Patents by Inventor Karl-Heinz Kreher

Karl-Heinz Kreher 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).

  • Publication number: 20230358088
    Abstract: An apparatus (14) for adjusting a location of a rail of a window regulator (12) with respect to a vehicle door panel (10), the apparatus including: a jack-screw (24) secured to a gear (26), the gear (26) and the jack-screw (24) being rotatably secured to the vehicle door panel (10); a worm (28) rotatably secured to the vehicle door panel (10), the worm (28) being configured to meshingly engage the gear (26); and a nut (30) secured to the rail (16), the jack-screw (24) threadingly engaging the nut (30), wherein when the worm (28) is rotated the jack-screw (24) will rotate in either a clockwise or counter clockwise direction which will cause the rail (16) to move in a direction with respect to the vehicle door panel (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Santosh RAMESH, Karl-Heinz KREHER, Raju SIDDAPPA
  • Publication number: 20230279712
    Abstract: A cursor assembly for a window regulator of a vehicle door, including: a main body portion; a clamping member secured to the main body portion; a cable securement feature that is moveably secured to the main body portion by an adjustment screw, wherein rotation of the adjustment screw about an axis will cause the cable securement feature to move along the axis with respect to the main body portion; and a gear train operably coupled to the adjustment screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Santosh RAMESH, Karl-Heinz KREHER
  • Publication number: 20110109125
    Abstract: A carriage for a vehicle window lifter has a frame with a guide for receiving a guide rail, a carrier plate which is mounted on the frame to be pivotable about a pivot axis perpendicular to the direction of the guide, and an adjusting mechanism that allows the carrier plate to be aligned relative to the frame about the pivot axis. The adjusting mechanism has a tool receptacle which is aligned substantially in the direction of the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Kreher, Norbert Kleen
  • Patent number: 7140776
    Abstract: A slider for a guide rail of a window lifter includes a guide section configured to be disposed in the guide rail, a sliding section configured to be disposed in the interior of a holding track for a windowpane and a connecting section linking the guide section and the sliding section. The guide section, sliding section, and connecting section are integrated together into a single unitary piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor GmbH
    Inventors: Kárl-Heinz Kreher, Michael Gövert
  • Publication number: 20050008270
    Abstract: A slider for a guide rail of a window lifter includes a guide section configured to be disposed in the guide rail, a sliding section configured to be disposed in the interior of a holding track for a windowpane and a connecting section linking the guide section and the sliding section. The guide section, sliding section, and connecting section are integrated together into a single unitary piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Kreher, Michael Govert