Patents by Inventor Gerhard Schelhorn

Gerhard Schelhorn 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: 7254880
    Abstract: During the positioning of a control device for controlling an electromechanical drive, contact elements, which are connected to the control device in a fixed manner, are positioned in relation to one or more openings in a connector collar. To position the control device, the latter is displaced into a predetermined position. The predetermined position is defined, for example, by a guide or a stop. The contact elements are a component of an electric and/or optical junction which connects the drive device to other functional units, for example to a door control device or a motor vehicle battery. To position the contact elements in the connector collar of a connecting element which lies on the side of the drive device in the junction, the contact elements are positioned in relation to openings in the connector collar by being displaced together with the control device into the predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeuqteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Volker Aab, Karl-Heinz Rosenthal, Reiner Kurzendoerfer, Herbert Becker, Gerhard Schelhorn
  • Patent number: 6917129
    Abstract: An electro-mechanical drive device for adjustment devices of a motor vehicle, more particularly for a window lifter, has a gearing with a gear housing, an electric motor mechanically connected to the gearing, a control device mounted in the gearing housing and having at least one power semi-conductor for controlling the electric motor, and means as a heat sink thermally coupled to the power semi-conductor to draw off the waste heat from the power semi-conductor. The means which as heat sink draws off the waste heat from the power semi-conductor is integrated in the gear housing. With the integration of the means for drawing off the waste heat into the gear housing it is possible for the means to undertake further mechanical or thermal functions extending beyond the function as heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG., Coburg
    Inventors: Herbert Becker, Gerhard Schelhorn, Volker Aab, Reiner Kurzendoarfer, Karl-Heinz Rosenthal
  • Publication number: 20040027013
    Abstract: During the positioning of a control device for controlling an electromechanical drive, contact elements, which are connected to the control device in a fixed manner, are positioned in relation to one or more openings in a connector collar. To position the control device, the latter is displaced into a predetermined position. The predetermined position is defined, for example, by a guide or a stop. The contact elements are a component of an electric and/or optical junction which connects the drive device to other functional units, for example to a door control device or a motor vehicle battery. To position the contact elements in the connector collar of a connecting element which lies on the side of the drive device in the junction, the contact elements are positioned in relation to openings in the connector collar by being displaced together with the control device into the predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Volker Aab, Karl-Heinz Rosenthal, Reiner Kurzendorfer, Herbert Becker, Gerhard Schelhorn
  • Publication number: 20030160526
    Abstract: An electro-mechanical drive device for adjustment devices of a motor vehicle, more particularly for a window lifter, has a gearing with a gear housing, an electric motor mechanically connected to the gearing, a control device mounted in the gearing housing and having at least one power semi-conductor for controlling the electric motor, and means as heat sink thermally coupled to the power semi-conductor to draw off the waste heat from the power semi-conductor. The means which as heat sink draws off the waste heat from the power semi-conductor is integrated in the gear housing. With the integration of the means for drawing off the waste heat into the gear housing it is possible for the means to undertake further mechanical or thermal functions extending beyond the function as heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Herbert Becker, Gerhard Schelhorn, Volker Aab, Reiner Kurzendoarfer, Karl-Heinz Rosenthal
  • Patent number: 5245258
    Abstract: An electric-motor-driven window operating system for installation in motor vehicle doors with a drive unit (2) arranged in a damp-proof housing (1) and connected to a rotation speed sensor (30) and controllable by an electronic control and regulating unit (4). The electronic control and regulating unit (4), the drive unit (2) and the rotation speed sensor (3; 30, 31, 32) are arranged in a common damp-proof housing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventors: Herbert Becker, Gerhard Jurgens, Klaus Wagner, Gerhard Schelhorn, Carsten Brandt, Bernd Freisleben, Reiner Kurzendorfer
  • Patent number: 4900960
    Abstract: An electric actuating bolt motor with a gear unit for use in a motor vehicle, the motor including a shaft rotatably supported in a motor housing and a toothed part arranged externally of the housing, and further including a bearing shield, an attachment flange and an aperture side wall which embraces the toothed part, the bearing shield also having an end wall in whose region a bearing area for the shaft is provided. The bearing shield prevents damage to the shaft and the toothed part of the actuating motor prior to its assembly with the gear unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventors: Herbert Becker, Gerhard Schelhorn, Claus Dallwig, Dieter Poschl, Hans J. Volk
  • Patent number: 4770056
    Abstract: A window-lifter drive unit for a cable-window lifter which includes a housing in which a worm gear as well as a cable drum taken along by the worm gear are provided between two mutually opposite wall parts. A bearing bolt 40 is supported with one end thereof in one of the two wall parts and at the other end thereof in the other wall part by way of a bearing bushing. The cable drum is retained at the outer circumference of the bearing bushing; a circumferential collar of the bearing bushing forms a securing member against pulling off the cable drum from the bearing bushing. Combined with a simple construction and low manufacturing costs, a partial unit including the worm gear as well as the bearing bolt can be separated without difficulty from a partial unit including the cable drum as well as the bearing bushing which facilitates assembly and repair work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Herbert Becker, Gerhard Schelhorn, Lueben Petrov
  • Patent number: 4428250
    Abstract: A device for driving a rope-like power transmission member for a window lifting mechanism, such as in a motor vehicle, includes a casing with a worm rotatably supported within the casing, a worm gear in the casing and in engagement with the worm and an electric motor driving the worm. A rope drum is positioned within the casing and a coupling part interconnects the drum and the worm gear. The casing has an opening for moving the rope out of the casing. A sealing plate is located between the worm gear and the coupling part and divides the interior of the casing into a first partial space containing the worm and worm gear and a second partial space containing the drum and the coupling part. The sealing plate is arranged in form-locking engagement with the worm gear and it has an annular area facing toward the drum which is in contact with an annular area on the inner surface of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1984
    Assignee: Metallwerk Max Brose GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Herbert Becker, Manfred Sunkel, Volker Grams, Gerhard Schelhorn
  • Patent number: 4367660
    Abstract: An electrical window lift drive especially for use in a motor vehicle, includes a drive housing, an electric motor attached to the housing having a shaft extending into the interior of the housing. A worm gear is mounted on the motor shaft for rotation thereby. A worm wheel is mounted for independent rotation coaxially with respect to a first portion of a bearing shaft inside the housing on a member intermediate the bearing shaft and the wheel. The bearing shaft is supported in the housing on both sides of the worm wheel and extends transversely of the motor shaft. The worm wheel meshes with and is driven by the worm gear. A drive member is mounted coaxially with respect to a second portion of the bearing shaft, and means are provided intermediate the worm gear and the drive member for transferring rotary motion of the worm gear to the drive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1983
    Assignee: Metallwerk Max Brose GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Herbert Becker, Gerhard Schelhorn, Manfred Sunkel