Patents by Inventor Erich Ruhringer

Erich Ruhringer 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: 5738405
    Abstract: An off-road vehicle having a two-part roof structure. A hard top like roof construction in a rear roof region is constructed so as to be readily manually dismantled into individual support parts and insert parts. The insert parts include a lamellar roof part for a roof region, a lowerable rear window for a rear region, and removable side windows for the two side regions, which can be stowed in the off-road vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Volker Richters, Erich Ruhringer, Wolfgang Muller
  • Patent number: 5727839
    Abstract: An elastic seal is provided in the region of the abutment edges of adjacent roof parts. The elastic seal is arranged on a water-discharge channel of a rear roof part and exhibits an integral, elastically compliant sealing section which, by means of an abutment edge of the movable roof part, depending on an opening or a closing movement of said roof part, can be moved between a relieved rest position, in which it forms a splash guard and is opened out upwards, and a loaded position, in which it covers over the water discharge means in a sealing manner. The roof parts are part of a lamella roof of a passenger car.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Erich Ruhringer, Wolfgang Adam, Volker Richters
  • Patent number: 5658042
    Abstract: A lamella roof for a motor vehicle is provided with each lamella roof part exhibiting securing catches which extend essentially over the width of the roof cutout and engage behind corresponding securing catches of the respectively adjacent lamella roof parts in the event of the lamella assembly being deformed by force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Erich Ruhringer, Wolfgang Adam, Volker Richters
  • Patent number: 5402922
    Abstract: A cover for a spare wheel arranged externally at the rear of a motor vehicle has a clamping strap which covers the entire tread of the tire. In its lateral edge regions, the clamping strap is drawn in towards the center of the wheel. A round plate covers the free side of the wheel. Over the peripheral edge region of the plate, the drawn-in edge region of the clamping strap engages. In order to make such a cover easy to mount for a single person and to permit it to be used simultaneously for different tire widths, there is provided an outer, annular region of the plate bent to extend towards the spare wheel. A support body can be inserted into a vehicle-side receptacle as far as a stop. The support body is attached to the center of the rear of the plate. The length of the support body is dimensioned such that, when tightening the clamping strap, the plate, acting so to speak as a disc spring, presses the support body against its stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Jordan, Christian Steinmetz, Erich Ruhringer, Heinz Hoger