Patents by Inventor Frank Hoerschgen

Frank Hoerschgen 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).

  • Sliding door arrangement for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 7422268
    Abstract: Sliding door arrangement for a motor vehicle having a lock arrangement, for fixing a sliding door in opened and closed positions, with a catch lever arrangement with a pivoting catch lever that is movable into engaged and raised states and is pretensioned toward the engaged state. The catch lever arrangement has first and second engagement elements with which the catch lever engageable, the catch lever, when the sliding door is in the opened position, engaging the first engagement element and the catch lever fixing the sliding door in the opened position. The catch lever is engageable with the second engagement element when the sliding door is in the closed position and the catch lever fixes the sliding door in the closed position. The arrangement is such that the pretensioning of the catch lever toward the engaged state rises by the movement of the sliding door into the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Brose Schliesssyteme GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Markus Kothe, Frank Hoerschgen
  • SLIDING DOOR ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20070096504
    Abstract: Sliding door arrangement for a motor vehicle having a lock arrangement, for fixing a sliding door in opened and closed positions, with a catch lever arrangement with a pivoting catch lever that is movable into engaged and raised states and is pretensioned toward the engaged state. The catch lever arrangement has first and second engagement elements with which the catch lever engageable, the catch lever, when the sliding door is in the opened position, engaging the first engagement element and the catch lever fixing the sliding door in the opened position. The catch lever is engageable with the second engagement element when the sliding door is in the closed position and the catch lever fixes the sliding door in the closed position. The arrangement is such that the pretensioning of the catch lever toward the engaged state rises by the movement of the sliding door into the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: BROSE SCHLIESSSYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus KOTHE, Frank HOERSCHGEN