Patents by Inventor Ralf Mailaender

Ralf Mailaender 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: 20210394688
    Abstract: The present embodiments include a headliner with a roof opening and methods for producing the headliner. In one embodiment, the headliner, which has a bent shape in an area of a sunroof opening, comprises a fold, the fold comprising a flange with a shape adjoins the fold, which enables pull-out installation of the headlining without the use of additional fasteners in the area of the sunroof opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventor: Ralf Mailänder
  • Patent number: 9272673
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system consisting of a roof liner and a cassette, a method for producing the roof liner, and a method for securing a roof liner to a cassette, in particular a sliding-roof cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Interiors GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ralf Mailaender
  • Publication number: 20140354016
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system consisting of a roof liner and a cassette, a method for producing the roof liner, and a method for securing a roof liner to a cassette, in particular a sliding-roof cassette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: Ralf Mailaender