Patents by Inventor Walter Pecho

Walter Pecho 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: 8123275
    Abstract: The invention relates to a convertible top for a convertible vehicle, comprising a convertible top material having a cutout, a profile part, and a window element, the profile part comprising a first connecting region and a second connecting region, wherein the first connecting region is assigned to the window element and wherein the second connecting region is assigned to the convertible top material, wherein a first adhesive layer is substantially encompassed by the first connecting region and the window element, said first adhesive layer defining a first adhesive connection between the window element and the profile part. A convertible top for a convertible vehicle which has an improved connection to a window element is provided in that the profile part is connected to the second connecting region of the convertible top material using a stitched connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Edscha Cabrio-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Pecho, Karl-Heinz Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20090289468
    Abstract: The invention relates to a convertible top for a convertible vehicle, comprising a convertible top material having a cutout, a profile part, and a window element, the profile part comprising a first connecting region and a second connecting region, wherein the first connecting region is assigned to the window element and wherein the second connecting region is assigned to the convertible top material, wherein a first adhesive layer is substantially encompassed by the first connecting region and the window element, said first adhesive layer defining a first adhesive connection between the window element and the profile part. A convertible top for a convertible vehicle which has an improved connection to a window element is provided in that the profile part is connected to the second connecting region of the convertible top material using a stitched connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Edscha Cabrio-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Pecho, Karl-Heinz Kaiser
  • Patent number: 7296851
    Abstract: A vehicle roof, comprising an opening roof panel, which can be moved from a first, closed roof position into a second, fully opened roof position, the roof panel being held essentially parallel to the rest of the vehicle roof and at a distance from the rest of the vehicle roof in the second roof position; a lateral guide, the roof panel being guided at least during a part of an opening movement on the guide; a third, partially opened roof position in which the roof panel is held in a position that is essentially inclined with respect to the rest of the vehicle roof, rising counter to the direction of travel; and an elevating means for elevating a front edge area of the roof panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Edscha Cabrio-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Kronseder, Klaus Obendiek, Walter Pecho
  • Publication number: 20060202521
    Abstract: A vehicle roof, comprising an opening roof panel, which can be moved from a first, closed roof position into a second, fully opened roof position, the roof panel being held essentially parallel to the rest of the vehicle roof and at a distance from the rest of the vehicle roof in the second roof position; a lateral guide, the roof panel being guided at least during a part of an opening movement on the guide; a third, partially opened roof position in which the roof panel is held in a position that is essentially inclined with respect to the rest of the vehicle roof, rising counter to the direction of travel; and an elevating means for elevating a front edge area of the roof panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: Edscha Cabrio-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Kronseder, Klaus Obendiek, Walter Pecho
  • Patent number: 6871899
    Abstract: A top for a convertible vehicle moveable between an open state and a closed state: The top includes a flexible top fabric, a top linkage, a laterally disposed top-cloth tensioning bracket, and a fin link including an inherently rigid structural part configured to bear longitudinal and tensile loads. The fin link is connected in an articulated manner on a rear end of the top-cloth tensioning bracket. In the closed state, the top-cloth tensioning bracket is part of a fin of the top and the fin link supports the top-cloth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Edscha Cabrio-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Mandl, Walter Pecho, Werner Freimuth, Klaus Obendiek
  • Publication number: 20040169402
    Abstract: A vehicle roof, comprising an opening roof panel, which can be moved from a first, closed roof position into a second, fully opened roof position, the roof panel being held essentially parallel to the rest of the vehicle roof and at a distance from the rest of the vehicle roof in the second roof position; a lateral guide, the roof panel being guided at least during a part of an opening movement on the guide; a third, partially opened roof position in which the roof panel is held in a position that is essentially inclined with respect to the rest of the vehicle roof, rising counter to the direction of travel; and an elevating means for elevating a front edge area of the roof panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Applicant: Edscha Cabrio-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Kronseder, Klaus Obendiek, Walter Pecho
  • Publication number: 20030146642
    Abstract: A top for a convertible vehicle moveable between an open state and a closed state: The top includes a flexible top fabric, a top linkage, a laterally disposed top-cloth tensioning bracket, and a fin link including an inherently rigid structural part configured to bear longitudinal and tensile loads. The fin link is connected in an articulated manner on a rear end of the top-cloth tensioning bracket. In the closed state, the top-cloth tensioning bracket is part of a fin of the top and the fin link supports the top-cloth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: Edscha Cabrio-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Mandl, Walter Pecho, Werner Freimuth, Klaus Obendiek
  • Patent number: 6485085
    Abstract: The invention relates to a convertible top arrangement for a vehicle, comprising a top mechanism, which actuates a convertible top and is arranged on a body of the vehicle, a rear window, which is designed to close an aperture in the convertible top when the top mechanism is closed, a rear-window mechanism arranged outside the top mechanism engaging on the rear window and on the body, the rear-window mechanism of the rear window being capable of being lowered outside the convertible top, thereby freeing the aperture, and raised against the convertible top, thereby closing the aperture, wherein the rear-window mechanism is designed as a double four-joint system that can be folded up in a Z shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Edscha Cabrio - Verdecksysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Pecho, Georg Kopp, Klaus Obendiek
  • Patent number: 6305734
    Abstract: The invention relates to a folding roof arrangement for a convertible type motor vehicle comprising a folding covering having a front section, a front crossmember, the front end section being fastened to the front crossmember, a plurality of lateral roof links defining part of a folding-top kinematic arrangement, wherein the front crossmember is shiftable in an infinite variable manner relative to the lateral roof links between a closed position and a half open position of the folding arrangement, the lateral roof links being in the same configuration in said closed position and in said half open position of the folding arrangement, and wherein in an open position of the folding roof arrangement, the front crossmember, the plurality of roof links and the folding covering are deposited one above another in a folding-top compartment so that at least two of the plurality of roof links define an essentially V-shaped folded arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Bonnekamp & Sparing
    Inventors: Walter Pecho, Georg Kopp