Patents by Inventor Markus Kaute

Markus Kaute 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).

  • Top for a Convertible Vehicle
    Publication number: 20090008957
    Abstract: A top (1) for a convertible vehicle has at least one roof part (3) which is movable between a closed and an open position, and, in its open position, is put away in a trunk (6) of the convertible vehicle, and a movably mounted, planar covering element (8), the rear edge (9) of which, in the open position of the roof part (3), bears against a trunk lid (7) and, together with the same, closes the trunk (6). In the closed position of the at least one roof part (3), at least the rear edge (9) of the covering element (8) comes to lie below the roof part (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventor: Markus Kaute
  • Device for the interlocking of two positively guided elements adjustable relative to one another
    Patent number: 6572157
    Abstract: A device for the interlocking of two positively guided elements adjustable relative to one another is designed to the effect that, with respect to the open state, there is a position of readiness which has to be canceled by the elements running toward one another, before a transfer into the interlocking position is possible via the actuating drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: CTS Fahrzeug Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Kaute, Klaus Obendiek, Eckart Schuler, Sigfried Zipperle
  • Device for the interlocking of two positively guided elements adjustable relative to one another
    Publication number: 20010042998
    Abstract: A device for the interlocking of two positively guided elements adjustable relative to one another is designed to the effect that, with respect to the open state, there is a position of readiness which has to be canceled by the elements running toward one another, before a transfer into the interlocking position is possible via the actuating drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventors: Markus Kaute, Klaus Obendiek, Eckart Schuler, Sigfried Zipperle