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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8091956 | Apparatus for sealing and damping Sealing and attenuating device (1) with a fastening device 2 to attach the device (1) to a first component and a sealing mechanism 3 to seal off the first component from a second component, and an attenuating device (4) to attenuat... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8061290 | Mechanism for a sliding roof An assembly for covering an opening of a vehicle, and particularly a boat, comprising a base frame having a pair of guide rails with a stop at a forward end and a continuous peripheral sealing surface; a movable panel slidably attached to the guide rails and configu... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8033052 | Anti-jamming device in the field of motor vehicles The invention relates to an anti-jamming device in the field of motor vehicles, which is used for preventing an object from getting caught. Said anti-jamming device comprises an actuating means (1) which can be coupled to a body part (3) of a vehicle a... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7997636 | Device and method for actuating an openable vehicle roof system The invention relates to the actuation of an openable roof system, for example of a cabriolet canopy system, in which a synchronized adjusting phase (Ts) is provided during the adjustment (tθ to t3) for opening and/or closing the vehicle roof system, in whic... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7964785 | Heating apparatus comprising a thermoelectric module Disclosed is a thermoelectric module (100) which rests against a housing (12) via an elastic connection (26, 40, 42). Alternatively or additionally, a mechanical connection is provided with a heat-insulating material (50) between a housin... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7950733 | Mechanism for an adjustable body component of a vehicle The invention relates to a mechanism for generating pivot motions and displacement motions of a chassis component (30), having a displaceable carriage (40) engaging with at least one first guide element (361) disposed on the chassis component by... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950440 | Roller blind arrangement The invention relates to a roller blind arrangement comprising at least one roller blind web (10) and at least one winding tube (12) for winding and unwinding said roller blind web (10), which comprises side edge areas and at least one guiding e... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7942475 | Composite reinforcement for a roof assembly A composite reinforcement for a vehicle roof opening that provides several advantages over the prior art metal ring design. The reinforcement is a composite bonded to the roof, can be polyurethane, and may include fiberglass, such as long fiber injection (LFI) or gl... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7905542 | Modular tilt slide sunroof assembly and method of manufacture A sunroof assembly with a composite water management assembly having side rails with a water trough connected at one end to end caps and to a pair of corners at the other, which connect to a front rail at substantially right angles to the side rails. This composite ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7896430 | Vehicle roof The present invention relates to a vehicle roof with a roof opening (12) and with a roof section (10) having a roof tip (16) pointing to the front of the vehicle (14) and a roof end (18) pointing to the rear of the vehicle (12 | 03/01/2011 |
| 7891875 | Tear-resistive container for dispensing materials A container is configured to store and dispense a material. More specifically, the container includes a top portion that is configured to be partially torn from a body portion of the container to dispense the material. The container includes a reinforced side portio... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7854249 | Soft top cloth with styling edge The object of providing a technical function edge and a styling edge is solved by the cloth for a soft top according to the invention which is designed to be stretchable over at least one solid element, wherein the solid element comprises at least one offsetting or ... | 12/21/2010 |
| D629189 | Heel shields | 12/21/2010 |
| D627611 | Wine rack | 11/23/2010 |
| D625680 | Twin vent sunroof | 10/19/2010 |
| 7802842 | Roof module of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a roof module of a motor vehicle, which can be fastened to the chassis of the motor vehicle and defines a roof area. The aim of the invention is to improve the utility of the roof module or the motor vehicle. For this purpose, the roof modul... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7802838 | Soft top for a motor vehicle A soft top for a motor vehicle, lockable on a windshield frame by a latch disposed on a forward soft top section and swivelable to a locked position, the soft top movable to a rearward stowed position once the latch has been swiveled into an unlocked position. A loc... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7802836 | Anti-dazzle sun visor for motor vehicles An anti-dazzle sun visor for use in the upper part of a windshield of a motor vehicle. The anti-dazzle sun visor is characterized by a screen which is hinged to a suspension, mounted so as to be movable to be displaced along the windshield, and a curtain which is ex... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7798567 | Vehicle roof comprising a movable cover and an openable blind disposed thereunder The invention relates to a vehicle roof (10) comprising at least one at least partially transparent roof part (14) that can be moved in order to at least partly open a roof opening (17), and a blind (20) which allows the movable roof part... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7798565 | Roof module for a vehicle and method for mounting a roof module of this type The invention relates to a roof module for a vehicle, which can be mounted from above in an opening in the bodywork and which comprises a rigid outer shell (12), in addition to at least one electric functional unit (16), which is pre-installed on the u... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7775265 | Side tank design A cooling system for a reciprocating engine includes a main cooling device and a side tank. The main cooling device includes at least one heat dissipation tube that contains an internal fluid for transporting excess heat developed by a reciprocating engine. The side... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7766413 | Folding top for a convertible A folding top for a convertible is proposed, comprising a folding-top cloth (16) and a folding-top linkage (14) which is provided on both sides with a main link (28) which is mounted on a main bearing (26) and to which a frame part (38... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7766411 | Adjusting mechanism of a soft top compartment cover of a convertible An adjusting mechanism of a movable component, particularly a soft top compartment cover of a convertible, which is movably mounted by means of at least one control arm (2) that is hingedly connected to the vehicle body. A crossarm gear (19, 20) is mou... | 08/03/2010 |
