Patents by Inventor Daniel Foerst

Daniel Foerst 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: 12473757
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lock for a flap of a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle lock is equipped with a lock catch for engaging with a closing part in a holding manner and a pawl which is paired with the lock catch and which locks an opening of the lock catch in the lowered position and releases the lock catch in a raised position, wherein the motor vehicle lock has an electric closing drive and a control assembly, wherein the control assembly actuates the closing drive in a closing routine so as to move the lock catch in the closing direction from a starting position. The control assembly actuates the closing drive in the closing routine so as to move the lock catch from the starting position into a delay position in order to carry out a delay action and then move the lock catch into the main closing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Daniel Foerst, Thomas Salhoff, Norbert Hess, Jakub Stasko
  • Publication number: 20250314113
    Abstract: A method for operating an electric motor door drive of a motor vehicle. A door is driven by an electric motor, with a collision protection sensor. During an adjustment of the door in an adjustment direction, the door is stopped at a predetermined distance from an object that is detected by the collision protection sensor and is present at a position in an adjustment area. The door is moved once again in the adjustment direction when the object is no longer detected and the position is in a middle area of a detection range of the collision protection sensor. An electric motor door drive is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2025
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Daniel FOERST, Andreas LAPPE, Moritz SOMMERMANN
  • Publication number: 20240183203
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lock for a flap of a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle lock is equipped with a lock catch for engaging with a closing part in a holding manner and a pawl which is paired with the lock catch and which locks an opening of the lock catch in the lowered position and releases the lock catch in a raised position, wherein the motor vehicle lock has an electric closing drive and a control assembly, wherein the control assembly actuates the closing drive in a closing routine so as to move the lock catch in the closing direction from a starting position. The control assembly actuates the closing drive in the closing routine so as to move the lock catch from the starting position into a delay position in order to carry out a delay action and then move the lock catch into the main closing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Foerst, Thomas Salhoff, Norbert Hess, Jakub Stasko