Patents by Inventor Guenter TIRPITZ

Guenter TIRPITZ 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: 10974579
    Abstract: A vehicle roof having at least one transparent section, a roof-attached support section and a roller blind assembly for selectively shading the transparent roof section at least partially. The blind assembly including at least one roller blind unit having a web to be wound up to form a reel and one lateral bearing unit on either side of a vertical longitudinal roof center plane. The reel disposed between two lateral bearing units and the roller blind assembly having a bearing shell on top of which the at least one roller blind unit is fastened via the lateral bearing units which is fixed to the at least one support section from below. Each bearing units has a bearing pedestal fixed to the bearing shell and a roller blind guide element displaceable as against the bearing pedestal in a pre-installation position and fixed to the roof-attached support section in an installation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Mathias Mueller, Guenter Tirpitz
  • Patent number: 10974575
    Abstract: A vehicle roof having at least one transparent roof portion, a roof-attached support portion and a roller blind assembly for selectively shading or at least partially exposing the transparent roof portion, the roller blind assembly having at least one roller blind unit comprising a roller blind web, which can be wound up into a roller blind coil, and a lateral bearing element on either side of the vertical longitudinal center plane of the roof. The roller blind coil can be disposed between the two lateral bearing elements. The roller blind assembly may have a bearing shell on top of which the at least one roller blind unit is attached via the lateral bearing elements and which is fixed to the at least one support portion from below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Mathias Mueller, Günter Tirpitz
  • Publication number: 20210046810
    Abstract: A vehicle roof having at least one transparent section, a roof-attached support section and a roller blind assembly for selectively shading the transparent roof section at least partially. The blind assembly including at least one roller blind unit having a web to be wound up to form a reel and one lateral bearing unit on either side of a vertical longitudinal roof center plane. The reel disposed between two lateral bearing units and the roller blind assembly having a bearing shell on top of which the at least one roller blind unit is fastened via the lateral bearing units which is fixed to the at least one support section from below. Each bearing units has a bearing pedestal fixed to the bearing shell and a roller blind guide element displaceable as against the bearing pedestal in a pre-installation position and fixed to the roof-attached support section in an installation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Mathias MUELLER, Guenter TIRPITZ
  • Publication number: 20190344645
    Abstract: A vehicle roof having at least one transparent roof portion, a roof-attached support portion and a roller blind assembly for selectively shading or at least partially exposing the transparent roof portion, the roller blind assembly having at least one roller blind unit comprising a roller blind web, which can be wound up into a roller blind coil, and a lateral bearing element on either side of the vertical longitudinal center plane of the roof. The roller blind coil can be disposed between the two lateral bearing elements. The roller blind assembly may have a bearing shell on top of which the at least one roller blind unit is attached via the lateral bearing elements and which is fixed to the at least one support portion from below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Mathias MUELLER, Günter TIRPITZ