Patents by Inventor Manfred Roehnke

Manfred Roehnke 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: 7784859
    Abstract: A sunroof system for a motor vehicle includes two guide rails at least approximately parallel to one another and a slide in each guide rail. The slide is displaceable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A front opening mechanism and a rear opening mechanism are assigned to a front edge and a rear edge, respectively, of a cover of the sunroof system. The front opening mechanism has a transmission lever and the rear opening mechanism has an opening lever. The slide, when displaced rearwards along the guide rail, is first coupled to the rear opening mechanism and then to the front opening mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Grimm, Joachim Röder, Claudia Ries, Manfred Röhnke
  • Publication number: 20070210623
    Abstract: A sliding roof system includes a cover adapted to be moved rearwardly above a roof element, a guide rail, and a front raising mechanism that raises a front edge of the cover outwardly. A rear raising mechanism raises a rear edge of the cover outwardly, and is coupled with the front raising mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Becher, Horst Boehm, Rainer Grimm, Joachim Roeder, Claudia Riess, Manfred Roehnke
  • Patent number: 7229127
    Abstract: A sliding mechanism for a vehicle roof includes least one guide rail, a carriage that can be shifted in the guide rail, and a cover support provided to bear a cover of a sliding-tilting roof. The carriage guides the movements of the cover support and includes a lifting slot, a guiding slot and a latching slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Grimm, Horst Böhm, Claudia Riess, Manfred Roehnke
  • Publication number: 20070114817
    Abstract: The invention relates to a raising mechanism for a sliding roof, comprising a guide rail, a pair of levers, and a carriage. Each lever has a guide rail side end and a cover side end, and the levers are pivotally coupled with each other through a joining axle. During traversing movement, the carriage exerts a vertical force on the joining axle and lifts the joining axle, in order to thereby move the pair of levers to a raised position. The invention further relates to a vehicle roof with such a raising mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas Becher, Horst Boehm, Rainer Grimm, Claudia Riess, Joachim Roeder, Manfred Roehnke
  • Publication number: 20070024093
    Abstract: A carriage system of a sunshade in a motor vehicle includes a carriage having a guiding piece and a connecting piece. The guiding piece is coupled to the connecting piece such that the connecting piece may be released in a nondestructive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Rainer Grimm, Joachim Roeder, Claudia Riess, Manfred Roehnke
  • Patent number: 6916064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cover for a sliding roof system having at least two guide elements, which are movably arranged on two opposite sides of the cover such that the distance between them is variable. The two guide elements are each attached in a sliding guide, which predefines a displacement direction for the guide elements that differs from the displacement direction of the cover, such that the cover is centered with regard to the two guide elements. The invention also relates to a sliding roof system having two guide tracks, which extend along a roof of a motor vehicle at a changing distance, and a cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Böhm, Rainer Grimm, Manfred Röhnke
  • Publication number: 20050110307
    Abstract: A sliding mechanism for a vehicle roof includes least one guide rail, a carriage that can be shifted in the guide rail, and a cover support provided to bear a cover of a sliding-tilting roof. The carriage guides the movements of the cover support and includes a lifting slot, a guiding slot and a latching slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Rainer Grimm, Horst Bohm, Claudia Riess, Manfred Roehnke
  • Patent number: 6851744
    Abstract: A roof assembly for a motor vehicle comprises a rim portion that guides a roof module towards an opening for a sliding roof cover. The rim portion has a water groove formed integrally with the roof module. In addition, the roof module may have an integrally formed spoiler adjacent the water groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Niebuhr, Joachim Röder, Markus Lutz, Manfred Röhnke