Patents by Inventor Guenter Kretzmer

Guenter Kretzmer 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: 7434865
    Abstract: A soft top roof for a vehicle includes a top cover with a window pane. A fastening section borders at least part of the window pane. A clamping part clamps the top cover to the fastening section in order to connect the top cover and the window pane. The clamping part has a hollow space into which a portion of the top cover projects. A casting mass within the hollow space holds the portion of the top cover projecting into the hollow space such that the casting mass fixes the top cover to the fastening section and thereby connects the top cover to the window pane by material bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Magna Car Top Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Konrad Herz, Guenter Kretzmer
  • Publication number: 20070284911
    Abstract: A soft top roof for a vehicle includes a top cover with a window pane. A fastening section borders at least part of the window pane. A clamping part clamps the top cover to the fastening section in order to connect the top cover and the window pane. The clamping part has a hollow space into which a portion of the top cover projects. A casting mass within the hollow space holds the portion of the top cover projecting into the hollow space such that the casting mass fixes the top cover to the fastening section and thereby connects the top cover to the window pane by material bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: MAGNA CAR TOP SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Konrad Herz, Guenter Kretzmer
  • Patent number: 5950782
    Abstract: An arrangement for locking a selector mechanism can be moved by a manual selector element, into, among others, positions P and R and is usable for an automatically operating change-speed gearbox. A servomotor can be moved by auxiliary force into one end position, in which locking dogs for locking the manual selector element in the P-position are disengaged, and by spring force into its other end position, in which locking dogs for blocking the movement of the manual selector element into the R-position are disengaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Andreas Brauns, Marek Milewski, Guenter Kretzmer, Klaus-Peter Hansen, Rouven Westphal