Patents by Inventor Timotheus Gregorius Hendrikus Houtveen

Timotheus Gregorius Hendrikus Houtveen 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).

  • Publication number: 20100054900
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lifting apparatus for use in a transport vehicle to lift a load at a height of a loading space of the vehicle, wherein the lifting apparatus comprises: a guide member provided with rails, wherein a movable displacement unit is mounted, a rack of a rack-and-pinion arrangement provided within the guide section and wherein the rack-and-pinion arrangement engages with the displacement unit, a carrier section that extends along a main axis and wherein said carrier section is connected at its first end to the displacement unit, a positioning surface connected to an opposite end of the carrier section to position a load for lifting a force compensator which exerts a force on the carrier section, essentially in the direction of the longitudinal axis thereof in order to bear at least a portion of the weight load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: HOUTVEEN BEHEER ACHTERVELD B.V.
    Inventors: Timotheus Gregorius Hendrikus HOUTVEEN, Albert KNOL
  • Patent number: 7578540
    Abstract: A vehicle sliding door actuator including a profile section provided with a rail track in which a movement unit is placed so as to be movable, and a cable duct along the rail track, provided with a coiled cord in the cable duct which at one end is connected to the movement unit and at its other end near one end of the cable duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Actuall Doorlift Systems B.V.
    Inventor: Timotheus Gregorius Hendrikus Houtveen
  • Publication number: 20080034663
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle sliding door actuator comprising a profile section provided with a rail track in which a movement unit is placed so as to be movable, and a cable duct along the rail track, provided with a coiled cord in the cable duct which at one end is connected to the movement unit and at its other end near one end of the cable duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: ACTUALL DOORLIFT SYSTEMS B.V.
    Inventor: Timotheus Gregorius Hendrikus Houtveen