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).

  • Taped seal construction
    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
  • TAPED SEAL CONSTRUCTION
    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
  • Method and device for application of a strip material
    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
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR APPLICATION OF A STRIP MATERIAL
    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