Patents by Inventor Jean-Luc Guicheteau

Jean-Luc Guicheteau 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: 7475936
    Abstract: A roof element 1 which is designed to close an opening which is made in the roof of a motor vehicle having a translucent pane which is to be permanently connected to the contact surface which borders the roof opening, especially for a contact surface originally designed to receive a sheet metal panel instead of a glass pane roof element. The roof element has at least one transition element which is joined permanently to the inner peripheral surface of the pane, and has a support surface which is parallel to the part of the contact surface on which the indicated support surface is to be superimposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Webasto AG
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Guicheteau
  • Publication number: 20070267899
    Abstract: A roof element 1 which is designed to close an opening which is made in the roof of a motor vehicle having a translucent pane which is to be permanently connected to the contact surface which borders the roof opening, especially for a contact surface originally designed to receive a sheet metal panel instead of a glass pane roof element. The roof element has at least one transition element which is joined permanently to the inner peripheral surface of the pane, and has a support surface which is parallel to the part of the contact surface on which the indicated support surface is to be superimposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: WEBASTO AG
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Guicheteau
  • Publication number: 20050077747
    Abstract: A cargo support having a frame element (1) for mounting in the lower area (15) of a rear window (6) of a motor vehicle (2). The frame element (1) can be mounted to have a first mounting position framing the rear window (6) on the motor vehicle (2) and a second mounting position in which it is essentially horizontal for supporting cargo (20) on the vehicle. A second frame member (5) can be provided for co-acting with the window area frame element (1) for support cargo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicant: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Francois De Gaillard, Martin De Waal, Jean-Luc Guicheteau, Izumi Kimoto, Michael Kolbl, Peter Mitterbauer, Martin Pollak, Claudio Righetti, Miriam Schonauer, Sigeru Ueki, Bernhard Vecchioni
  • Publication number: 20040090092
    Abstract: A motor vehicle, especially a passenger car (1), with an alterable rear structure (2), the rear structure (2) comprising at least one roof element (3), two opposing side elements (12, 13) and one rear element (4), the roof element (3) being located in the open position of the rear structure (2) in the rear floor area (21) of the motor vehicle. In the open position, the rear area of the vehicle has an open-bed, pickup truck configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Francois de Gaillard, Martin de Waal, Jean-Luc Guicheteau, Izumi Kimoto, Michael Koelbl, Alain Leroy, Martin Pollak, Claudio Ivano Righetti, Thomas Rudolph, Sigeru Ueki, Bernhard Vecchioni
  • Publication number: 20040075305
    Abstract: An openable roof for a motor vehicle having a driver's compartment (10) with a roof cover (12) which can be moved between a closed position and an open position, and a rear wall (14) that can be pivot with respect to the driver's compartment around an axis (24) which runs in the transverse direction of the vehicle, and with a cargo bed (16) which is located behind the driver's compartment. The roof cover (12) and the rear wall (14) are joined to one another to be able to fold in the manner of a hinge, the roof cover being folded in the open position onto the rear wall and the roof cover, and the rear wall being deposited in this position in the area of the cargo bed (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicant: WEBASTO VEHICLE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL GmbH
    Inventors: Francois De Gaillard, Martin De Waal, Jean-Luc Guicheteau, Izumi Kimoto, Michael Kolbl, Peter Mitterbauer, Martin Pollak, Claudio Ivano Righetti, Miriam Schonauer, Sigeru Ueki, Bernhard Vecchioni
  • Publication number: 20040051348
    Abstract: An openable motor vehicle roof with a set (20) of several raisable louvers (22) which are arranged in succession in the lengthwise direction of the vehicle, which lie flat side-by-side next to one another in the closed position in order to close the roof opening (10), and which can be pushed into the form of a packet in which they lay parallel to, and on top of, one another in the raised state in order to at least partially clear the roof opening. The roof opening (10) extends to underneath the equator (18) of the motor vehicle in the rear area of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Applicant: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
    Inventors: Francois De Gaillard, Martin De Waal, Jean-Luc Guicheteau, Izumi Kimoto, Michael Kolbl, Peter Mitterbauer, Martin Pollak, Claudio Ivano Righetti, Miriam Schonauer, Sigeru Ueki, Bernhard Vecchioni
  • Patent number: 6659541
    Abstract: A sliding roof cover for the roof opening of a motor vehicle roof which is supported to be moved along and be raised on guide rails which run lengthwise on either side of the roof opening. The sliding cover including a bearing on each guide rail having a front and a rear swiveling guide arrangement for raising or lowering the front edge and/or rear edge section of the cover when opening or closing the cover, and the two swiveling arrangements being coupled to one another. Each swiveling guide arrangement has a swiveling arm coupled to the cover and two guide elements which are spaced apart from one another and are movably supported on a guideway located on the roof-mounted guide rail. The two guide elements of each swiveling arm are guided in a deflection section of the guideway such that they swivel the swiveling arms for lifting or lowering the front or rear section of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Webasto Vehicle Systems International GmbH
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Guicheteau