Patents by Inventor Ulrich Schreiber

Ulrich Schreiber 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).

  • Publication number: 20240010058
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle roof having a cover for forming a deployable for the roof, and an inner cover panel which is coupled to the cover. The assembly also has a cover frame configured for coupling the cover to a roof bodywork of the motor vehicle. The assembly also has a cover receiving unit configured for receiving the cover and coupling it to the cover frame; and a tilt mechanism which is coupled firstly to the inner cover panel and secondly to the cover frame, and which is configured for moving the cover between a first retracted position and a second deployed position. The assembly moreover has an electric drive unit coupled directly to the tilt mechanism so that the cover can be electrically moved between the first and second position by the tilt mechanism and the drive unit without the use of the drive cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ulrich SCHREIBER, Julian KNÖPFLE, Maciej KACZMAREK, Moritz PRADELLA, Johann LANG
  • Publication number: 20240010059
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle roof has a deployable cover, a cover inside panel coupled to the cover and a cover frame configured to couple the cover to a roof of a vehicle. The assembly has a cover receptacle unit having a receptacle element with a receptacle opening and an insertion element, the insertion element and receptacle opening designed to match one another. One receptacle element and insertion element in terms of a longitudinal axis of the vehicle roof is coupled to the cover frame on a front cross strut of the latter and the other receptacle element and insertion element is coupled to the cover inside panel, so that the cover by inserting the insertion element into the receptacle opening can be coupled to the cover frame and an operationally ready state of the assembly is able to be configured on the front cross strut of the cover frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Julian KNÖPFLE, Ulrich SCHREIBER, Maciej KACZMAREK, Moritz PRADELLA, Johann LANG
  • Publication number: 20230406080
    Abstract: An assembly for vehicle roof has a deployable cover, a cover inside panel which is coupled to the cover, and a cover frame configured to couple the cover to the roof. The assembly has a cover receptacle unit to receive the cover and to couple the latter to the cover frame, and a cover centering unit with a centering lever and lever receptacle, configured to match one another. One centering lever and lever receptacle is coupled to the cover frame on a lateral longitudinal strut of the latter. The other of centering lever and lever receptacle is coupled to the cover inside panel so that the cover can be coupled to the cover frame by the cover receptacle unit and by inserting the centering lever is able to be centered in the lever receptacle in relation to a plane of main extent of the cover relative to the cover frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Julian KNÖPFLE, Ulrich SCHREIBER, Maciej KACZMAREK, Moritz PRADELLA, Johann LANG
  • Publication number: 20230406075
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle roof has a cover, a cover inside panel and a cover frame to couple the cover to the roof body. The assembly has a cover receptacle unit and a tilting mechanism having a deployment lever, a sliding guide and a slotted guide. The deployment lever is pivotably coupled to the sliding guide and pivotably coupled to the cover inside panel and having first and second pivot axis. The sliding guide by the slotted guide is coupled to the cover frame so the cover by the tilting mechanism is adjustable between a retracted and deployed position. The tilting mechanism is configured that the second pivot axis is fixed in position relative to the cover, and the first pivot axis when transferring the cover from the first to second position is displaceable, and when reaching the second position is fixed in position relative to the sliding guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Julian KNÖPFLE, Ulrich SCHREIBER, Maciej KACZMAREK, Moritz PRADELLA, Johann LANG
  • Publication number: 20230404639
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medical expansion system (100) for the expansion of a bone (200), in particular for the expansion of a tubular bone, comprising an expansion unit (1) extending in a longitudinal direction (L) with a first end (EE1) and a second end (EE2), wherein the expansion direction of the expansion unit (1) is aligned optionally substantially radially (R); a connecting catheter (3) which is connected, with a first end (EV1) thereof, to a first end (EE1) of the expansion unit (1); and a port (5) which is connected with a second end (EV2) of the connecting catheter (3); wherein the expansion unit (1), the connecting catheter (3) and the port (5) are in fluid communication with each other and the expansion system (100) is fluid-tight to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Ulrich SCHREIBER
  • Publication number: 20230406081
    Abstract: A cover system for a vehicle roof has a deployable and retractable first cover with a predefined stiffness and a fixed second cover with a predefined stiffness. The cover system has a cover frame coupled to the two covers. The cover system has a cross strut with a stiffness of predefined configuration. The cross strut is coupled to the cover frame on opposite sides and is disposed between a rear edge of the first cover and a front edge of the second cover. The cover system has a reinforcement assembly having a U-shaped reinforcement frame coupled to the first cover, the reinforcement frame and the stiffnesses of the two covers and the cross strut configured to be mutually adapted such that a movement of the covers in the vertical direction is permitted within a predefined tolerance range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ulrich SCHREIBER, Julian KNÖPFLE, Maciej KACZMAREK, Moritz PRADELLA, Johann LANG
