Patents by Inventor Michael Starzmann

Michael Starzmann 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).

  • Rear-window roller blind with back-seat shelf as a support element
    Patent number: 7942463
    Abstract: In a rear-window roller blind for motor vehicles in which a rear half of a back-seat shelf, which is located between the rear window and the pull-out slot for the rear-window roller blind, is used as a support element for the roller blind. The back-seat shelf half is made either from a wood material or is a plastic molded part. Through alternative arrangements, it is ensured that the temperature expansion and contraction of the components of the roller blind and its support are accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Starzmann, Herbert Walter
  • Guideless window shade with improved sliders
    Patent number: 7828039
    Abstract: A window shade arrangement has holding levers in order to draw the window shade material from the wind-up roller shaft and to hold it in a drawn out or extended position. The holding levers include hinged sliding elements that slide in associated guide grooves in the pull-out element or bar. To ensure stop-free, smooth operation, these sliding elements can be provided with a lubricant reservoir, can have a dumbbell shape, can have a cylindrical shape or some combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Starzmann, Dieter Gassenheimer, Herbert Walter, Klaus Güsewell
  • REAR-WINDOW ROLLER BLIND WITH BACK-SEAT SHELF AS A SUPPORT ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20080289776
    Abstract: In a rear-window roller blind for motor vehicles in which a rear half of a back-seat shelf, which is located between the rear window and the pull-out slot for the rear-window roller blind, is used as a support element for the roller blind. The back-seat shelf half is made either from a wood material or is a plastic molded part. Through alternative arrangements, it is ensured that the temperature expansion and contraction of the components of the roller blind and its support are accommodated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Starzmann, Herbert Walter
  • Guideless window shade with improved sliders
    Publication number: 20050194109
    Abstract: A window shade arrangement has holding levers in order to draw the window shade material from the wind-up roller shaft and to hold it in a drawn out or extended position. The holding levers include hinged sliding elements that slide in associated guide grooves in the pull-out element or bar. To ensure stop-free, smooth operation, these sliding elements can be provided with a lubricant reservoir, can have a dumbbell shape, can have a cylindrical shape or some combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Applicant: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Starzmann, Dieter Gassenheimer, Herbert Walter, Klaus Gusewell