Patents Assigned to Huf Huelsbeck & Fuerst GmbH & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 11927045
    Abstract: A fuel filler flap module of a motor vehicle includes a carrier, a fuel filler flap which is pivotably mounted on the carrier and is designed to be movable between a closed position and an open position, and a movement mechanism designed to move the fuel filler flap from the closed position into the open position and back into the closed position. The movement mechanism has a mechanical deployment element which is arranged on the carrier and which is designed to exert a deployment force acting into the open position on the fuel filler flap, wherein the movement mechanism has a motor-driven deployment means which is designed to push the fuel filler flap with an auxiliary force from the closed position up to an initial deployment position, which lies between the closed position and the open position, wherein the auxiliary force is greater than the deployment force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: HUF HUELSBECK & FUERST GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Wietkamp, Andreas Koch
  • Patent number: 11920400
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sensor device (10) for a vehicle (100), comprising a control unit (11) for actuating a movable part (101), in particular a tailgate, of the vehicle (100), and a sensor unit (12) for monitoring at least one first activation region (A1), wherein the control unit (11) is designed to actuate the movable part (101) of the vehicle (100) when at least one activation action (H1, H2, H3, B1, B2) of a user in the first activation region (A1) has been sensed by the sensor unit (12). The sensor unit (12) is designed to sense the at least one activation action (H1, H2, H3, B1, B2) of the user by means of electromagnetic waves in the radio frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Mönig, Sven Hild
  • Patent number: 11920387
    Abstract: A motor vehicle handle arrangement includes an actuating element, which is movable between a neutral position and an active position, a handle part, which is movable between a non-use position and an actuating position, and a mechanical restoring element. In a normal operation, the actuating element is designed to move the handle part from the non-use position into the actuating position. In the active position, it holds the handle part in the actuating position. An auxiliary restoring element is movably mounted and coupled in movement with the actuating element in such a way that, during a faulty operation in which the actuating element moves into the neutral position and the handle part is arranged remaining in its actuating position, it is designed, at least for a fraction of its movement, to move the handle part concomitantly in the direction of its non-use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HUF HUELSBECK & FUERST GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Mensur Velicanin, Aytac Aslan, Michael Theidel
  • Patent number: 11838074
    Abstract: Arrangement (10) for transmitting information in a component (2) of a vehicle (1), in particular in a door handle (2) of the vehicle (1): a processing arrangement (50) for providing information at the component (2), preferably about a detection of an activation action at the component (2), an interface arrangement (40) for providing an electrical supply connection to a control device (30) of the vehicle (1), a stabilizing device (20) electrically connecting the interface assembly (40) to the processing assembly (50) to provide a power supply from the supply connection stabilized to the processing assembly (50), a current control arrangement (60) of the processing arrangement (50), which is electrically connected to the stabilizing device (20), for using the stabilizing device (20) to output a transmission signal (S) to the interface arrangement (40) in order to transmit the provided information to the control device (30) via the supply connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Berthold Sieg
  • Patent number: 11605253
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (100) for securing a communication between a mobile communication apparatus (10) and a vehicle (5), in particular for authentication at a passive access system of the vehicle (5), wherein the vehicle (5) comprises at least one radio unit (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jan Breer, Matthias Maschlanka, Julia Möller, Marc Feldsieper, Fabian Lanze
  • Publication number: 20230050930
    Abstract: An inductive sensor assembly is used for detecting a change in position of an actuating element. The sensor assembly has: an LC resonant circuit having an inductive element (L) and a capacitive element (C); an excitation supply which is coupled to the LC resonant circuit in order to excite the LC resonant circuit with an excitation voltage (U); a decoupling element arranged between the excitation supply and the LC resonant circuit; and, an evaluation arrangement for evaluating the signal decreasing across the resonant circuit. An actuating assembly is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alexander Ziegler, Christian Chabrowski
  • Patent number: 11578512
    Abstract: A door handle assembly for a vehicle includes a housing, a handle, and a compression mechanism. The handle is rotatably attached to the housing and rotatable between a resting position and a depressed position. The compression mechanism is configured to allow rotation of the handle between the resting position and the depressed position. The compression mechanism includes a plunger and a biasing member. The plunger is coupled to one of the housing or the handle and translatable between a first position when the handle is in the resting position and a second position when the handle is in the depressed position. The biasing member is coupled to one of the housing or the handle and configured to bias the plunger between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peng Ge, Yong-Sang Cho, Suat Kaya, Alessandro Miri
