Patents by Inventor Dirk Wilms

Dirk Wilms 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).

  • Motor vehicle door lock
    Patent number: 8840154
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock having a locking device (4, 5, 6), at least one actuating element (7) and a catch (1, 2), and having a coupling unit (8) between the actuating element (7) and the catch (1, 2), in which the locking device (4, 5, 6) when in the “locked” position can be unlocked by a first traveling movement (unlocking traveling movement) of the actuating element (7) and the catch (1, 2) can be opened by a second traveling movement (opening traveling movement) of the actuating element (7), wherein the locking device (4, 5, 6) has a drive element (4) which acts directly upon the coupling unit (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Kiekert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dirk Wilms, Frank Kunst
  • MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK
    Publication number: 20100236300
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock having a locking device (4, 5, 6), at least one actuating element (7) and a catch (1, 2), and having a coupling unit (8) between the actuating element (7) and the catch (1, 2), in which the locking device (4, 5, 6) when in the “locked” position can be unlocked by a first traveling movement (unlocking traveling movement) of the actuating element (7) and the catch (1, 2) can be opened by a second traveling movement (opening traveling movement) of the actuating element (7), wherein the locking device (4, 5, 6) has a drive element (4) which acts directly upon the coupling unit (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: KIEKERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Dirk Wilms, Frank Kunst