Patents by Inventor Waleri Katrini

Waleri Katrini 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: 8657360
    Abstract: A collapsible roof for a vehicle includes a roof guide, a roof cap, a top fabric, and an adjusting mechanism. The adjusting mechanism movably couples the roof cap to the roof guide such that the roof cap with the top fabric are movable relative to the roof guide between a closed position in which the top fabric covers a roof opening and an opened position in which the top fabric exposes the roof opening. The adjusting mechanism includes front and rear control arms coupled to the roof cap. The front control arm includes a locking hook and the rear control arm includes a latching hook. The locking hook engages a front cavity of the roof guide in the closed position to fix the roof cap in place and the latching hook engages a rear cavity of the roof guide in the opened position to fix the roof cap in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Magna Car Top Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Waleri Katrini, Marcus Papendorf, Berthold Klein, Randolf Liebhardt
  • Patent number: 8459720
    Abstract: A folding sliding roof for a convertible vehicle includes a top fabric, a guide rail, a sliding top bow, and a corner bow. The sliding top bow is connected to the top fabric and is displaceably mounted to the guide rail to move the top fabric between closed and opened positions. The corner bow is connected to the top fabric and is pivotably mounted on the guide rail about a pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Magna Car Top Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Waleri Katrini, Marcus Papendorf, Berthold Klein, Hubert Kaesweber
  • Publication number: 20120161464
    Abstract: A collapsible roof for a vehicle includes a top fabric having a rear region, a tensioning stay arranged underneath the top fabric and attached to the rear region of the top fabric, and a pair of roof guides extending along opposite sides of a roof opening. The top fabric is movably coupled to the roof guides such that the top fabric is movable between a closed position in which the top fabric covers the roof opening and an opened position in which the top fabric is moved rearward away from the roof opening. The tensioning stay is a flat-shaped component that imparts the rear region of the top fabric to have side regions and corner regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: MAGNA CAR TOP SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Waleri Katrini, Marcus Papendorf, Berthold Klein, Randolf Liebhardt
  • Publication number: 20120161465
    Abstract: A collapsible roof for a vehicle includes a roof guide, a roof cap, a top fabric, and an adjusting mechanism. The adjusting mechanism movably couples the roof cap to the roof guide such that the roof cap with the top fabric are movable relative to the roof guide between a closed position in which the top fabric covers a roof opening and an opened position in which the top fabric exposes the roof opening. The adjusting mechanism includes front and rear control arms coupled to the roof cap. The front control arm includes a locking hook and the rear control arm includes a latching hook. The locking hook engages a front cavity of the roof guide in the closed position to fix the roof cap in place and the latching hook engages a rear cavity of the roof guide in the opened position to fix the roof cap in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: MAGNA CAR TOP SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Waleri Katrini, Marcus Papendorf, Berthold Klein, Randolf Liebhardt
  • Publication number: 20120161466
    Abstract: A folding sliding roof for a convertible vehicle includes a top fabric, a guide rail, a sliding top bow, and a corner bow. The sliding top bow is connected to the top fabric and is displaceably mounted to the guide rail to move the top fabric between closed and opened positions. The corner bow is connected to the top fabric and is pivotably mounted on the guide rail about a pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: MAGNA CAR TOP SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Waleri Katrini, Marcus Papendorf, Berthold Klein, Hubert Kaesweber
  • Patent number: 7374236
    Abstract: A vehicle roof includes a roof opening in a roof skin. First and second roof parts are movable between a closed position in which the parts are arranged flush behind one another within the roof opening to thereby close off the roof opening and in an opened position in which the second part is lowered with respect to the roof skin and the first part extends over the second part to thereby expose the roof opening. A kinematic support mechanism is movable to an extended position in which the mechanism fixes the second part in the closed position and in a retracted position in which the mechanism lowers the second part in the opened position. The first part and the mechanism are connected to one another such that the first part actuates the mechanism between its positions in response to the first part moving between the closed and opened positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Magna Car Top Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Striegel, Berthold Klein, Wolfram Salz, Waleri Katrini
  • Patent number: 7354104
    Abstract: A soft-top for a motor vehicle includes a cover and a support frame. The support frame has at least two parts supporting the cover. The at least two parts are movable relative to one another between a clamped position and a folded position such that the support frame is movable between the clamped position in which the support frame is extended with the cover thereon and the folded position in which the support frame is folded with the cover thereon upon. An adjustment device adjusts the at least two parts to move the support frame with the cover thereon between the clamped and the folded positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Magna Car Top Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Wojciech Wezyk, Berthold Klein, Thomas Halbweiss, Waleri Katrini
  • Publication number: 20070075571
    Abstract: A vehicle roof includes a roof opening in a roof skin. First and second roof parts are movable between a closed position in which the parts are arranged flush behind one another within the roof opening to thereby close off the roof opening and in an opened position in which the second part is lowered with respect to the roof skin and the first part extends over the second part to thereby expose the roof opening. A kinematic support mechanism is movable to an extended position in which the mechanism fixes the second part in the closed position and in a retracted position in which the mechanism lowers the second part in the opened position. The first part and the mechanism are connected to one another such that the first part actuates the mechanism between its positions in response to the first part moving between the closed and opened positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Applicant: MAGNA CAR TOP SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Striegel, Berthold Klein, Wolfram Salz, Waleri Katrini
  • Publication number: 20070063531
    Abstract: A soft-top for a motor vehicle includes a cover and a support frame. The support frame has at least two parts supporting the cover. The at least two parts are movable relative to one another between a clamped position and a folded position such that the support frame is movable between the clamped position in which the support frame is extended with the cover thereon and the folded position in which the support frame is folded with the cover thereon upon. An adjustment device adjusts the at least two parts to move the support frame with the cover thereon between the clamped and the folded positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Applicant: MAGNA CAR TOP SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventors: Wojciech Wezyk, Berthold Klein, Thomas Halbweiss, Waleri Katrini