Patents by Inventor Axel Knopp

Axel Knopp 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: 12252922
    Abstract: A drive system for a motor vehicle door is provided including an electric motor and a hinge for fastening the motor vehicle door. The hinge includes a door leaf, a body leaf for attachment to the body and a hinge pin arranged coaxially to the hinge axis, and rotatably mounted on the body leaf. The electric motor includes a stator and a rotor arranged coaxially with the hinge axis in the stator and mounted rotatably about the hinge axis relative to the stator. The hinge pin is disposed in sections within the rotor, the rotor being coupled to the hinge pin in a gearless manner to transmit rotation. The drive system includes a tolerance ring arranged between the rotor and the hinge pin for transmitting the rotation from the rotor to the hinge pin, wherein the tolerance ring is coupled frictionally to the hinge pin or to the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: STABILUS GMBH
    Inventors: Axel Knopp, Wilhelm Schwab
  • Publication number: 20240360935
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing grommet arrangement comprising a sealing grommet (1) which is designed as a corrugated tube having a constant outer diameter over its length, one end of which grommet projects through an opening (12) in a housing wall (10), and on which grommet a retaining ring (6) for retaining the sealing grommet (1) on the housing wall (10) is positioned. The retaining ring projects, by means of the inner contour of its through-opening (7), radially inwards into a corrugation trough (2) of the sealing grommet (1), and can be connected to the housing wall (10) so as to close the opening (12) in the housing wall (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Christoph Theis, Christian Einig, Kathrin Kronz, Axel Knopp, Jonathan Kessler, Jan Bochen
  • Publication number: 20240102331
    Abstract: A drive system for a motor vehicle door is provided including an electric motor and a hinge for fastening the motor vehicle door. The hinge includes a door leaf, a body leaf for attachment to the body and a hinge pin arranged coaxially to the hinge axis and rotatably mounted on the body leaf. The electric motor includes a stator and a rotor arranged coaxially with the hinge axis in the stator and mounted rotatably about the hinge axis relative to the stator. The hinge pin is disposed in sections within the rotor, the rotor being coupled to the hinge pin in a gearless manner to transmit rotation. The drive system includes a tolerance ring arranged between the rotor and the hinge pin for transmitting the rotation from the rotor to the hinge pin, wherein the tolerance ring is coupled frictionally to the hinge pin or to the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Axel Knopp, Wilhelm Schwab
  • Publication number: 20240014723
    Abstract: A DC electric motor for driving a tailgate of a vehicle is provided, the DC electric motor including a rotor and a stator, the rotor being rotatably supported about an axis of rotation, at least one of the rotor and the stator having a magnetic asymmetry for generating an asymmetric magnetic interaction between the rotor and the stator, wherein the rotor and the stator are configured to assume first positions and second positions relative to each other, wherein a higher holding torque acts between the rotor and the stator in one of the first positions than in one of the second positions due to the asymmetry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Florian HÖFER, Marian BOCHEN, Axel KNOPP
  • Publication number: 20240003381
    Abstract: A fastening device for the articulated fastening of a first construction unit, e.g., a drive device which can be varied in length by motor, to a second construction unit, e.g., a motor vehicle. The fastening device comprises a ball pin with a bolt shaft defining a bolt axis. One end of the bolt shaft is configured for fastening to the second construction unit and the other end comprises a ball head mounted in a ball socket of a ball socket unit. An attachment unit attaches the ball socket unit to the first construction unit. The ball socket unit has two integral contact portions, which are diametrically opposed to one another with respect to the bolt axis and are in contact with the bolt shaft. The contact portions may each be provided with an indentation area, such that they are elastically deformable in a direction away from the bolt shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Jonathan Keßler, Axel Knopp, Thorsten Müller, Bernd Arenz
  • Publication number: 20230223800
    Abstract: An electric motor for driving a vehicle flap is provided, the electric motor including a hollow-cylindrical shaped stator made of a permanent-magnetic material and arranged coaxially to a motor axis, a motor shaft disposed coaxially with the motor axis and at least partially within the stator and mounted for rotation relative to the stator about the motor axis, and a drive rotor disposed within the stator and mounted on the motor shaft and including a plurality of coils for driving rotation of the motor shaft relative to the stator about the motor axis. The electric motor includes a braking rotor disposed in the stator, mounted on the motor shaft along the motor axis adjacent the drive rotor, the brake rotor being magnetisable by the stator. Use of the electric motor for driving a vehicle flap and to a method of manufacturing the electric motor is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Florian Höfer, Marian Bochen, Axel Knopp, Sergei Mazepa, Magnus Hümmerich
