Patents by Inventor Dominik Holzel
Dominik Holzel 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).
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Publication number: 20160207381Abstract: A vehicle roof which can be opened, comprising a cover that can be moved between a closed position and an open position in which the cover is raised at least at the rear edge of the cover and is at least partly moved over an adjoining roof portion. The cover is supported by means of a front bearing device, which can be moved by a drive device, such that the cover can be moved along a front guide rail and by means of a rear bearing device such that the cover can be raised over the adjoining roof portion and moved along a rear guide rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Dominik HÖLZEL, Johann MINATTI, Christian LANGE
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Publication number: 20160200183Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2014Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventors: Dominik Hölzel, Bernhard Wingen
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Publication number: 20160023540Abstract: A roller blind arrangement for shading a transparent vehicle section having a roller blind web, which can be wound to form a roller blind winding and is guided at its lateral edges in relation to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the roller blind in each case in one guide rail, as well as a drive device having a drive pinion which drives two driving means which are each guided in one of the guide rails. The driving means are in each case designed as a toothed belt. The toothed belt can have at least one flat surface for coupling to the roller blind web, and the driving means are joined within the guide rails to the roller blind web in each case solely via their respective flat surfaces and are detached from the roller blind web in a section arranged between the guide rails and the roller blind winding.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2014Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Dominik HÖLZEL, Andreas ROCKELMANN
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Patent number: 9227487Abstract: A sliding headliner for a motor vehicle that is movably guided on guides on both sides and that comprises a flexible shading element, whereby the invention provides that the shading element is tightened by two side profile strips of the sliding headliner, which strips are movably guided on the two guides, that each guide has a front guide section and a rear guide section, that the two side profile strips are held at a distance from one another by the rear guide sections under tightening of the shading element in the transverse direction and are guided in a non-tightened manner in the transverse direction by the front guide sections, and that the side profile strips are held at a distance from one another in the transverse direction on the front guide sections by their own bending stiffness and/or by a cross bow.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: WEBASTO SEInventor: Dominik Hölzel
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Publication number: 20150108794Abstract: A sliding headliner for a motor vehicle that is movably guided on guides on both sides and that comprises a flexible shading element, whereby the invention provides that the shading element is tightened by two side profile strips of the sliding headliner, which strips are movably guided on the two guides, that each guide has a front guide section and a rear guide section, that the two side profile strips are held at a distance from one another by the rear guide sections under tightening of the shading element in the transverse direction and are guided in a non-tightened manner in the transverse direction by the front guide sections, and that the side profile strips are held at a distance from one another in the transverse direction on the front guide sections by their own bending stiffness and/or by a cross bow.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventor: Dominik Hölzel
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Publication number: 20130169008Abstract: A vehicle roof is proposed, comprising a roof opening which may be selectively closed or at least partially opened by means of a cover element, which is guided relative to a vehicle longitudinal central plane on both sides via a drive mechanism in a guide rail fixed to the roof, and which is made from a material comprising polycarbonate. The drive mechanism is at least partially an integral component of the cover element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: Webasto AGInventors: Peter Michalsky, Dominik Hôlzel, Andreas Lang, Markus Boss, Jochen Walz, Martin Pollak, Wolfgang Dittrich
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Patent number: 8353084Abstract: The invention relates to a connector device for a retainer device (2) on a cover of an openable vehicle roof on an operating mechanism, in particular, on an operating lever (3) with a bearing pin (4), comprising a mid axis (104), about which the operating lever (3) is mounted to pivot relative to the cover, characterized in that the bearing pin (4) is mounted to rotate relative to the operating lever (3) and has a housing device (10, 13) for the retainer device (2) in a region facing the a vehicle inner side (111), wherein the retainer device (2) is connected with fixing means (22) to the housing device (10, 13) in an axially and rotationally fixed manner relative to the bearing pin (4).Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2007Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Webasto SEInventors: Reinhard Wenzel, Dominik Hölzel
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Patent number: 8118356Abstract: A vehicle roof is proposed, comprising a roof opening, which can be either closed or at least partially exposed by means of a cover element, which at its rear edge can be tilted relative to a fixed roof section and which is traversable above the fixed roof section towards the rear of the vehicle and which is guided on both sides relative to a vehicle longitudinal center plane by a front sliding unit in a leading guide rail section and by a rear sliding unit in a rear guide rail section respectively. According to the invention the rear sliding unit is guided on a guide link of the cover element and the tangents of the rear guide rail section and of the guide link of the cover element, projected in the vehicle vertical direction, are at least in part set counter to a vehicle longitudinal axis, so that the rear guide rail section and the guide link fixed to the cover in this projection intersect when the cover element is in an open position.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2009Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: WebastoInventor: Dominik Hölzel
