Patents by Inventor Marinus Jacobus Maria Van Zuijlen

Marinus Jacobus Maria Van Zuijlen 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: 8955992
    Abstract: A mirror adjustment device, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a mirror foot for mounting on a motor vehicle and a mirror housing adjustably connected with the mirror foot, wherein the mirror housing is adjustable between a folded-in position in which the mirror housing is situated substantially along the motor vehicle and a folded-out position in which the mirror housing is situated substantially transversely to the motor vehicle. The mirror housing is adjustable between a first position in which a slit is present between neighboring surfaces of the mirror housing and the mirror foot and a second position in which the neighboring surfaces of the mirror housing and the mirror foot substantially abut against each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Marinus Jacobus Maria Van Zuijlen, Marinus Roose
  • Patent number: 8313202
    Abstract: A hinge assembly for a wing mirror unit for a motor vehicle comprising a central shaft and a mirror housing pivotably arranged around the central shaft. In an embodiment, a bottom surface of the mirror housing is supported on a supporting surface at the base of the central shaft and, through cooperation, first and second run-on surfaces define a predetermined angular position between the central shaft and the mirror housing corresponding to a folded-out position of the mirror housing. In an embodiment, first run-on surfaces are provided on a side of the mirror housing remote from the supporting surface, and second run-on surfaces are connected with the central shaft to be axially compliant and rotation-coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Paulus Gerardus Maria van Stiphout, Peter Alexander Hamming, Peter Jeroen Kerkhof, Marinus Roose, Marinus Jacobus Maria Van Zuijlen
  • Publication number: 20120162796
    Abstract: A mirror adjustment device, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a mirror foot for mounting on a motor vehicle and a mirror housing adjustably connected with the mirror foot, wherein the mirror housing is adjustable between a folded-in position in which the mirror housing is situated substantially along the motor vehicle and a folded-out position in which the mirror housing is situated substantially transversely to the motor vehicle. The mirror housing is adjustable between a first position in which a slit is present between neighboring surfaces of the mirror housing and the mirror foot and a second position in which the neighboring surfaces of the mirror housing and the mirror foot substantially abut against each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: MCI (MIRROR CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL) NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Marinus Jacobus Maria Van Zuijlen, Marinus Roose
  • Publication number: 20090303625
    Abstract: A hinge assembly for a wing mirror unit for a motor vehicle comprising a central shaft and a mirror housing pivotably arranged around the central shaft. In an embodiment, a bottom surface of the mirror housing is supported on a supporting surface at the base of the central shaft and, through cooperation, first and second run-on surfaces define a predetermined angular position between the central shaft and the mirror housing corresponding to a folded-out position of the mirror housing. In an embodiment, first run-on surfaces are provided on a side of the mirror housing remote from the supporting surface, and second run-on surfaces are connected with the central shaft to be axially compliant and rotation-coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: MCI (MIRROR CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL) Netherlands B.
    Inventors: Paulus Gerardus Maria van Stiphout, Peter Alexander Hamming, Peter Jeroen Kerkhof, Marinus Roose, Marinus Jacobus Maria van Zuijlen
  • Patent number: 7171726
    Abstract: A hinge construction comprising two hinge members provided with a guide track. The guide tracks of each of the hinge members comprise at least three substantially flat, circular segment-shaped track parts, which each extend between first and second track ends and which are distributed at uniform intermediate distances over a corresponding circular circumference, so that the track parts of the hinge members pairwise form a guide for at least one guide element. The hinge members are pivotable relative to each other between a first angular position in which the guide elements are received in the guides so as to be displaceable along the track parts, and a second angular position in which the guide elements are received in the guides so as to be clamped between first and second track ends of the track parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Werner John Peter Kleissen, Peter Alexander Hamming, Marinus Jacobus Maria Van Zuijlen, Paulus Gerardus Maria Van Stiphout, Stefan Frits Brouwer