Patents by Inventor Andreas Hoefer

Andreas Hoefer 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).

  • Publication number: 20240042749
    Abstract: A method for producing a partition for the interior of a commercial or transport vehicle for separating a passenger compartment from a cargo compartment. The partition is designed as a multilayer composite component made of a renewable raw material, in particular a wood-based material, which is produced by a forming process in a forming die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Carsten JATZEN, Kevin ROOK, Fabian FISCHER, Thomas Grosse, Daniel KOHL, Falk-Andreas HOEFER
  • Patent number: 10029550
    Abstract: A taped seal construction for a body part of a vehicle, with a seal with a main portion and a lip portion, the main portion being designed to extend on one side of the body part of the vehicle and the lip portion being designed to extend on another side of the body part of the vehicle thereby covering an edge of the body part, and a tape, the tape being attached to the main portion of the seal, wherein that the tape comprises a split liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Detlef Richert, Andreas Hoefer, Patrick Welter
  • Publication number: 20160368355
    Abstract: A taped seal construction for a body part of a vehicle, with a seal with a main portion and a lip portion, the main portion being designed to extend on one side of the body part of the vehicle and the lip portion being designed to extend on another side of the body part of the vehicle thereby covering an edge of the body part, and a tape, the tape being attached to the main portion of the seal, wherein that the tape comprises a split liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Detlef Richert, Andreas Hoefer, Patrick Welter
  • Publication number: 20160144526
    Abstract: A tool useful with a flexible profile molding, for example a window film securement article having a self-adhesive coating. The tool includes a housing, a blade assembly and a cutting plate. The housing defines a cavity. The blade assembly is coupled to the housing and includes a blade disposed within the cavity. The cutting plate is selectively mountable to the housing, and includes a first profile and an optional second profile projecting from opposite faces of a platform. When present, the second profile is different from the first profile. Each profile is configured to retain a flexible profile molding in a flexed cutting condition during a cutting operation. In a first cutting state, the cutting plate is arranged such that the first profile faces the blade. In an optional second cutting state, the second profile faces the blade. The blade can be flat, with the cutting plate profile(s) dictating an arrangement of the flexible profile molding conducive to forming a curved miter cut with the flat blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: MICHAEL K. DOMROESE, PAUL A. NEUMANN, PAULINE E. LUDWIG, ANDREAS HÖFER
  • Patent number: 8475611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for the application of a strip material to a substrate. Particularly, the present invention relates to a automatic application of an elongate strip of elastic material to a substrate. The present invention further relates to a device and a method for applying a seal strip such as a weatherstrip seal to a substrate. The elongate strip is advanced by drive means and positioned on a substrate by means of an application unit. The stress of the elongate strip is controlled by a stress control unit which is positioned in the area between the drive means and the application unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignees: 3M Innovative Properties Company, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Klaus Malecki, Detlef Richert, Andreas Hoefer, Johannes Wossner, Thomas Ledermann, Martin Naumann
  • Publication number: 20090301634
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for the application of a strip material to a substrate. Particularly, the present invention relates to a automatic application of an elongate strip of elastic material to a substrate. The present invention further relates to a device and a method for applying a seal strip such as a weatherstrip seal to a substrate. The elongate strip is advanced by drive means and positioned on a substrate by means of an application unit. The stress of the elongate strip is controlled by a stress control unit which is positioned in the area between the drive means and the application unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Klaus Malecki, Detlef Richert, Andreas Hoefer, Johannes Wossner, Thomas Ledermann, Martin Naumann
  • Patent number: D735010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael K. Domroese, Paul A. Neumann, Pauline E. Ludwig, Andreas Höfer