Patents by Inventor Robert ELEK

Robert ELEK 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).

  • CONVERTIBLE ARRANGEMENT HAVING A CONVERTIBLE TOP AND/OR A CONVERTIBLE TOP BOX LID
    Publication number: 20240157773
    Abstract: A convertible arrangement having a displaceable top is displaceable between a covering position, in which it spans a vehicle interior, and a storage position, in which the vehicle interior is exposed at the top and the convertible top is received by a convertible top storage space. An environment sensor and/or an environment sensor accessory are/is disposed at the convertible top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Magnus SVIBERG, Franz HABERL, Alexander HAIMERL, Robert ELEK, Heinrich WÜLLRICH, Richard SEIDL
  • Folding top having panel bows
    Patent number: 10576811
    Abstract: A top of a convertible vehicle, having a foldable top covering and a top linkage, from which the top covering can be displaced between a closed position spanning a vehicle interior and a storage position releasing the vehicle interior to the top and which comprises a linkage arrangement on each of the two sides of the top linkage relative to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the top, panel bows extending between the two linkage arrangements arranged on both sides of the top linkage, said panel bows being arranged flush behind each other in the longitudinal direction of the top when in the closed position and being arranged atop of each other when in the storage position and one of the panel bows forming a backlite bow which accommodates a backlite. The backlite bow is realized as a frame-like composite part which encloses the backlite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Webasto SE
    Inventors: Magnus Sviberg, Heinrich Wullrich, Robert Elek, Franz Haberl
  • Folding Top Having Panel Bows
    Publication number: 20180050580
    Abstract: A top of a convertible vehicle, having a foldable top covering and a top linkage, from which the top covering can be displaced between a closed position spanning a vehicle interior and a storage position releasing the vehicle interior to the top and which comprises a linkage arrangement on each of the two sides of the top linkage relative to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the top, panel bows extending between the two linkage arrangements arranged on both sides of the top linkage, said panel bows being arranged flush behind each other in the longitudinal direction of the top when in the closed position and being arranged atop of each other when in the storage position and one of the panel bows forming a backlite bow which accommodates a backlite. The backlite bow is realized as a frame-like composite part which encloses the backlite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Magnus SVIBERG, Heinrich WULLRICH, Robert ELEK, Franz HABERL