Patents by Inventor Ruediger Hirschmann

Ruediger Hirschmann 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: 11834012
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a vehicle having at least one outer surface which is inclined by an inclination angle with respect to the vertical, includes a device for detecting the inclination angle of the at least one outer surface, a cleaning brush which can be passed along the at least one outer surface, a device for setting an inclination angle of the cleaning brush with respect to the vertical corresponding to the inclination angle of the at least one outer surface, a device 20 for monitoring the inclination angle of the cleaning brush, and a device for regulating the inclination angle of the cleaning brush for adjusting to the inclination angle of the at least one outer surface. A method for cleaning a vehicle having at least one outer surface which is inclined by an inclination angle with respect to the vertical is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Washtec Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Ruediger Hirschmann, Sven Arndt, Florian Endress, Oliver Foerg
  • Publication number: 20200148176
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a vehicle having at least one outer surface which is inclined by an inclination angle with respect to the vertical, includes a device for detecting the inclination angle of the at least one outer surface, a cleaning brush which can be passed along the at least one outer surface, a device for setting an inclination angle of the cleaning brush with respect to the vertical corresponding to the inclination angle of the at least one outer surface, a device 20 for monitoring the inclination angle of the cleaning brush, and a device for regulating the inclination angle of the cleaning brush for adjusting to the inclination angle of the at least one outer surface. A method for cleaning a vehicle having at least one outer surface which is inclined by an inclination angle with respect to the vertical is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Ruediger Hirschmann, Sven Arndt, Florian Endress, Oliver Foerg
  • Patent number: 8230598
    Abstract: A rollover wash unit for a vehicle wash system that allows an efficient and space-saving transport and a method for mounting a rollover wash unit that allows an efficient, simple and fast mounting of the rollover wash unit in situ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Washtech Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Wimmer, Rüdiger Hirschmann, Henning Rohne
  • Patent number: 8104131
    Abstract: A rollover wash unit for a vehicle wash system includes interspaced lateral parts (2, 2?) fitted with guides (12, 12?), and a treatment device (7) that is received in the guide elements (8, 8?) via bearings (9, 9?), the guide elements being displaceable in the guides (12, 12?). In order to achieve an adaptation to the washing height, the guide elements (8, 8?) are configured to enable the bearings (9, 9?) to project beyond the guides (12, 12?) in a final position of the guide elements (8, 8?) in the guides (12, 12?), where the treatment device (7) projects upward beyond the lateral parts, (2, 2?) and/or an upper edge of a traverse (5) connecting the lateral parts (2, 2?), in an uppermost position of the guide elements (8, 8?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Washtec Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Georg Wimmer, Rüdiger Hirschmann, Norbert König
  • Publication number: 20100037406
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rollover wash unit for a vehicle wash system, comprising a traverse (9) and two lateral parts (2, 8) which are permanently connected to the traverse (9) once the rollover wash unit is mounted. The invention also relates to a method for mounting said rollover wash unit. The aim of the invention is to allows an efficient and space-saving transport and tan efficient, simple and fast mounting of the rollover wash unit in situ. For this purpose, the traverse (9) and the lateral parts (2, 8) are rotatably interconnected via at least one articulated connection (11, 12) for mounting the rollover wash unit, said connection having a rotational axis that extends substantially perpendicular to the lateral parts (2, 8) and along the traverse (9). The method according to the invention comprises the following steps: positioning the lateral parts (2, 8) and the traverse (9) in a mounting position in relation to each other (FIGS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Georg Wimmer, Rüdiger Hirschmann, Rohne Henning