Patents Assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG
  • Publication number: 20190238025
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine having a stator and a rotor, in addition to an electric control device and a connection device which comprises at least one coupling element for electrically connecting the control device to one or several electrical lines and a mass element provided to connect to an electric mass potential. In order to improve the machine with respect to electromagnetic interference, the stator is connected to the mass element by a contact bridge which has a first securing section and a second securing section in addition to a bridge element arranged between the securing sections and includes a single-piece spring steel sheet which is at least partially sinuous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Maurad BERKOUK, Sebastien LABAT, Eric FOURNIER
  • Publication number: 20190234129
    Abstract: A vehicle door assembly including a vehicle door pivotally arranged on a vehicle body, a force-transmitting device for adjusting and/or fixing the vehicle door relative to the vehicle body, wherein the force-transmitting device includes a transmission element for producing a flux of force between the vehicle door and the vehicle body in order to adjust the vehicle door relative to the vehicle body or hold it in position relative to the vehicle body, and a control device for controlling the force-transmitting device. In addition, there is provided a sensor device in the form of an acceleration sensor arranged on the vehicle door for measuring the acceleration of the vehicle door, or a gyrosensor arranged on the vehicle door for measuring the angular velocity of the vehicle door, or a force sensor arranged in the flux of force between the vehicle door and the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, BAMBERG
    Inventors: Christian HERRMANN, Wolfgang UEBEL
  • Patent number: 10358855
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a linear drive for an adjustment element of a vehicle, with a drive train for generating a driving force along a geometrical drive axis between two coupling points, one of the coupling points comprising a joint part for discharging the driving force, which joint part, in the mounted state, forms a ball and socket joint with a mating joint part, the joint part having a bearing portion, a joining part arranged thereon and a connecting portion arranged thereon. The connecting portion serves for the connection of at least one drive train component of the linear drive to the joint part and has at least one connecting formation which is in engagement with the relevant drive train component, and wherein at least one part of the bearing portion is configured integrally together with the joining part and the connecting portion from at least one plastics material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Bamberg
    Inventor: Renee Dietzel
  • Patent number: 10352387
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coil spring connector for connecting in a force-transmitting manner a coil tension spring of a motor vehicle. It is proposed that a base part for outward transmission of the spring force of the coil tension spring and a sleeve-type adapter part for fitting between the base part and a coil spring interior are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Hallstadt
    Inventor: Renee Dietzel
  • Patent number: 10343573
    Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly, comprising a first seat component and a second seat component, is provided. The second seat component is adjustable relative to the first seat component—preferably about a pivot axis—and a resetting device is provided, by means of which a resetting force is exerted on the second seat component in direction of a neutral position, when the second seat component is adjusted with respect to the neutral position. The resetting device at least includes the following:—a spring element in which a portion is rotated about an axis of rotation, when the second seat component is adjusted with respect to its neutral position, and the spring element thereby is tensioned, so that via the tensioned spring element at least a part of the resetting force is provided, and—a force transmission element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Martin Spangler, Sebastian Meyer, Andreas Prause
  • Publication number: 20190203517
    Abstract: A vehicle door assembly may include a vehicle door pivotally arranged on a vehicle body, a drive motor for electromotively adjusting the vehicle door, a transmission element for producing a flux of force between the vehicle door and the vehicle body to adjust the vehicle door relative to the vehicle body, and a control device for controlling the drive motor. The control device may be configured to provide an anti-pinch protection. An acceleration sensor may be arranged on the vehicle door for measuring the acceleration of the vehicle door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, BAMBERG
    Inventors: Christian HERRMANN, Wolfgang UEBEL
  • Patent number: 10300812
    Abstract: An adjusting device for adjusting two vehicle parts relative to each other is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Michael Flieger, Stefan Bosecker, Sergej Kostin
  • Patent number: 10298088
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine having a stator and a rotor, in addition to an electric control device and a connection device which comprises at least one coupling element for electrically connecting the control device to one or several electrical lines and a mass element provided to connect to an electric mass potential. In order to improve the machine with respect to electromagnetic interference, the stator is connected to the mass element by a contact bridge which has a first securing section and a second securing section in addition to a bridge element arranged between the securing sections and includes a single-piece spring steel sheet which is at least partially sinuous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Maurad Berkouk, Sebastien Labat, Eric Fournier
