Patents by Inventor Ralf Mailander

Ralf Mailander 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: 5678879
    Abstract: A sun visor for vehicles is described. The sun visor consists of a substrate with a foamed plastic core, which has hollow spaces for receiving inserts, such as the sun visor shaft, pivot bearing, mirror and has an exterior decorative layer. The substrate consists of two substrate parts of a panel-shaped semi-finished material made of a multi-layered material with a foamed core and exterior layers. On their respective exteriors they are covered with the decorative layer and, together with this, are reshaped into shaped elements to form an exterior contour and interior impressions for hollow spaces and are cut. The shaped elements are glued together over the entire surface or a part thereof in the edge area at their backs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Benecke-Kaliko AG
    Inventors: Ralf Mailander, Thomas Eickhoff