Patents by Inventor Hans-Jürgen Burger

Hans-Jürgen Burger 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: 20180363773
    Abstract: A control lever for a vehicle includes a lever shaft, a knob and a locking element for locking the knob on the lever shaft. The lever shaft defines a longitudinal axis. The knob has an axially extending recess in which a tip of the lever shaft is fittingly received. The lever shaft has a shoulder which faces away from the tip. The locking element has at least one leg which is elastically held in a first position overlapping the shoulder and which is connected to the knob so as to be displaceable in a first radial direction from the first position to an second position in which the leg and the shoulder do not overlap each other. The locking element further has an actuation section for controlling the displacement of the leg, which is accessible on an outer side of the knob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Yogesh Sadashiv Nirgude, Hans-Juergen Burger
  • Publication number: 20130291675
    Abstract: Disclosed is a shift lever for a transmission of a motor vehicle, wherein the shift lever comprises a blocking device, which can be brought from a blocking position into a release position via an active element arranged on an actuating device, wherein the active element comprises an engagement lug, which can be engaged in a latching hook arranged on the blocking device, wherein the active element is supported at the back on a rear wall located opposite the latching hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen BURGER, Sven FLORENZ
  • Patent number: 8402858
    Abstract: A gearshift device for a change-speed gearbox of a motor vehicle, includes, but is not limited to a gearshift lever guided movably between positions corresponding to different gears, on which a locking member is displaceable between a locking position in a first degree of freedom in which it blocks any movement of the gearshift lever from a forward gear position into a reverse gear position, and a release position in a first degree of freedom in which it allows movement from the forward gear position into the reverse gear position. The locking member on the gearshift lever is movable in a second degree of freedom between a normal position in which movement between release position and locking position is possible and an alignment position in which it fixes the gearshift lever free from play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Burger, Thorsten Hahn, Axel Geiberger
  • Publication number: 20100199794
    Abstract: A resilient shifting force transmitting device for a manual gear shift apparatus has a spring rate which is variable according to the amount of deformation. Specifically, the device has a first, high spring rate at a first, low deformation and a second, low spring rate at a second, high deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Mikael B. Mohlin, Hans-Juergen Burger, Thorsten Hahn, Axel Geiberger, Udo Pfaff
  • Publication number: 20100024585
    Abstract: A gearshift device for a change-speed gearbox of a motor vehicle, includes, but is not limited to a gearshift lever guided movably between positions corresponding to different gears, on which a locking member is displaceable between a locking position in a first degree of freedom in which it blocks any movement of the gearshift lever from a forward gear position into a reverse gear position, and a release position in a first degree of freedom in which it allows movement from the forward gear position into the reverse gear position. The locking member on the gearshift lever is movable in a second degree of freedom between a normal position in which movement between release position and locking position is possible and an alignment position in which it fixes the gearshift lever free from play.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen BURGER, Thorsten HAHN, Axel GEIBERGER