Patents by Inventor Andreas Babel

Andreas Babel 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: 6227613
    Abstract: A vehicle, having a fixed roof having an opening therein, a fabric sliding roof arranged at the opening in the fixed roof so as to be slidable between an open position and a closed position, a spoiler arranged on the fixed roof in a region of a front edge of the sliding door so as to extend transversely over the vehicle for reducing draft and noise phenomena in an interior of the vehicle when the fabric sliding roof is open, the spoiler having at least one passage opening configured to receive some of an air stream striking against the spoiler during movement of the vehicle in a direction of travel, and a deflecting device arranged in a rearward region of the spoiler relative to the direction of travel so as to affect air flow near the spoiler, the deflecting device being an essentially upwardly extending part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG.
    Inventors: Bernhard Maciejewski, Thomas Drescher, Andreas Babel