Patents by Inventor Alexander Kirsch

Alexander Kirsch 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).

  • Wind deflector arrangement
    Patent number: 8590963
    Abstract: A wind deflector arrangement for a roof opening, which can be closed and opened up by way of a cover, in a roof panel of a vehicle. The wind deflector can have a frame which is designed to at least partially surround the roof opening, a wind deflector hoop which is coupled to the frame such that the wind deflector hoop is rotatable relative to the frame and the roof panel about a first axis of rotation, a support element which is coupled to the wind deflector hoop and to the frame such that the support element can rotate about a second axis of rotation during a first segment of the movement of the wind deflector hoop relative to the frame and can rotate about a third axis of rotation, which differs from the second axis of rotation, during a further segment of the movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Webasto SE
    Inventors: Tobias Nowack, Alexander Kirsch, Tobias Mech, Norbert Elbs
  • WIND DEFLECTOR ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20130187414
    Abstract: A wind deflector arrangement for a roof opening, which can be closed and opened up by way of a cover, in a roof panel of a vehicle. The wind deflector can have a frame which is designed to at least partially surround the roof opening, a wind deflector hoop which is coupled to the frame such that the wind deflector hoop is rotatable relative to the frame and the roof panel about a first axis of rotation, a support element which is coupled to the wind deflector hoop and to the frame such that the support element can rotate about a second axis of rotation during a first segment of the movement of the wind deflector hoop relative to the frame and can rotate about a third axis of rotation, which differs from the second axis of rotation, during a further segment of the movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Tobias Nowack, Alexander Kirsch, Tobias Mech, Norbert Elbs