Patents by Inventor Nikolaus Linner

Nikolaus Linner 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: 20230365073
    Abstract: A roof module for forming a vehicle roof on a motor vehicle, the roof module having a panel component, which forms at least sections of a roof cladding of the vehicle roof, and having an opening in which at least one environment sensor is disposed within a casing, the environment sensor being able to transmit and/or receive electromagnetic signals for charting the vehicle environment and being displaceable between a retracted position and an extracted position, wherein the roof module may have a sealing assembly which surrounds the opening and has a sealing area which extends in a movably flexible manner between the panel component and at least one section of the casing and is injection-molded on one side on the panel component and/or the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Lorenz MÜLLER, Giedrius MIKUTIS, Cédric LANGLAIS, Nikolaus LINNER
  • Publication number: 20230257022
    Abstract: A vehicle roof, having a roof skin, which forms an visible exterior surface of the vehicle roof, and a sensor unit having at least two environment sensors for detecting a vehicle environment, the sensor unit being disposed below the roof skin and attached to a support and having a mount for the at least two environment sensors. Thermal decoupling members are disposed between the support and the mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Juraj LEHOTSKY, Thomas PODOLSKI, Nikolaus LINNER
  • Publication number: 20230123315
    Abstract: A motor vehicle roof module having a panel component whose outer surface at least partially forms the roof skin of the vehicle roof and serves as an outer sealing surface of the roof module, and at least one environmental sensor by means of which a vehicle environment can be detected during autonomous or semi-autonomous driving of the motor vehicle. The roof module has a kinematic system having a drive and configured to move the at least one environmental sensor from a retracted position into a deployed position, in which the at least one environmental sensor protrudes beyond the roof skin to detect the vehicle environment, and to fix the at least one environmental sensor at least in the deployed position in such a manner that the at least one environmental sensor cannot be moved by an external force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Michael HUELSEN, Cedric LANGLAIS, Maximilian EHRMAN, Juray LEHOTSKY, Heinrich WÜLLRICH, Thomas PODOLSKI, Nikolaus LINNER
  • Patent number: 11613171
    Abstract: A top of a convertible vehicle having a top linkage which can be displaced between a closed position, in which the top covers a vehicle interior, and a storage position, in which the vehicle interior is uncovered, and which has a linkage arrangement on either side of a vertical longitudinal center plane of the top, each linkage arrangement having a link and a cable guide disposed on the link and serving to guide a tensioning cable. The cable guide may have two shells defining a passage opening and being in contact with the link from opposite sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventor: Nikolaus Linner
  • Publication number: 20230075491
    Abstract: A roof module for forming a vehicle roof having a panel component whose external surface at least partially forms a roof skin of the vehicle roof, the roof skin functioning as an outer sealing surface of the roof module, the roof module having at least one module component, the roof module having a drive kinematic unit which is configured to displace the at least one module component from a retracted position to an extended position in which the at least one module component protrudes over the roof skin, and the roof module having at least one cleaning nozzle. The drive kinematic unit may be configured to also displace the at least one cleaning nozzle between a retracted position and an extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Cedric LANGLAIS, Magnus SVIBERG, Nikolaus LINNER
  • Publication number: 20230008767
    Abstract: A roof module for a motor vehicle roof having a panel component whose outer surface at least partially forms the roof skin of the vehicle roof and serves as an outer sealing surface of the roof module, at least one environment sensor configured to send and/or receive electromagnetic signals through a see-through area for detecting a vehicle environment around an optical axis of the environment sensor, and at least one cleaning nozzle configured to clean the see-through area. Viewed in the direction in which the optical axis of the environment sensor points, the at least one cleaning nozzle is disposed in such a manner in an area of the panel component in front of the see-through area that the at least one cleaning nozzle can be adjusted between a retracted position and a deployed position by means of at least one drive kinematics unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Cédric LANGLAIS, Nikolaus LINNER
  • Publication number: 20200353801
    Abstract: A top of a convertible vehicle having a top linkage which can be displaced between a closed position, in which the top covers a vehicle interior, and a storage position, in which the vehicle interior is uncovered, and which has a linkage arrangement on either side of a vertical longitudinal center plane of the top, each linkage arrangement having a link and a cable guide disposed on the link and serving to guide a tensioning cable. The cable guide may have two shells defining a passage opening and being in contact with the link from opposite sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventor: Nikolaus LINNER
  • Patent number: 10730374
    Abstract: A top of a convertible vehicle, including a top linkage which can be displaced between a closed and a storage position has a linkage assembly on either side of a vertical longitudinal center plane. Each linkage assembly includes a main multi-bar assembly, which is pivotably mounted on a respective vehicle-attached main bearing, and a front roof link, which pivots relative to the main multi-bar assembly when the linkage assembly is actuated, and is covered with a headliner assembly when the top linkage is in the closed position. The headliner assemblies comprise a front headliner flap which is articulated to the respective front roof link via a link assembly and which can be pivoted between a covering and an uncovering position, in which the front headliner flap is located when the top linkage is in the storage position and in which the respective front roof link is accessible from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Webasto SE
    Inventors: Heinrich Wüllrich, Nikolaus Linner
  • Publication number: 20190160924
    Abstract: A top of a convertible vehicle, including a top linkage which can be displaced between a closed and a storage position has a linkage assembly on either side of a vertical longitudinal center plane. Each linkage assembly includes a main multi-bar assembly, which is pivotably mounted on a respective vehicle-attached main bearing, and a front roof link, which pivots relative to the main multi-bar assembly when the linkage assembly is actuated, and is covered with a headliner assembly when the top linkage is in the closed position. The headliner assemblies comprise a front headliner flap which is articulated to the respective front roof link via a link assembly and which can be pivoted between a covering and an uncovering position, in which the front headliner flap is located when the top linkage is in the storage position and in which the respective front roof link is accessible from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Heinrich Wüllrich, Nikolaus Linner