Patents by Inventor Christoph Noga

Christoph Noga 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).

  • Cover of a sliding-lifting roof or lifting roof, and a tool for its manufacture
    Patent number: 5851051
    Abstract: A cover (3) of a sliding-lifting roof or a lifting roof, which serves to selectively close or, at least partially, expose a roof opening in a vehicle roof (1). The vehicle roof (1) is provided with a seal (4). A specific surface roughness (8) is provided, at least in the area of the cover front edge (7), in order to avoid squeaking or creaking noises during pivoting movement of the cover (3). This roughness, preferably, is created during injection molding or foam casting of the cover (3) by a corresponding roughness provided on a shaping surface of the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Webasto Systemkomponenten GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Schmidhuber, Christoph Noga