Patents by Inventor Christian Saxstetter
Christian Saxstetter 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).
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Patent number: 10808444Abstract: A spindle drive for an adjustment element of a motor vehicle is provided. The spindle drive has a drive unit and a spindle-spindle nut transmission arranged downstream of the drive unit in terms of drive for generating linear drive movements. The drive unit has a tubular drive unit housing and therein a drive motor. In some cases an intermediate transmission is arranged downstream of the drive motor in terms of drive. The drive unit and the spindle-spindle nut transmission are arranged one behind the other on the geometrical spindle axis, and a spindle drive housing is provided with a tubular inner housing and a tubular outer housing. The inner housing runs in a telescope-like manner in the outer housing. In some cases the outer housing of the spindle drive housing accommodates the drive unit with the drive unit housing and is connected to the drive unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, HallstadtInventors: Uwe Fischer, Christian Saxstetter, Robert Neundorf
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Patent number: 10119599Abstract: Disclosed herein is a spindle drive for an adjustable element of a motor vehicle, wherein a drive unit and a spindle/spindle nut mechanism arranged downstream of the drive unit in the drivetrain, for generating linear drive movements are provided, wherein the spindle/spindle nut mechanism has a spindle and a spindle nut meshing with the spindle, wherein the spindle drive has two drive portions which run telescopically inside one another during a motorized adjustment, wherein the spindle is assigned to one drive portion and the spindle nut is assigned to the other drive portion wherein the two drive portions are coupled in a torque-transmitting manner to provide an antitwist safeguard.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, HallstadtInventors: Uwe Fischer, Christian Saxstetter
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Patent number: 9791026Abstract: The invention concerns a spindle drive for the motorized adjustment of an adjusting element of a vehicle, comprising a drive motor with a motor shaft, a speed reduction gear mechanism, and a feed gear mechanism, the speed reduction gear mechanism having a planetary gear mechanism and the feed gear mechanism being designed as a spindle/spindle nut gear mechanism, the planetary gear mechanism having a rotatable sun gear and coaxially in relation thereto a rotatable planet-gear carrier and a fixed or fixable ring gear, and the planet-gear carrier carrying at least one rotatable planet gear, which is in axially parallel engagement with the sun gear on the one hand and the ring gear on the other hand, the drive motor, the speed reduction gear mechanism and the feed gear mechanism being accommodated one behind the other in a substantially elongate drive housing and aligned with a common longitudinal drive axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, HallstadtInventors: Christian Saxstetter, Alwin Macht, Andreas Diemar
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Publication number: 20170268276Abstract: A spindle drive for an adjustment element of a motor vehicle is provided. The spindle drive has a drive unit and a spindle-spindle nut transmission arranged downstream of the drive unit in terms of drive for generating linear drive movements. The drive unit has a tubular drive unit housing and therein a drive motor. In some cases an intermediate transmission is arranged downstream of the drive motor in terms of drive. The drive unit and the spindle-spindle nut transmission are arranged one behind the other on the geometrical spindle axis, and a spindle drive housing is provided with a tubular inner housing and a tubular outer housing. The inner housing runs in a telescope-like manner in the outer housing. In some cases the outer housing of the spindle drive housing accommodates the drive unit with the drive unit housing and is connected to the drive unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2017Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Uwe Fischer, Christian Saxstetter, Robert Neundorf
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Patent number: 9689188Abstract: A spindle drive for an adjustment element of a motor vehicle is provided. The spindle drive has a drive unit and a spindle-spindle nut transmission arranged downstream of the drive unit in terms of drive for generating linear drive movements. The drive unit has a tubular drive unit housing and therein a drive motor. In some cases an intermediate transmission is arranged downstream of the drive motor in terms of drive. The drive unit and the spindle-spindle nut transmission are arranged one behind the other on the geometrical spindle axis, and a spindle drive housing is provided with a tubular inner housing and a tubular outer housing. The inner housing runs in a telescope-like manner in the outer housing. In some cases the outer housing of the spindle drive housing accommodates the drive unit with the drive unit housing and is connected to the drive unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, HallstadtInventors: Uwe Fischer, Christian Saxstetter, Robert Neundorf
