Patents by Inventor Bernhard Wingen

Bernhard Wingen 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: 10730373
    Abstract: A method for producing an arrangement for a vehicle roof can have the steps of providing a first element with a first end and a second end, the element being couplable by the first end to the vehicle roof. The method can also have the steps of providing a pumpable substance with predetermined material properties, and applying the provided substance by injection molding at a predetermined position at the second end of the first element and thereby forming a second element such that the second element is coupled to the first element and is pivotable relative to the first element about an axis of rotation (A). An arrangement and system for a vehicle roof is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventor: Bernhard Wingen
  • Publication number: 20190023110
    Abstract: A method for producing an arrangement for a vehicle roof can have the steps of providing a first element with a first end and a second end, the element being couplable by the first end to the vehicle roof. The method can also have the steps of providing a pumpable substance with predetermined material properties, and applying the provided substance by injection molding at a predetermined position at the second end of the first element and thereby forming a second element such that the second element is coupled to the first element and is pivotable relative to the first element about an axis of rotation (A). An arrangement and system for a vehicle roof is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: Bernhard WINGEN
  • Patent number: 9776486
    Abstract: A cover for a vehicle roof, which can be raised in its rear region by deployment means in order to open the opening. The deployment means may have a cover having a front edge and a rear edge, which lies opposite the front edge. The deployment means may have a sliding carriage which can be displaced in a guide rail in the vehicle longitudinal direction by a drive. The deployment means may also have a deployment lever that has a front end region, a rear end region and a coupling element arranged between the front end region and rear end region. The deployment means may have a slotted guide carriage arranged to be displaceable in the guide rail in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and a control rod coupled to the sliding carriage and guided to be displaceable relative to the guide rail in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventor: Bernhard Wingen
  • Publication number: 20170197496
    Abstract: A cover for a vehicle roof, which can be raised in its rear region by deployment means in order to open the opening. The deployment means may have a cover having a front edge and a rear edge, which lies opposite the front edge. The deployment means may have a sliding carriage which can be displaced in a guide rail in the vehicle longitudinal direction by a drive. The deployment means may also have a deployment lever that has a front end region, a rear end region and a coupling element arranged between the front end region and rear end region. The deployment means may have a slotted guide carriage arranged to be displaceable in the guide rail in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and a control rod coupled to the sliding carriage and guided to be displaceable relative to the guide rail in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Webasto SE
    Inventor: Bernhard Wingen
  • Patent number: 9688126
    Abstract: An arrangement for a vehicle roof having a cover which, starting from a closure position, can be raised for opening by deployment means in the rear region thereof and which can be displaced backward over the vehicle roof. The deployment means have a sliding member which can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by a drive and which has a first slotted guide. The deployment means also have a second slotted guide which is secured to the vehicle, and have a first control lever pivotably supported in the rear region on the cover and is coupled to the first slotted guide and the second slotted guide, so that, starting from the closure position of the cover, when the sliding member is displaced in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a movement of the cover in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is initially locked by means of the first control lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Dominik Hölzel, Bernhard Wingen
  • Publication number: 20160200183
    Abstract: An arrangement for a vehicle roof having a cover which, starting from a closure position, can be raised for opening by deployment means in the rear region thereof and which can be displaced backward over the vehicle roof. The deployment means have a sliding member which can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by a drive and which has a first slotted guide. The deployment means also have a second slotted guide which is secured to the vehicle, and have a first control lever pivotably supported in the rear region on the cover and is coupled to the first slotted guide and the second slotted guide, so that, starting from the closure position of the cover, when the sliding member is displaced in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a movement of the cover in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is initially locked by means of the first control lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Dominik Hölzel, Bernhard Wingen
  • Patent number: 7878581
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle roof comprising a liftable covering element that can be displaced above a fixed roof section. A control mechanism for the covering element is respectively provided on both sides of the covering element. According to the invention, the control mechanism comprises a drive carriage, a rear release lever which is connected to the covering element in the region of the rear edge thereof in an articulated manner, a front release lever which is connected to the covering element in the region of the front edge thereof in an articulated manner, and a coupling lever which is rotatably connected to the front release lever, co-operates with the drive carriage, and can be displaced in a release position in relation to the drive carriage in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Manfred Faerber, Bernhard Wingen
