Patents Assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
  • Patent number: 10723206
    Abstract: A door module for a motor vehicle door having a module carrier which is formed substantially by organic sheet, a longitudinally extending channel which is formed integrally in the organic sheet of the module carrier, an insertion opening which extends along the direction of extent of the channel and via which a reinforcement element of the motor vehicle door is insertable into the channel, and at least one functional element which is fixed to the module carrier and which crosses the channel and thereby partially covers the longitudinally extending insertion opening thereof. In the organic sheet of the module carrier, there is formed an elastically deformable bending region which enables the channel to be bent open at least in sections, and/or enables the channel to be bent away from the functional element, in order to open up the insertion opening of the channel for the insertion of the reinforcement element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, BAMBERG
    Inventors: Matthias Fischer, André Lehnhardt, Norman Hümmer, Michael Jahn, Hans Herzog, Michael Thienel, Gerhard Hofmann, Thomas Haubold
  • Patent number: 10697467
    Abstract: A fan wheel has a hub cup and a plurality of blades which are arranged on the hub cup and extend radially outward from an outer wall of the hub cup which is in particular at least substantially cylindrical. Each blade has a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein for at least one blade, an axial unit depth z*(t) of the blade has an aperiodically wave-like shape. A radiator fan module has a fan wheel of the type described above, and the fan wheel can be used in a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg
    Inventors: Christian Froh, Michael Mauss
  • Patent number: 10700565
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stator arrangement for an electric three-phase generator, comprising a plurality of stator teeth, comprising a contacting device which is arranged on an end portion of the stator teeth, comprising a continuously wound winding wire which is wound in each case about individual stator teeth in order to form stator tooth windings and portions of which are arranged on the contacting device between the individual stator teeth, comprising a connecting element, which is arranged on the contacting device and designed to electrically connect portions of the winding wire arranged on the contacting device in order to form a star point. The present invention further provides an electric three-phase generator and a method for producing a stator arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, WÜRZBURG
    Inventors: Stefan Wüst, Daniel Fiederling, Wolfgang Strauss
  • Publication number: 20200191146
    Abstract: An electric-motor refrigerant compressor, for compressing a fluid, having a compressor housing having a housing bottom, and having a compressor part mounted in the compressor housing for conveying the fluid from a low pressure-side inlet to a high pressure-side outlet. The separating device is introduced into the housing bottom and has a cylindrical separating chamber which is connected to the outlet, and a separator which is arranged coaxially in said separating chamber for separating lubricant which is contained in the fluid, and a high pressure chamber of the compressor housing is coupled in flow terms by means of a passage duct to the separating chamber. The passage duct may be made in an intermediate wall between the high pressure chamber and the separating chamber in such a way that said passage duct opens into the separating chamber offset radially and on the outer side of the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg
    Inventors: Budi RINALDI, Björn FAGERLI
  • Publication number: 20200181967
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a frictionally locking arrangement for a drive, which drive has an advancing gear mechanism, the frictionally locking arrangement having a carrier and at least one frictionally locking unit. In some embodiments at least one frictionally locking unit has a frictionally locking lever which is mounted with a first lever end pivotably on the carrier, which frictionally locking lever, on a first lever section which is spaced apart from the first lever end, has a force introduction device which is mounted on the carrier and is configured to introduce a force into the frictionally locking lever in a manner which is spaced apart from the first lever end, and which frictionally locking lever, on a second lever section which is arranged between the first lever end and the first lever section, has a first frictional element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventors: Daniela SCHWEIZER, Andre KRAEUSSLICH, Norbert HESS, Dominik SCHREIBER, Christian FRICKE
  • Patent number: 10677579
    Abstract: A capacitive distance sensor includes a sensor element having an electrically conductive, elongated, flat sensor area which in turn contains a number of holes. The sensor area is completely surrounded by an electrically non-conductive insulating body, with the result that the insulating body completely covers the edge regions of the holes. The sensor element is produced, in particular, by first of all making the holes in the sensor area. In a subsequent step, the sensor area is completely encased by the insulating body which also completely fills the holes in the sensor area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Thorsten Kuhnen, Holger Wuerstlein
