Patents by Inventor Mike Eichhorn

Mike Eichhorn 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: 8818646
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling and adjusting a motor-driven adjusting device, especially a window lifter, a seat adjusting device or a sliding roof of a motor vehicle, comprising an anti-jamming protection. The motor drive is switched off or blocked at a value below a predetermined load limit when said predetermined load limit is exceeded. The aim of the invention is to provide a method with which the adjusting device is subjected to as little loads as possible under all operating conditions. To this end, state variables of the motor drive are continuously detected and the load actually generated by the motor drive is determined from said state variables on the basis of a mathematical model of the drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Peter Heinrich, Mike Eichhorn
  • Publication number: 20030171866
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling and adjusting a motor-driven adjusting device, especially a window lifter, a seat adjusting device or a sliding roof of a motor vehicle, comprising an anti-jamming protection. The motor drive is switched off or blocked at a value below a predetermined load limit when said predetermined load limit is exceeded. The aim of the invention is to provide a method with which the adjusting device is subjected to as little loads as possible under all operating conditions. To this end, state variables of the motor drive are continuously detected and the load actually generated by the motor drive is determined from said state variables on the basis of a mathematical model of the drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Peter Heinrich, Mike Eichhorn
  • Patent number: 6225770
    Abstract: High resolution and accuracy of the measured values for detection of the position, speed and/or acceleration of a drive is ensured. The tolerances are determined and considered in signal evaluation on a partitioned basis. Measurement errors caused by inaccuracies of the signal generator due to manufacturing difficulties are greatly reduced or eliminated such that use of signal generators without particularly high quality specifications is possible. Thus, use of less exact components in generation and detection is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Peter Heinrich, Mike Eichhorn