Patents by Inventor Dieter Handke

Dieter Handke 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).

  • System for storing a load in a vehicle
    Patent number: 6811198
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a system for storing cargo within a vehicle. The invention is characterized by a support device (2), attached or attachable in the cargo area (4) of the vehicle, for cargo receiving means (6). The support device (2) is pivotable, after the cargo receiving means (6) have been removed and/or collapsed flat, from a utilization position (A) lying on a cargo area floor (8), about a pivot axis (Y) extending in the vicinity of the cargo area floor (8) approximately parallel thereto, into a non-utilization position (B) lying approximately parallel to and in the vicinity of a vehicle partition (10) delimiting the cargo area (4), and thereby uncovering the vehicle floor (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Hans Jürgen Caro, Bernd Deissmann, Siggi Fischer, Dieter Handke, Ralf Hoge, Christian Schulz, Frank Müller
  • System for storing a load in a vehicle
    Publication number: 20040041424
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a system for storing cargo within a vehicle. The invention is characterized by a support device (2), attached or attachable in the cargo area (4) of the vehicle, for cargo receiving means (6). The support device (2) is pivotable, after the cargo receiving means (6) have been removed and/or collapsed flat, from a utilization position (A) lying on a cargo area floor (8), about a pivot axis (Y) extending in the vicinity of the cargo area floor (8) approximately parallel thereto, into a non-utilization position (B) lying approximately parallel to and in the vicinity of a vehicle partition (10) delimiting the cargo area (4), and thereby uncovering the vehicle floor (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Hans Jurgen Caro, Bernd Deissmann, Siggi Fischer, Dieter Handke, Ralf Hoge, Christian Schulz, Frank Muller