Heinz Kunert

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Heinz Kunert (born March 25, 1927 in Sarnau (district of Opole / Province of Upper Silesia , today Poland ); † April 6, 2012 in Cologne ) was a German inventor and expert in road safety . His numerous inventions include the heated rear window and car glazing that is flush with the skin (extrusion). More than 50 patents, developments and product improvements in the areas of vehicle glazing and injury protection can be traced back to him.

Life

In 1948, Heinz Kunert began studying philosophy, psychology and physics at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Bonn , which he received in 1953 with the Dr. phil. summa cum laude . He then enrolled in economics and sociology at the University of Cologne. From 1951 to 1954 he was a research assistant in the then advisory and research center for traffic safety of the Ministry of Economics and Transport in North Rhine-Westphalia, where he carried out research and investigation assignments for the Federal Ministry of Transport. On behalf of the Foreign Office , he visited South Africa for six months in 1954.

From 1955 to 1957 he worked as a freelancer, the focus of which was the implementation of research assignments for federal and state transport authorities. In 1957, Kunert began working at Sekurit Glas-Union GmbH in Cologne , where he was promoted from employee to managing director in the areas of technology, product development, press and public relations. After more than 20 years with the company, he retired in 1992.

Patents and inventions

  • Inventor of the heated car rear window
  • Inventor of the "Kölner Lichtschreiber" (operation of a typewriter by moving the head for the physically disabled)
  • Inventor of the frameless automotive glazing and two-stage bonding technology
  • Cologne solar diode window
  • Photovoltaic combined heat and power

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erich Kupfer: VdM colleague Dr. Heinz Kunert died. ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.motorjournalist.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Report to the Association of Motor Journalists.
  2. ↑ a b Stefan Wimmelbücker: inventor of the heated rear window died. Report of the automobile week of April 13th.
personal data
SURNAME Kunert, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German expert for road safety
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Sarnau , Opole district
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 2012
Place of death Cologne