Patents by Inventor Ralph Uenver

Ralph Uenver 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: 20070066125
    Abstract: A clip for a flat flexible cable includes a first closure member having a top surface, a bottom surface and a side surface, a second closure member having a top surface, a bottom surface and a side surface, and a hinge member for hingedly connecting the first and second closure members. The clip includes a locating feature for locating the clip and preventing movement of the clip relative to the flat cable. In one embodiment, the locating feature comprises a post extending from a surface of the one of the first and second closure members that is received in an aperture in the flat cable. In another embodiment, the locating feature comprises one or more nibs projecting from the side surfaces of the clip that are received in cutouts formed in the side walls of the flat cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2005
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Ralph Uenver, Frank Eberhardt, Earl Hayes
  • Patent number: 6588270
    Abstract: Filling level indicators for washer fluid containers in motor vehicles have hitherto been arranged directly on the washer fluid container or been integrated in the instrument cluster on the motor vehicle. Despite the available information, the filling of the container when the level is too low is often delayed. A filling level indicator more effectively indicates the filling level by arranging the filling level indicator in the region of the tank filler neck, whereby the filling level in the washer fluid container is only indicated to the driver when he has in any case interrupted his journey in order to fill up with fuel and is free from other activities, so that it is virtually impossible for him to be distracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventors: Sven Petzold, Ralph Uenver, Rainer Kober