Patents by Inventor Carsten Fuchs

Carsten Fuchs 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: 20240093539
    Abstract: A plastic housing for a motor vehicle component and to a method for mounting a motor vehicle component having a plastic housing, a housing opening closed by at least one plastic film and a mechanism arranged in an interior of the housing, in which the mechanism is mounted, the housing is then closed and the mechanism is subsequently actuated through the housing opening, and in which the housing opening is sealed again after the actuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: KIEKERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Carsten FUCHS, Armin HANDKE, Matthias OCHTROP, Andreas SOHLBACH
  • Patent number: 11920384
    Abstract: A lock for a motor vehicle, in particular a side door lock, comprising a locking mechanism having a rotary latch and at least one locking pawl, an actuating level chain with at least one actuating level and a release lever, wherein a blocked locking mechanism can be unblocked by means of the release lever, and a coupling element between the actuating lever and release lever, wherein the coupling element can be actuated by means of a mass inertia element which is mounted in the motor vehicle lock, and wherein the mass inertia element can be stored in the motor vehicle lock by means of a plastic mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Carsten Fuchs, Armin Handke, Johannes Nowak
  • Publication number: 20230074045
    Abstract: An electrically actuatable motor vehicle lock comprising: a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least one pawl, a release lever, the release lever interacting with the locking mechanism in such a way that a locked locking mechanism can be unlocked, an electric drive unit, the release lever being actuatable at least by means of the drive unit and the drive unit having at least one control element for actuating the release lever, and the motor vehicle lock having a means for manually resetting the actuated release lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventor: Carsten FUCHS
  • Publication number: 20230014292
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lock, in particular an electrically actuatable motor vehicle lock, comprising a locking mechanism having a rotary latch and at least one pawl, a release lever, wherein the release lever can be actuated by means of an electric drive unit and at least one manually actuatable actuating lever, and wherein the release lever interacts with the locking mechanism in such a way that a blocked locking mechanism can be unblocked, and a locking unit, wherein manual unblocking of the locking mechanism can be prevented by means of the locking unit, and wherein simultaneous locking of the actuating lever and unblocking of the locking mechanism can be made possible by means of the drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Carsten FUCHS
  • Patent number: 11536056
    Abstract: A locking device for a motor vehicle comprising an actuator, a lock with a locking mechanism, comprising a rotary latch and at least one pawl, the actuator and the lock can be interconnected by a Bowden cable and the Bowden cable has provision for actively blocking a force transmitted by the Bowden cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Carsten Fuchs
  • Patent number: 11519201
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock, comprising a locking mechanism, which essentially consists of a rotary latch and a pawl, and further comprising an actuation lever mechanism acting on the locking mechanism, and an inertia element. Said inertia element, during normal operation, follows a movement of the actuation lever mechanism. At high accelerations, for example in the event of a crash, the inertia element blocks the actuation lever mechanism acting on the locking mechanism. According to the invention, an elastic damping element is connected to the actuation lever mechanism. Said damping element abuts the inertia element at least in the event of a crash for the purpose of damping vibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Carsten Fuchs, Dirk Eichel
  • Publication number: 20220286010
    Abstract: A drive unit for motor vehicle applications, in particular to a locking system drive unit. The latter has an enclosure consisting substantially of a housing and cover. In addition, an electric motor is realized inside the enclosure. The electric motor is receiving with its two motor bearings in associated cutouts in the housing and is fixed by joining together the housing and the cover. According to the invention, the housing and/or the cover have/has fixing anchors in a central region that are arranged on both sides of the cutouts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Stephan MEUTERS, Thomas HÜLSMANN, Carsten FUCHS
  • Patent number: 11346283
    Abstract: The proposed solution concerns in particular an engine assembly with a casing part extending along a central axis, at least one cover part which at least partially covers an outside of the casing part, and for this, in relation to the central axis, extends along a circumferential direction which points along a circular path around the central axis, and at least one connecting element via which the at least one cover part is fixed relative to the casing part and which compensates for different thermal expansions of the casing part and the at least one cover part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Uwe Dickert, Carsten Fuchs, Robert Thies
  • Patent number: 11274474
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide a lock for a motor vehicle, whereby the accidental opening of said lock is prevented. To achieve this aim, a lock comprises a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and a locking pawl for arresting the rotary latch in a latch position. In order to open the lock with minimum effort, an electric drive (1) is provided by means of which drive the locking pawl can be moved directly or indirectly out of its locking position. The lock is further provided with a movable blocking pawl (2), which can impede the electric drive (1) from opening the lock. For the locking mechanism to be electrically opened, the blocking pawl (2) needs to be moved out of its blocking position and the electric drive (1) needs be to actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Carsten Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20210246692