  • Patent number: 10669765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for controlling a capacitive anti-trap system of a vehicle. At least two transmission electrodes and one reception electrode of the capacitive anti-trap system are used for detecting an obstacle, and an electrical field is generated by a pair comprising transmission electrode and reception electrode by actuation of the respective transmission electrode by alternating electric current, said electrical field being influenced by an obstacle such that an electrical capacitance is measurably changed. A changing electrical capacitance is determinable on the basis of a signal received via the reception electrode and this signal is evaluated by means of an electronic evaluation unit at least during closing of the vehicle closing element in order to determine the presence of an obstacle in the displacement path of the vehicle closing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, HALLSTADT
    Inventors: Christian Herrmann, Florian Pohl, Holger Wuerstlein
  • Publication number: 20200165860
    Abstract: A method for adjusting an adjusting part on a vehicle, wherein a possible obstacle in an adjustment path of the adjusting part which is to be adjusted can be detected by means of at least one sensor device, in order to block, stop and/or reverse an adjustment movement of the adjusting part. There is provision that at least one status indicator for the at least one sensor device is generated electronically, by means of which data indicator at least two different first and second operating states of the sensor device can be signaled, and for the adjustment movement of the adjusting part at least one current status information item of at least two different status information items relating to the current operating state of the at least one sensor device is signaled in accordance with the status indicator, in order to be perceived by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, BAMBERG
    Inventors: Matthias GEMPEL, Manfred STENZEL
  • Patent number: 10662692
    Abstract: A door of a motor vehicle, in particular a tailgate, having a section made of a plastic, and having a metallic strut embedded in the section, and having an ultrasonic transducer. The ultrasonic transducer is acoustically coupled to the strut. An electromotor door drive of a motor vehicle is also provided as well as a metallic strut of a door of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventors: Christoph Brueckner, Bernd Herthan
  • Publication number: 20200123809
    Abstract: A method for operating a motorized door adjusting device of a motor vehicle, comprising an actuator and a door driven by it. A closing command is detected, and the actuator is actuated to perform a closing process of the door. During the closing process, an activity of a user in an interior space of the motor vehicle is monitored, and if a designated activity is present, which indicates a desire of the user to exit, a warning signal is output. The invention further relates to a motorized door adjusting device of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventor: Christian WEIDENBACHER
  • Publication number: 20200122767
    Abstract: A collapsible steering wheel of a motor vehicle, comprising a steering wheel rim having a number of segments that can be moved in relation to each other between a first position and a second position. A first angle is formed between respectively adjacent segments in the first position and a second angle different from the first angle is formed between respectively adjacent segments in the second position. The disclosure also relates to a steering device of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventor: Roland REIDEL
  • Patent number: 10625640
    Abstract: A locking device for locking two assemblies of a vehicle seat together comprises a blocking element which has a supporting surface, and a locking element which is movable with respect to the blocking element, said locking element having an end face and facing the supporting surface of the blocking element with the end face in a locked position of the locking device, wherein the locking device is unlockable by moving the locking element. Additionally provided is a surface element which is applied to the blocking element to at least partially cover the supporting surface or to the locking element to at least partially cover the end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Markus Prause, Klaus Schmied
  • Patent number: 10626652
    Abstract: It is provided a driving device for adjusting a vehicle part, in particular a tailgate, comprises an electric drive for driving the vehicle part, with an output shaft for transmitting an adjusting force to the vehicle part, and a first braking device operatively connected to the output shaft, which includes at least one permanent magnet element and is configured to provide a braking force for arresting the vehicle part in a currently adopted position. There is also provided a second braking device that is configured to switch the electric drive into a generator braking mode in order to at least partly feed a power generatorically produced by the drive back into the drive and thereby provide a braking force for braking a movement of the vehicle part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, BAMBERG
    Inventor: Florian Wölker
  • Publication number: 20200119616
    Abstract: An electric drive for a motor vehicle, in particular a fan drive, comprising an electric motor that includes a rotor which is mounted on a motor shaft so as to be able to rotate about a stationary stator as well as a driving part which is coupled to the rotor, and at least one electroconductive cover part for influencing and/or blocking interfering electromagnetic fields generated during operation of the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg
    Inventors: Kevin LUDWIG, Sebastien LABAT, Carsten DUPPE, Eugen HERMANN
  • Patent number: 10618479