  • Patent number: 10279706
    Abstract: An adjusting device for longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat comprises a first rail 2 and a second rail 1 movably guided relative to the first rail 2. A linear guide 5 extending in the longitudinal direction is disposed between the two rails 1, 2 in a bearing area, wherein the linear guide 5 comprises a retainer 6 and a plurality of rolling elements 70, 71. The retainer 6 comprises a side wall 60, a plurality of recesses 66 being formed in the side wall 60. The rolling elements 70, 71 are supported in the recesses 66 of the retainer 6 spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction. According to the invention the rolling elements include a set of rolling elements consisting of at least one roller 71 and at least one ball 70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Daryl Harris, David Becker, Karam Jalil
  • Patent number: 10279711
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a locking system for a seat arrangement of a motor vehicle, which seat arrangement has an adjustment component which is adjustable manually into at least one locking position, wherein the locking system has a locking mechanism, and wherein the adjustment component is lockable and releasable in the locking position by means of the locking mechanism, wherein the locking mechanism has an actuation drive by means of which the locking mechanism is releasable in a motorized manner, wherein the locking system has a proximity sensor which is triggerable by a predefined operator control event and wherein, by means of the triggering of the proximity sensor, the adjustment component is releasable in a motorized manner via the actuation drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Bamberg
    Inventors: Maximilian Mueller, Juergen Schukalski, Gregor Kroener
  • Patent number: 10220894
    Abstract: A vehicle including a rear seat arrangement for a rear seat row and having a spare wheel recess arranged in the rear region of the vehicle—relative to a vehicle longitudinal axis—a spare wheel for the vehicle being received the spare wheel recess. A rigid carrier portion, which is fixed to the body of a supporting structure of the rear seat arrangement, is located with a lower face facing the cover of the spare wheel recess above a reference plane or extends along a reference plane, wherein the reference plane runs at an angle a to the wheel plane on the front face of the spare wheel and the wheel plane intersects a cutting line which is located in a vertical plane running perpendicular to the vehicle longitudinal axis and tangential to the running surface of the spare wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Sergej Kostin, Michael Boehm
  • Patent number: 10180169
    Abstract: A driving device for moving a tailgate of a vehicle, comprising a permanent magnet brake, which comprises a stationary portion, a first braking element, which is rotatable relative to the stationary portion about a rotational axis, and a second braking element, which is arranged in a rotationally fixed manner on the stationary portion, is axially offset from the first braking element along the rotational axis and cooperates with the first braking element in order to generate a braking force. The first braking element and/or the second braking element have a permanent magnet or are formed by a permanent magnet, a magnetic attraction force acts between the first braking element and the second braking element axially along the rotational axis. Axially between the first braking element and the second braking element is arranged a friction element, which is in frictional contact with the first braking element and the second braking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Bamberg
    Inventor: Ulrich Strobel
  • Patent number: 10160350
    Abstract: An adjusting device for longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat comprises a lower rail 2 and a second rail 1 movably guided relative to the first rail. A first end stop 4 is supported on the second rail 1 or on the first rail 2 at a central position so as to be displaceable in the longitudinal direction, for defining the front end position and/or rear end position of the second rail 1 by cooperation with the first rail 2 or the second rail 1 and edges of a retainer cage 6 used for accommodating bearing members. According to the invention the total travel range of the adjusting device can be extended, because the central end stop can be displaced in longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Leo Ioppolo, Paul Herr
  • Patent number: 10144310
    Abstract: An adjustment device for adjusting a longitudinal position of a vehicle seat comprises a first guide rail, a spindle extending along a longitudinal axis, a holding device connecting the spindle to the first guide rail, a second guide rail being linearly movable along the longitudinal axis with respect to the first guide rail, and a gearing fixed to the second guide rail, the gearing being in operative connection with the spindle to move the second guide rail relative to the first guide rail. The holding device herein comprises a body fixed to the first guide rail and made from a plastics material. In this way an adjustment device is provided which may reduce the complexity in particular of the fixation of the spindle to its associated, first guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co., KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Anthony Ferenc, Umesh Handigol, Anil Bhat
