Patents by Inventor Brian SVEC

Brian SVEC 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).

  • Publication number: 20250109614
    Abstract: An angle-detecting door handle assembly comprises: a handle member; a four-bar link configured to move the handle member between at least retracted and presented positions relative to a door surface; a motor configured to actuate the four-bar link; a rotary sensor configured to detect an angle of the four-bar link throughout actuation and generate a signal corresponding to the detected angle; and a controller configured to control the motor based on the signal from the rotary sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Joris Aerts, Klaus Hofmockel, Brian Svec
  • Patent number: 12227972
    Abstract: An angle-detecting door handle assembly comprises: a handle member; a four-bar link configured to move the handle member between at least retracted and presented positions relative to a door surface; a motor configured to actuate the four-bar link; a rotary sensor configured to detect an angle of the four-bar link throughout actuation and generate a signal corresponding to the detected angle; and a controller configured to control the motor based on the signal from the rotary sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Joris Aerts, Klaus Hofmockel, Brian Svec
  • Patent number: 11866964
    Abstract: A door handle arrangement for a vehicle includes a housing which is fastenable to a body part of a vehicle body, and a handle lever which is mounted in a handle cutout of the housing so as to be movable between an inoperative position and an actuating position in order to unlock and/or open a vehicle door. The handle lever is mounted with play in the housing. At least one compensating element is provided which is designed to be fastened to at least one fastening portion of the body part. The compensating element forms at least one contact portion for the handle lever. The handle lever is pretensioned into its inoperative position against the at least one contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Zsolt Wilke, Matthias Seubert, Roland Och, Brian Svec
  • Publication number: 20210293060
    Abstract: An angle-detecting door handle assembly comprises: a handle member; a four-bar link configured to move the handle member between at least retracted and presented positions relative to a door surface; a motor configured to actuate the four-bar link; a rotary sensor configured to detect an angle of the four-bar link throughout actuation and generate a signal corresponding to the detected angle; and a controller configured to control the motor based on the signal from the rotary sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Joris AERTS, Klaus HOFMOCKEL, Brian SVEC
  • Publication number: 20170275930
    Abstract: An angle-detecting door handle assembly comprises: a handle member; a four-bar link configured to move the handle member between at least retracted and presented positions relative to a door surface; a motor configured to actuate the four-bar link; a rotary sensor configured to detect an angle of the four-bar link throughout actuation and generate a signal corresponding to the detected angle; and a controller configured to control the motor based on the signal from the rotary sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Joris AERTS, Klaus HOFMOCKEL, Brian SVEC