  • Publication number: 20230391175
    Abstract: An assembly for sealing an intermediate space between two covers for a vehicle roof has a cover frame which is configured to couple a deployable and retractable first cover and a fixed second cover to a roof body of the motor vehicle, and a cover seal which is configured to seal a space between the first cover and the cover frame. The assembly furthermore has an adhesive track which is configured to couple the second cover to the cover frame, and a cross strut which in terms of a longitudinal axis of the vehicle roof is coupled to the cover frame on opposite sides. The assembly further has a respective permanently plastic sealant element, which is disposed in a respective peripheral region of the cross strut and is coupled in a sealing manner to the latter and to the cover frame, the cover seal and the adhesive track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Ulrich SCHREIBER, Julian KNÖPFLE, Maciej KACZMAREK, Moritz PRADELLA, Johann LANG
  • Patent number: 11827083
    Abstract: A roller blind arrangement for a motor vehicle may have a roller blind web which has guiding tapes on its lateral edges on either side of a longitudinal center plane of the roller blind, a winding shaft onto which the roller blind web can be wound or from which the roller blind web can be unwound and which comprises a flexible hollow tube arrangement penetrated by a vehicle-attached mounting beam and comprising a flexible middle tube which is provided with bearing bushes in a co-rotating manner on both ends, each guiding tape of the roller blind web being attached to one bearing bush. At least one of the bearing bushes can shift relative to the middle tube in the longitudinal direction of the hollow tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Daniel Schuller, Tobias Fritz, Sebastian Gering, Ulrich Schreiber, Andreas Rockelmann, Marian Riegger
  • Patent number: 11428299
    Abstract: A drive cable for actuating a vehicle element movable relative to a vehicle body is provided, the drive cable having a cable body having a cable core around which a coil following a helical line is coiled, the coil serving to engage with a gear wheel, the cable body being provided with a cable sheath. The cable sheath is glued to the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: WEBASTO SE, KÜSTER UNTERNEHMENSGRUPPE
    Inventors: Ulrich Schreiber, Günter Reinhardt, Markus Eckhardt
  • Patent number: 11389218
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positioning device comprising a plate holder with a first fastening device for releasably fastening the plate holder to the plate, and with a second fastening device; a receptacle for an adjustment device, wherein the adjustment device comprises at least one navigation device, and wherein the navigation device is designed to receive, at least in sections, an interlocking device, and/or an instrument for acting on the interlocking device and/or; wherein the receptacle comprises at least one third fastening device or is connected thereto; wherein one element from the group consisting of the second fastening device and the third fastening device comprises a hole section with a plurality of holes, and wherein the other element of the group is designed as an insertion section, wherein the insertion section and the holes are designed for releasably connecting the second fastening device to the third fastening device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: OT MEDIZINTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Ulrich Schreiber
  • Patent number: 11358442
    Abstract: A roller blind arrangement for a motor vehicle, the roller blind arrangement having a roller blind web and a winding shaft onto which the roller blind web can be wound or from which the roller blind web can be unwound and which has a flexible surrounding-tube arrangement penetrated by a vehicle-attached bearing strut and a corrugated tube as a surrounding-tube element, corrugated-tube ribs being formed on the a corrugated tube and being separated from each other by troughs. The corrugated tube is provided with a coupling overmold at each of its two ends, each coupling overmold being connected to a respective bearing bush and having an outer diameter which corresponds to the maximum outer diameter of the corrugated tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Andreas Rockelmann, Ulrich Schreiber
  • Patent number: 11350951
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positioning device (100, 100?, 100?) for securing an intramedullary nail (19) in a long bone, said positioning device comprising a guide bow (1), with an adjusting device (3) and a sleeve guide (2), wherein the adjusting device (3) has a targeting device (5); and wherein the targeting device (5) is designed to receive a locking device (21) or an instrument (23) for acting on the locking device (21); and wherein the sleeve guide (2) has a sleeve (7), which sleeve (7) is mounted in the sleeve guide (2) such that it can be rotated and/or slid relative to the sleeve guide (2); and wherein the sleeve (7) has a longitudinal through-opening for receiving a guiding device therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: OT MEDIZINTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Hao Luo, Ulrich Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20210331562
