Patents by Inventor Helmut Bentivoglio

Helmut Bentivoglio 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).

  • Actuator for release devices of vehicles, preferably motor vehicles
    Patent number: 6794767
    Abstract: An actuator for a release device of a motor vehicle has a control acting on the release device and at least one actuator element sending a signal wireless to the control for triggering a release action of the release device. The actuator element is a momentary-contact pushbutton and is part of a passive receiver. The passive receiver has a passive antenna arranged in a resonance circuit that is closed by actuating the actuator element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Helmut Bentivoglio
  • Automotive interior mirror module with proximity switch
    Publication number: 20040165397
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switching device for at least one switching function on the housing or base of an automotive interior mirror module. To this end, at least one sensor or a sensor array is arranged on the housing or base of the automotive interior mirror module. The sensor or sensor array, in combination with internal or external evaluation electronics, initiates at least one switching process based on the approach of a nonmetallic object as a switching element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Helmut Bentivoglio, Volker Zipf
  • Actuator for release devices of vehicles, preferably motor vehicles
    Publication number: 20020162408
    Abstract: An actuator for a release device of a motor vehicle has a control acting on the release device and at least one actuator element sending a signal wireless to the control for triggering a release action of the release device. The actuator element is a momentary-contact pushbutton and is part of a passive receiver. The passive receiver has a passive antenna arranged in a resonance circuit that is closed by actuating the actuator element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Helmut Bentivoglio