Patents by Inventor Walter Schåtzler

Walter Schåtzler 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).

  • Motor vehicle roof
    Patent number: 6439654
    Abstract: A motor vehicle roof including a front roof opening and a rear roof opening, a movable front cover for covering the front roof opening, the movable front cover being movably guided on a frame member and substantially transparent with a nonviewing area and a viewing area to allow viewing of objects through the front cover, a stationary rear cover for covering the rear roof opening, the stationary rear roof cover being supported on the frame and substantially transparent with a nonviewing area and a viewing area to allow viewing of objects through the stationary rear cover, and solar cells provided proximate to at least one of the nonviewing area of the movable front cover and the nonviewing area of the stationary rear cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Webasto Karosseriesysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Teschner, Walter Schåtzler, Hans Jardin, Manfred Pfalzgraf