Patents by Inventor Alwin Timmermann

Alwin Timmermann 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: 10464403
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a vehicle window is described. The sealing arrangement includes at least a retaining rail with a latching channel, wherein the latching channel includes a guide rail and a spring leg, and the retaining rail is fastened to a window; and a covering with a latching rail, wherein the guide rail, together with the spring leg, surrounds the latching rail in the latching channel, and wherein the spring leg and the latching rail are oriented so as to latch parallel to each other. The covering includes a covering edge that makes contact with a glass edge of the window. The guide rail includes a spring element, and the spring element is arranged and tensioned on a contact surface on the lower side of the covering, bears against the latching rail via a centering cam and, together with the covering edge, fixes and centers the covering in the latching channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventor: Alwin Timmermann
  • Patent number: 10237920
    Abstract: A pane arrangement having an electrically heatable baffle plate is described. The pane arrangement has a pane having an enclosure on the inner side of the pane, a radiation receiver and/or a radiation source facing the pane within the enclosure such that a beam path of electromagnetic radiation passes through a predefined region of the pane, a baffle plate arranged within the enclosure and below the beam path, and an electrically heatable area in the baffle plate heating the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Alwin Timmermann, Dirk Wohlfeil
  • Publication number: 20190031006
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a vehicle window is described. The sealing arrangement includes at least a retaining rail with a latching channel, wherein the latching channel includes a guide rail and a spring leg, and the retaining rail is fastened to a window; and a covering with a latching rail, wherein the guide rail, together with the spring leg, surrounds the latching rail in the latching channel, and wherein the spring leg and the latching rail are oriented so as to latch parallel to each other. The covering includes a covering edge that makes contact with a glass edge of the window. The guide rail includes a spring element, and the spring element is arranged and tensioned on a contact surface on the lower side of the covering, bears against the latching rail via a centering cam and, together with the covering edge, fixes and centers the covering in the latching channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventor: Alwin TIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 10112467
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a vehicle window is described. The sealing arrangement includes at least a retaining rail with a latching channel, wherein the latching channel includes a guide rail and a spring leg, and the retaining rail is fastened to a window; and a covering with a latching rail, wherein the guide rail, together with the spring leg, surrounds the latching rail in the latching channel, and wherein the spring leg and the latching rail are oriented so as to latch parallel to each other. The covering includes a covering edge that makes contact with a glass edge of the window. The guide rail includes a spring element, and the spring element is arranged and tensioned on a contact surface on the lower side of the covering, bears against the latching rail via a centering cam and, together with the covering edge, fixes and centers the covering in the latching channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventor: Alwin Timmermann
  • Publication number: 20180160477
    Abstract: A pane arrangement having an electrically heatable baffle plate is described. The pane arrangement has a pane having an enclosure on the inner side of the pane, a radiation receiver and/or a radiation source facing the pane within the enclosure such that a beam path of electromagnetic radiation passes through a predefined region of the pane, a baffle plate arranged within the enclosure and below the beam path, and an electrically heatable area in the baffle plate heating the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Alwin TIMMERMANN, Dirk WOHLFEIL
  • Patent number: 9913319
    Abstract: A pane arrangement having an electrically heatable baffle plate is described. The pane arrangement has a pane having an enclosure on the inner side of the pane, a radiation receiver and/or a radiation source facing the pane within the enclosure such that a beam path of electromagnetic radiation passes through a predefined region of the pane, a baffle plate arranged within the enclosure and below the beam path, and an electrically heatable area in the baffle plate heating the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Alwin Timmermann, Dirk Wohlfeil
  • Patent number: 9694659
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a vehicle window pane is described. The sealing arrangement comprises: a holding rail with a latching channel, wherein the latching channel comprises a guide rail and a spring member; the holding rail is secured on a window pane; a cover with a guide channel, wherein the guide channel is formed by a latching rail and a positioning stop and the guide rail is arranged in the guide channel and the latching rail is latched in the latching channel, wherein the spring member is latch-connected to the latching rail, wherein a spring element is tensioned in the guide channel between an abutment surface on the underside of the cover and the guide rail, wherein the spring element is designed as a single lip in cross-section and, in conjunction with the guide rail, seals and supports the underside of the cover between the positioning stop and the latching rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventor: Alwin Timmermann
  • Patent number: 9688128
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a vehicle window is described. The sealing arrangement includes a retaining rail having a latching channel that is formed by a guide rail and a spring leg having a latch hook, the retaining rail being affixed to a window pane. The sealing arrangement further includes a cover having a guide channel that is formed by a positioning stop and by a latching rail having a locking element. The guide rail is arranged in the guide channel and the latching rail is arranged in the latching channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventor: Alwin Timmermann
  • Patent number: 9509088
    Abstract: A connection assembly is described. The connection assembly has a substrate having at least two electrically conductive structures, a housing, which is connected to the substrate on the bottom by an adhesive fastening, the housing has a plug receptacle having at least two plug contacts, the plug contacts are connected to at least two contact pads via electrical conductors, and the contact pads connected in an electrically conducting fashion to the electrically conductive structures, the angle between the plug-in direction into the plug receptacle and the bottom of the housing lying between 15° to 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventor: Alwin Timmermann
  • Publication number: 20160229278