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Publication number: 20160153532Abstract: Disclosed herein is a spindle drive for an adjustable element of a motor vehicle, wherein a drive unit and a spindle/spindle nut mechanism arranged downstream of the drive unit in the drivetrain, for generating linear drive movements are provided, wherein the spindle/spindle nut mechanism has a spindle and a spindle nut meshing with the spindle, wherein the spindle drive has two drive portions which run telescopically inside one another during a motorized adjustment, wherein the spindle is assigned to one drive portion and the spindle nut is assigned to the other drive portion wherein the two drive portions are coupled in a torque-transmitting manner to provide an antitwist safeguard.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Uwe Fischer, Christian Saxstetter
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Patent number: 9272726Abstract: The invention relates to an adjustable safety steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one clamping device (100) which, for the purpose of fixing the length of the adjustable steering column (10), has a torsion spring (130) which clamps a casing tube (110) for a steering shaft (110) at a position that can be adjusted by way of releasing the torsion spring (130), the casing tube being inserted in the clamping device (100). At least in the vicinity of one end of the torsion spring (130) at least one stop element (141, 142, 143) is arranged, against which the torsion spring (130) strikes during an axial displacement (V) of the casing tube (110) which is directed toward the receiving tube, whereby the coil of the torsion spring (130) assumes an oblique position, which can be limited. An adjustable crash function is thus implemented.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, CoburgInventors: Linda Loffler, Sebastian Heinze, Christian Saxstetter
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Publication number: 20150240547Abstract: The invention relates to a spindle drive for an adjustment element of a motor vehicle, wherein a drive unit and a spindle-spindle nut transmission arranged downstream of the drive unit in terms of drive is provided for generating linear drive movements, wherein the drive unit has a tubular, preferably one-piece, drive unit housing and therein a drive motor and, where applicable, an intermediate transmission arranged downstream of the drive motor in terms of drive, wherein the drive unit and the spindle-spindle nut transmission are arranged one behind the other on the geometrical spindle axis, wherein a spindle drive housing is provided with a tubular inner housing and a tubular outer housing, wherein the inner housing runs in a telescope-like manner in the outer housing. It is proposed that the outer housing of the spindle drive housing accommodates the drive unit with the drive unit housing and is connected to the drive unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, HallstadtInventors: Uwe Fischer, Christian Saxstetter, Robert Neundorf
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Publication number: 20140230586Abstract: The invention concerns a spindle drive for the motorized adjustment of an adjusting element of a vehicle, comprising a drive motor with a motor shaft, a speed reduction gear mechanism, and a feed gear mechanism, the speed reduction gear mechanism having a planetary gear mechanism and the feed gear mechanism being designed as a spindle/spindle nut gear mechanism, the planetary gear mechanism having a rotatable sun gear and coaxially in relation thereto a rotatable planet-gear carrier and a fixed or fixable ring gear, and the planet-gear carrier carrying at least one rotatable planet gear, which is in axially parallel engagement with the sun gear on the one hand and the ring gear on the other hand, the drive motor, the speed reduction gear mechanism and the feed gear mechanism being accommodated one behind the other in a substantially elongate drive housing and aligned with a common longitudinal drive axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: August 21, 2014Inventors: Christian Saxstetter, Alwin Macht, Andreas Diemar
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Publication number: 20120304798Abstract: The invention relates to an adjustable safety steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one clamping device (100) which, for the purpose of fixing the length of the adjustable steering column (10), has a torsion spring (130) which clamps a casing tube (110) for a steering shaft (110) at a position that can be adjusted by way of releasing the torsion spring (130), the casing tube being inserted in the clamping device (100). At least in the vicinity of one end of the torsion spring (130) at least one stop element (141, 142, 143) is arranged, against which the torsion spring (130) strikes during an axial displacement (V) of the casing tube (110) which is directed toward the receiving tube, whereby the coil of the torsion spring (130) assumes an oblique position, which can be limited. An adjustable crash function is thus implemented.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2010Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KG, COBURGInventors: Linda Loffler, Sebastian Heinze, Christian Saxstetter