Patents by Inventor Andreas KUKULA

Andreas KUKULA 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 of an openable vehicle roof
    Patent number: 9242682
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wind deflector of an openable vehicle roof, with a base element that can be attached to the vehicle roof, with a raising bow that can be deployed relative to the base element, and with a flexible wind deflector element which is attached with its upper edge to the raising bow and with its lower edge to the base element, and which is held tensed between the raising bow and the base element when the raising bow is deployed, wherein it is provided according to the invention that, when the raising bow is deployed, a lateral end section of the wind deflector element is in a tensed position without attachment at its lower edge relative to the base element or a roof frame and/or without attachment at its upper edge relative to the raising bow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Andreas Kukula, Erwin Kohout
  • Wind Deflector of an Openable Vehicle Roof
    Publication number: 20150284037
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wind deflector of an openable vehicle roof, with a base element that can be attached to the vehicle roof, with a raising bow that can be deployed relative to the base element, and with a flexible wind deflector element which is attached with its upper edge to the raising bow and with its lower edge to the base element, and which is held tensed between the raising bow and the base element when the raising bow is deployed, wherein it is provided according to the invention that, when the raising bow is deployed, a lateral end section of the wind deflector element is in a tensed position without attachment at its lower edge relative to the base element or a roof frame and/or without attachment at its upper edge relative to the raising bow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Andreas KUKULA, Erwin Kohout