Patents by Inventor Erik Langmann

Erik Langmann 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: 8701347
    Abstract: A carrier for connection of a window pane to a window lift of a motor vehicle comprises guiding claws spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of a guide rail of the window lift for guiding the carrier on the guide rail. The carrier includes a window pane holder for connecting the window pane with the carrier and an adjusting device for adjusting the position and/or orientation of the window pane with respect to the guide rail. To ensure an exact bearing of the window pane on an associated sealing contour on a motor vehicle body with simple constructive means, little mounting effort and few components, at least one guiding claw is adjustable in a direction vertical to the longitudinal extension of the guide rail or in longitudinal extension of the guide rail and vertical to the longitudinal extension of the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Klaus Hampel, Juergen Knorr, Erik Langmann, Michael Rattei
  • Publication number: 20100325962
    Abstract: A carrier for connection of a window pane to a window lift of a motor vehicle comprises guiding claws spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of a guide rail of the window lift for guiding the carrier on the guide rail. The carrier includes a window pane holder for connecting the window pane with the carrier and an adjusting device for adjusting the position and/or orientation of the window pane with respect to the guide rail. To ensure an exact bearing of the window pane on an associated sealing contour on a motor vehicle body with simple constructive means, little mounting effort and few components, at least one guiding claw is adjustable in a direction vertical to the longitudinal extension of the guide rail or in longitudinal extension of the guide rail and vertical to the longitudinal extension of the guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Klaus Hampel, Juergen Knorr, Erik Langmann, Michael Rattei
  • Patent number: 6152646
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for fixing a plastic housing of an adjuster device for motor vehicles at a fastening point formed by a through hole in a supporting part of the vehicle body. A second plastic housing is mounted on the side of the through hole remote from the plastic housing whereby one of the two plastic housings has a stud which projects through the through hole into the recess with which the other of the two plastic housings is provided and which encloses the stud and whereby the two plastic housings are connected together so that the supporting part is clamped in between same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Ralf Muller-Blech, Erik Langmann, Christoph Buchta, Ottmar Hutter, Thomas Frobig
  • Patent number: 5729930
    Abstract: An arrangement for connecting a window regulator to a movable window of a motor vehicle, using a hole in the window, in which an external expandable or spreadable insertion part rests, whose length corresponds essentially to the thickness of the window, and an internal insertion part connected with a basic part. The internal part can act on the external insertion part by expanding or spreading, whereby a tension- and/or form-fitting engagement with the contour of the hole in the window is produced, and is characterized in that the external insertion part has a slot-shaped opening, in which the internal insertion part rests movably in the assembly position at least until the internal insertion part is braced with the external insertion part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerhard Schust, Erik Langmann
  • Patent number: 5515651
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for fastening a window of a motor vehicle in the guide device of a window lifter, consisting of retaining legs disposed on opposite sides of the lower area of the window, at least one of said retaining legs having an opening which can be engaged by a connecting element for retaining the window, wherein at least one upper part of at least one retaining leg is embodied to be resilient and supports an insertion section oriented in the direction of the lower edge of the window and essentially extending parallel with it. One feature of the invention is that the opening can comprise two cutouts, instead of one, in order to reduce the number of variations of catches required for use with window lifters. Another feature of the invention is that a connecting element for retaining the window in the guide device of a window lifter is already connected with the window prior to the window's insertion into the gap between the retaining legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 14, 1996
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerhard Hofmann, Bernd Munekhoff, Georg Scheck, Carsten Brandt, Adrian Geiger, Erik Langmann