Patents by Inventor Christian Walkowiak

Christian Walkowiak 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).

  • Guide arrangement for displaceable parts of motor vehicle roofs and process for the production thereof
    Patent number: 7029062
    Abstract: A guide arrangement for displaceable parts of motor vehicle roofs with at least one guide along which at least one slide body is movably guided, the guide being a guideway made of aluminum or of an aluminum alloy on which the at least one slide body slides, a surface layer of which has an anodized layer into which at least one lubricant has been incorporated. A process for producing the guide arrangement involves anodizing the guideway of aluminum or of an aluminum alloy and immersing it in a lubricant-containing bath so that the lubricant becomes incorporated into the anodized layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Michael Deppe, Attila Güven, Marc Hajek, Christian Walkowiak, Andreas Feuerle
  • Guide arrangement for displaceable parts of motor vehicle roofs and process for the production thereof
    Publication number: 20050062317
    Abstract: A guide arrangement for displaceable parts of motor vehicle roofs with at least one guide along which at least one slide body is movably guided, the guide being a guideway made of aluminum or of an aluminum alloy on which the at least one slide body slides, a surface layer of which has an anodized layer into which at least one lubricant has been incorporated. A process for producing the guide arrangement involves anodizing the guideway of aluminum or of an aluminum alloy and immersing it in a lubricant-containing bath so that the lubricant becomes incorporated into the anodized layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Applicant: Webasto AG
    Inventors: Michael Deppe, Attila Guven, Marc Hajek, Christian Walkowiak, Andreas Feurle