| D620740 | Comforter with positioned text | 08/03/2010 |
| 7762624 | Openable vehicle roof The invention relates to an openable vehicle roof which comprises at least one cover element (18) which is guided in lateral guiding rails (20B), by means of which said roof opening can be selectively closed or at least partially opened, and an anti-bl... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7762623 | Vehicle roof with at least two cover elements The invention relates to a vehicle roof with two cover elements (14, 16), a front one of which can be deployed and a rear one of which serves as the sliding cover, can be lowered under the stationary vehicle roof and displaced. An embodiment of the invention ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7758110 | Displaceable roof part of an openable vehicle roof A roof part mounted movably by means of a bearing device on a bearing slide, which is mounted in a manner such that it can be shifted on a guide of the vehicle roof and can be displaced along the guide by means of a drive, wherein, for improved adjustment of the mov... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7731275 | Vehicle roof The invention relates to a vehicle roof with a roof opening with a flange surrounding the roof opening, on which a roof module with a roof frame comprising at least one frame member can be inserted through the roof opening from above, with guide rails arranged on th... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7708335 | Air-guiding device of a vehicle The invention relates to an air-guiding device (10) of a vehicle (1), comprising a spoiler (12) fastened to a spoiler base (14), and an adjusting device (20) for adjusting the spoiler base (14) between an inoperative positio... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7695042 | Receptacle device and motor vehicle provided therewith The invention relates to a receiving device (1) for a motor vehicle comprising at least one a tray-shaped container (2) and a hat rack (3), wherein said hat rack (3) is shaped in such a way that it covers the tray-shaped container (2 | 04/13/2010 |
| 7681937 | Closure device for a cabriolet roof structure A closure device is provided for a cabriolet roof structure having at least one closure element which can assume an open position and a closed position, wherein the closure device is at least at times assigned a sensor device which can detect the open position and t... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7669919 | Actuating device for actuating a wind deflector device The present invention provides an actuating device for a wind deflector device in a vehicle, with a roof opening and a roof closure element, wherein the actuating device has at least one actuating cable which can be coupled to a sun-shielding device, wherein the act... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7665796 | Functional device with pivotable element Proposed is a functional device which is arranged on the outer side of a vehicle body, comprising a base element (18) and at least one pivoting element (20A) which is pivotable with respect to the base element (18) between two end positions. Acc... | 02/23/2010 |
| D610446 | Package with anatomically correct product placement window | 02/23/2010 |
| 7664801 | Interactive remote wireless system and method to assist in real estate transactions, and the like A system and apparatus to provide remote interactive access to multiple databases and, specifically, related to a system and apparatus to provide remote interactive access to real estate information related databases using a portable, voice interactive computing dev... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7651159 | Roof structure with a roof cutout and seal therefor The invention relates to a roof structure with a roof cutout for a sliding-lifting roof or an outer sliding-lifting roof. A roof cutout seal is provided, which encircles the roof cutout and which seals a roof skin against a sliding-lifting roof or an outer sliding-l... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7644980 | Vehicle roof with a movable roof section The invention relates to a vehicle roof with a movable roof section which can be deployed into a ventilation position by means of a deploy and/or displacement mechanism and/or then displaced above or below the vehicle roof or an at least temporarily stationary roof ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7625040 | Roof frame for a motor vehicle A frame for a vehicle sliding sunroof or tilt-slide sunroof is proposed, comprising at least one single-piece frame base element (22), that is embodied as a plastic injection-molded piece and comprises at least one front frame piece (24) and two side s... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7578549 | Vehicle roof The invention relates to a vehicle roof, which comprises at least two rigid roof sections, which can be displaced between a closed position that covers the vehicle interior and a storage position that exposes the vehicle interior and which are arranged one behind th... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7578543 | Air guiding device for a motor vehicle Proposed is an air guiding device for a motor vehicle, comprising a spoiler element (16) which extends substantially in the vehicle transverse direction and which can be moved by means of a setting-out kinematic arrangement, which predefines a movement path, ... | 08/25/2009 |
