Patents by Inventor Daniel Schnapp

Daniel Schnapp 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: 20260234981
    Abstract: An assembly for producing a door drive device for adjusting a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body comprises a motor having a motor shaft rotatable about a motor axis, a transmission having at least one gear wheel, a housing assembly to which the motor can be connected, a spindle rotatable about a longitudinal axis, a push rod, and an adapter element for connecting the door drive device to the vehicle door or the vehicle body. The housing assembly for mounting the door drive device can be connected to the adapter element. In a pre-assembly state, the housing assembly can be connected to the adapter element in different positions rotated relative to each other about the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2026
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Daniel SCHNAPP, Tobias GAGEL
  • Publication number: 20260233588
    Abstract: comprises a motor, a transmission, and a spindle rotatable about a longitudinal axis, wherein the motor is operatively connected to the spindle via the transmission and the spindle can be driven by the motor to rotate about the longitudinal axis. A spindle nut element has a threaded connection with the spindle, such that, by rotating the spindle, the spindle nut element can be moved along an adjustment direction oriented along the longitudinal axis relative to the spindle. A guide rail serves to guide the spindle nut element during movement along the adjustment direction. The guide rail is formed in a sheet metal bending process and has a profile that is circumferentially closed around the adjustment direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2026
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Tobias GAGEL, Daniel SCHNAPP
  • Publication number: 20250385631
    Abstract: It is provided an adjustment system for a vehicle, comprising an adjustment element adjustable along two mutually opposite adjustment directions, an adjustment drive with at least one electric drive motor for generating a drive force for adjusting the adjustment element, and an electronic control unit for controlling the drive motor by specifying a motor current for generating the drive force in a height required for an adjustment operation, wherein via the electronic control unit at least one control variable is specified for setting the motor current. The control variable is based on a torque constant for the electric drive motor and an efficiency parameter characterizing the efficiency of the adjustment drive, which in the regular operation of the adjustment system can be updated via an adaptation routine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Inventors: Maximilian Kunzelmann, Daniel Schnapp, Daniel Steiner, Matthias Geier
  • Patent number: 12467306
    Abstract: A door drive apparatus for adjusting a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body including an adjustment part for power transmission between the vehicle door and the vehicle body, a drive motor and a gear assembly coupling the drive motor to the adjustment part. The gear assembly includes a guide rail and a sliding element guided longitudinally on the guide rail along an adjustment direction, which is adjustable by the drive motor and is coupled to the adjustment part, and the guide rail includes two legs extended parallel to each other along the adjustment direction and the sliding element is guided between the legs along the adjustment direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Daniel Schnapp, Tobias Gagel, Melanie Angermüller
  • Publication number: 20240352780
    Abstract: It is provided a door drive device for adjusting a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body comprising an adjustment part, which can be adjusted in an adjustment direction, for transmitting force between the vehicle door and the vehicle body, a drive motor, a gear assembly which couples the drive motor to the adjustment part, and a gear housing which at least partially encloses the gear assembly. An adapter element is connected to the gear housing for fastening the door drive device to the vehicle door or the vehicle body. A sensor apparatus is used to determine a measured value which indicates a force between the vehicle door and the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Martin JANNECK, Nadja BECKER, Tobias GAGEL, Daniel SCHNAPP, Matthias GEIER, Maximilian KUNZELMANN
  • Publication number: 20230109746
    Abstract: A drive arrangement configured to provide motorized adjustment of an adjusting element of a motor vehicle and including a motor, a driveshaft extending from the motor, an output shaft, a spindle configured to translate to adjust the adjusting element, a coupling configured to selectively couple and decouple the spindle from the motor, the coupling, a housing, and a sensor. The coupling including a coupling element configured to generate a signal indicative of rotation angle of the coupling element. The coupling, the output shaft and at least a portion of the driveshaft disposed in the housing. The sensor disposed in the housing and configured to detect the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Melanie ANGERMÜLLER, Nils HANNEMANN, Daniel SCHNAPP, Johannes BARTOSCHEK
  • Publication number: 20230102545
    Abstract: A drive assembly for motorized adjustment of an adjusting element of a motor vehicle. The drive assembly includes a drive having a rotational motor unit and a feed gearing drivingly arranged downstream of the motor unit for generating drive movements along a feed gearing axis in first and second adjusting directions, the drive includes a clutch having a first clutch element, rotationally fixed to a driveshaft of the drive, and a second clutch element, rotationally fixed to an output shaft of the drive, in a state in which they are drivingly coupled to one another, the clutch elements transmit rotational movements from the driveshaft to the output shaft, to generate the drive movements of the feed gearing. The clutch is designed as a curved tooth coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Melanie ANGERMÜLLER, Nils HANNEMANN, Daniel SCHNAPP, Johannes BARTOSCHEK, Lars KLIMENTEW
  • Publication number: 20220307314
    Abstract: A door drive apparatus for adjusting a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body including an adjustment part for power transmission between the vehicle door and the vehicle body, a drive motor and a gear assembly coupling the drive motor to the adjustment part. The gear assembly includes a guide rail and a sliding element guided longitudinally on the guide rail along an adjustment direction, which is adjustable by the drive motor and is coupled to the adjustment part, and the guide rail includes two legs extended parallel to each other along the adjustment direction and the sliding element is guided between the legs along the adjustment direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Daniel SCHNAPP, Tobias GAGEL, Melanie ANGERMÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20190284862
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a linear unit for a flap arrangement with a flap, and a closed position, wherein the linear unit has two drive connections which are coupled to each other via a gearing and are adjustable relative to each other along a geometrical linear axis, wherein the linear unit has a helical spring arrangement, wherein the helical spring arrangement has a first spring element which is configured as a helical spring and a second spring element which is configured as a helical spring, with which helical springs the two drive connections can be pretensioned against each other, wherein the second spring element is oriented coaxially with respect to the first spring element with regard to a geometrical spring axis. It is proposed that the spring wire at one end of the second spring element forms a supporting portion via which the first spring element secures the second spring element axially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Buchheim, Uwe Fischer, Daniel Schnapp, Nadja Rehm