Patents by Inventor Peter Netzel

Peter Netzel 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: 7309099
    Abstract: A roof assembly for a vehicle includes a roof having roof parts. A rod kinematic system is connected to the roof parts to move the roof parts between a closed position of the roof in which the roof parts adjoin one another along a planar level to thereby cover the vehicle interior and a stored position of the roof in which the roof parts stack on top of one another to thereby expose the vehicle interior. First and second locking devices are associated with the roof parts. The locking devices have locking elements which engage one another to lock the stacked roof parts together when the roof is in the stored position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Magna Car Top Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Netzel, Michael Neuberger
  • Publication number: 20070228766
    Abstract: A roof assembly for a vehicle includes a roof having roof parts. A rod kinematic system is connected to the roof parts to move the roof parts between a closed position of the roof in which the roof parts adjoin one another along a planar level to thereby cover the vehicle interior and a stored position of the roof in which the roof parts stack on top of one another to thereby expose the vehicle interior. First and second locking devices are associated with the roof parts. The locking devices have locking elements which engage one another to lock the stacked roof parts together when the roof is in the stored position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: MAGNA CAR TOP SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Peter Netzel, Michael Neuberger
  • Patent number: 7182389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hardtop vehicle roof with three roof pieces, which can be supported against the chassis, stacked together over the middle section, the front and rear roof pieces of which are jointed to the middle roof piece and can swing together in the same sense over the middle section to lie on the middle section, whereby a common drive is provided for the front and the rear roof piece, which is provided on the middle roof section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Magna Car Top Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Gernot Bruder, Marcus Papendorf, Peter Netzel, Thorsten Schumacher, Thomas Halbweiss
  • Patent number: 6921125
    Abstract: In a foldable vehicle roof for a convertible vehicle with an operating mechanism including spaced control arms pivotally supported on the vehicle body for moving the vehicle roof between a closed position, in which an interior vehicle space is covered, and an open position, and the vehicle roof includes a rear roof part and a roof part disposed in front of, and adjacent, the rear roof part, the rear roof part is biased in the closed position of the vehicle roof against the vehicle body by way of clamping means engaging one of the control arms with the rear roof part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: CTS Fahrzeng-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Netzel, Thorsten Schumacher, Thomas Halbweiss
  • Publication number: 20050156449
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hardtop vehicle roof with three roof pieces, which can be supported against the chassis, stacked together over the middle section, the front and rear roof pieces of which are jointed to the middle roof piece and can swing together in the same sense over the middle section to lie on the middle section, whereby a common drive is provided for the front and the rear roof piece, which is provided on the middle roof section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Gernot Bruder, Marcus Papendorf, Peter Netzel, Thorsten Schumacher, Thomas Halbweiss
  • Publication number: 20040155482
    Abstract: In a foldable vehicle roof for a convertible vehicle with an operating mechanism including spaced control arms pivotally supported on the vehicle body for moving the vehicle roof between a closed position, in which an interior vehicle space is covered, and an open position, and the vehicle roof includes a rear roof part and a roof part disposed in front of, and adjacent, the rear roof part, the rear roof part is biased in the closed position of the vehicle roof against the vehicle body by way of clamping means engaging one of the control arms with the rear roof part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Peter Netzel, Thorsten Schumacher, Thomas Halbweiss
  • Patent number: 6595574
    Abstract: In a removable vehicle roof including an operating mechanism for moving the roof between a closed position in which the vehicle roof covers an interior vehicle space and a storage position in which the vehicle roof is deposited in a rear storage compartment, the operating mechanism includes operating and coupling arms which are pivotable relative to each other and provided with locking means for locking the vehicle roof in position in the storage compartment and also for rigidly interconnecting the operating and coupling arms when the vehicle roof is in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: CTS Fahrzeug- Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Jay Shaw, Peter Nétzel, Thorsten Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20030052511
    Abstract: In a removable vehicle roof including an operating mechanism for moving the roof between a closed position in which the vehicle roof covers an interior vehicle space and a storage position in which the vehicle roof is deposited in a rear storage compartment, the operating mechanism includes operating and coupling arms which are pivotable relative to each other and provided with locking means for locking the vehicle roof in position in the storage compartment and also for rigidly interconnecting the operating and coupling arms when the vehicle roof is in a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Publication date: March 20, 2003
    Inventors: Jay Shaw, Peter Netzel, Thorsten Schumacher