Patents by Inventor Michael Ortmuller

Michael Ortmuller 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).

  • Publication number: 20190160928
    Abstract: A profile strip arrangement includes a profile strip having a first connecting area configured to establish a connection to an edge area of a windshield of a motor vehicle and having a second connecting area configured to establish a connection to a vehicle part that is adjacent to the windshield. A reinforcement strip is detachably connected to the profile strip. The reinforcement strip has an insertion section that is configured to be inserted into and remain permanently in the second connecting area. The reinforcement strip also has a connecting section configured to establish a connection to the adjacent vehicle part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Lutz BERGMANN, Carsten BURK, Christoph HAIN, Marco HAIN, David LANDECK, Jens LOEHNERT, Michael ORTMULLER, Hartmut ROTH, Marcus SCHNEIDER
  • Patent number: 8628137
    Abstract: A profile element for connecting a vehicle pane to a water draining chamber includes a first segment affixable to the vehicle pane. A second segment has, at an upper portion, a bearing rib having at least one seal configured to be disposed at a lower edge of the vehicle pane and, at a lower portion, a snap-in recess configured to receive rib of the water draining chamber through an engagement aperture which is delimited in the insertion direction by a lower-most surface of the bearing rib and an upper-most surface of the resilient leg. A detent element is disposed in the snap-in recess so as to facilitate inserting the rib of the water draining chamber in an insertion direction into the snap-in recess and present a larger resistance to extracting the rib from the snap-in recess in an extraction direction opposite the insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Elkamet Kunststofftechnik
    Inventors: Wolfgang Platt, Michael Ortmüller, Daniel Weller
  • Publication number: 20110115261
    Abstract: A contoured structure (10) to connect a vehicle pane (40) to a water draining chamber (50) comprises a first segment (20) affixable to the vehicle pane and a second segment (30) fitted with or subtending a snap-in recess (60) serving to detachably install the water draining chamber (50). Said water draining chamber comprises a rib (51) which is frictionally and/or geometrically interlocking into said recess, furthermore at least one seal (90) that, in the installed position of said water draining chamber, subtends a substantially flat and flush transition between the surfaces of the vehicle pane (40) and of the water draining chamber (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: ELKAMET KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Platt, Michael Ortmüller, Daniel Weller
  • Patent number: 6769700
    Abstract: A sealing assembly for vehicle windscreens (10) comprises a profiled element (20) to be attached to a lower marginal area (12) of the windscreen. A spring member (25) serves for sealed locking engagement with a snapper fin (16) of a water box cover (14) and has a sealing lip (30), fitting between the bottom edge (13) of the windscreen and the upper edge (18) of the water box cover (14). The sealing lip 30 is substantially flush with external surfaces A and G and is bonded to, or integral with, an inclined surface (22) that projects outwardly from a supporting or wedge-shaped rib (21) and has a resiliently deformable, preferably wedge-shaped curved element which is clamped between, and supported by, the bottom edge (12) of the windscreen and the fin (16). The profiled element (20) and/or the sealing lip (30) can be composite elements which are soft on the outside and hard on the inside. Stiffeners 26 and 26′ increase the elasticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Ortmüller, Günter Gründel
  • Publication number: 20030057660
    Abstract: A sealing assembly for vehicle windscreens (10) comprises a profiled element (20) to be attached to a lower marginal area (12) of the windscreen. A spring member (25) serves for sealed locking engagement with a snapper fin (16) of a water box cover (14) and has a sealing lip (30), fitting between the bottom edge (13) of the windscreen and the upper edge (18) of the water box cover (14). The sealing lip 30 is substantially flush with external surfaces A and G and is bonded to, or integral with, an inclined surface (22) that projects outwardly from a supporting or wedge-shaped rib (21) and has a resiliently deformable, preferably wedge-shaped curved element which is clamped between, and supported by, the bottom edge (12) of the windscreen and the fin (16). The profiled element (20) and/or the sealing lip (30) can be composite elements which are soft on the outside and hard on the inside. Stiffeners 26 and 26′ increase the elasticity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Ortmuller, Gunter Grundel