Patents by Inventor Johann Tomforde

Johann Tomforde 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: 4082350
    Abstract: A shell-shaped children's seat for motor vehicles which is equipped with a headrest terminating in a backrest and with an impact member extending over the width of the shell and resting on the associated shell edge portions within the area of the seating surface; the impact member thereby extends rearwardly up to the transitional area of the backrest and the headrest, is pivotally connected thereat and can be tilted up visor-like after the disengagement of a locking device to facilitate ingress and egress of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1978
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Johann Tomforde
  • Patent number: 4039225
    Abstract: A shell-shaped children's seat for motor vehicles which is equipped with a headrest terminating in a backrest and with an impact member extending over the width of the shell and resting on the associated shell edge portions within the area of the seating surface; the impact member thereby extends rearwardly up to the transitional area of the backrest and the headrest, is pivotally connected thereat and can be tilted up visor-like after the disengagement of a locking device to facilitate ingress and egress of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1972
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1977
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Johann Tomforde
  • Patent number: 3994525
    Abstract: A roof for a motor vehicle, particularly a passenger motor vehicle which possesses an area to be opened intermediate the windshield and a roll-over girder disposed within the area of the rear window; the area to be opened in the roof is subdivided into two sections which are adapted to be displaced telescopically and can be retracted one within the other into the area of the roll-over girder so as to be completely covered by the outer member of the roll-over girder; the roll-over girder together with the outer covering member thereby preferably forms a hollow body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1976
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Breitschwerdt, Rudiger Hoffmann, Werner Heiss, Gunter Siegel, Hans P. Spreng, Johann Tomforde, Axel Stehle