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a vehicle window is described. The sealing arrangement comprises at least a retaining rail with a latching channel, wherein the latching channel comprises a guide rail and a spring leg, and the retaining rail is fastened to a window; and a covering with a latching rail, wherein the guide rail, together with the spring leg, surrounds the latching rail in the latching channel, and wherein the spring leg and the latching rail are oriented so as to latch parallel to each other. The covering makes contact by means of a covering edge with a glass edge of the window. The guide rail comprises a spring element, and the spring element is arranged and tensioned on a contact surface on the lower side of the covering, bears against the latching rail via a centering cam and, together with the covering edge, fixes and centers the covering in the latching channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventor: Alwin TIMMERMANN
  • Publication number: 20160101675
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing arrangement for a vehicle window. The sealing arrangement comprises a retaining rail having a latching channel that is formed by a guide rail and a spring leg having a latch hook, the retaining rail being affixed to a window pane. The sealing arrangement further comprises a cover having a guide channel that is formed by a positioning stop and by a latching rail having a locking element. The guide rail is arranged in the guide channel and the latching rail is arranged in the latching channel, wherein the latch hook is engaged with the locking element in that a convex curved latching guide surface of the latch hook is guided along a latching sliding edge of the latching element, and a spring element is tensioned in the guide channel between the guide rail and a contact surface on the underside of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventor: Alwin TIMMERMANN
  • Publication number: 20160075221
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a vehicle window pane is described. The sealing arrangement comprises at lest: a holding rail with a latching channel, wherein the latching channel comprises a guide rail and a spring member; the holding rail is secured on a window pane; a cover with a guide channel, wherein the guide channel is formed by a latching rail and a positioning stop and the guide rail is arranged in the guide channel and the latching rail is latched in the latching channel, wherein the spring member is latch-connected to the latching rail, wherein a spring element is tensioned in the guide channel between an abutment surface on the underside of the cover and the guide rail, wherein the spring element is designed as a single lip in cross-section and, in conjunction with the guide rail, seals and supports the underside of the cover between the positioning stop and the latching rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventor: Alwin TIMMERMANN
  • Patent number: 9168879
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for vehicle windows is described. The sealing arrangement has at least a holding rail that has a locking channel, which is formed by a guide rail and a resilient leg, and is fastened to a window and a cover that has a guide channel, which is formed by a locking rail and a positioning stop. The guide rail is arranged in the guide channel and the locking rail is latched in the locking channel. A locking hook is latched onto the resilient leg in a projecting region of the locking rail and a resilient element is clamped in the guide channel between a stop face on the underside of the cover and the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Alwin Timmermann, Heinz-Erich Dickers, Andreas Behrens
  • Patent number: 9056589
    Abstract: A rear windshield with protection box for electronic components is described. The rear windshield has a car body connection fastened to a windshield, a protection box fastened on the car body connection, a protection box base body, a protection box cover, and a foam encapsulation of the car body connection. The foam encapsulation seals off and fixes the protection box base body at the car body connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Alwin Timmermann, Heinz-Erich Dickers
  • Publication number: 20150034621
    Abstract: A pane arrangement having an electrically heatable baffle plate is described. The pane arrangement has a pane having an enclosure on the inner side of the pane, a radiation receiver and/or a radiation source facing the pane within the enclosure such that a beam path of electromagnetic radiation passes through a predefined region of the pane, a baffle plate arranged within the enclosure and below the beam path, and an electrically heatable area in the baffle plate heating the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Alwin Timmermann, Dirk Wohlfeil
  • Publication number: 20140349515
    Abstract: A connection assembly is described. The connection assembly has a substrate having at least two electrically conductive structures, a housing, which is connected to the substrate on the bottom by an adhesive fastening, the housing has a plug receptacle having at least two plug contacts, the plug contacts are connected to at least two contact pads via electrical conductors, and the contact pads connected in an electrically conducting fashion to the electrically conductive structures, the angle between the plug-in direction into the plug receptacle and the bottom of the housing lying between 15° to 90°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventor: Alwin Timmermann
  • Publication number: 20140346803
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for vehicle windows is described. The sealing arrangement has at least a holding rail that has a locking channel, which is formed by a guide rail and a resilient leg, and is fastened to a window and a cover that has a guide channel, which is formed by a locking rail and a positioning stop. The guide rail is arranged in the guide channel and the locking rail is latched in the locking channel. A locking hook is latched onto the resilient leg in a projecting region of the locking rail and a resilient element is clamped in the guide channel between a stop face on the underside of the cover and the guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Alwin Timmermann, Heinz-Erich Dickers, Andreas Behrens
  • Patent number: 8841585
    Abstract: An electrically heatable, transparent article and a method for fabricating such article are described. The article comprises an electrically conductive transparent coating and a transparent substrate. The coating is in contact with electrical bus bars and delimits a localized region, which contains a coating-free transparent region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Volkmar Offermann, Alwin Timmermann
  • Patent number: 8808839
    Abstract: A vehicle glazing, method for the production of the vehicle glazing and the use of the vehicle glazing are described. The vehicle glazing comprises at least one transparent pane one transparent body, and at least one transparent polymer layer interposed between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventor: Alwin Timmermann
  • Publication number: 20140210231
    Abstract: A rear windshield with protection box for electronic components is described. The rear windshield has a car body connection fastened to a windshield, a protection box fastened on the car body connection, a protection box base body, a protection box cover, and a foam encapsulation of the car body connection. The foam encapsulation seals off and fixes the protection box base body at the car body connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Alwin Timmermann, Heinz-Erich Dickers