Patents by Inventor Anton Dietmar Johl

Anton Dietmar Johl 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: 7798565
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roof module for a vehicle, which can be mounted from above in an opening in the bodywork and which comprises a rigid outer shell (12), in addition to at least one electric functional unit (16), which is pre-installed on the underside of the outer shell by means of a support unit (14). The electric functional unit (16) can be displaced by means of said support unit (14) between a mounting position, in which the electric functional unit can be introduced into the bodywork opening and a functional position, in which at least part of the electric functional unit can be placed against a limit (22) of the bodywork opening. The invention also relates to a method for mounting a roof module of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Anton Dietmar Jöhl, Joachim Klesing
  • Publication number: 20090171537
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor-controlled anti jamming device for preventing jamming of an object, in particular in or for a motor vehicle. Said device comprises a body part and a motor-actuatable component which is connected in a pivotable manner to the body part, at least one support element which, when the component is in the open state, supports the component against the body part, and at least one capacitive sensor element which is arranged, when the component is open, between said component and the body part, and is configured such that in a closing step, an object can be detected in a predefined jamming area between the component and the body part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Thomas Kraus, Josef Appel, Anton Dietmar Jöhl
  • Publication number: 20090044449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor-operated component, in particular in or for a motor vehicle, which comprises at least in regions a material which is permeable to an electric field, and which comprises a sensor-controlled anti-trapping apparatus which contains at least one electrically conductive first sensor electrode which is arranged in the interior of the component in a region which comprises the material which is permeable to electric fields, and which is inaccessible from outside the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: WEBASTO AG
    Inventors: Josef Appel, Anton Dietmar Johl
  • Publication number: 20080303315
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roof module for a vehicle, which can be mounted from above in an opening in the bodywork and which comprises a rigid outer shell (12), in addition to at least one electric functional unit (16), which is pre-installed on the underside of the outer shell by means of a support unit (14). The electric functional unit (16) can be displaced by means of said support unit (14) between a mounting position, in which the electric functional unit can be introduced into the bodywork opening and a functional position, in which at least part of the electric functional unit can be placed against a limit (22) of the bodywork opening. The invention also relates to a method for mounting a roof module of this type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Anton Dietmar Johl, Joachim Klesing