Patents by Inventor Holger Kleine-Hollenhorst

Holger Kleine-Hollenhorst 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: 11756753
    Abstract: The operating device for a vehicle is provided with a housing having a front wall. At least one operating element is arranged on the front wall and can be manually actuated starting from a rest position for the purpose of entering a command or activating a function. The operating element is associated with a switch having a switching member on which the operating key acts during manual operation. Furthermore, a support element is arranged in the housing at a distance from the operating element, on which support element the switch associated with the operating element is arranged, the support element having a bending bar with an upper side facing the operating element and a lower side facing away from the upper side, and the switch being arranged on the bending bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Kleine-Hollenhorst, Michael Arens
  • Publication number: 20220344112
    Abstract: The operating device (10) for a vehicle is provided with a housing (12) having a front wall (14). At least one operating element (18) is arranged on the front wall (14) and can be manually actuated starting from a rest position for the purpose of entering a command or activating a function. The operating element (18) is associated with a switch (32) having a switching member (36) on which the operating key acts during manual operation. Furthermore, a support element (24) is arranged in the housing (12) at a distance from the operating element (18), on which support element (24) the switch (32) associated with the operating element (18) is arranged, the support element (24) having a bending bar (40) with an upper side (42) facing the operating element (18) and a lower side (44) facing away from the upper side (42), and the switch (32) being arranged on the bending bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBH
    Inventors: Holger KLEINE-HOLLENHORST, Michael ARENS
  • Publication number: 20220049993
    Abstract: The device for measuring the temperature in the interior of a vehicle is provided with a plug-in housing for plugging into a receiving means on the rear side of a cover element adjacent to the interior, wherein the receiving means comprises a receiving space and the cover element comprises a through-going opening inside the receiving space and the plug-in housing comprises a plug-in end for plugging into the receiving means. Further, the device comprises a locking means for lockingly connecting the plug-in housing to the receiving means when the plug-in end of the plug-in housing is plugged into the receiving space. The device comprises an interior temperature sensor arranged at and/or in the plug-in end of the plug-in housing, wherein the interior temperature sensor projects beyond the plug-in end of the plug-in housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventor: Holger KLEINE-HOLLENHORST
  • Patent number: 9614522
    Abstract: The operating device, such as a human-machine interface, in particular for a vehicle component, is provided with a front wall having a front side that has several fixed symbol fields and having a rear side, a capacitive sensor system that has individual electrodes associated with the symbol fields, which electrodes are arranged on the rear side of the front wall, and a carrier plate that faces the rear side of the front wall and is arranged at a distance from the front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Kleine-Hollenhorst, Bernd Stich, Rainer Siebert
  • Patent number: 9257243
    Abstract: The operating device (10), in particular for a vehicle component or generally for a human/machine interface, is provided with at least one pushbutton (28), which has a depressible pushbutton element (26). In addition, the operating device (10) has a guide element (18), which defines an accommodating area (24) in which the pushbutton element (26) is at least partially accommodated and in which the pushbutton element (26) is guided, and a capacitive proximity sensor (36) with an electrode (34) for detecting an object approaching the pushbutton element (26), in particular a hand or a finger of a hand. The electrode (34) is arranged outside the accommodating area (24) of the guide element (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Behr-Hella Thermocontrol GMBH
    Inventors: Rainer Siebert, Bernd Stich, Holger Kleine-Hollenhorst
  • Publication number: 20140347301
    Abstract: The operating device, such as a human-machine interface, in particular for a vehicle component, is provided with a front wall having a front side that has several fixed symbol fields and having a rear side, a capacitive sensor system that has individual electrodes associated with the symbol fields, which electrodes are arranged on the rear side of the front wall, and a carrier plate that faces the rear side of the front wall and is arranged at a distance from the front wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Holger Kleine-Hollenhorst, Bernd Stich, Rainer Siebert
  • Publication number: 20140124350
    Abstract: The operating device (10), in particular for a vehicle component or generally for a human/machine interface, is provided with at least one pushbutton (28), which has a depressible pushbutton element (26). In addition, the operating device (10) has a guide element (18), which defines an accommodating area (24) in which the pushbutton element (26) is at least partially accommodated and in which the pushbutton element (26) is guided, and a capacitive proximity sensor (36) with an electrode (34) for detecting an object approaching the pushbutton element (26), in particular a hand or a finger of a hand. The electrode (34) is arranged outside the accommodating area (24) of the guide element (18).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Rainer Siebert, Bernd Stich, Holger Kleine-Hollenhorst