Patents by Inventor Frank Rode

Frank Rode 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: 20050146145
    Abstract: Handle, suitable for a motor vehicle door, having a visible and a grip part (1) and a plurality of functional parts, which functional parts comprise a handle pivot bearing (9, 9?) and an electronic component (8; 18, 19), the functional parts being plugged together with the grip part (1), and wherein the electronic component is positioned in a cavity (7) of the grip part (1) and has a plug (12) disposed in a region of the pivot bearing; wherein the electronic component (8; 18, 19), which is fixedly connected to the plug (12), is plugged into the handle cavity (7) through a pivot-bearing-side opening of the grip part (1), and this opening is closed by a functional part forming the handle pivot bearing (9, 9?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Matthias Koch, Gerrit Kirsch, Ralf Hohn, Frank Rode, Dirk Muhlhaus