Patents by Inventor Heino Niehwöhner

Heino Niehwöhner 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).

  • Method for fastening a reinforcement frame in a vehicle roof opening
    Patent number: 6253439
    Abstract: To fasten a reinforcement frame in an opening in a vehicle roof member, the roof member is supported on a flanging bed and moved in succession against flanging edges of a plurality of flanging jaws. To insert the jaws into the roof opening, the jaws can be displaced in a plurality of moves of individual jaws parallel to the plane of the opening in which jaws are withdrawn from straight portions of the margin of the opening to permit corner jaws to be withdrawn from comer portions of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventor: Heino Niehwöhner