Patents by Inventor Rudolf Pieter Hoogenboom
Rudolf Pieter Hoogenboom 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).
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Patent number: 11926262Abstract: Adjusting instrument for an exterior vision unit for a vehicle, comprising a base, a foot and a pivoting shaft extending therefrom along a longitudinal axis, and a housing surrounding the pivoting shaft and pivotable around the longitudinal axis in an adjustment range, between at least a park position and a work position. The base and the housing cooperate via cams which interlock in the work position so that the housing is in a stable axial ground position with respect to the foot. The cams, upon pivoting of the housing relative to the base, move apart from the work position along the longitudinal axis, and upon further pivoting are supported on each other, so that the housing is in an axially further removed position with respect to the foot. The adjusting instrument is provided with a detector configured to verify that the housing is in the stable axial ground position.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Rudolf Pieter Hoogenboom, Jannick Daniël Wijntjes, Jeyakrishna Sridhar
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Patent number: 11485294Abstract: Image recording device provided with a fixed part for at least partial inclusion in and/or on the body of a motor vehicle, and a movable part which comprises at least one optical element, the optical element comprising at least one optical sensor and/or a lens unit, and an adjustment device provided with a power source, for adjusting the movable part between a first position and a second position, wherein during use in the first position the movable part is wholly or partly included in the body, and in the second position the movable part extends at an angle with respect to the body, such that at least the optical element carried by the movable part extends at least partly outside the body, wherein the movable part pivots from the second position about a, preferably substantially vertical, axis to the first position and vice versa.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Stefan Fritz Brouwer, Rudolf Pieter Hoogenboom
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Patent number: 11097669Abstract: Image recording device provided with a fixed part for at least partial inclusion in and/or on the body of a motor vehicle, and a movable part which comprises at least one optical element, the optical element comprising at least one optical sensor and/or a lens unit, and an adjustment device provided with a power source, for adjusting the movable part between a first position and a second position, wherein during use in the first position the movable part is wholly or partly included in the body, and in the second position the movable part extends at an angle with respect to the body, such that at least the optical element carried by the movable part extends at least partly outside the body, wherein the movable part pivots from the second position about a, preferably substantially vertical, axis to the first position and vice versa.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Stefan Fritz Brouwer, Rudolf Pieter Hoogenboom
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Publication number: 20210237650Abstract: Adjusting instrument for an exterior vision unit for a vehicle, comprising a base, a foot and a pivoting shaft extending therefrom along a longitudinal axis, and a housing surrounding the pivoting shaft and pivotable around the longitudinal axis in an adjustment range, between at least a park position and a work position. The base and the housing cooperate via cams which interlock in the work position so that the housing is in a stable axial ground position with respect to the foot. The cams, upon pivoting of the housing relative to the base, move apart from the work position along the longitudinal axis, and upon further pivoting are supported on each other, so that the housing is in an axially further removed position with respect to the foot. The adjusting instrument is provided with a detector configured to verify that the housing is in the stable axial ground position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Rudolf Pieter HOOGENBOOM, Jannick Daniël WIJNTJES, Jeyakrishna SRIDHAR
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Publication number: 20210094481Abstract: Image recording device provided with a fixed part for at least partial inclusion in and/or on the body of a motor vehicle, and a movable part which comprises at least one optical element, the optical element comprising at least one optical sensor and/or a lens unit, and an adjustment device provided with a power source, for adjusting the movable part between a first position and a second position, wherein during use in the first position the movable part is wholly or partly included in the body, and in the second position the movable part extends at an angle with respect to the body, such that at least the optical element carried by the movable part extends at least partly outside the body, wherein the movable part pivots from the second position about a, preferably substantially vertical, axis to the first position and vice versa.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Applicant: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Stefan Fritz Brouwer, Rudolf Pieter Hoogenboom
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Patent number: 10882466Abstract: Image recording device provided with a fixed part for at least partial inclusion in and/or on the body of a motor vehicle, and a movable part which comprises at least one optical element, the optical element comprising at least one optical sensor and/or a lens unit, and an adjustment device provided with a power source, for adjusting the movable part between a first position and a second position, wherein during use in the first position the movable part is wholly or partly included in the body, and in the second position the movable part extends at an angle with respect to the body, such that at least the optical element carried by the movable part extends at least partly outside the body, wherein the movable part pivots from the second position about a, preferably substantially vertical, axis to the first position and vice versa.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Stefan Fritz Brouwer, Rudolf Pieter Hoogenboom