    Abstract: A roller blind arrangement for a motor vehicle, the roller blind arrangement having a roller blind web and a winding shaft onto which the roller blind web can be wound or from which the roller blind web can be unwound and which has a flexible surrounding-tube arrangement penetrated by a vehicle-attached bearing strut and a corrugated tube as a surrounding-tube element, corrugated-tube ribs being formed on the a corrugated tube and being separated from each other by troughs. The corrugated tube is provided with a coupling overmold at each of its two ends, each coupling overmold being connected to a respective bearing bush and having an outer diameter which corresponds to the maximum outer diameter of the corrugated tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas ROCKELMANN, Ulrich SCHREIBER
  • Patent number: 11076896
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positioning device module for its releasable connection to a positioning device, wherein the positioning device module is prepared and designed for positioning and/or fixing an intramedullary nail in a long bone, for fixing an osteosynthesis plate on a long bone and/or for fixing a prosthesis in a long bone. The positioning device module comprises a targeting device for receiving an interlocking device or an instrument for acting on the interlocking device, a receiving section for receiving the targeting device and optionally a joint or a deformable section for connecting the positioning device module, to the positioning device, Wherein the joint or the deformable section comprises at least one rotary axis. The present invention further relates to a set, comprising a positioning device module according to the present invention and an extension device for connecting the positioning device module to a positioning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: OT MEDIZINTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventor: Ulrich Schreiber
  • Patent number: 11065013
    Abstract: A positioning device is provided, having a guiding bow, wherein the guiding bow at least in section thereof is designed as or comprises a push-in section to be inserted into a sleeve of a push-in sleeves arrangement; wherein the guiding bow comprises or is connected to an adjusting device, wherein the adjusting device comprises at least one targeting device, and wherein the targeting device is designed to receive, at least in section, an interlocking device or an instrument for acting on the interlocking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: OT MEDIZINTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Ulrich Schreiber, Lukas Zapf, Johannes Gattinger
  • Publication number: 20210121296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radial head implant with a head, a shaft and a threaded anchor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventor: Ulrich SCHREIBER
  • Patent number: 10914360
    Abstract: A toothed belt for a movable roof element of a vehicle which may have a toothed belt body made of plastic, a coupling element, and an interface of the toothed belt, which interface is formed by the coupling element, for coupling to the movable roof element, wherein—the coupling element and the toothed belt body are coupled to each other in a form fitting manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Ulrich Schreiber, Andreas Rockelmann
  • Patent number: 10843541
    Abstract: The invention proposes a drive cable for actuating an element being movable relative to a structure, comprising a cable body which is made of plastics, and which comprises a denticulation extending in the axial direction for engaging a mating denticulation as well as at least one armouring, which continuously reaches through the cable body in the axial direction. A coupling element realised as a moulded section is moulded in a cable connecting region so as to adjoin the cable body. Said coupling element shows a connecting portion for being coupled to the moveable element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: WEBASTO SE, BEKAERT ADVANCED CORDS AALTER NV
    Inventors: Ulrich Schreiber, Chris Dhulst, Katrien Bert
  • Publication number: 20200281730
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a partial joint replacement (1000), encompassing a shell-like segment (100) with a concave inner contour (3) for the arrangement on at the bone structure of a patient, wherein the segment (100) comprises a lateral section (5) and a medial section (7) along a longitudinal direction (x), and wherein the outer contour (1) of the segment (100) comprise in longitudinal direction (x) at least one inflection point (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Andreas LENICH, Ulrich SCHREIBER
  • Publication number: 20200261129
    Abstract: A positioning device comprising a plate holder with a first fastening device for releasably fastening the plate holder to the plate, and with a second fastening device; a receptacle for an adjustment device, wherein the adjustment device includes at least one navigation device, and wherein the navigation device is designed to receive, at least in sections, an interlocking device, and/or an instrument for acting on the interlocking device and/or; wherein the receptacle comprises at least one third fastening device or is connected thereto; wherein one element from the group consisting of the second fastening device and the third fastening device is comprises a hole section with a plurality of holes, and wherein the other element of the group is designed as an insertion section, wherein the insertion section and the holes are designed for releasably connecting the second fastening device to the third fastening device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Ulrich SCHREIBER