Patents by Inventor Hendrik Alfred Simeon DE VRIES

Hendrik Alfred Simeon DE VRIES 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: 11945368
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an adjustment device for adjusting an orientation of an external vision element of a vehicle about a first pivot axis and a second pivot axis. The adjustment device comprises a base for coupling to a vehicle; a frame pivotably coupled to the base about a first pivot axis and a second pivot axis; and a drive unit for driving the frame pivotally about the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis. The drive unit comprises a first electromotor connected to a first driven element for driving the frame in rotation about the first pivot axis, and a second electromotor connected to a second driven element for driving the frame in rotation about the second pivot axis. The second electromotor has a lower maximum power consumption compared to a maximum power consumption of the first electromotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Paulus Gerardus Maria Van Stiphout, Hendrik Alfred Simeon De Vries, Marinus Jacobus Maria Van Zuilen, Emiel Sebastiaan Janssen, Anne Catharina Martha Bekker, Tom Adriaan Jansen, Arie Anthony De Kan
  • Publication number: 20230158954
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an adjustment device for adjusting an orientation of an external vision element of a vehicle about a first pivot axis and a second pivot axis. The adjustment device comprises a base for coupling to a vehicle; a frame pivotably coupled to the base about a first pivot axis and a second pivot axis; and a drive unit for driving the frame pivotally about the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis. The drive unit comprises a first electromotor connected to a first driven element for driving the frame in rotation about the first pivot axis, and a second electromotor connected to a second driven element for driving the frame in rotation about the second pivot axis. The second electromotor has a lower maximum power consumption compared to a maximum power consumption of the first electromotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Paulus Gerardus Maria VAN STIPHOUT, Hendrik Alfred Simeon DE VRIES, Marinus Jacobus Maria VAN ZUILEN, Emiel Sebastiaan JANSSEN, Anne Catharina Martha BEKKER, Tom Adriaan JANSEN, Arie Anthony DE KAN
  • Patent number: 11192502
    Abstract: Fastening construction for fastening an adjustment instrument to a carrying frame of an exterior vision unit of a motor vehicle, comprising first mounting parts on a fixing part of the adjustment instrument and second mounting parts on the carrying frame, wherein the first and second mounting parts comprise blocking parts on the fixing part and the carrying frame respectively, which in a first position can pass each other upon insertion of the parts into each other in an insert direction, and which by movement in a plane transverse to the insert direction are brought to a second position in which the blocking means cooperate and cannot pass each other upon movement opposite to the insert direction, and wherein furthermore there is provided a spring part which in mounted condition biases the first and second mounting parts against each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: MCi (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Paulus Gerardus Maria Van Stiphout, Stephen Alexander George Gustavo Boom, Evelyne Leontine Salters, Hendrik Alfred Simeon De Vries, Stefan Fritz Brouwer
  • Publication number: 20190071017
    Abstract: Fastening construction for fastening an adjustment instrument to a carrying frame of an exterior vision unit of a motor vehicle, comprising first mounting parts on a fixing part of the adjustment instrument and second mounting parts on the carrying frame, wherein the first and second mounting parts comprise blocking parts on the fixing part and the carrying frame respectively, which in a first position can pass each other upon insertion of the parts into each other in an insert direction, and which by movement in a plane transverse to the insert direction are brought to a second position in which the blocking means cooperate and cannot pass each other upon movement opposite to the insert direction, and wherein furthermore there is provided a spring part which in mounted condition biases the first and second mounting parts against each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: MCi (Mirror Controls International) NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Paulus Gerardus Maria VAN STIPHOUT, Stephen Alexander George Gustavo BOOM, Evelyne Leontine SALTERS, Hendrik Alfred Simeon DE VRIES, Stefan Fritz BROUWER