  • Publication number: 20220372801
    Abstract: A handle assembly includes a body and an electrical subassembly. The body extends from a proximal end to a distal end and defines a cavity extending between the proximal end and the distal end. The body further defines an opening at the distal end and includes a first projection disposed proximate the distal end. The electrical subassembly is disposed within the cavity and configured to extend through the opening. The electrical subassembly includes a second projection pivotally coupled to the first projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Suat Kaya, Gunghun Jang, Sami Yanikoglu, Ayushi Srivastava
  • Patent number: 11486169
    Abstract: An exterior door handle for a vehicle particularly for an activation of an electric lock of the vehicle comprising: a door handle body with a wall, wherein the door handle body is configured such that an activation action is performable by a user at the door handle body in the deformation area, at least one inductive activation means which is arranged in the deformation area, at least one sensor device arranged within the door handle body for inductivity measurements at the activation means, wherein the door handle body is at least configured elastically deformable in the deformation area and the sensor device for the detection of the activation action is arranged spaced apart to the activation means such that the deformation of the door handle body is detectable by the inductivity measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HUF HÜLSBECK & FÜRST GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Beck, Serdal Bitirim, Dirk Müller, Martin Witte
  • Patent number: 11486167
    Abstract: A central locking device for door locks of a motor vehicle includes a control device and, connected thereto, locking couplings in the door locks. An accident detection device is provided for determining an accident situation of the motor vehicle and for transmitting an accident signal to the control device. Upon receiving the accident situation signal, the control device is set up to switch the locking couplings to the locked status for a defined period of time and then to switch them to the unlocked status. This prevents disturbances that may occur in the region of the door handle during an acute accident phase, since the door handles are not functional during the defined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jan Heyduck, Jurgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer, Bernd Reifenberg, Michael Rhein
  • Patent number: 11479995
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fastening device for fastening a first component to a second component, where the fastening device includes a spacer element which is configured for positioning the first component so as to be spaced apart from the second component in a first axis (Y) and for fixing the first component so as to be spaced apart from the second component, where the spacer element includes a stop surface which is used for supporting the fastening device on the second component, where the spacer element is integrally-formed, and a tolerance element which is configured for movably receiving the spacer element in the first direction (Y) and for compensating tolerances between the first component and the second component in a second axis (X) and in a third axis (Z), where the tolerance element is integrally-formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Löw, Willi Put
  • Patent number: 11456722
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement (10) for a vehicle (1) for detecting an activation action for activating a function on the vehicle (1), comprising: at least one sensor element (21) for sensing a change in a vicinity of the sensor element (21), a controlling arrangement (80) for an electric control of the sensor element (21) in order to provide a sensing signal (S), the frequencies of which comprise at least one predefined sensing frequency, an evaluation arrangement (90), which is interconnected to the sensor element (21) via a signal path (SP) in order to use the sensing signal (S) to repeatedly determine at least one parameter of the sensor element (21) specific to the sensing for detecting the activation action, a filter arrangement (40) in the signal path (SP) comprising at least one high-pass (41, 43) in order to at least reduce the frequencies of the sensing signal (S) lower than the at least one sensing frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Berthold Sieg
  • Patent number: 11456739
    Abstract: An Arrangement (10) for a capacitive sensor device (20) of a vehicle (1), in particular for control and/or evaluation at the capacitive sensor device (20) for detecting an activating action at the vehicle (1), with at least one sensor electrode (20.1) for sensing a change in a vicinity of the vehicle (1), and with a transmission arrangement (30) for providing an output signal (A) by a frequency-dependent change of an electrical input signal (E) of the transmission arrangement (30), and with an output (30.2) of the transmission arrangement (30), which is electrically connected to the sensor electrode (20.1) in order to operate the sensor electrode (20.1) with the output signal (A), wherein the transmission arrangement (30) includes at least one filter component (30.4, 30.5) to perform the frequency-dependent change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Berthold Sieg, Daniel Stahl
  • Publication number: 20220298832
    Abstract: A vehicle door handle is formed with a multi-part housing, with at least one cavity for receiving an electronic component being formed in a first housing part. An insert part for the first housing part has holding elements for holding the electronic component and the insert part is fitted in its shape into a portion of the cavity of the first housing part in such a way that, together with the first housing part, it delimits a portion of the cavity of the first housing part so that a potting trough is formed for receiving a potting agent. This formed potting trough has a base which is formed partly from the insert part and partly by the first housing part. The holding elements for holding the electronic component are placed inside the formed potting trough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heiko Schütz, Stefan Mönig
