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Frank Neubrand, W. Bloomfield, MI US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20110227364 | TORSION SPRING SYSTEM FOR CONVERTIBLE TOP - A convertible top includes a linkage assembly that is movable between an extended position and a retracted position, with a mid position defined therebetween. A spring system assists movement of the linkage assembly from the extended position to the mid position and also from the retracted position to the mid position. | 09-22-2011 |
Frank Neubrand, West Bloomfield, MI US
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| 20090091156 | Latch Mechanism For Convertible Tops - A latch mechanism for releasably locking at least a portion of a convertible top of a motor vehicle in the closed position. The latch mechanism has a locked position in which the latch mechanism is lockingly engaged with the receiver to lock at least a portion of the top in the closed position and an unlocked position in which the latch mechanism is disengaged with the receiver and allows movement of the at least portion of the top between the closed and open positions. The latch mechanism has a memory metal element operative for actuating the latch mechanism between the locked and unlocked positions. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090160207 | CONVERTIBLE TOP HAVING MOVABLE OUTBOARD PANELS - A convertible top assembly for a motor vehicle includes a rear panel, a front panel and a pair of outer side panels. The front panel is movably coupled to the rear panel and movable relative to the rear panel between an extended position extending between the rear panel and a windshield header of the vehicle and a retracted position stacked with the rear panel. The outer side panels are movably coupled to the rear panel for movement between a use position extending outwardly from opposite sides of the rear panel and a stowed position disposed inwardly from the use position. The convertible top assembly further includes a linkage operatively connecting the front panel and outer side panels so as to cause movement of the outer side panels between the use position and the stowed position in response to movement of the front panel between the extended position and the retracted position, respectively. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160209 | CONVERTIBLE TOP HAVING OVER CENTER BACKLIGHT - A linkage of a convertible top supports a portion of a cover and provides movement of the top between an extended position extending over a passenger compartment and a retracted position. A rear bow supports a rear edge of the cover and articulates the rear edge of the cover during movement of the top between the extended and retracted positions. The top also includes a backlight assembly having a rear window and supporting a rear portion of the cover. The backlight assembly forms part of an articulating mechanism that moves the rear bow. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20100156136 | CONVERTIBLE TOP WITH IN-FOLDING SIDE RAILS - A convertible soft top for a motor vehicle is provided. The convertible soft top has a front portion and a rear portion. The front portion has a header element that can attach to a frame around a front window of the motor vehicle and a pair of in-folding side rails. The in-folding side rails afford for the length of the front portion to be reduced and allow for the front portion to be stored on top of the rear portion in a clam shell configuration. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100164247 | CONVERTIBLE SOFT TOP WITH FINS - A convertible soft top for a motor vehicle is provided. The convertible soft top has a front portion and a rear portion, the top also having and movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The top includes a fabric cover that extends across the front portion and the rear portion, the fabric cover forming a pair of spaced apart fins that extend from the front portion in a rearwardly direction when the top is in the extended position. The convertible soft top is dimensioned such that a motor vehicle with a conventional opening for heretofor convertible tops can be used with the soft top of the instant invention. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100264685 | CENTER DRIVEN TONNEAU SYSTEM - A motor vehicle with a center drive tonneau cover assembly for covering a convertible top in a stored configuration is provided. The assembly has a tonneau cover with a linkage system that pivotally couples the cover to the vehicle. The linkage system can have a center link that is located generally along a longitudinal center portion of the vehicle body. The linkage system is operable to move the tonneau cover between a closed position and the open position in which the center link occupies free space between the tonneau cover and the convertible top in the stored configuration within the storage compartment. In addition, with the center link provides free space between a side portion of the tonneau cover and an adjacent portion of a side body panel of the vehicle body. | 10-21-2010 |
Hans-Werner Neubrand, Cupertino, CA US
| Patent application number | Description | Published |
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| 20110055765 | Downloading and Synchronizing Media Metadata - For a first device, some embodiments provide an application for displaying several media content stored on a second device communicably connected to the first device. The application includes a graphical user interface (“GUI”). The GUI includes a media content display area for displaying the media content stored on the second device. The GUI includes a selectable item for activating a synchronization feature that automatically modifies a clock of the second device to match a clock of the first device. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110248986 | INTELLIGENT MEDIA DECODING - A request to decode media data is received from an application running on a computing device. A decoder decision module in media processing software also running on the computing device receives the request and intelligently determines which of a plurality of media decoders to route the media data to for decompression. The plurality of media decoders may include a hardware media decoder and a software media decoder. The decoder decision module may consider a number of factors that may affect the efficiency of the decompression. These factors include the file format of the media data, limitations of the hardware decoder(s), the size of the media data, a state of the requesting application, load balancing considerations, and other factors. | 10-13-2011 |
Jorg Neubrand, Freudenberg DE
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| 20090200721 | Motor vehicle spring comprising fiber composite material - A band spring including fiber composite material and extending in an undulating way, wherein a spring band can be provided to meander in the form of one single wave train composed of reversal regions and intermediate portions around a longitudinal center line L which can substantially correspond to the direction of force introduction K, and wherein, there can be provided an increased resistance moment of the spring band in the reversal regions of the wave train. | 08-13-2009 |
Klaus Neubrand, Ostfildern DE
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| 20080219870 | Device for Delivering Thick Matter - A device for conveying a mixture of substances including at least one mixture component predominantly having a viscous consistency and at least one mixture component predominantly having a solid, particle-like consistency, includes a delivery cylinder having perforations over a portion of a lateral wall thereof and configured to separate, through the perforations, at least one of the mixture components from the mixture of substances. The delivery cylinder is connected, via a pipeline provided on an outside of the perforated lateral cylinder wall, to a processing station for the separated at least one mixture component. A material feed space is connected to an inlet side of the delivery cylinder. A delivery line is connected to an outlet side of the delivery cylinder. A delivery piston is reciprocatable through the material feed space and the delivery cylinder. A closure member is disposed at the outlet side of the delivery cylinder or in the delivery line and movable between an open position and a closed position. | 09-11-2008 |
Wolfgang Neubrand, Unterwachingen DE
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| 20110186509 | PROCESSING OF WATER USING MICROORGANISMS - A method for microbiologically processing water includes treating the water in a bioreactor with microorganisms, wherein at least 70% of the microorganisms can break down 2-propanol and/or acetone. | 08-04-2011 |
Wolfgang Neubrand, Kulmbach DE
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| 20110259824 | WATER TREATMENT PROCESS, AND MEMBRANE SEPARATION PROCESS AND WATER TREATMENT PLANT SUITABLE THEREFOR - A description is given of a multistage process for treating water, wherein a water stream is purified in a membrane separation stage and a downstream deionization unit having at least one concentrate chamber and at least one diluate chamber, wherein the water stream is separated in the membrane separation device into a concentrate stream and at least two permeate streams of different electrical conductivity, and wherein at least the permeate stream having the highest electrical conductivity is fed at least partially into the at least one concentrate chamber and at least the permeate stream having the lowest electrical conductivity is fed at least partially into the at least one diluate chamber of the downstream deionization unit. In addition, a membrane separation device is described which is constructed in such a manner that at least two permeate streams having different electrical conductivity can be generated therein, and also a water treatment plant, comprising at least one such membrane separation device and at least one deionization unit having at least one concentrate chamber and at least one diluate chamber. | 10-27-2011 |