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Patent number: 8100467Abstract: A vehicle roof is proposed having a roof opening system (12) which comprises a cover element (16) by means of which a roof opening (14) can be optionally closed or at least partially opened and which interacts, in the closed position, with a separating device which surrounds the roof opening (14) and separates a wet area from a dry area, wherein the cover element (14) comprises, on both sides with respect to a longitudinal central plane of the vehicle, a front, driven sliding element (24) which lies in the dry area and is guided in a first guide device (30), and a rear sliding element (28) which lies in the wet area and is guided in a second guide device (32). According to the invention, the rear sliding elements (28) are actively driven by means of a drive device (46) in a coupling-free fashion with respect to the front sliding elements (24), so that said rear sliding elements (28) move in the second guide devices (32).Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2008Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Webasto AG (Advotec)Inventor: Dominik Hölzel
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Publication number: 20110127808Abstract: A vehicle roof (10) is proposed, comprising a roof opening (14), which can be either closed or at least partially exposed by means of a cover element (12), which at its rear edge can be tilted relative to a fixed roof section (16) and which is traversable above the fixed roof section (16) towards the rear of the vehicle and which is guided on both sides relative to a vehicle longitudinal center plane by a front sliding unit (22) in a leading guide rail section (20) and by a rear sliding unit (26) in a rear guide rail section (24) respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2009Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: WEBASTO AGInventor: Dominik Hölzel
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Patent number: 7731275Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle roof with a roof opening with a flange surrounding the roof opening, on which a roof module with a roof frame comprising at least one frame member can be inserted through the roof opening from above, with guide rails arranged on the roof frame and with at least one roof section supported on these guide rails can be attached. The invention teaches that the roof frame is provided with a sealing frame which surrounds all sides of the roof opening which can be attached onto the flange from above, on which the guide rails and the frame members are attached, and which is sealed by means of at least one seal against the flange, and that furthermore mounting elements are provided through which the guide rails on the underside of the flange can be connected to it.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2008Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: StockdorfInventors: Alexander Bergmiller, Walter Schätzler, Dominik Hölzel, Robert Birndorfer
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Publication number: 20100005623Abstract: The invention relates to a connector device for a retainer device (2) on a cover of an openable vehicle roof on an operating mechanism, in particular, on an operating lever (3) with a bearing pin (4), comprising a mid axis (104), about which the operating lever (3) is mounted to pivot relative to the cover, characterised in that the bearing pin (4) is mounted to rotate relative to the operating lever (3) and has a housing device (10, 13) for the retainer device (2) in a region facing the a vehicle inner side (111), wherein the retainer device (2) is connected with fixing means (22) to the housing device (10, 13) in an axially and rotationally fixed manner relative to the bearing pin (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2007Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: WEBASTO AGInventors: Reinhard Wenzel, Dominik Holzel
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Publication number: 20090085382Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle roof with a roof opening with a flange surrounding the roof opening, on which a roof module with a roof frame comprising at least one frame member can be inserted through the roof opening from above, with guide rails arranged on the roof frame and with at least one roof section supported on these guide rails can be attached. The invention teaches that the roof frame is provided with a sealing frame which surrounds all sides of the roof opening which can be attached onto the flange from above, on which the guide rails and the frame members are attached, and which is sealed by means of at least one seal against the flange, and that furthermore mounting elements are provided through which the guide rails on the underside of the flange can be connected to it.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: WEBASTO AGInventors: Alexander BERGMILLER, Walter Schatzler, Dominik Holzel, Robert Birndorfer
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Publication number: 20080246306Abstract: The present invention relates to a wind deflector (1) in the motor vehicle sector, with a base element (2) which can be mounted on a part of a motor vehicle, with an opener (3) which is pivotally coupled to the base element (2), with an adjusting device (4) for pivoting the opener (3) between a stowed position and an opened-out position, and with a deflector element (5) which can be mounted on the base element (2) and on the opener (3) for the purpose of clamping the deflector element (5) therebetween when the opener (3) is in the opened-out position, wherein the deflector element (5) can be fastened to the base element (2) and/or to the opener (3) by means of a detachable connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2006Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Philipp Oerke, Rainer Mathias, Dominik Holzel