Patents by Inventor Kwan Yoder

Kwan Yoder 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).

  • Actuating device for a folding top compartment cover
    Patent number: 8376447
    Abstract: An actuating device for opening and closing a cover of a folding top compartment of a convertible vehicle. The actuating device includes a drive unit and an interconnected seven-bar linkage system. The linkage system is pivotably connected to a main bearing of the vehicle body and is pivotably connected to the cover. The drive unit actuates the linkage system to move the linkage system between a retracted position corresponding to the cover being in a lowered closed position covering the folding top compartment and an extended position corresponding to the cover being in a raised opened position allowing access to the folding top compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Jan Just, Kwan Yoder, Waldemar Stapler
  • ACTUATING DEVICE FOR A FOLDING TOP COMPARTMENT COVER
    Publication number: 20100186541
    Abstract: An actuating device for opening and closing a cover of a folding top compartment of a convertible vehicle. The actuating device includes a drive unit and an interconnected seven-bar linkage system. The linkage system is pivotably connected to a main bearing of the vehicle body and is pivotably connected to the cover. The drive unit actuates the linkage system to move the linkage system between a retracted position corresponding to the cover being in a lowered closed position covering the folding top compartment and an extended position corresponding to the cover being in a raised opened position allowing access to the folding top compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: Magna Car Top Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Just, Kwan Yoder, Waldemar Stapler