    Abstract: A motor vehicle, in particular a side door lock, comprising a locking mechanism leaving a rotary latch and at least one locking pawl, an actuating lever chain with at least one actuating lever and a release lever, wherein a blocked locking mechanism can be unblocked by means of the release lever, and a coupling element between the actuating lever and the release lever, wherein the coupling element can be actuated by means of a mass inertia element which is mounted in the motor vehicle lock, and wherein the mass inertia element can be stored in the motor vehicle lock by means of a plastic mandrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Carsten FUCHS, Johannes NOWAK
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20210032910
    Abstract: A lock for a motor vehicle, in particular a side door lock, comprising a locking mechanism having a rotary latch and at least one locking pawl, an actuating level chain with at least one actuating level and a release lever, wherein a blocked locking mechanism can be unblocked by means of the release lever, and a coupling element between the actuating lever and release lever, wherein the coupling element can be actuated by means of a mass inertia element which is mounted in the motor vehicle lock, and wherein the mass inertia element can be stored in the motor vehicle lock by means of a plastic mandrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Carsten FUCHS, Armin HANDKE, Johannes NOWAK
  • Patent number: 10858868
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a ratchet mechanism, at least one actuation lever for triggering the ratchet mechanism and a ratchet lever that is pivotable about an axis. The ratchet lever renders the ratchet mechanism ineffective, at least with regard to the magnitude and direction of occurring retarding forces, for example in the event of an accident (“in the event of a crash”). According to the invention the ratchet lever is mounted eccentrically on the axis thereof and thereby produces in dependence of the occurring retarding forces a counter-torque that blocks the actuation lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Kiekert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Klaus Gotzen, Carsten Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20200263608
    Abstract: The proposed solution concerns in particular an engine assembly with a casing part extending along a central axis, at least one cover part which at least partially covers an outside of the casing part, and for this, in relation to the central axis, extends along a circumferential direction which points along a circular path around the central axis, and at least one connecting element via which the at least one cover part is fixed relative to the casing part and which compensates for different thermal expansions of the casing part and the at least one cover part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Uwe DICKERT, Carsten FUCHS, Robert THIES
  • Patent number: 10662681
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide a locking mechanism for a lock, which can be opened quietly. To achieve this aim, a lock is proposed comprising a locking mechanism with a rotary latch, a locking pawl for locking the rotary latch in a detent position and a braking pawl which initially can brake a rotary motion of the rotary latch that occurs after or during a movement of the locking pawl out of its detent position. Opening sounds can be reduced by means of this initial braking action. The lock also comprises a driving dog mechanism with a translatory action that can lift the braking pawl out of its braking position. This ensures that the braking pawl is moved out of its braking position in a reliable manner so that the lock can be opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Carsten Fuchs, Pavol Sedlar
  • Publication number: 20200056404
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock, comprising a locking mechanism, which essentially consists of a rotary latch and a pawl, and further comprising an actuation lever mechanism acting on the locking mechanism, and an inertia element. Said inertia element, during normal operation, follows a movement of the actuation lever mechanism. At high accelerations, for example in the event of a crash, the inertia element blocks the actuation lever mechanism acting on the locking mechanism. According to the invention, an elastic damping element is connected to the actuation lever mechanism. Said damping element abuts the inertia element at least in the event of a crash for the purpose of damping vibrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Carsten Fuchs, Dirk Eichel
  • Patent number: 10557289
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lock, in particular for a door or opening element of a motor vehicle. In order to avoid the unplanned opening of the lock in the event of a crash, the invention proposes a lock with a locking mechanism comprising a rotary latch, a pawl for locking the rotary latch in a detent position, preferably a blocking lever for blocking the pawl in the detent position and a release lever for opening the locking mechanism, in particular by lifting the blocking lever out of the blocking position. The lock is provided with a rotation-lock device, by means of which an opening process of the locking mechanism caused by momentum or an impact can be prevented or blocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Kiekert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hendrik Wahmann, Carsten Fuchs, Dirk Eichel
  • Publication number: 20190234116
    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: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Carsten Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20190178011
    Abstract: A locking device for a motor vehicle comprising an actuator, a lock with a locking mechanism, comprising a rotary latch and at least one pawl, the actuator and the lock can be interconnected by a Bowden cable and the Bowden cable has provision for actively blocking a force transmitted by the Bowden cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Carsten Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20190024422
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for opening (1) a door or flap on a motor vehicle (8), in particular a door handle for a motor vehicle (8), having a grip part (2), wherein the grip part (2) is accommodated so as to be movable on one side, a means for detection (2) of the movement of the grip part (2), and a means for limiting the movement (3) of the grip part (2), wherein the means for limiting the movement (3) of the grip part (2) is movable out of the engagement region of the grip part (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: Ömer INAN, Carsten FUCHS, Uwe REDDMANN, Johannes Theodor MENKE