Patents by Inventor Dirk Bunselmeier

Dirk Bunselmeier 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: 7900532
    Abstract: An electric shifting device for a vehicle includes a shift lever, a gate channel, and a detent device. The detent device has a spring-loaded pin and a detent contour cooperating therewith. The detent contour includes first and second paths and a connection path therebetween. The detent contour is movable relative to the channel between a first position in which the first path is aligned with the channel and a second position in which the second path is aligned with the channel. The lever is connected to the pin such that the lever is movable within the channel along the first path when the detent contour is in the first position and within the channel along the second path when the detent contour is in the second position and such that the lever is movable along the connection path between the paths when the detent contour moves between the positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Abel, Ralf Boebel, Martin Deitmerg, Thomas Luksch, Knut Moldenhauer, Frank Blaesing, Dirk Bunselmeier, Klaus Hirschfeld, Bjorn Mans, Ralf Winkelmann, Michael Bleckmann, Rainer Buehlmann, Martin Kunze, Peter Molkow
  • Publication number: 20090320634
    Abstract: An electric shifting device for a vehicle includes a shift lever, a gate channel, and a detent device. The detent device has a spring-loaded pin and a detent contour cooperating therewith. The detent contour includes first and second paths and a connection path therebetween. The detent contour is movable relative to the channel between a first position in which the first path is aligned with the channel and a second position in which the second path is aligned with the channel. The lever is connected to the pin such that the lever is movable within the channel along the first path when the detent contour is in the first position and within the channel along the second path when the detent contour is in the second position and such that the lever is movable along the connection path between the paths when the detent contour moves between the positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: LEOPOLD KOSTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Abel, Ralf Boebel, Martin Deitmerg, Thomas Luksch, Knut Moldenhauer, Frank Blaesing, Dirk Bunselmeier, Klaus Hirschfeld, Bjorn Mans, Ralf Winkelmann, Michael Bleckmann, Rainer Buehlmann, Martin Kunze, Peter Molkow
  • Patent number: 6364676
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for transmitting energy which essentially consists of a housing comprising a stator unit and a rotor unit, and of at least one flexible line accommodated inside an annular cavity of the housing. The aim of the invention is to create a device which, with a simple design, reduces, to a minimum, relative movements with contacting application between the housing and the at least one flexible line accommodated in the annular cavity. To this end, the housing consists of a stator bottom part comprising the outer wall and a first bottom wall area, and of a stator top part comprising a first cover wall area. The housing also consists of a rotor bottom part comprising the inner wall and a second bottom wall area, and of a rotor top part comprising a second cover wall area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dirk Bunselmeier, Maik Frenzel
  • Publication number: 20010044229
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for transmitting energy which essentially consists of a housing comprising a stator unit and a rotor unit, and of at least one flexible line accommodated inside an annular cavity of the housing. The aim of the invention is to create a device which, with a simple design, reduces, to a minimum, relative movements with contacting application between the housing and the at least one flexible line accommodated in the annular cavity. To this end, the housing consists of a stator bottom part comprising the outer wall and a first bottom wall area, and of a stator top part comprising a first cover wall area. The housing also consists of a rotor bottom part comprising the inner wall and a second bottom wall area, and of a rotor top part comprising a second cover wall area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Applicant: Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dirk Bunselmeier, Maik Frenzel
  • Patent number: 6248993
    Abstract: A steering angle sensor for determining the absolute angle position of a steering wheel of a motor vehicle includes a first sensor unit (4, 12). The first sensor unit (4,12) detects the steering angle position within an angle segment of the entire rotational range of the steering wheel. The first sensor unit (4,12) has a rotor (12) coupled to the rotational movement of the steering wheel. The steering angle sensor further includes a second sensor unit (3,11) for detecting the steering angle position within an angle segment of the entire rotational range of the steering wheel. The second sensor unit (3,11) includes a rotor (11) coupled in a geared manner to the rotational movement of rotor (12) such that the rotors (11,12) have slightly different rotational speeds while the steering wheel is moving. The steering angle position is determined from a measurement value detected by the first sensor unit (3,11) and a measurement value detected by the second sensor unit (4,12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2001
    Assignee: Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dirk Bunselmeier, Kersten Rimke, Klaus Hinteresch, Frank Blasing