Patents by Inventor Frank Heinisch

Frank Heinisch 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).

  • Vehicle door arrangement
    Patent number: 8684445
    Abstract: A vehicle door arrangement having a vehicle door for closing a door opening in a bodywork of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, and having a pivoting device, which comprises a carrier arm bearing the weight of the vehicle door and at least one guide arm controlling the movement of the vehicle door, wherein the carrier arm and the guide arm are of the same length and are arranged pivotally mounted on the vehicle door and the bodywork in such a way that the arms form a parallelogram. The support arm is pivotally mounted level with a horizontal bodywork section defining a lower limit of the door opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Thomas Ellinghaus, Frank Heinisch
  • VEHICLE DOOR ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20120272578
    Abstract: A vehicle door arrangement having a vehicle door for closing a door opening in a bodywork of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, and having a pivoting device, which comprises a carrier arm bearing the weight of the vehicle door and at least one guide arm controlling the movement of the vehicle door, wherein the carrier arm and the guide arm are of the same length and are arranged pivotally mounted on the vehicle door and the bodywork in such a way that the arms form a parallelogram. The support arm is pivotally mounted level with a horizontal bodywork section defining a lower limit of the door opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas ELLINGHAUS, Frank Heinisch