Patents by Inventor Ferdinand Greiner
Ferdinand Greiner 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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Patent number: 6244645Abstract: A passenger carrying motor car with a stowage space includes a movable endless belt disposed at a floor of the stowage space. The belt is carried by a rigid supporting member which has a semicircular arc shaped belt guide surface at one end and a belt and driving shaft at the other end. The maximum diameter of the belt during shaft is no greater than the thickness of the supporting member. A second endless belt can be carried by a backrest of a folding seat bordering the stowage space.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2000Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AGInventors: Heinz Baumert, Ferdinand Greiner, Josef Wamhoff
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Patent number: 6231096Abstract: A cargo space covering for a cargo space of a motor vehicle, particularly a station wagon, has at least one inherently rigid covering element which, in an approximately horizontal covering position approximately in parallel to the cargo space floor, separates the cargo space from the vehicle occupant compartment and can be swivelled upward out of the covering position about a swivelling axis into an unloading position. The swivelling axis of the covering element extends approximately in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Two covering elements are provided which are pivotable about respective swivelling axes of hinges extending along lateral sides of the cargo space. The hinges are releasable and the covering elements are configured to form a portable suitcase when removed from the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1999Date of Patent: May 15, 2001Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AGInventors: Juergen Bollmann, Ferdinand Greiner, Hans-Guent Moeller
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Patent number: 5890958Abstract: A ventilation nozzle for vehicle interiors, having a front screen which is visible in the vehicle interior and having a multiplicity of screen openings. An air-guide block, made of elastic material, is arranged upstream, in the air-flow direction, of the front screen, having a multiplicity of parallel air ducts passing longitudinally through it. An adjusting device changes the flow direction of the air flowing out of the front screen. For the purpose of producing diffused ventilation, the air-guide block is placed nonpositively against the front screen and the adjusting device is additionally designed in such a manner that it is able to raise the air-guide block, counter to a biasing force, from the front screen.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1997Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: Daimler-Benz AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ferdinand Greiner, Josef Wamhoff
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Patent number: 5645311Abstract: Swivellable screens are known for the protection of rear passengers in passenger cars equipped with folding sliding tops which, however, protect only the rear passengers but not the driver or the front seat passenger of a convertible from the effects of the wind and the sun. It is suggested to arrange the screen such on a headrest assigned to the vehicle seat that it can be swivelled in the driving direction toward the front beyond the top edge of the headrest into an approximately horizontal position above the head of an occupant. As a result of this design, the screen, in a very simple manner, takes over the sun protection, for example, for the driver of a convertible even if this driver does not wear any headgear.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 1996Date of Patent: July 8, 1997Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AGInventors: Ludwig Emmer, Michael Koch, Ferdinand Greiner
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Patent number: 5159334Abstract: A remote-control system for locks having an infrared hand-held transmitter of the remote-control system, which is used for the remote-control of the central locking system of a motor vehicle, and a receptacle for the insertion of the transmitter arranged in the motor vehicle. At least one optical cable, leading into the region of the receptacle for carrying signals from the transmitter, is routed from the receptacle to at least one exit hole arranged on the outer skin of the motor vehicle. In this way, the control of a receiver arranged outside the motor vehicle and associated preferably with a remote-controlled garage door drive is made possible.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1991Date of Patent: October 27, 1992Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AGInventors: Heinz Baumert, Thomas Farnung, Ferdinand Greiner
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Patent number: 5011213Abstract: A swivel bearing for a vehicle sun visor which can be swivelled about a vertical axis of the vehicle in front of either a front or a side window comprises a bearing bracket which can be fixed in recessed fashion in a recess of a windscreen frame extending transversely above the front window and, in a hollow space, supports swivellably a curved bearing rod for the sun visor body, the hollow space of the bearing bracket being coverable by a covering part which can be mounted on and has a slot-shaped swivel opening for the curved bearing rod.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 1989Date of Patent: April 30, 1991Assignee: Daimler-Benz AGInventors: Gerhard Zweigart, Ferdinand Greiner, Heinz Baumert, Peter Scheiffele, Manfred Nowak
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Patent number: 4941704Abstract: The invention relates to a sun visor for vehicles, having a sun visor body which can bend along its longitudinal extension and can be pivoted out of a rest position into a multiple number of use positions, and which can be held in these positions. In order to ensure that the sun visor body automatically bends in the course of the pivoting process on a bent shaft, the sun visor body is pivotably mounted on a curved through shaft. Between the rotatably mounted end regions of the curved shaft it is guided so as to be rotatable and slideable in the direction of a transverse extension of the sun visor body through an intermediate bearing engaging in bifurcated fashion around an associated longitudinal portion of the curved shaft. The sun visor body is guided so as to be longitudinally displaceable on the curved shaft to allow for correct positioning when the visor body and curved shaft are pivoted to be in front of a side window of a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1989Date of Patent: July 17, 1990Assignee: Daimler-Benz AGInventors: Heinz Baumert, Ulrich Bruhnke, Ferdinand Greiner, Siegfried Nothacker
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Patent number: 4899612Abstract: A cover sleeve for the protective covering of a clearance for the passage of a steering column of a motor vehicle through a dashboard is disclosed. To accommodate adjustment of the steering column as to its inclination and length, the cover sleeve is fastened by one end to the dashboard and by the other end to a steering column casing. The cover sleeve is braced between its fastening ends by a displaceable frame which is mounted on the casing and is acted upon in its direction of displacement by a resilient tensioning element.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 1988Date of Patent: February 13, 1990Assignee: Diamler-Benz AGInventors: Ulrich Bruhnke, Santiago Duenas, Helmut Fischer, Ferdinand Greiner, Ingo Jobmann, Jurgen Korber, Siegfreid Nothacker, Jurgen Pfaffenbach, Hans Trube
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Patent number: D411377Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1998Date of Patent: June 22, 1999Assignee: Daimler-Benz AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bruno Sacco, Peter Pfeiffer, Hans-Dieter Futschik, Ferdinand Greiner