  • Publication number: 20100164253
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle roof comprising a liftable covering element that can be displaced above a fixed roof section. A control mechanism for the covering element is respectively provided on both sides of the covering element. According to the invention, the control mechanism comprises a drive carriage, a rear release lever which is connected to the covering element in the region of the rear edge thereof in an articulated manner, a front release lever which is connected to the covering element in the region of the front edge thereof in an articulated manner, and a coupling lever which is rotatably connected to the front release lever, co-operates with the drive carriage, and can be displaced in a release position in relation to the drive carriage in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: WEBASTO AG
    Inventors: Manfred Faerber, Bernhard Wingen
  • Patent number: 7669919
    Abstract: The present invention provides an actuating device for a wind deflector device in a vehicle, with a roof opening and a roof closure element, wherein the actuating device has at least one actuating cable which can be coupled to a sun-shielding device, wherein the actuating cable can actuate the sun-shielding device when it is coupled to the sun-shielding device, wherein the actuating cable can be moved in a first direction in which the sun-shielding device uncovers the roof opening, wherein the actuating cable can be decoupled from the sun-shielding device in a predetermined position, and wherein, in the state in which it is decoupled from the sun-shielding device, the actuating cable can be moved further in the first direction and, in the process, can adjust the wind deflector device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Wingen, Thomas Pongratz
  • Publication number: 20090108635
    Abstract: The invention relates to a roller blind arrangement, especially for motor vehicles, for covering a roof opening (2), said arrangement comprising a roller blind strip (5) which can be wound up and down by means of a winding shaft (4). At least one deviating means (10) is used for influencing the course of the roller blind strip (5) in the direction of displacement thereof, the at least one deviating means (10) being arranged at a fixed distance from the winding shaft in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventor: Bernhard Wingen
  • Publication number: 20080284212
    Abstract: The present invention provides an actuating device for a wind deflector device in a vehicle, with a roof opening and a roof closure element, wherein the actuating device has at least one actuating cable which can be coupled to a sun-shielding device, wherein the actuating cable can actuate the sun-shielding device when it is coupled to the sun-shielding device, wherein the actuating cable can be moved in a first direction in which the sun-shielding device uncovers the roof opening, wherein the actuating cable can be decoupled from the sun-shielding device in a predetermined position, and wherein, in the state in which it is decoupled from the sun-shielding device, the actuating cable can be moved further in the first direction and, in the process, can adjust the wind deflector device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Bernhard Wingen, Thomas Pongratz
  • Patent number: 7104598
    Abstract: Openable motor vehicle spoiler roof, with at least one cover carrier for a cover which can be raised at its rear edge by pivoting the cover and in the raised state can be displaced to the rear in the lengthwise direction of the roof. The cover carrier is movably guided in the lengthwise direction of the roof by means of a first and second slide elements and is provided with a guide path with which a control carriage, which is also movably guided along the roof-mounted guide in the lengthwise direction of the roof, is engaged. The second slide element is connected to the cover carrier via a coupling element which is coupled to the cover carrier. At least during the pivoting movements of the cover, the second slide element can be moved over the coupling element depending on the motion of the control carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Wabasto AG
    Inventor: Bernhard Wingen
  • Patent number: 6877799
    Abstract: An openable motor vehicle roof, which is provided with at least one cover (10, 110) which, in the closed position, closes at least part of a roof opening (46), with a carriage (36, 136) which can be moved in the lengthwise direction of the roof in a first roof-mounted guide (38) by a drive, and with a cover-mounted cover carrier (12, 112) which is movably guided in the lengthwise direction of the roof by a first sliding element (16, 116) in a second roof-mounted guide (20) and by a second sliding element (18, 118) which is offset to the rear relative to the first sliding element in the third roof-mounted guide (22). The cover can be raised at its rear edge by displacement of the carriage to the rear and can be pushed to the rear with the rear edge of the cover raised to clear the roof opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Seifert, Francois De Gaillard, Bernhard Wingen
  • Publication number: 20050017547
