Patents by Inventor Holger Thums

Holger Thums 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: 9180806
    Abstract: A motor vehicle is provided with a cup holder incorporated into a center console, the cup holder including, but not limited to a front wall, a back wall, two side walls and a base wall, which delimit a receiving space for at least one object, a dividing element, able to be fastened at the upper end region of the receiving space in a dividing position, for dividing the receiving space into a first receiving compartment for a first object and into a second receiving compartment for a second object. The dividing element is constructed from a first part dividing element and a second part dividing element and the first and second part dividing elements are connected pivotably with one another by at least one intermediate joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Michael Schreiber, Wilhelm Sulzbacher, Michael Graf, Marian Piskon, Ralf Venino, Holger Thums, Stephan Walter
  • Patent number: 8777303
    Abstract: A shading system is provided, such as an overhead shading system for a panoramic window of a motor vehicle, which includes, but is not limited to a holding frame for attachment to a motor vehicle body. The holding frame exhibits a cross member, a first longitudinal member joined with the cross member, and a second longitudinal member joined with the cross member, a transverse strip guided so that it can slide from the first longitudinal member and second longitudinal member in order to activate a shading device coupled with the cross member and transverse strip, such as a roller blind or window shade, for at least partially covering a window opening bordered by the holding frame and transverse strip, and a guide connected with the holding frame, in particular a guiding rope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Frank Annawald, Holger Thums
  • Publication number: 20110215612
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door is provided with an interior lining arranged in a panel region of the motor vehicle door. A door framework defines a shaft for accommodating a window that can be raised and lowered relative to the vehicle interior. The door framework accommodates a shaft rail extending into the shaft in the region of its upper end. The interior lining features a fitting rail that overlaps the shaft rail on its upper side and engages behind the shaft rail on the shaft side. The fitting rail features a fitting web that covers the door framework on its outer side referred to the vehicle. The fitting web penetrates into a depression formed by the shaft rail and interlocks with the shaft rail at this location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Ralph Maertin, Markus Steinbach, Holger Thums, Hendrik Ziegler, Ralf Venino