Patents by Inventor Uwe Kirsten

Uwe Kirsten 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: 6427287
    Abstract: The invention relates to a door stop for motor vehicle doors which is integrated with a door hinge. The door hinge is constructed of two hinge halves which are each formed by a folded part made of sheet metal. The door hinge is also constructed of a hinge pin which pivotally connects both hinge halves to one another. The first hinge half having an essentially hat-shaped cross-section engages in-between both profile limbs of the other hinge half which is essentially u-shaped. The door stop comprises braking or holding means which are radially aligned in relation to the hinge pin axis and which intereact with stopping means, said stopping means being concentrically arranged in relation to the hinge pin axis. The door stop is essentially coaxial in relation to the hinge axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Ed. Scharwaechter GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Brueckner, Dietmar Franke, Uwe Kirsten, Nils Magnus
  • Patent number: 5761769
    Abstract: A door hinge for a motor vehicle door provided with a braking and retaining function, and including two hinge halves and a hinge pin extending through gudgeons of the two hinge halves for pivotally connecting the hinge halves together, with the hinge pin being secured in a gudgeon of one of the hinge halves against rotation and extending through a gudgeon of another of the hinge halves with a clearance, the hinge pin and bore of the gudgeon of another of the hinge halves having at least along a portion of their common axial extent, complementary, circumferential regions the circularity of which deviates from a regular circular cross-section of their complementary cylindrical surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: ED. Scharwachter GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lothar Bruckner, Dietmar Franke, Uwe Kirsten