Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Pacher

Wolfgang Pacher 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).

  • Drive device for adjusting the mirror assembly of a rearview mirror
    Patent number: 6764186
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive device for adjusting the mirror assembly of a rearview mirror comprising a mirror base and a mirror head, which accommodates the mirror assembly and which can be positioned between a first and a second position via a pivot. The drive device comprises an electric motor assembly and a control switch, which specifies the direction of the adjustment of the mirror assembly and which, according to the actuation thereof, furnishes electrical signals to the electric motor assembly for the adjustment of the mirror assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Magna Reflex Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Pacher, Johann Stark
  • Drive device for adjusting the mirror assembly of a rearview mirror
    Publication number: 20030137756
    Abstract: The invention relates to a drive device for adjusting the mirror assembly of a rearview mirror comprising a mirror base and a mirror head, which accommodates the mirror assembly and which can be positioned between a first and a second position via a pivot. The drive device comprises an electric motor assembly and a control switch, which specifies the direction of the adjustment of the mirror assembly and which, according to the actuation thereof, furnishes electrical signals to the electric motor assembly for the adjustment of the mirror assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Wolfgang Pacher, Johann Stark
  • Adjustable rear-view mirror for a vehicle
    Patent number: 6174062
    Abstract: In an adjustable rearview mirror, especially an outside mirror, for a motor vehicle, whereby a first element (1) is affixable to the vehicle and a second element (2), rotatably attached to the first element (1), has or forms a mount for a mirror (4), whereby the two elements (1, 2) are designed as dish-shaped elements (1, 2) that nest with one another at least partially and are guided or bear against one another via outside and inside areas of contact forming a segment of a spherical surface and whereby a drive (6) is provided between the first and the second element (1, 2) is proposed, characterized in that the outer element (2) is designed on part of its inner surface with a gear-tooth system extending along a circular section of the inner surface of the outer element (2), with which a pinion (8) of a drive (6) mounted in the inside of the inner element (1) meshes for adjustment of the outer element (2) relative to the inner element (1), by which means can be achieved with a simple construction a design tha
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Magna Auteca Zweigniederlassung der Magna Holding AG
    Inventors: Peter Schillegger, Gerald Fink, Wolfgang Pacher