    Abstract: A controller for a multi-voltage on-board power supply system in a vehicle is provided. The controller comprises a first control module which is connected via a first supply path to a first supply voltage connection of the controller and/or to a first ground connection of the controller in order to be supplied with current at a first supply voltage of the multi-voltage on-board power supply system and a second control module which is connected via a second supply path to a second supply voltage connection of the controller and/or to a second ground connection of the controller in order to be supplied with current at a second supply voltage of the multi-voltage on-board power supply system. The second supply path contains a switching module which is designed to selectively block the second supply path or switch the second supply path in a conductive state depending on a control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Anto Mijac
  • Patent number: 10612288
    Abstract: A device for manually and/or electromotively adjusting or securing a first vehicle part and a second vehicle part relative to each other is provided. The device comprising an adjustment part which has a joint for pivotable arrangement on the first vehicle part, wherein the adjustment part is to be arranged on the first vehicle part in such a manner that, when the vehicle parts are adjusted relative to each other, the adjustment part moves relative to the second vehicle part, an output element which is to be arranged on the second vehicle part, is operatively connected to the adjustment part and is drivable in order to move the adjustment part relative to the second vehicle part, a shaft connected to the output element, and a flexible force transmission element which is fastened at a first end and at a second end to the adjustment part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Dalibor Rietdijk
  • Patent number: 10613519
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a method for controlling a sliding door arrangement of a motor vehicle, wherein the sliding door arrangement comprises a sliding door, a drive arrangement for motorized displacement of the sliding door, a control arrangement and a sensor arrangement with at least one sensor element, in particular implemented as a proximity sensor, where-in during operator event monitoring by means of the control arrangement the sensor signals of the sensor arrangement are monitored as to whether a predetermined operator event exists. It is proposed that the sensor arrangement is disposed at least partly in or on the sliding door and that opening the sliding door at least from a closed end position and/or closing the sliding door at least from an open end position is/are carried out by means of the drive arrangement depending on the result of the operator event monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Bernd Herthan, Frank Ebert
  • Publication number: 20200102778
    Abstract: A window lift assembly for adjusting a window pane, including a carrier, a flexible traction means for transferring an adjusting force for adjusting the window pane and a deflecting piece, which is non-rotatably arranged on the carrier and has a guide channel for deflecting the traction means in a guide plane. To retain the traction means in the guide channel, at least one securing element on the carrier and at least one securing section are provided, the at least one securing element and the at least one securing section may be formed so that if sections of the traction means are displaced out of the guide channel toward the securing element and the traction means thus contacts the securing element, the securing section continues to block the traction means against a displacement transverse to the guide plane out of the guide channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventor: Michael EISENTRAUDT
  • Patent number: 10603990
    Abstract: It is provided a door module for a motor vehicle door, having a module carrier which is formed substantially by organic sheet, an attachment region of the module carrier, which is surrounded by a stamped protuberance of the organic sheet, a window regulator drive, arranged in the attachment region, of a motor vehicle window regulator, and at least one flexible traction mechanism proceeding from the window regulator drive and coupled thereto, which traction mechanism extends along the module carrier. In the attachment region of the module carrier, a longitudinally extending stiffening region is formed, which is formed at least partially as a stamped protuberance of the organic sheet and which runs along the direction of extent of a section of the flexible traction mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Norman Hümmer, Michael Jahn, Hans Herzog, Michael Thienel, Gerhard Hofmann, Matthias Fischer, André Lehnhardt
  • Patent number: 10604971
    Abstract: A door handle system for a vehicle door has a door handle and at least one flap for reversibly closing a grip recess set back to the rear of the door handle. An actuating device pivots the one or more flaps between a closed position that covers the handle recess and an open position that exposes the handle recess. A distance sensor is disposed on the flap. A control and evaluation unit uses a first measurement signal that is output by the distance sensor in the closed position, to deduce that a vehicle user is approaching so as to activate the actuation device to move the one or each flap into the open position. A second measurement signal that is output by the distance sensor in the open position indicates that the door handle is grasped by the vehicle user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Hallstadt
    Inventors: Florian Pohl, Christian Herrmann