Patents by Inventor Martin Lindmayer

Martin Lindmayer 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: 11441340
    Abstract: A door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a handle which is to be actuated by an operator, a lever element which supports the handle on a handle housing, and a motor-driven actuating element. The handle is designed to be movable out of an actuation position into a servo-opening position by being actuated by an operator. A detection means is formed on the handle housing in order to detect a movement of the handle out of the actuation position into the servo-opening position so as to produce a movement of the motor-driven actuating element out of the handle extended position into a door opening position. Upon being moved out of the handle extended position into the door opening position, the motor-driven actuating element moves a vehicle door opening lever out of a ready position into an unlocked position, in which the vehicle door can be opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Jürgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
  • Publication number: 20220281410
    Abstract: A door handle for a vehicle door of a motor vehicle includes a carrier plate, a handle cavity, and an extendable handle part. At least one lighting device arranged in/on the carrier plate or on the handle part is provided with at least one lighting element and/or a light guide element. The handle part is adjustable between a retracted non-use position, a partially extended intermediate position, and an extended use position. The at least one lighting element and/or the at least one light guide element, when the handle part is in its partially extended intermediate position, at least partially illuminates a gap present between the handle part and the handle cavity. When the handle part is extended, at least one lighting element and/or the at least one light guide element illuminates at least parts of the handle part, of the handle cavity, and/or of an area surrounding the handle part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Tobias KONRAD, Martin LINDMAYER
  • Patent number: 11391073
    Abstract: A door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a handle mounted on a housing and arranged flush with the outer contour of the vehicle door in a non-use position and designed to be movable by a user into an actuation position in order to be actuated, a lever element, a first lever end of which is rotatably attached to a lever rotational axis mounted on the housing and a second lever end of which is connected to a first longitudinal end of the handle, and a motor-driven actuating element which rotates the lever element about the lever rotational axis and thereby moves the handle out of the non-use position into the actuation position. A lever mechanism is mounted on the housing in a rotatable manner about a rotational axis. A second longitudinal end of the handle is movably secured to the housing via the lever mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Jürgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
  • Patent number: 11359416
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door having an external handle unit includes a support part and a handle which has on a circumference of the support part a plurality of compensating elements and on an interior side of the door shell a fixing plate having a plurality of fixing points. The compensating elements are embodied to permit, by means of a fixing screw that is to be screwed in, both a compensating movement in the Y direction, and, due to a floating mounting, a compensation in the X and Z directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: HUF HUELSBECK & FUERST GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jan Heyduck, Jurgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer, Bernd Reifenberg, Michael Rhein
  • Publication number: 20220154499
    Abstract: A motor vehicle locking device for a vehicle door includes a door lock that can be released electrically released and, parallel thereto, mechanically released via a mechanical operative connection to a first actuatable door handle. A coupling is arranged in the mechanical operative connection between the door handle and the door lock, which coupling can be engaged and disengaged via a coupling motor. A control unit is connected to a crash sensor for detecting an accident. In the normal operating state, the coupling is always in the disengaged state irrespective of opening requirements and, in addition to the coupling motor, can be engaged and disengaged by an electromagnetic actuating device that engages the coupling when the power is switched off. A first timer can be triggered by the signal of the crash sensor, such that the control unit, after the first timer elapses after receiving a crash signal, activates the coupling motor to engage the coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Tobias KONRAD, Martin LINDMAYER
  • Publication number: 20220074229
    Abstract: A vehicle door handle includes an external visible surface having a display element. The display element includes a surface having a plurality of individually controllable pixels that are controllable via a control unit depending on a user interface. Displaying content on the display element of such a vehicle door handle involves the display content being predetermined or pre-stored display content retrieved via the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Tobias KONRAD, Martin LINDMAYER
  • Publication number: 20220074245
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door includes a door handle unit fixed on the inside on the door edge opposite a door hinge. The door handle unit is motorically pivotable between a folded-in and a folded-out position. In the folded-in position when the vehicle door is closed the door handle unit is arranged behind the vehicle door. In the folded-out position, the door handle unit protrudes laterally outwards by surrounding the door edge and is grippable to open the door. A door mover unit is configured to move the vehicle door in a closed state out of a closed position into a stand-by position, in which the door handle unit can be moved from the folded-in position into the folded-out position. A control unit has a signal input which, upon obtaining the opening signal, controls the door mover unit to move into the stand-by position and controls the door handle unit to pivot into the folded-out position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Tobias KONRAD, Martin LINDMAYER