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Patent number: 10343621Abstract: Image recording device provided with a fixed part for at least partial inclusion in and/or on the body of a motor vehicle, and a movable part which contains at least one optical element, the optical element comprising at least one optical sensor and/or a lens unit, and an adjustment device provided with a power source, for adjusting the movable part between a first position and a second position, wherein during use in the first position the movable part is wholly or partly included in the body, and in the second position the movable part extends at an angle with respect to the body, such that at least the optical element carried by the movable part extends at least partly outside the body, wherein the movable part pivots from the second position about a, preferably substantially vertical, axis to the first position and vice versa.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Stefan Fritz Brouwer, Rudolf Pieter Hoogenboom
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Patent number: 10232778Abstract: Adjusting instrument for an exterior mirror of a motor vehicle, comprising a foot for attachment to a fixed element of the motor vehicle, and a housing adjustably connected with the foot, the housing being adjustable around a rotation axis extending through the adjusting instrument, while around the rotation axis a passage opening is provided for passing through a cable tree, the housing being provided with a slot along a height thereof which provides lateral access to the passage opening and the foot being provided with a slot along a height thereof which provides lateral access to the passage opening, the housing being furthermore adjustable relative to the foot into an assembly position in which the slot of the foot aligns with the slot of the housing to provide lateral access to the passage opening for laterally introducing a cable tree into the passage opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Stefan Frits Brouwer, Rudolf Pieter Hoogenboom, Peter Alexander Hamming
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Publication number: 20180272958Abstract: Image recording device provided with a fixed part for at least partial inclusion in and/or on the body of a motor vehicle, and a movable part which contains at least one optical element, the optical element comprising at least one optical sensor and/or a lens unit, and an adjustment device provided with a power source, for adjusting the movable part between a first position and a second position, wherein during use in the first position the movable part is wholly or partly included in the body, and in the second position the movable part extends at an angle with respect to the body, such that at least the optical element carried by the movable part extends at least partly outside the body, wherein the movable part pivots from the second position about a, preferably substantially vertical, axis to the first position and vice versa.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B. V.Inventors: Stefan Frits Brouwer, Rudolf Pieter Hoogenboom
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Publication number: 20170240115Abstract: Adjusting instrument for an exterior mirror of a motor vehicle, comprising a foot for attachment to the fixed world, being the motor vehicle, and a housing adjustably connected with the foot, the housing being adjustable around a rotation axis extending through the adjusting instrument, while around the rotation axis a passage opening is provided for passing through a cable tree, the housing being provided with a slot along a height thereof which provides lateral access to the passage opening and the foot being provided with a slot along a height thereof which provides lateral access to the passage opening, the housing being furthermore adjustable relative to the foot into an assembly position in which the slot of the foot aligns with the slot of the housing to provide lateral access to the passage opening for laterally introducing a cable tree into the passage opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Stefan Frits Brouwer, Rudolf Pieter Hoogenboom, Peter Alexander Hamming
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Patent number: 8201799Abstract: A composition comprising particles for damping vibrations performed by cooperating surfaces of a mirror adjustment mechanism relative to each other. The cooperating surfaces adjustably connect a mirror holder for supporting the mirror element with a base plate that can be fixedly mounted to a motor vehicle. In an embodiment, the particles positioned close to one of the surfaces are arranged to move to a lesser extent relative to that surface upon a high-frequency pivoting of the cooperating surfaces than particles that are further removed from that surface. A method for assembling a mirror adjustment mechanism for adjusting a mirror element of a mirror unit of a motor vehicle mirror and an adjustment mechanism for adjusting a mirror element of a mirror unit are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2005Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Stefan Frits Brouwer, Marius Brand, Rudolf Pieter Hoogenboom
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Publication number: 20090293665Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a metal salt of a fatty acid for damping vibrations performed by cooperating surfaces of a mirror adjustment mechanism relative to each other, wherein the cooperating surfaces adjustably connect a mirror holder for supporting the mirror element with a base plate which can be fixedly mounted to the motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2005Publication date: December 3, 2009Applicant: Eaton Automotive B.V.Inventors: Stefan Frits Brouwer, Marius Brand, Rudolf Pieter Hoogenboom