Patents by Inventor Markus Papendorf

Markus 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).

  • Vehicle roof storage compartment cover particularly for passenger cars
    Patent number: 6824193
    Abstract: In a roof storage compartment cover of a vehicle, particularly for passenger cars, which have a roof that is movable between a closed position in which the roof covers an interior vehicle space and an open position in which the roof is deposited in a storage compartment behind the interior vehicle space, the storage compartment has a cover including a front cover part and a rear cover part which are supported by a support console and can be moved by a support mechanism out of the way to provide a passage for transferring the roof into and out of the storage compartment, the rear cover part being pivoted below the front cover part and being locked therein by pivoting the support console employing the roof operating mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Corinna Fuchs, Markus Papendorf, Timo Czechtizki
  • Removable vehicle roof
    Patent number: 6811205
    Abstract: In a removable vehicle roof supported by way of an operating mechanism on a vehicle body for movement between a closed position, in which the vehicle roof covers an interior vehicle space and a storage position in which the roof is deposited in a vehicle storage compartment, a spring element is supported on the vehicle body and connected to the roof operating mechanism in such a way as to bias the operating mechanism in each of the two end positions of the roof in a direction toward the other end position so as to facilitate movement of the vehicle roof out of each end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfram Salz, Gernot Bruder, Markus Papendorf, Andreas Hasselgruber, Matthias Rösler, Frank Bertz
  • Vehicle roof storage compartment cover particularly for passenger cars
    Publication number: 20040145210
    Abstract: In a roof storage compartment cover of a vehicle, particularly for passenger cars, which have a roof that is movable between a closed position in which the roof covers an interior vehicle space and an open position in which the roof is deposited in a storage compartment behind the interior vehicle space, the storage compartment has a cover including a front cover part and a rear cover part which are supported by a support console and can be moved by a support mechanism out of the way to provide a passage for transferring the roof into and out of the storage compartment, the rear cover part being pivoted below the front cover part and being locked therein by pivoting the support console employing the roof operating mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Corinna Fuchs, Markus Papendorf, Timo Czechtizki
  • Removable vehicle roof
    Publication number: 20040094987
    Abstract: In a removable vehicle roof supported by way of an operating mechanism on a vehicle body for movement between a closed position, in which the vehicle roof covers an interior vehicle space and a storage position in which the roof is deposited in a vehicle storage compartment, a spring element is supported on the vehicle body and connected to the roof operating mechanism in such a way as to bias the operating mechanism in each of the two end positions of the roof in a direction toward the other end position so as to facilitate movement of the vehicle roof out of each end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Inventors: Wolfram Salz, Gernot Bruder, Markus Papendorf, Andreas Hasselgruber, Matthias Rosler, Frank Bertz