  • Patent number: 11578523
    Abstract: A module for a modular, motorized drive system, in particular for doors, wherein the modular system is designed such that a number of modules arranged linearly one behind the other along a longitudinal axis of the modular system form a functional group of the drive system is provided. The modular system includes at least one of a number of latching elements on a front side of the module orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and a number of receiving elements, which are complementary to the latching elements, on a rear side of the module orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and opposite the front side, wherein the receiving elements are designed to form a mechanical connection to the latching elements of a further module which is arranged with its front side parallel to the rear side of the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: STABILUS GMBH
    Inventors: Jonathan Keßler, Danniel Lange, Kathrin Kronz, Axel Knopp
  • Publication number: 20200332584
    Abstract: A module for a modular, motorized drive system, in particular for doors, wherein the modular system is designed such that a number of modules arranged linearly one behind the other along a longitudinal axis of the modular system form a functional group of the drive system is provided. The modular system includes at least one of a number of latching elements on a front side of the module orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and a number of receiving elements, which are complementary to the latching elements, on a rear side of the module orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and opposite the front side, wherein the receiving elements are designed to form a mechanical connection to the latching elements of a further module which is arranged with its front side parallel to the rear side of the module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan Keßler, Danniel Lange, Kathrin Kronz, Axel Knopp
  • Patent number: 10790612
    Abstract: A plug-in contact arrangement for an electromotive linear actuating apparatus, which is arranged in a housing which is closed by a terminal closure. The plug-in contact arrangement including a plug, which has one or more plug-in contacts, at one end of one or more cables, which are routed to the housing from the outside and can be inserted into corresponding plug-in sockets arranged on the terminal closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: STABILUS GMBH
    Inventors: Jonathan Kessler, Christof Theis, Jan Bochen, Marian Bochen, Eduard Jost, Axel Knopp
  • Publication number: 20200132056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an actuator (10) comprising a first connection unit, a second connection unit, a spring arranged between the first and second connection unit, a guide tube (12) arranged inside the spring, and a dip rod configured to be displaceable relative to the guide tube (12) so that it dips into the guide tube (12), wherein the dip rod is mounted in a guide bush (14), characterised in that the guide bush (14) comprises a recess (18) in the circumferential direction of the guide bush (14) adapted to accommodate a tapered end of the guide tube (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Auer, Martin Neitzert, Kathrin Kronz, Axel Knopp
  • Patent number: 10511120
    Abstract: A cable bushing arrangement for an electromotive linear actuating apparatus includes a terminal closure for a hosing of the linear actuating apparatus. The arrangement allows sealed-off routing of a cable from outside through an insertion opening in the terminal closure to a housing interior of the linear actuating apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: STABILUS GMBH
    Inventors: Jonathan Kessler, Christof Theis, Jan Bochen, Marian Bochen, Eduard Jost, Axel Knopp
  • Publication number: 20190252821
    Abstract: A cable bushing arrangement for an electromotive linear actuating apparatus includes a terminal closure for a hosing of the linear actuating apparatus. The arrangement allows sealed-off routing of a cable from outside through an insertion opening in the terminal closure to a housing interior of the linear actuating apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan KESSLER, Christof THEIS, Jan BOCHEN, Marian BOCHEN, Eduard JOST, Axel KNOPP
  • Publication number: 20190252822
    Abstract: A plug-in contact arrangement for an electromotive linear actuating apparatus, which is arranged in a housing which is closed by a terminal closure. The plug-in contact arrangement including a plug, which has one or more plug-in contacts, at one end of one or more cables, which are routed to the housing from the outside and can be inserted into corresponding plug-in sockets arranged on the terminal closure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan KESSLER, Christof THEIS, Jan BOCHEN, Marian BOCHEN, Eduard JOST, Axel KNOPP
  • Patent number: 9930165
    Abstract: An adjusting system for adjusting a component of a motor vehicle on an adjustment path between a basic position and an end position with a mobile communications device through which control commands can be sent wirelessly to a control unit arranged in the motor vehicle and through which a drive for the adjustment of the adjustable component can be actuated. A target position selected from a plurality of target positions on the adjustment path of the adjustable component can be entered in the mobile communications device, and thereupon a corresponding actuating signal can be sent to the control unit wirelessly through the mobile communications device. The drive for adjusting the adjustable component to the selected target position can be actuated by the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Marian Bochen, Axel Knopp, Henri Becker