  • Publication number: 20220042355
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door has a shell and a door handle that can be moved laterally in relation to a vehicle longitudinal axis between a retracted and an extended position. In the retracted position the door handle is in a recess adjusted to the contour of the door handle, the recess being arranged in the shell of the vehicle door with a door handle surface substantially flush with the shell. In the extended position, the door handle is moved laterally outwards so that it is actuatable from outside for opening the vehicle door. In the extended position, the door handle is firstly in active connection with a switch, which is coupled to the electrical unlocking device of a door lock, and secondly is mechanically coupled to the door lock, such that an actuation of the door handle with a minimal actuation path effectuates the switch and an electrical unlocking device of the door lock and an actuation of the door handle with a greater actuation path effectuates a mechanical unlocking of the door lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jan HEYDUCK, Juergen JOOSS, Tobias KONRAD, Martin LINDMAYER
  • Publication number: 20210404227
    Abstract: A door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a handle which is to be actuated by an operator, a lever element which supports the handle on a handle housing, and a motor-driven actuating element. The handle is designed to be movable out of an actuation position into a servo-opening position by being actuated by an operator. A detection means is formed on the handle housing in order to detect a movement of the handle out of the actuation position into the servo-opening position so as to produce a movement of the motor-driven actuating element out of the handle extended position into a door opening position. Upon being moved out of the handle extended position into the door opening position, the motor-driven actuating element moves a vehicle door opening lever out of a ready position into an unlocked position, in which the vehicle door can be opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Jürgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
  • Publication number: 20210372168
    Abstract: A door lock arrangement of a vehicle door of a vehicle includes a first closing element arranged in a lock mouth of the vehicle door and a second closing element arranged on a body of the vehicle. The first and second closing elements can be brought into positive-locking engagement with each other to hold the door on the body. A damping device absorbs kinetic energy of the door during a closing movement of the door within a predetermined limit opening angle of the vehicle door relative to the body and slows down the closing movement of the door. The damping device has an impact element arranged on the door in a displaceable manner relative to the door or on the body in a displaceable manner relative to the body. The impact element is connected to an actuator, which applies a pre-tensioning force of the door directed in an opening direction of the door while the first and second closing elements are engaged with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Martin LINDMAYER, Tobias KONRAD, Stefan EBERSOHN
  • Publication number: 20210372170
    Abstract: A vehicle door arrangement includes a first closing element arranged on a vehicle door and a second closing element arranged on a bodywork of the vehicle. The first and closing elements can be connected to each other in a positive looking manner to hold the door on the bodywork. A door handle is connected to a sensor for detecting a pressure input or a pulling input of a user on the door handle. The sensor is connected to a control unit, which controls a locking actuator and a door opening actuator. The locking actuator separates the first and second closing elements, and the door opening actuator opens the vehicle door relative to the bodywork. The control unit controls the locking actuator to separate the first closing element and the second closing element in response to a detected pressure input or pulling input, and to control the door opening actuator to open the door relative to the bodywork.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jan HEYDUCK, Tobias KONRAD, Martin LINDMAYER
  • Publication number: 20210363792
    Abstract: A door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a handle mounted on a housing and arranged flush with the outer contour of the vehicle door in a non-use position and designed to be movable by a user into an actuation position in order to be actuated, a lever element, a first lever end of which is rotatably attached to a lever rotational axis mounted on the housing and a second lever end of which is connected to a first longitudinal end of the handle, and a motor-driven actuating element which rotates the lever element about the lever rotational axis and thereby moves the handle out of the non-use position into the actuation position. A lever mechanism is mounted on the housing in a rotatable manner about a rotational axis. A second longitudinal end of the handle is movably secured to the housing via the lever mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Jürgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
  • Publication number: 20210363794
    Abstract: A door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a handle which is mounted on a handle housing, a lever element, a motor-driven actuating element which rotates the lever element during normal operation of the door handle assembly and moves the handle out of the non-use position into an actuated position, and a lever mechanism. During an emergency operation, in the event of a malfunction of the actuating element, the handle is movable into an emergency handling position in which a first longitudinal end of the handle is moved towards the handle housing and a second longitudinal end of the handle is moved away from the handle housing. The lever mechanism includes a holding element which allows a movement of the first longitudinal end of the handle relative to a second end of the lever element and a movement of the second longitudinal end of the handle away from the handle housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Huf Huelsbeck & Fuerst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Juergen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
