Patents by Inventor Herbert Wicker

Herbert Wicker 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: 6519986
    Abstract: A locking device, in particular for a vehicle, having a rotary catch (1), which encloses a locking bolt (2) and can be arrested or released by a pawl (7), the pawl (7), via a lever which is connected to a grip via connecting elements, being actuable by the grip, which locking device is distinguished by the fact that the at least one lever is mounted about a fixed pivot (8), at least one grip acting on the lever, which is formed as an actuating lever (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventor: Herbert Wicker
  • Publication number: 20020157435
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking device, in particular for a vehicle, having a rotary catch (1), which encloses a locking bolt (2) and can be arrested or released by a pawl (7), the pawl (7), via a lever which is connected to a grip via connecting elements, being actuable by the grip, which locking device is distinguished by the fact that the at least one lever is mounting about a fixed pivot (8), at least one grip acting on the lever, which is designed as actuating lever (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 1999
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventor: HERBERT WICKER
  • Patent number: 6360718
    Abstract: A load adjustment apparatus for a final control element (4) which determines the power of an internal combustion engine and is arranged on an actuating shaft (2) has a torsion spring (18) which is stressed by a minimum-load gear between a minimum-load position and an emergency-running position and is stressed by an actuating gear (5) between a full-load position and the emergency-running position. The minimum-load gear has a dog (10) which can be pivoted in the same sense as a gearwheel (9) arranged on an intermediate gearwheel (8) and serves to take along one end (12) of the torsion spring (18), the end resting against a stop (13) in the emergency-running position. The torsion spring (18) loads the actuating part (4) and hence the actuating shaft (2) continuously into the emergency-running position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventor: Herbert Wicker