Patents by Inventor Anton Kieferl

Anton Kieferl 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: 10450786
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one vehicle door or vehicle flap which forms a first body, a vehicle bodyshell which forms a second body, and an impact damper arrangement. The impact damper arrangement is configured such that, when the vehicle door or vehicle flap moves toward the vehicle bodyshell, a first movement section is passed through first, and then a second movement section is passed through. The first movement section is arranged such that movement along the first movement section comes to an end when a lock and closing element come into contact with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Koestler, Anton Kieferl, Marcus Knechtel, Markus Springsklee, Walter Widl
  • Patent number: 10293781
    Abstract: A hinge device of a front hood of a motor vehicle is adjustable from a normal position into a protective position in the event of a collision. A front-hood surface and a lifting device with an actuator contact surface and a front-hood contact surface are provided on a front-hood-fastening part. An actuator surface can be brought to bear against the actuator contact surface and the front-hood contact surface can be brought to bear against the front-hood surface during an adjustment from the normal position into the protective position. The distance, which is provided substantially in the actuating direction of the actuator on the lifting device, between the front-hood contact surface and the actuator contact surface is greater than the distance between the actuator surface and the front-hood hinge-lever contact surface. Furthermore, a correspondingly equipped motor vehicle and a method for opening out the hinge device are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Schaurer, Anton Kieferl, Andreas Mayer, Michael Kelm, Ulrich Koestler
  • Publication number: 20170349137
    Abstract: A hinge device of a front hood of a motor vehicle is adjustable from a normal position into a protective position in the event of a collision. A front-hood surface and a lifting device with an actuator contact surface and a front-hood contact surface are provided on a front-hood-fastening part. An actuator surface can be brought to bear against the actuator contact surface and the front-hood contact surface can be brought to bear against the front-hood surface during an adjustment from the normal position into the protective position. The distance, which is provided substantially in the actuating direction of the actuator on the lifting device, between the front-hood contact surface and the actuator contact surface is greater than the distance between the actuator surface and the front-hood hinge-lever contact surface. Furthermore, a correspondingly equipped motor vehicle and a method for opening out the hinge device are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Michael SCHAURER, Anton KIEFERL, Andreas MAYER, Michael KELM, Ulrich KOESTLER
  • Publication number: 20170067279
    Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one vehicle door or vehicle flap which forms a first body, a vehicle bodyshell which forms a second body, and an impact damper arrangement. The impact damper arrangement is configured such that, when the vehicle door or vehicle flap moves toward the vehicle bodyshell, a first movement section is passed through first, and then a second movement section is passed through. The first movement section is arranged such that movement along the first movement section comes to an end when a lock and closing element come into contact with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Ulrich Koestler, Anton Kieferl, Marcus Knechtel, Markus Springsklee, Walter Widl
  • Patent number: 6763551
    Abstract: Hinge, particularly for a vehicle flap, having two hinge parts and an axle bolt which, axially inserted into aligned openings in the hinge parts, forms a swivelling axis for the hinge parts. One hinge part is in areas axially arranged either between two legs of the other hinge part or in each case between an axial supporting shoulder of the axle bolt and of the other hinge part. At least two axially adjacent surfaces of the two hinge parts or of one hinge part and of the axle bolt, which are mutually adjusted during the swivelling of at least one hinge part, are sloped in the same direction with respect to an ideal plane perpendicular to the swivelling axis of the axle bolt, whereby, in one angular position, the two hinge parts have an axial distance from one another and, in another angular position, the two hinge parts have no distance from one another or have a smaller axial distance from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Drexl, Anton Kieferl, Ulrich Koestler, Juergen Mayr
  • Publication number: 20020020037
    Abstract: Hinge, particularly for a vehicle flap, having two hinge parts and an axle bolt which, axially inserted into aligned openings in the hinge parts, forms a swivelling axis for the hinge parts. One hinge part is in areas axially arranged either between two legs of the other hinge part or in each case between an axial supporting shoulder of the axle bolt and of the other hinge part. At least two axially adjacent surfaces of the two hinge parts or of one hinge part and of the axle bolt, which are mutually adjusted during the swivelling of at least one hinge part, are sloped in the same direction with respect to an ideal plane perpendicular to the swivelling axis of the axle bolt, whereby, in one angular position, the two hinge parts have an axial distance from one another and, in another angular position, the two hinge parts have no distance from one another or have a smaller axial distance from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Drexl, Anton Kieferl, Ulrich Koestler, Juergen Mayr