Heinz Kunert (25 March 1927, Sarnów, Gliwice County – 6 April 2012) was a German

engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who Invention, invent, design, build, maintain and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials. They aim to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while ...

and

inventor An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition, idea, or process. An invention may be an improvement upon a machine, product, or process for increasing efficiency or lowering cost. It may also be an entirely new concept. If an ...

Life

Kunert studied philosophy, physics and psychology at

University of Bonn The University of Bonn, officially the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (), is a public research university in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the () on 18 October 1818 by Frederick Willi ...

. Kunert invented the first rear

defogger A defogger, demister, or defroster is a system to clear condensation and thaw frost from the windshield, backglass, or side windows of a motor vehicle. The rear window defroster was invented by German automobile engineer Heinz Kunert. Types ...

for automobiles.Motorjournalist.de: Heinz Kunert (german)
/ref> From 1957 until 1992, he worked in Cologne for company Sekurit Glas-Union GmbH.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kunert, Heinz 1927 births 2012 deaths Engineers from North Rhine-Westphalia 20th-century German inventors University of Bonn alumni