Patents by Inventor Ulrich Heiny

Ulrich Heiny 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).

  • Configurator for configuring and displaying the appearance of an article to be configured
    Patent number: 7409359
    Abstract: A configurator and a method of configuring articles has a processor with a memory for storing at least one data record representative of the outward appearance of a type of article and data representative of a plurality of different element designs related with one type of article. A user selects an article and an element design of the article to be configured. There are a plurality of samples, each having a property related to an element design and each sample contains data of the element design and its related property. The data of one or more samples is recognized and associated with the stored element design of the element of the article and the property of the element design is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignees: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Achim Fricker, Gerd Stoll, Ulrich Heiny
  • Manufacturing device
    Publication number: 20050108099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a configurator and a method of configuring articles. A configurator regarded as a device of the type in question is a configurator comprising a processor having associated therewith a type-of-article memory, which has stored therein at least one data record representative of the outward appearance of a type of article, and an article design memory having stored therein data representative of a plurality of different article designs related with one type of article, an input unit for selecting a type of article and/or an article design, and a screen for displaying a predetermined, selected type of article with the selected article design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Achim Fricker, Gerd Stoll, Ulrich Heiny
  • Display unit
    Patent number: D436762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Heiny, Thorsten Kernchen, Siegfried Kaupa, Achim Cirksena, Stephan Beddig, Gerd Stoll
  • Display unit
    Patent number: D439768
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Heiny, Thorsten Kernchen, Siegfried Kaupa, Achim Cirksena, Stephan Beddig, Gerd Stoll
  • Display unit
    Patent number: D440433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Heiny, Thorsten Kernchen, Siegfried Kaupa, Achim Cirksena, Stephan Beddig, Gerd Stoll
  • Display unit
    Patent number: D441571
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Heiny, Thorsten Kernchen, Siegfried Kaupa, Achim Cirksena, Stephan Beddig, Gerd Stoll
  • Light accessory for a display unit
    Patent number: D450874
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Heiny, Thorsten Kernchen, Siegfried Kaupa, Achim Cirksena, Stephan Beddig, Gerd Stoll
  • Container
    Patent number: D426927
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Heiny, Thomas Kernchen, Siegfried Kaupa, Achim Cirksena, Stephan Beddig, Gerd Stoll
  • Display unit
    Patent number: D427457
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Heiny, Thorsten Kernchen, Siegfried Kaupa, Achim Cirksena, Stephan Beddig, Gerd Stoll
  • Display unit
    Patent number: D431937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Heiny, Thorsten Kernchen, Siegfried Kaupa, Achim Cirksena, Stephan Beddig, Gerd Stoll
  • Display unit
    Patent number: D434582
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Heiny, Thorsten Kernchen, Siegfried Kaupa, Achim Cirksena, Stephan Beddig, Gerd Stoll
  • Display unit
    Patent number: D434929
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Heiny, Thorsten Kernchen, Siegfried Kaupa, Achim Cirksena, Stephan Beddig, Gerd Stoll