Patents by Inventor Marcus Papendorf

Marcus Papendorf 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: 7182389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hardtop vehicle roof with three roof pieces, which can be supported against the chassis, stacked together over the middle section, the front and rear roof pieces of which are jointed to the middle roof piece and can swing together in the same sense over the middle section to lie on the middle section, whereby a common drive is provided for the front and the rear roof piece, which is provided on the middle roof section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Magna Car Top Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Gernot Bruder, Marcus Papendorf, Peter Netzel, Thorsten Schumacher, Thomas Halbweiss
  • Publication number: 20050156449
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hardtop vehicle roof with three roof pieces, which can be supported against the chassis, stacked together over the middle section, the front and rear roof pieces of which are jointed to the middle roof piece and can swing together in the same sense over the middle section to lie on the middle section, whereby a common drive is provided for the front and the rear roof piece, which is provided on the middle roof section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Gernot Bruder, Marcus Papendorf, Peter Netzel, Thorsten Schumacher, Thomas Halbweiss
  • Patent number: 6739645
    Abstract: In a hardtop vehicle roof including rigid front intermediate and rear roof parts, which are movable between a closed position, in which the roof parts are arranged, in the longitudinal vehicle direction, one after the other so as to cover an interior of a vehicle body, and a storage position, in which the roof parts are disposed in a rear roof storage compartment which is provided with a compartment lid pivotally supported on the vehicle body, so that it can be raised for the transfer of the rigid roof parts between their closed positions and their positions in the roof storage compartment, the rear roof part is supported on the roof storage compartment lid, the intermediate roof part is supported directly on the vehicle body and the front part is supported on the intermediate roof part in such a way that in the storage compartment all the roof parts are disposed in the same orientation on top of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Marcus Papendorf, Gerald Hahn
  • Publication number: 20030197397
    Abstract: In a hardtop vehicle roof including rigid front intermediate and rear roof parts, which are movable between a closed position, in which the roof parts are arranged, in the longitudinal vehicle direction, one after the other so as to cover an interior of a vehicle body, and a storage position, in which the roof parts are disposed in a rear roof storage compartment which is provided with a compartment lid pivotally supported on the vehicle body, so that it can be raised for the transfer of the rigid roof parts between their closed positions and their positions in the roof storage compartment, the rear roof part is supported on the roof storage compartment lid, the intermediate roof part is supported directly on the vehicle body and the front part is supported on the intermediate roof part in such a way that in the storage compartment all the roof parts are disposed in the same orientation on top of one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventors: Marcus Papendorf, Gerald Hahn