Patents by Inventor Michael Zipperle

Michael Zipperle 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: 4948240
    Abstract: In a sun visor for motor vehicles comprising a mirror and a slider made of a plastic material which serves to cover the mirror and which is guided in guide rails of a holder consisting of a plastic material, there is formed at at least one of the two edge zones of the slider at least one elastic tongue which rests in a biased state against the guide rail accommodating this edge zone and which forms an elastic detent projection which at least in the one end position of the slider cooperates in a frictionally connected manner with a detent provided on the guide rail. A shaped spring inserted in a longitudinal slot of the slider in the edge surface thereof resulting from its thickness may be provided instead of the tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Inventor: Michael Zipperle