Patents by Inventor Udo Hausrath

Udo Hausrath 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).

  • Foldable roof for an automobile with a foldable roof surface part
    Patent number: 5941592
    Abstract: A foldable roof for an automobile includes a foldable roof surface part which is held in the center between two lateral rigid struts. The respective lateral struts have at least two strut parts which can be displaced with respect to each other. Strut parts of a respective strut can be mounted so that they can be displaced with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: HS Products AG Systemtechnik und Produktmanagement
    Inventor: Udo Hausrath
  • Guide mechanism for the cover plate of a vehicle sunroof
    Patent number: 5791728
    Abstract: A device for guiding a cover of a vehicle sliding roof (8) in the region of a roof aperture (35) of a vehicle roof, wherein the mechanical means for controlling the movement of the sliding roof cover (8) of the roof aperture (35) extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle on a support (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: HS Products AG, Systemtechnik und Produktmanagement
    Inventor: Udo Hausrath
  • Device for controlling the movement of a cover of a vehicle sliding roof
    Patent number: 5730487
    Abstract: A device for controlling the movement of a cover of a vehicle sliding roof includes a guide track (6) along which a carriage (3) is adapted to be moved with a driving cable (20). A swing-out pin (7) is provided on the carriage (3) for engaging with a slotted link (9) joined to the cover (8) and relocating the cover (8) by an angular movement (lifting movement) with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle whilst shifting in the swing-out slotted link (9). A swivelling lever (2), joined to the cover (8) via a cover holder (1), is swivelled by the angular movement of the cover (8) into a locking position restraining the carriage from movement counter-directed to the lifting movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: HS Products AG, Systemtechnik und Produktmanagement
    Inventor: Udo Hausrath
  • Apparatus for raising and lowering a load on or from a support
    Patent number: 5509776
    Abstract: A device for lifting and/or lowering a load, in particular a two-wheeled vehicle such as a bicycle, onto or off of a load carrier connected to a motor vehicle, has an extension arm with which the load can be comfortably lifted and lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: HS Technik Und Design Technische Entwicklungen GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Specht, Udo Hausrath, Christoph Rosch
  • Device for guiding of air flow on vehicles
    Patent number: 4773692
    Abstract: Device for guiding of air flow on vehicles, especially rear spoilers, with an air deflector which, in relation to the vehicle body, can be moved between a retracted position and an extended position in which the air deflector, as a whole, is away from the vehicle body and, in relation to its orientation in retracted position, is inclined. The air deflector is supported by an arcuate adjuster that is rigidly connected to it and which is slidably guided in a correspondingly arcuate guide channel of a guide block that is fixed with reference to the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1988
    Assignee: Webasto-Werk W. Baier GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Bernd Schleicher, Klaus Meiler, Udo Hausrath, Karl Scheidl, Martin Specht, Manfred Koeb, Martin Diez