Patents Assigned to Kiekert AG
  • Safety device for a motor vehicle having a rotary latch and an ejection spring
    Patent number: 11162276
    Abstract: A safety device for a motor vehicle, which has a striker, a pawl, an ejection spring ejecting the striker, and a rotary latch, wherein the rotary latch has an opening direction of rotation, a closing direction of rotation an open position, and a main locking position, wherein the ejection spring has a leg and the leg lies directly against the striker in the main locking position of the rotary latch and the leg lies directly against the rotary latch in at least one intermediate position of the rotary latch, in which the rotary latch is between the main locking position and the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Ömer Inan, Michael Scholz, Holger Schiffer, Thomas Schönenberg
  • Motor vehicle lock
    Patent number: 11156018
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lock comprising a lock housing, an electric power supply and at least one illuminant which can be connected to the electric power supply, emits light into a light-guiding element and can be placed directly on a circuit board located inside the lock housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Bendel, Werner Pohle, Thorsten Nottebaum
  • Latching device for automotive applications
    Patent number: 11135948
    Abstract: A latching device for automotive applications, in particular a backrest latch for the bolting and unbolting of seat backrests in motor vehicles. The latching device in its basic construction is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting predominantly of a catch and predominantly a pawl. Furthermore, an element which can be mechanically impinged by a drive unit, in particular an unbolting element is provided for the locking mechanism. In accordance with the invention, the drive unit for the element and in particular the unbolting element is equipped with at least an end stop demonstrating a cantilever arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Jim Zhuang, Keith Robertson
  • Transmission means for a motor vehicle latch and a motor vehicle latch
    Patent number: 11136794
    Abstract: A transmission means for a motor vehicle latch of a moving component of a vehicle, includes a tensile element to transmit an opening command from a handle to a motor vehicle latch, a stop bushing to connect to the handle or the motor vehicle latch, whereby the tensile element passes through the stop bushing, whereby the stop bushing has at least a sealing mounting, whereby at least a sealing element is arranged at least partly in the sealing mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Michael Uhrin, Scott Brown
  • Motor vehicle door latch
    Patent number: 11131127
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door latch which is equipped with a locking bolt and a locking mechanism interacting with the locking bolt, including a catch and a pawl. The motor vehicle door latch possesses a stop lever pivotably located on the control lever, which interacts with a protrusion on the catch beyond a main ratchet position and a pre-ratchet position, whereby the protrusion corresponds to a third ratchet position with an increased distance of the locking bolt in respect of the main ratchet and pre-ratchet position compared to a catch axis. The stop lever impinges a triggering lever lifting the pawl from the catch in order to open the locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Robert J. Hunt, Robert S. Pettengill
  • Motor vehicle door lock
    Patent number: 11131135
    Abstract: A vehicle door adjustment unit for a motor vehicle sliding door, having a deflection device for deflecting a rope for automatically opening and/or closing the motor vehicle sliding door. The vehicle door adjustment unit comprises the rope and a first deflection roller and a second deflection roller, in particular having a U-shaped or V-shaped rope receiving profile, wherein a first deflection axis of the first deflection roller and a second deflection axis of the second deflection roller are substantially oriented perpendicular to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Rainer Haubs, Reinhard Chilla, Thomas Welke
  • Opening device with locking device for a motor vehicle latch
    Patent number: 11131124
    Abstract: An opening device for a motor vehicle latch with a trigger which can be moved from a starting position into an opening position for pivoting of a triggering lever from a starting position into an opening position and which is connected with an inertia component by a deflectable knee lever, with a blockade lever, which can be moved by deflection of the knee lever from a starting position into a blocking position, whereby the movement of the triggering lever into the opening position is prevented when the blockade lever is in its blocking position, whereby the knee lever is deflected by excessive acceleration of the trigger and the blockade lever is thus moved into its blocking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Robert J. Hunt, Robert S. Pettengill, Thorsten Nottebaum
  • Motor vehicle door lock
    Patent number: 11131125
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a motor vehicle door lock, comprising a lock case (1) connected to a motor vehicle door (5, 6, 7) and a lock housing (2) connected to the lock case (1). In addition, a fastening element (11) for additional fixing of the lock housing (2) on the motor vehicle door (5, 6, 7), is provided. According to the invention, the fastening element (11) is designed so as to be removable both from the lock case (1) and the lug (11) coupling with the lock housing (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Armin Handke
  • Method for controlling a motor vehicle door lock
    Patent number: 11118379
    Abstract: A method for controlling a motor vehicle door lock includes using a control unit. After actuating the inner door handle the control unit, the switch positions of the switch are queried, and depending on the position of a locking mechanism sensor, a drive is activated or deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Christian Barmscheidt
  • Latching device for motor vehicle applications
    Patent number: 11110840
    Abstract: A latching device for motor vehicle applications, in particular to a multi-position backrest latch for locking and unlocking seat backrests in motor vehicles. The basic structure of the device has a locking mechanism substantially consisting of a catch and pawls, and also has a locking pin that interacts with the locking mechanism, and a cam element, which acts upon the locking pin in the direction of an open position. According to the invention, the cam element acts on a blocking element which engages over the locking pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Robert J. Hunt, Robert S. Pettengill
  • Motor vehicle door lock
    Patent number: 11111701
