Patents by Inventor Otto Rothfuss

Otto Rothfuss 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: 6027160
    Abstract: A roof construction for a vehicle is provided with roof panelling, side wall panellings, a roof drain between the roof panelling and the side wall panellings, and forward and rearward roof frames. Between the roof panelling and the side wall panellings, a frame-shaped interior roof part is connected with the roof panelling and the side wall panellings. The roof panelling is provided with lateral lengthening strips which cover the roof drain at least largely on the top side. In the forward and in the rearward area, the interior roof part forms portions of the forward and of the rearward roof frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Daimlerchrysler AG
    Inventors: Martin Brodt, Klaus Kleinhans, Otto Rothfuss
  • Patent number: 5938275
    Abstract: A side panel assembly for a passenger motor vehicle body is assembled of two side panel parts which complement one another at least in a side member area to a hollow profile which is visible to the outside and forms the side member. The side panel assembly extends at least from an A-column to a rear wheel mounting in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle to the rear. The assembly has a side panel structure as well as a side panel planking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Klaus Kleinhans, Martin Brodt, Otto Rothfuss, Sven Rogal, Reinhard Determann