Patents by Inventor Till Erpenbeck

Till Erpenbeck 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: 11828321
    Abstract: A device for compensating for tolerances between two components which are to be connected by a connecting screw, comprising a base element and a compensating element which can be moved out of the base element, the base element and the compensating element forming a passage for the connecting screw that defines an axial direction, and a coupling means of the device being designed to couple the device to a carrier element and to guide the device along the carrier element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: WITTE Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Till Erpenbeck
  • Patent number: 11454264
    Abstract: A device for compensating for tolerances between two components to be connected by means of a connecting screw, comprising a base element, a compensating element which can be moved out of the base element, the base element and the compensating element forming a passage for the connecting screw, which passage defines an axial direction, and a retaining element for retaining the base element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: WITTE Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Till Erpenbeck
  • Patent number: 11168722
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spring element for a device for compensating for tolerances between a first and a second component, characterized by at least one spring arm which has two opposite end regions along its longitudinal direction, wherein at least one of the end regions has a greater distance from a longitudinal central axis of the spring element than an intermediate section of the spring arm between the end regions, and wherein at least one of the end regions forms a corner which protrudes radially outwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: WITTE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Till Erpenbeck, Jan Christian Kucharski
  • Patent number: 10914331
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for compensating tolerances between a first component and a second component comprising a base element that defines a central longitudinal axis, a compensation element in threaded engagement with the base element, and a holding element fixedly connected to the base element to hold the apparatus at the first component, wherein the holding element comprises a base body, characterized in that a support wall extending from a peripheral surface of the base body has an upper margin remote from the second component in the state of the apparatus held at the first component and comprises a deflection section that is deflectable against a return force along a deflection line not oriented perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: WITTE Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Till Erpenbeck
  • Publication number: 20200173473
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for compensating for tolerances between two components which are to be connected by a connecting screw, comprising a base element and a compensating element which can be moved out of the base element, the base element and the compensating element forming a passage for the connecting screw that defines an axial direction, and a coupling means of the device being designed to couple the device to a carrier element and to guide the device along the carrier element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: WITTE Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Till Erpenbeck
  • Publication number: 20200173472
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for compensating for tolerances between two components to be connected by means of a connecting screw, comprising a base element, a compensating element which can be moved out of the base element, the base element and the compensating element forming a passage for the connecting screw, which passage defines an axial direction, and a retaining element for retaining the base element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: WITTE Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Till Erpenbeck
  • Publication number: 20190226507
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spring element for a device for compensating for tolerances between a first and a second component, characterized by at least one spring arm which has two opposite end regions along its longitudinal direction, wherein at least one of the end regions has a greater distance from a longitudinal central axis of the spring element than an intermediate section of the spring arm between the end regions, and wherein at least one of the end regions forms a corner which protrudes radially outwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Till Erpenbeck, Jan Christian Kucharski
  • Publication number: 20190120267
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for compensating tolerances between a first component and a second component comprising a base element that defines a central longitudinal axis, a compensation element in threaded engagement with the base element, and a holding element fixedly connected to the base element to hold the apparatus at the first component, wherein the holding element comprises a base body, characterized in that a support wall is formed at the base body and has an upper margin remote from the second component in the state of the apparatus held at the first component and comprises a deflection section that is deflectable against a return force along a deflection curve not oriented perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Till Erpenbeck
  • Patent number: 10107318
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for attaching a first component to a second component and comprises a base element which has a thread which defines a thread axis; a connection means for direct or indirect connection with shape matching and/or material continuity of the base element to the second component; and an adjustment element which receives the first component and is in threaded engagement with the base element such that the position of the first component is adjustable relative to the second component, viewed in the direction of the thread axis, by a rotation of the adjustment element relative to the base element, with the base element and/or the adjustment element being at least partly elastically deformable such that the adjustment element receives the first component free of clearance and is in threaded engagement with the base element free of clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: WITTE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Till Erpenbeck
  • Publication number: 20170152876
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for attaching a first component to a second component and comprises a base element which has a thread which defines a thread axis; a connection means for direct or indirect connection with shape matching and/or material continuity of the base element to the second component; and an adjustment element which receives the first component and is in threaded engagement with the base element such that the position of the first component is adjustable relative to the second component, viewed in the direction of the thread axis, by a rotation of the adjustment element relative to the base element, with the base element and/or the adjustment element being at least partly elastically deformable such that the adjustment element receives the first component free of clearance and is in threaded engagement with the base element free of clearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: Till Erpenbeck