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle door lock, comprising a lock case (1) and also comprising at least one locking mechanism (2, 3) supported in the lock case (1), which locking mechanism consists essentially of a rotary latch (2) and a pawl (3). In addition, a lock housing (5) connected to the lock case (1) is realized. The lock case (1) is mostly L-shaped in the cross-section. In addition, the lock case (1) describes a locking-mechanism plane (G) and an end-plate plane (S) different from the locking-mechanism plane. The end-plate plane (S) is equipped with a bridge part (7), which spans at least one inlet opening (E), and two side parts (6). According to the invention, the lock case (1) is equipped with merely the two side parts (6) bordering the inlet opening (E), without a bridge part. In contrast, the lock housing (5) acts completely or partially as a bridge part (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Omer Inan, Ulrich Weichsel, Heiko Hemmer
  • Armrest for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 11110838
    Abstract: An armrest for a motor vehicle, in particular a motor-vehicle side door armrest. In its general structure, the armrest has a stationary base part and a supporting part that is movable relative thereto, and additionally has a motor-driven adjusting device for the supporting part. The adjusting device comprises an electric motor and an eccentric that can be acted upon by the motor. The electric motor is configured as a component of a linear actuator connected to the eccentric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: John Kachnowski
  • Motor vehicle lock
    Patent number: 11098508
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle lock (1) comprising a locking mechanism that includes a rotary latch (2), at least one pawl (3), a triggering lever (4) that allows the pawl (3) to disengage from the rotary latch (2), and a latching lever function that allows the triggering lever (4) which is actuated for disengaging the rotary latch (2) to be secured in an actuated position; the triggering lever can be guided by the rotary latch (2) only in some sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Holger Schiffer
  • Motor vehicle door lock
    Patent number: 11085211
    Abstract: A method of forming a motor vehicle door lock includes arranging a lever, providing an electric drive that pivots the lever to place the motor vehicle door lock in an open state and includes a motor and a wheel gear that is driven by the motor and has a circumferential face, forming at least one damping stop on the wheel gear that protrudes axially from the circumferential face of the wheel gear and extends from the circumferential face toward a stop plane that is spaced from and parallel to an actuating plane in which the wheel gear and the lever are rotatable, providing a housing stop surface that is engageable by the damping stop along the stop plane in a rotational direction of the wheel gear, and forming the damping stop and the wheel gear as a single piece using a two-component injection molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Carsten Fuchs
  • Locking mechanism component for a motor vehicle lock
    Patent number: 11078695
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking mechanism component, in particular a catch, for a motor vehicle lock for retaining and securing a closing member in a closed position of a door or hatch of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one first punched metal sheet and one second punched metal sheet, wherein the punched metal sheets are connected to each other in a non-detachable manner and the first punched metal sheet, compared to the second punched metal sheet, has a different punched metal sheet material and/or a greater punched metal sheet thickness, wherein the first punched metal sheet and the second punched metal sheet have at least partially or predominantly an identical outer contour and/or are disposed stacked one above the other in such a way that sections with an identical outer contour are disposed flush with each other on the outside. The invention further relates to a production method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Keith Julien, Robert J. Hunt
  • Motor vehicle door lock
    Patent number: 11078694
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a motor vehicle door lock that is equipped with a lock housing (4), also with a lock cylinder nut (3) supported in the lock housing (4), and at least one locking element (9) that can be acted upon by the lock cylinder nut (3) via a positioning element (8). According to the invention, the lock cylinder nut (3) has a connected eccentric element (6). Said eccentric element (6) engages in an eccentric mounting (7) of positioning element (8) in order to displace it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Robert S. Pettengill
  • Motor vehicle lock
    Patent number: 11072947
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lock (1) for a motor vehicle, in particular a side door lock, comprising a locking mechanism (7), a triggering lever (6), an actuating lever (2) and a coupling lever (3), wherein the triggering lever (6) can be coupled to the actuating lever (2) by means of the coupling lever (3), and a means for controlling the coupling lever (3), wherein the coupling lever (3) can be guided by means of a control cam (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Uwe Reddmann
  • Latching device for automotive applications
    Patent number: 11060328
    Abstract: A latching device for a backrest latch of a motor vehicle for the bolting and unbolting of seat backrests includes a locking mechanism having a catch and at least one pawl, and an unbolting element for the locking mechanism which can be acted on manually and/or mechanically, whereby the unbolting element is a component of an exchangeable unbolting module and whereby the unbolting module forms a latch housing together with a basic module accommodating the locking mechanism, whereby the unbolting element is formed as a multifunctional element and whereby at least a switching and/or attenuation function can be executed by the multifunctional element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Keith Robertson, Jim Zhuang, Philip Morrison
  • Closing device for a motor vehicle hood
    Patent number: 11041329
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closing device for a door or flap, in particular for a door or flap of a motor vehicle, comprising a locking mechanism that consists of a rotary latch (1) and at least one pawl (2) for locking the rotary latch (1) and an impact protection element, said impact protection element being moved out of its protecting position when the door or flap is closed at a speed below a threshold value and the impact protection element not being moved out of is protecting position or only being moved out with a certain delay when the door or flap is closed at a speed above a threshold value. In this manner, any damage caused by an impact can be avoided in a technically simple manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Holger Schiffer, Michael Scholz
  • Seal for a latch
    Patent number: 11041330
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a seal (10) for an inlet opening (120) of a latch (100), in particular a motor vehicle latch, having at least a partially flexible sealing element (11) with at least an insertion slot (12), whereby a first seal wing (11.1) and a second seal wing (11.2) are formed on the sealing element (11), whereby a striker can at least be partially arranged in the inlet slot (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Wael Ghassen Al-Rihawi