Patents by Inventor J. Dean Krauss

J. Dean Krauss 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: 7048327
    Abstract: A cover panel for closing a roof opening has a panel body, a support frame for the panel body, and a seal member having a substantially rigid mounting portion mounted on an edge of the support frame and extending around an outer circumferential edge of the panel body, and a resilient hollow seal portion for engaging the outer circumferential edge of the panel body. An arrangement is provided by which water passing between the seal portion and the circumferential edge can pass be drained away. Furthermore, a glass support portion of the seal member is bifurcated, having a flexibly hinged upwardly angled flange portion that is deformed downward upon placement of the glass pane to insure correct Z-axis (vertical) positioning of the glass pane forming the panel body and to prevent adhesive from flowing between the panel body and the seal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Webasto Products North America
    Inventors: Tom Mack, J. Dean Krauss, Kenny J. Minicuci, Daniel Harel, Jean Guy Cocaign, Robert Tad Magruder, Weilou Gao