with a roof cutout for a sliding-lifting roof or an outer sliding-lifting roof. A roof cutout seal is provided, which encircles the roof cutout and which seals a roof skin against a sliding-lifting roof or an outer sliding-lifting roof. A roof stop (7) i.e. a strip (7) serving as a drip strip or drip projection is provided in the area of an edge (6) of the roof skin (2) delimiting the roof cutout (5). Under the strip (7), the roof cutout seal (19) has a sealing channel (26) for holding dripping water. The invention also relates to a roof cutout seal (19) for the roof structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2006Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Webasto AGInventors: Stjepan Radmanic, Wolfgang Seifert, Alexander Bergmiller
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Publication number: 20100013270Abstract: A vehicle roof with a roof opening disposed within a fixed roof outer skin of a vehicle and a cover (10) to optionally close and at least partially open the roof opening. To at least partially open the roof opening, the cover can be both tilted out from a closed position at its rear edge and displaced in the driving direction to the rear. The cover has at least one locking lug (12a, 12b) in the region of its leading edge (14) that engages, from below in a closed position of the cover, into a support element that is stiff in a direction perpendicular to the roof outer skin. Additionally, the cover is formed at its rear edge such that engagement from below under the lateral and rear areas of the roof opening does not occur in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2008Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: WEBASTO AGInventors: Alexander Bergmiller, Wolfgang Seifert, Gerhard Skorianz, Dirk Hofmann
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Publication number: 20090165965Abstract: The invention relates to a blind assembly comprising a blind web (11) which is provided with one respective flexible, flat guide strip (10) along both lateral edge areas. Said guide strip (10) is guided inside a guide along the direction of extension of the blind in order to stretch the blind web. The base of the guide strip (10) is guided parallel to adjacent areas of the blind web. The inventive blind assembly further comprises at least one blind coupling with which at least one of the guide strips engages in a removable, positive manner via an entraining element (12) and via which the guide strip can be extended along with the blind web.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Applicant: Webasto AGInventors: Alexander Bergmiller, Martin Pollak, Sebastian Glasl, Robert Würl, Andreas Rockelmann, Frank Koslowski, Steven Henry Klotz, Anthony McCall
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Publication number: 20090145559Abstract: A shade arrangement for a motor vehicle with at least one shade length and at least one roller tube for taking-up and unrolling the shade length, each side edge of the shade length having at least one flexible, flat guide strip which extends along the drawing direction of the shade and is guided in a guide. The guide contains a connecting link in which the guide strip is guided, and which has an exit gap through which the shade length emerges from the guide, the guide strip being guided such that its base surface is guided essentially parallel to the adjacent region of the shade length. The shaping and dimensioning of the exit gap and guide strip are such that the guide strip cannot emerge from the guide by itself. The shade length is connected to the roller tube via at least one constant force spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2005Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: WEBASTO AGInventors: Sebastian Glasl, Christian Adlhoch, Horst-Martin Schulz, Engelbert Hirschvogel, Alexander Bergmiller, Philip Oerke
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Patent number: 7537277Abstract: A vehicle roof with a roof opening system which has a roof frame surrounding an openable and closable roof opening, a wind deflector at a front edge region of the roof opening which can be pivoted out of a lowered position in a raising direction, and a positioning device which has a flexible element which is attached at a first end to the wind deflector and after being deflected by a deflection element is dynamically connected to a drive member which acts in the lengthwise direction of the vehicle so that the second end of the flexible element undergoes an offset parallel to the lengthwise axis of the vehicle when the drive member is actuated. When the flexible element is actuated, a retaining force directed at a right angle to the plane of the roof opening acts on the wind deflector to affect its positioning.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2006Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Webasto AGInventors: Alexander Bergmiller, Martin Kiedl
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Publication number: 20090115227Abstract: The invention relates to a roof structure with a roof cutout for a sliding-lifting roof or an outer sliding-lifting roof. A roof cutout seal is provided, which encircles the roof cutout and which seals a roof skin against a sliding-lifting roof or an outer sliding-lifting roof. A roof stop (7) i.e. a strip (7) serving as a drip strip or drip projection is provided in the area of an edge (6) of the roof skin (2) delimiting the roof cutout (5). Under the strip (7), the roof cutout seal (19) has a sealing channel (26) for holding dripping water. The invention also relates to a roof cutout seal (19) for the roof structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2006Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventors: Stjepan Radmanic, Wolfgang Seifert, Alexander Bergmiller
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Publication number: 20090085382Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle roof with a roof opening with a flange surrounding the roof opening, on which a roof module with a roof frame comprising at least one frame member can be inserted through the roof opening from above, with guide rails arranged on the roof frame and with at least one roof section supported on these guide rails can be attached. The invention teaches that the roof frame is provided with a sealing frame which surrounds all sides of the roof opening which can be attached onto the flange from above, on which the guide rails and the frame members are attached, and which is sealed by means of at least one seal against the flange, and that furthermore mounting elements are provided through which the guide rails on the underside of the flange can be connected to it.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: WEBASTO AGInventors: Alexander BERGMILLER, Walter Schatzler, Dominik Holzel, Robert Birndorfer
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Publication number: 20080211266Abstract: Uncontrolled take-up of a shade and often unexpected noise development are perceived as disturbing by the operator. Therefore, it is provided that a shade arrangement with a length of shade material (10) and a take-up roll (12) to which the length of shade material is attached and which is pretensioned by spring force in the take-up direction of the length of shade, has a pressure volume (46) coupled to the free end (16) of the length of shade material (10) such that, when the length of shade material is unrolled from the take-up shaft (12), a pressure is built up in the pressure volume which, when the length of shade material is released from a position in which it is at least partially unrolled from the take-up roll, the take-up motion of the length of shade is braked.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2006Publication date: September 4, 2008Applicant: WEBASTO AGInventors: Alexander Bergmiller, Peter Oberhaus, Michael Koelbl, Thomas Rudolph, Horst-Martin Schulz, Christian Adlhoch, Sebastian Glasl
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Publication number: 20080106125Abstract: A vehicle roof with a roof opening system which has a roof frame surrounding an openable and closable roof opening, a wind deflector at a front edge region of the roof opening which can be pivoted out of a lowered position in a raising direction, and a positioning device which has a flexible element which is attached at a first end to the wind deflector and after being deflected by a deflection element is dynamically connected to a drive member which acts in the lengthwise direction of the vehicle so that the second end of the flexible element undergoes an offset parallel to the lengthwise axis of the vehicle when the drive member is actuated. When the flexible element is actuated, a retaining force directed at a right angle to the plane of the roof opening acts on the wind deflector to affect its positioning.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2006Publication date: May 8, 2008Applicant: WEBASTO AGInventors: Alexander Bergmiller, Martin Kiedl
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Patent number: 7311871Abstract: A process for foaming around a peripheral edge area of a cover (10) for a motor vehicle roof, the cover being placed on or in a foaming tool and the foam mass (18) being fed into the foaming tool such that two foam mass fronts are formed which run around the peripheral edge in the peripheral direction and merge with one another or meet one another in the merging area at a side opposite that at which the foam was introduced. The foaming tool is made such that, in the merging area, the cross section of the foam mass is reduced on the side opposite the ventilation side (40) of the foaming tool that is vented relative to the areas (42, 142) which border the merging area in order to prevent inclusion of gas bubbles in the merging area. Furthermore, a cover for a motor vehicle roof is produced which has a foamed peripheral edge area in which two foam mass fronts, which are formed during the peripheral foaming in a foaming tool, merge with one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbHInventors: Alexander Bergmiller, Christian Duenzinger