Patents by Inventor Thorsten Rauschenberger

Thorsten Rauschenberger 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: 6527329
    Abstract: A sun visor for a vehicle arranged between a driver's and a front passenger's sun visor. The sun visor has a holding unit and a unit arranged on the holding unit with a visor body. The visor body is planar and moves from a retracted position to a functional position. The visor body has at least one moveable surface unit. The surface of the visor body increases, when the visor body is moved from a retracted position to a functional position, and decreases when the visor body Is moved from a functional position to a retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Utescheny AG
    Inventors: Thomas Bauer, Dirk Soldinger, Thorsten Rauschenberger
  • Publication number: 20020121796
    Abstract: A sun visor (10.1) for a vehicle, having a holding unit (12.1) which can be fastened to the interior, and an antidazzle unit (14.1) which is arranged on the holding unit (12.1), has a visor body (16.1) of essentially planar design and can be moved, for antidazzle purposes, from a retracted position into a functional position, the sun visor being arranged in particular between a driver's sun visor and a front-passenger's sun visor, is distinguished in that the visor body (16.1) has at least one moveable surface unit (18.1) which increases the surface of the visor body (16.1), when the visor body (16.1) is moved from the retracted position to the functional position, and conversely reduces the surface of the visor body (16.1) when it is moved from the functional position into the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Applicant: UTESCHENY AG
    Inventors: Thomas Bauer, Dirk Soldinger, Thorsten Rauschenberger
  • Patent number: 6406086
    Abstract: A sun visor (10.1) for a vehicle, having a holding unit (12.1) which can be fastened to the interior, and an antidazzle unit (14.1) which is arranged on the holding unit (12.1), has a visor body (16.1) of essentially planar design and can be moved, for antidazzle purposes, from a retracted position into a functional position, the sun visor being arranged in particular between a driver's sun visor and a front-passenger's sun visor, is distinguished in that the visor body (16.1) has at least one moveable surface unit (18.1) which increases the surface of the visor body (16.1), when the visor body (16.1) is moved from the retracted position to the functional position, and conversely reduces the surface of the visor body (16.1) when it is moved from the functional position into the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Utescheny AG
    Inventors: Thomas Bauer, Dirk Soldinger, Thorsten Rauschenberger
  • Publication number: 20010022452
    Abstract: A sun visor (10.1) for a vehicle, having a holding unit (12.1) which can be fastened to the interior, and an antidazzle unit (14.1) which is arranged on the holding unit (12.1), has a visor body (16.1) of essentially planar design and can be moved, for antidazzle purposes, from a retracted position into a functional position, the sun visor being arranged in particular between a driver's sun visor and a front-passenger's sun visor, is distinguished in that the visor body (16.1) has at least one moveable surface unit (18.1) which increases the surface of the visor body (16.1), when the visor body (16.1) is moved from the retracted position to the functional position, and conversely reduces the surface of the visor body (16.1) when it is moved from the functional position into the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Inventors: Thomas Bauer, Dirk Soldinger, Thorsten Rauschenberger