Patents by Inventor Eckart GNIELKA

Eckart GNIELKA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11148603
    Abstract: A housing for a storage compartment of a vehicle, comprising a wall having a first surface region, which at least partly forms a first side of the wall, and a fixing opening which adjoins the first surface region, wherein a guide for guiding an opening and/or closing movement of a door of the storage compartment can be disposed in the fixing opening. The invention further relates to a fixing system for at least partially fixing a door of a storage compartment of a vehicle, and to a method for producing a housing for a storage compartment of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Eckart Gnielka
  • Publication number: 20200180514
    Abstract: A housing for a storage compartment of a vehicle, comprising a wall having a first surface region, which at least partly forms a first side of the wall, and a fixing opening which adjoins the first surface region, wherein a guide for guiding an opening and/or closing movement of a door of the storage compartment can be disposed in the fixing opening. The invention further relates to a fixing system for at least partially fixing a door of a storage compartment of a vehicle, and to a method for producing a housing for a storage compartment of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Eckart GNIELKA
  • Patent number: 10077010
    Abstract: An arrangement for opening and closing an opening in a covering surface of an interior trim piece in a vehicle that includes an adjustable cover element in the form of a flat element. The cover element is movably mounted on a frame element that is connected to the interior trim piece. A rotational or pivoting movement of two pivoted levers that are pivotably mounted in bearing cheeks of the frame element is converted into a translational movement of the cover element. The cover element is urged into a defined path by a shaft penetrating bearing blocks of the cover element and by two toothed wheels which are located at the free ends of the shaft and each of which meshes with a first rack located on the bearing cheek.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Eckart Gnielka
  • Publication number: 20170113631
    Abstract: An arrangement for opening and closing an opening in a covering surface of an interior trim piece in a vehicle by means of an adjustable cover element in the form of a flat element. The cover element is movably mounted on a frame element that is connected to the interior trim piece. A rotational or pivoting movement of two pivoted levers that are pivotably mounted in bearing cheeks of the frame element is converted into a translational movement of the cover element. The cover element is urged into a defined path by a shaft penetrating bearing blocks of the cover element and by two toothed wheels which are located at the free ends of the shaft and each of which meshes with a first rack located on the bearing cheek.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Eckart GNIELKA