    Abstract: Openable motor vehicle spoiler roof, with at least one cover carrier for a cover which can be raised at its rear edge by pivoting the cover and in the raised state can be displaced to the rear in the lengthwise direction of the roof. The cover carrier is movably guided in the lengthwise direction of the roof by means of a first and second slide elements and is provided with a guide path with which a control carriage, which is also movably guided along the roof-mounted guide in the lengthwise direction of the roof, is engaged. The second slide element is connected to the cover carrier via a coupling element which is coupled to the cover carrier. At least during the pivoting movements of the cover, the second slide element can be moved over the coupling element depending on the motion of the control carriage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Applicant: Webasto AG
    Inventor: Bernhard Wingen
  • Publication number: 20030184128
    Abstract: An openable motor vehicle roof, which is provided with at least one cover (10, 110) which, in the closed position, closes at least part of a roof opening (46), with a carriage (36, 136) which can be moved in the lengthwise direction of the roof in a first roof-mounted guide (38) by a drive, and with a cover-mounted cover carrier (12, 112) which is movably guided in the lengthwise direction of the roof by a first sliding element (16, 116) in a second roof-mounted guide (20) and by a second sliding element (18, 118) which is offset to the rear relative to the first sliding element in the third roof-mounted guide (22). The cover can be raised at its rear edge by displacement of the carriage to the rear and can be pushed to the rear with the rear edge of the cover raised to clear the roof opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Seifert, Francois De Gaillard, Bernhard Wingen
  • Patent number: 6572183
    Abstract: An openable motor vehicle roof is provided which includes a cover which in the closed position closes at least part of the roof opening, a cover-mounted cover carrier which is provided with a first crank path, and a slide which can be moved in the lengthwise direction of the roof by means of a drive in a first roof-mounted guide channel. The front area of the cover is movably guided in a second roof-mounted guide channel. A first engagement element, positioned on the raising lever, engages the first crank path and a second engagement element, attached to the raising lever, is movably guided in a third roof-mounted guide channel to control a raising motion of a raising lever. The rear edge of the cover can be raised out of the closed position by moving the slide by means of the raising lever. The first crank path is shaped such that when the raising lever is not raised, the displacement of the first engagement element in the first crank path causes a raising motion of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Wingen, Wolfgang Seifert
  • Patent number: 6550853
    Abstract: An openable motor vehicle roof, which is provided with a carrier (16) for a cover element (10) for a roof opening (12) which is movably guided in the lengthwise direction of the roof by means of a first slide element (18) and a second slide element (22) which are offset relative to one another and extend in the lengthwise direction of the roof in the roof-mounted guide (40), the first slide element (18) being guided in the vertical direction along a first guideway (20) and the second slide element (22) along a second guideway (24), and the first and the second guideway (20 and 24) being at different vertical levels. In contrast to known motor vehicle roofs, the first guideway (20) and the second guideway (24) are offset relative to one another in the transverse direction of the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Wingen, Wolfgang Seifert
  • Patent number: 6520569
    Abstract: A sunshade arrangement for a transparent motor vehicle part, especially for a motor vehicle roof with a transparent roof section. The sunshade arrangement has at least one sunshade element which is located on the motor vehicle part or under the roof section, which can be extended to the front edge and/or the rear edge of the motor vehicle part or a roof cutout, and which is movably supported in the lengthwise direction of the motor vehicle so as be movable both in an at least partially extended position and also in the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Wingen, Wolfgang Seifert
  • Patent number: 6517149
    Abstract: A motor vehicle roof with a roof opening formed in a fixed roof skin with two transparent successive displaceable covers for closing and at least partially clearing the roof opening, the two covers being raisable at a rear edge into a rear spoiler position. In order to increase the comfort of the passengers, an extendible sunshade unit is supported underneath each cover and can be moved with the respective cover, so that each cover can be at least partially covered by the extendible sunshade unit in the spoiler position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Engelbert Hirschvogel, Bernhard Wingen, Günther Schwanitz
  • Publication number: 20020163228
    Abstract: An openable motor vehicle roof is provided which includes a cover which in the closed position closes at least part of the roof opening, a cover-mounted cover carrier which is provided with a first crank path, and a slide which can be moved in the lengthwise direction of the roof by means of a drive in a first roof-mounted guide channel. The front area of the cover is movably guided in a second roof-mounted guide channel. a first engagement element, positioned on the raising lever, engages the first crank path and a second engagement element, attached to the raising lever, is movably guided in a third roof-mounted guide channel to control a raising motion of a raising lever. The rear edge of the cover can be raised out of the closed position by moving the slide by means of the raising lever. The first crank path is shaped such that when the raising lever is not raised, the displacement of the first engagement element in the first crank path causes a raising motion of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: WEBASTO VEHICLE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GmbH
    Inventors: Bernhard Wingen, Wolfgang Seifert