  • Patent number: 11441340
    Abstract: A door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a handle which is to be actuated by an operator, a lever element which supports the handle on a handle housing, and a motor-driven actuating element. The handle is designed to be movable out of an actuation position into a servo-opening position by being actuated by an operator. A detection means is formed on the handle housing in order to detect a movement of the handle out of the actuation position into the servo-opening position so as to produce a movement of the motor-driven actuating element out of the handle extended position into a door opening position. Upon being moved out of the handle extended position into the door opening position, the motor-driven actuating element moves a vehicle door opening lever out of a ready position into an unlocked position, in which the vehicle door can be opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Jürgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
  • Publication number: 20220282533
    Abstract: A handle assembly for a motor vehicle has a support housing, a grip mounted on the support housing and movable between a retracted and extended position, a drive element movable along a main extension path, and a main extension lever which is movement-coupled to the drive element and pushes the grip into the extended position during a drive movement of the drive element along the main extension path. The drive element executes a drive movement divided into the main extension path and a pre-extension path preceding the main extension path. The drive element, during its drive movement along the pre-extension path, is movement-decoupled from the main extension lever, and a pre-extension lever is mounted rotatably on the support housing and pushes the grip towards the extended position during the drive movement of the drive element along the pre-extension path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heiko Schütz, Andreas Koch
  • Patent number: 11391073
    Abstract: A door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a handle mounted on a housing and arranged flush with the outer contour of the vehicle door in a non-use position and designed to be movable by a user into an actuation position in order to be actuated, a lever element, a first lever end of which is rotatably attached to a lever rotational axis mounted on the housing and a second lever end of which is connected to a first longitudinal end of the handle, and a motor-driven actuating element which rotates the lever element about the lever rotational axis and thereby moves the handle out of the non-use position into the actuation position. A lever mechanism is mounted on the housing in a rotatable manner about a rotational axis. A second longitudinal end of the handle is movably secured to the housing via the lever mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Jürgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
  • Patent number: 11382208
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for a vehicle (1) for detecting an activation action in a detection region (51), and in particular for mounting on a vehicle part (5), in order to activate a function of the vehicle (1) depending on the detection, comprising: a multi-layer printed circuit board (20), at least one electrically conductive sensor element (31) for capacitive sensing in the detection region (51), wherein the sensor element (31) is arranged on the printed circuit board (20), at least two shielding elements (40) for shielding (41) for the sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Berthold Sieg
  • Patent number: 11365570
    Abstract: A vehicle door handle assembly with a sensor device for detecting an actuation is provided. A handle of the handle assembly has a section which can be gripped from behind and an outer wall that delimits an interior in which an electronic sensor device is arranged and fixed. The handle section is formed with a reduced outer wall thickness in an actuation region and has a deformability that is increased with respect to the remaining sections of the handle. The outer wall thickness is reduced solely on the outer wall face oriented towards the interior. The handle outer wall inner face oriented towards the interior is coated with a metal layer at least in the actuation region. The electronic sensor device comprises at least one inductive distance sensor which lies opposite the metal layer in the interior of the handle to detect a deformation of the opposing outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Beck, Serdal Bitirim, Dirk Mueller, Martin Witte
  • Publication number: 20220186542
    Abstract: A fuel filler flap module of a motor vehicle includes a carrier, a fuel filler flap which is pivotably mounted on the carrier and is designed to be movable between a closed position and an open position, and a movement mechanism designed to move the fuel filler flap from the closed position into the open position and back into the closed position. The movement mechanism has a mechanical deployment element which is arranged on the carrier and which is designed to exert a deployment force acting into the open position on the fuel filler flap, wherein the movement mechanism has a motor-driven deployment means which is designed to push the fuel filler flap with an auxiliary force from the closed position up to an initial deployment position, which lies between the closed position and the open position, wherein the auxiliary force is greater than the deployment force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Huf Huelsbeck & Fuerst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Wietkamp, Andreas Koch