  • Patent number: 9605735
    Abstract: A drive device comprises a housing pipe, a protection pipe, and a linear drive. The housing pipe and the protection pipe can be moved axially relative to each other in a telescopic manner. The housing pipe is arranged with the closed end thereof facing away from the protection pipe on a fixed base member or a movable component, and the protection pipe is arranged with the closed end thereof facing away from the housing pipe on the movable component or the base member. The linear drive is arranged in at least one of the housing pipe and the protection pipe, and configured to drive the housing pipe and the protection pipe such that the housing pipe and the protection pipe are axially movable relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Stabilis GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Missler, Axel Knopp, Jan Bochen
  • Patent number: 9303713
    Abstract: A piston-cylinder unit with a center longitudinal axis, a first end, a cylinder filled with a fluid, a piston arranged so as to be displaceable in the cylinder and which divides the cylinder into a first work space remote of the first end and a second work space close to the first end. A piston rod is arranged at the piston and projects through the first work space and is guided out of the cylinder concentric to the center longitudinal axis at a second end opposite the first end so as to be sealed by a guiding and sealing device, and a sensor device for direct or indirect detection of the internal pressure of the piston-cylinder unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Ehre, Michael Hewel, Nadja Kaiser, Axel Knopp, Ralf Rissel, Arnold Schilz
  • Publication number: 20160057273
    Abstract: An adjusting system for adjusting a component of a motor vehicle on an adjustment path between a basic position and an end position with a mobile communications device through which control commands can be sent wirelessly to a control unit arranged in the motor vehicle and through which a drive for the adjustment of the adjustable component can be actuated. A target position selected from a plurality of target positions on the adjustment path of the adjustable component can be entered in the mobile communications device, and thereupon a corresponding actuating signal can be sent to the control unit wirelessly through the mobile communications device. The drive for adjusting the adjustable component to the selected target position can be actuated by the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Marian BOCHEN, Axel Knopp, Henri Becker
  • Publication number: 20150000199
    Abstract: A drive device comprises a housing pipe, a protection pipe, and a linear drive. The housing pipe and the protection pipe can be moved axially relative to each other in a telescopic manner. The housing pipe is arranged with the closed end thereof facing away from the protection pipe on a fixed base member or a movable component, and the protection pipe is arranged with the closed end thereof facing away from the housing pipe on the movable component or the base member. The linear drive is arranged in at least one of the housing pipe and the protection pipe, and configured to drive the housing pipe and the protection pipe such that the housing pipe and the protection pipe are axially movable relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Marc Missler, Axel Knopp, Jan Bochen
  • Patent number: 8579067
    Abstract: A gas spring with a center longitudinal axis including a cylinder includes a piston in the cylinder that divides the cylinder into a first cylinder chamber and a second cylinder chamber. A piston rod is arranged at the piston guided out of the cylinder at a second end opposite the first end. A connection element with a socket housing is arranged at each of the first end and the free end of the piston rod for receiving a ball head. At least one of the two socket housings comprises a ball socket with a longitudinal extension and a transverse dimension, the longitudinal extension is greater than the transverse dimension. A catch element having a spring tongue is arranged at the first end for insertion together with the catch element into a cover tube that locks into a recess associated with it in the cover tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Nadja Kaiser, Axel Knopp, Gerhard Stein, Jörg Wolf
  • Publication number: 20110290575
    Abstract: A gas spring with a center longitudinal axis including a cylinder includes a piston in the cylinder that divides the cylinder into a first cylinder chamber and a second cylinder chamber. A piston rod is arranged at the piston guided out of the cylinder at a second end opposite the first end. A connection element with a socket housing is arranged at each of the first end and the free end of the piston rod for receiving a ball head. At least one of the two socket housings comprises a ball socket with a longitudinal extension and a transverse dimension, the longitudinal extension is greater than the transverse dimension. A catch element having a spring tongue is arranged at the first end for insertion together with the catch element into a cover tube that locks into a recess associated with it in the cover tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Nadja Kaiser, Axel Knopp, Gerhard Stein, Jörg Wolf