  • Publication number: 20210363793
    Abstract: A door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a handle mounted on a handle housing, a lever element, and a lever mechanism which is rotatably mounted on the handle housing. A longitudinal end of the handle is movably secured to the handle housing via the lever mechanism, and the lever element is coupled to the lever mechanism to transmit a movement such that when the handle is moved out of the non-use position into the actuation position the lever element rotates simultaneously about a lever rotational axis and a rotational axis. The lever element extends a longitudinal end of the handle out of the outer contour when rotation about the lever rotational axis begins, and the lever mechanism extends the other longitudinal end of the handle out of the outer contour when rotation about the rotational axis begins after a dead center of the handle lever is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Jürgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
  • Publication number: 20210332620
    Abstract: A door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a handle which is mounted on a handle housing and which, in a non-use position, is arranged to extend flush with an outer contour of the vehicle door and is designed to be movable into an actuating position and a vehicle opening lever mounted on the handle housing and movable between a standby position and an unlocking position opening the vehicle door. The handle is movable from the actuating position into an emergency actuating position for manually opening the vehicle door. The handle is decoupled from the vehicle door opening lever when it is in its non-use position and in its actuating position. During movement from the actuating position into the emergency actuating position, the handle is coupled to the vehicle door opening lever and moves the lever into the unlocking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Huf Huelsbeck & Fuerst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Juergen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
  • Publication number: 20210156178
    Abstract: A handle device for a motor vehicle door includes a door handle, which is hinged at both ends to an electrically driven movement kinematic system. A first end of the door handle is rotatable outwards via a motor-operated pivot lever. A push rod is hinged to the pivot lever, the other end of which is hinged to a locking lever, which acts on a toggle lever pair. One end of a first toggle lever is mounted on the housing side and one end of a second toggle lever is hinged to a second end of the door handle. The locking lever is designed, in a standby position, to block a movement of the door handle back into a rest position and to permit a movement into an opening position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Jan HEYDUCK, Juergen JOOSS, Martin LINDMAYER
  • Publication number: 20200340275
    Abstract: A device and a method for opening and closing a motor vehicle door having a door lock. The device includes an electric opening actuator and an electric closing actuator, by means of which the door lock can be brought from a pre-locking position into a final-locking position. A control device controls the opening and closing actuators. The control device, in the event of a door opening request during operation of the closing actuator, first switches the closing actuator into a reversing mode, in which the door lock can be moved again in the opening direction and the opening actuator is triggered after a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Jan HEYDUCK, Juergen JOOSS, Tobias KONRAD, Martin LINDMAYER
  • Publication number: 20200300006
    Abstract: An emergency actuating device for a closing system of a movable part of a vehicle, in particular of a door, sliding door, flap or tailgate, having at least one energy store, a communication unit for wireless communication with an ID transponder, and an electronics unit for activating a lock of the movable part, whereby the lock of the movable part can be transferred from a locking position into an unlocking position or vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Thorsten BENDEL, Marco EGGERT, Tobias KLOCKE, Daniel KOCH, Martin LINDMAYER
  • Patent number: 10619665
    Abstract: The invention relates to fastening elements for connecting transmission means such as tie rods, Bowden cables or the like to lever elements, in particular for motor vehicle locks, and to connecting arrangements equipped with such fastening elements. In order to allow reliable mounting and a structurally simple manufacture of the fastening elements, the fastening element is provided with a bayonet contour in such a manner that the fastening element, when mounted, is hinged to the lever element so as to be swiveled about a swivel axis. Owing to the swivelability and secure fastening to the lever element, the fastening element is particularly suitable for use in an actuation-force transmission chain between a motor vehicle lock and an actuating element for actuating said motor vehicle lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Kiekert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Heide, Armin Kleinmann, Martin Lindmayer
  • Patent number: 10557291
    Abstract: A method for controlling a closing process of a vehicle wing moving from a known start position into an end position representing as closed, position of the vehicle wing and a corresponding closing system for performing the method, When the start position is reached, the closing process of the vehicle wing is started for a prescribed short first time period, and then interrupted for a prescribed second time period in order to warn users or third parties of the imminent closing process of the vehicle wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Roland Breitner, Hans Deischl, Martin Lindmayer, Wolfgang Much, Dieter Scheunert, Eckart Schuler, Falk Zeidler