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WESTFALIA AUTOMOTIVE GMBH & CO

Overview
  • Total Patents
    19
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    241,255
About

WESTFALIA AUTOMOTIVE GMBH & CO has a total of 19 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1998. It filed its patents most often in Germany, EPO (European Patent Office) and United States. Its main competitors in its focus markets transport are BRINK BV, DEFENSE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES GROUP INC and JAEGER CARTRONIX GMBH.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing WESTFALIA AUTOMOTIVE GMBH & COs patent filings in countries
# Country Total Patents
#1 Germany 12
#2 EPO (European Patent Office) 6
#3 United States 1

Patent filings per year

Chart showing WESTFALIA AUTOMOTIVE GMBH & COs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Focus industries

# Industry
#1 Transport

Focus technologies

# Technology
#1 Vehicle connections

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Hermbusch Gerhard 12
#2 Weniger Burkhard 10
#3 Domke Friedrich 6
#4 Peitz Juergen 5
#5 Wyrwich Martin 5
#6 Aufderheide Reinhold 4
#7 Abels Frank O 3
#8 Giesbrecht Alexander 3
#9 Vahle Dirk 3
#10 Mersch Andreas 3

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
DE102014005881A1 Towing
DE102005020163A1 Towbar for motor vehicles
EP1541385A1 Trailer hitch
DE102004051976A1 Towbar for motor vehicles
DE102004033041A1 Towing hitch for motor vehicles
DE10360245A1 Towing hitch for passenger vehicles
DE10355490A1 trailer hitch
US2004113391A1 Retractile motor-vehicle trailer hitch
DE10342834A1 Swivel trailer hitch
DE10336445A1 Towbar for motor vehicles
DE10327706B3 Power-assisted hitch for motor vehicles
DE10320302A1 Trailer coupling for motor vehicles
DE10252722B3 Trailer coupling for motor vehicles has tow bar bearing head with centrally integrated locking mechanism, located on hollow shaft fastened to mounted flange
DE19859961A1 Towbar with a swiveling ball neck