  • Patent number: 10119599
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a spindle drive for an adjustable element of a motor vehicle, wherein a drive unit and a spindle/spindle nut mechanism arranged downstream of the drive unit in the drivetrain, for generating linear drive movements are provided, wherein the spindle/spindle nut mechanism has a spindle and a spindle nut meshing with the spindle, wherein the spindle drive has two drive portions which run telescopically inside one another during a motorized adjustment, wherein the spindle is assigned to one drive portion and the spindle nut is assigned to the other drive portion wherein the two drive portions are coupled in a torque-transmitting manner to provide an antitwist safeguard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Hallstadt
    Inventors: Uwe Fischer, Christian Saxstetter
  • Patent number: 10100906
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spindle drive for an adjusting element of a vehicle comprising a drive motor with a spindle-spindle nut gear arranged downstream for producing a drive force along a geometric spindle axis, wherein two connectors for transferring the drive force are provided, wherein an internal housing connected to the one connector and an external housing connected to the other connector are provided, and wherein during the motorized adjustment, the internal housing runs in a telescopic manner. It is proposed that at least one of the two housings, is designed to be at least in two parts and is provided via a first axial housing portion of a first housing part made of a first material and via a second axial housing portion of a second housing part made of a second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Hallstadt
    Inventor: Uwe Fischer
  • Patent number: 10052947
    Abstract: A closure device for closing a through opening on a vehicle is provided. An interior space with a filling or connection opening being accessible via the through opening, wherein the filling or connection opening is configured and provided for consumable filling on the vehicle, and it being possible for the through opening to be closed by way of a cover element which can be adjusted on the vehicle in a manner which is actuated by external force between at least one closure position for closing the through opening and an open position for opening the through opening. A control electronics system for triggering an adjustment of the cover element being provided with at least one first and second sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Christian Herrmann, Hubert Panejko, Markus Bauernfeind, Maik Rienecker
  • Patent number: 10046674
    Abstract: An adjusting device for longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat including: a guide rail 2 and a guided sliding rail 1; a stop member 7 mounted to the guide rail 2 for limiting the travel stroke of the sliding rail 1; and a positioning member 4 for positioning the guide rail 2, wherein the positioning member 4 has a first end and a second end fixed to the guide rail 2, a first threaded portion 40 is provided at the second end, extending through a through-hole 22 of the guide rail 2, and a positioning portion 44 for positioning the guide rail 2 relative to the vehicle floor is provided at the first end and outside of the hollow space 8. The first threaded portion 43 is in engagement with a second threaded portion 49 which is mated to the first threaded portion 43 and coupled with the stop member 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Anthony Ferenc, Umesh Handigol, Leo Ioppolo
  • Patent number: 10028384
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a circuit board assembly, comprising a circuit board which has a first and a second solder region, which is galvanically separated from the first, and which furthermore has a separator arranged between the solder regions and rising out from the solder regions, having a power semiconductor component which has a housing having an output connection side, from which at least one control connection and a plurality of output connections protrude, which are arranged substantially adjacent to each other on the output connection side, wherein the control connection is electrically and mechanically connected to the first solder region and the output connections are electrically and mechanically connected to the second solder region and the control connection is separated from the output connections via the raised separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, WUERZBURG
    Inventors: Steffen Ehrmann, Stefan Zick
  • Patent number: 10017976
    Abstract: An assembly for adjusting an adjustment element relative to a stationary portion of a vehicle, in particular of a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body comprises a drive motor for electromotively adjusting the adjustment element and an electrically actuatable locking device for locking the adjustment element with the stationary portion of the vehicle in a closed position, wherein the locking device has a locked condition in which the locking device is locked relative to the stationary portion for blocking the adjustment element in the closed position, and an unlocked condition in which the locking device is unlocked for adjusting the adjustment element relative to the stationary portion. A control device serves for controlling the drive motor and the locking device. It is provided that the control device is formed to actuate the drive motor for executing a diagnostic routine, while the locking device is in the locked condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GMBH & Co. KG, Bamberg
    Inventors: Christian Herrmann, Wolfgang Uebel