Patents by Inventor Lothar Reiff

Lothar Reiff 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: 6676191
    Abstract: In a hardtop vehicle roof, which includes a front roof element and a rear roof element comprising side support members and a rear window panel, the front roof element is supported so as to be independently movable from the closed position to a storage position in a storage compartment disposed behind the vehicle roof so as to provide for the vehicle a Targa configuration, the rear window panel is independently movable into the storage compartment to provide for a Landau configuration and the front window is deposited in the storage compartment below the rear window panel while the side support members are retracted into side storage spaces to provide for a cabriolet configuration of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Hasselgruber, Alexander Bernhardt, Berthold Klein, Lothar Reiff, Wojciech Wezyk
  • Patent number: 6631939
    Abstract: A vehicle roof which can be adjusted between a closed position and an opening position has an adjusting device and at least one side window which during the transfer between the closed and opening position can be pivoted via a rotational joint by an actuating element. The actuating element is coupled on one side to the side window at a distance from the side-window rotational axis and is connected on its opposite side to an element of the adjusting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: CTS Fahrzeug Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfram Salz, Andreas Hasselgruber, Lothar Reiff, Thomas Halbweiss
  • Publication number: 20030189356
    Abstract: In a hardtop vehicle roof, which includes a front roof element and a rear roof element comprising side support members and a rear window panel, the front roof element is supported so as to be independently movable from the closed position to a storage position in a storage compartment disposed behind the vehicle roof so as to provide for the vehicle a Targa configuration, the rear window panel is independently movable into the storage compartment to provide for a Landau configuration and the front window is deposited in the storage compartment below the rear window panel while the side support members are retracted into side storage spaces to provide for a cabriolet configuration of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Andreas Hasselgruber, Alexander Bernhardt, Berthold Klein, Lothar Reiff, Wojciech Wezyk
  • Publication number: 20020050727
    Abstract: In a hardtop vehicle roof, which includes a front roof element and a rear roof element comprising side support members and a rear window panel, the front roof element is supported so as to be independently movable from the closed position to a storage position in a storage compartment disposed behind the vehicle roof so as to provide for the vehicle a Targa configuration, the rear window panel is independently movable into the storage compartment to provide for a Landau configuration and the front window is deposited in the storage compartment below the rear window panel while the side support members are retracted into side storage spaces to provide for a cabriolet configuration of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Andreas Hasselgruber, Alexander Bernhardt, Berthold Klein, Lothar Reiff, Wojciech Wezyk
  • Publication number: 20020017801
    Abstract: A vehicle roof which can be adjusted between a closed position and an opening position has an adjusting device and at least one side window which during the transfer between the closed and opening position can be pivoted via a rotational joint by an actuating element. The actuating element is coupled on one side to the side window at a distance from the side-window rotational axis and is connected on its opposite side to an element of the adjusting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: CTS Fahrzeug Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfram Salz, Andreas Hasselgruber, Lothar Reiff, Thomas Halbweiss
  • Patent number: 6345860
    Abstract: A vehicle roof for a motor vehicle has a roof part which can be moved in the longitudinal direction and can be adjusted between a closed position which closes a roof opening in the motor vehicle and an open position which releases the roof opening. Furthermore, a driving motor is provided which drives, via at least one driving pinion, two driving cables which adjust the roof part and are guided along both sides of the roof 15 opening. In order to provide a drive for a vehicle roof the drive has good operational reliability and provides sufficiently high power, yet at the same time being of small construction. Each driving cable is assigned a respective motor-operated driving pinion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Adam, Oliver Braun, Erich Ruehinger, Wolfram Salz, Matthias Aydt, Berthold Klein, Lothar Reiff