Patents by Inventor Horst Arlt

Horst Arlt 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: 6779372
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock with mechanical lock elements in a lock unit, the door lock includes a lock mechanism with several interacting elements in a control unit which is arranged at a location that is spatially separate from the lock unit in or on a motor vehicle door or hatch. The lock unit is connected to the control unit by a remote power transmission in the form of a Bowden cable, and the lock element in the lock unit can be mechanically actuated from an element of the lock mechanism in the control unit by the remote power transmission. In the lock unit, there is at least one component which is to be supplied with electricity to be triggered and/or to be interrogated, the at least one component is electrically connected by an electrical connecting element to lock electronics in the control unit, and the electrical connecting element is integrated into or combined with the mechanical power transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Arlt, Rainer Berger, Bernhard Kordowski, Bernd Weyerstall, Peter Bartel, Edgar Budzynski, Christian Lippold
  • Patent number: 6715806
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock with mechanical lock elements in a lock unit, with a lock mechanism, with several interacting elements in a control unit which is separated from the lock unit, optionally with lock electronics in the control unit , and the lock unit being arranged spatially separate from the control unit in or on a motor vehicle door or hatch, the lock unit being connected to the control unit by a remote power transmission, and the lock element in the lock unit, by the remote power transmission, is mechanically actuated from an element of the lock mechanism in the control unit. Reaching of the locked position or the main catch position of the lock latch is mechanically signaled to the control unit by the drawing function of the remote power transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Arlt, Bernd Weyerstall, Stefan Josten
  • Publication number: 20040004358
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock or hatch lock with a housing with an entry slot for the striker, with latching elements, such as a latch and ratchet located in the housing, with at least one Bowden cable (3) which emerges on a narrow side of the housing for mechanical actuation of the latching elements, and optionally, with an electric drive for the latching elements which is located in the housing, especially the ratchet, the housing being made essentially symmetrical to its center plane and the entry slot being open on both flat sides of the housing, parallel to the center plane, thus allowing selective installation of the motor vehicle lock for left entry, right entry or middle entry of the striker. The Bowden cable (3) is pivotally mounted on the housing (1) in a rotary mount (8) and the Bowden cable (3) is guided away from the housing (1) via the rotary mount (8) in an arc by means of an arc-shaped guide (9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Horst Arlt, Bernd Weyerstall, Stefan Josten
  • Publication number: 20040004357
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock with mechanical lock elements in a lock unit, with a lock mechanism, with several interacting elements in a control unit which is separated from the lock unit, optionally with lock electronics in the control unit, and the lock unit being arranged spatially separate from the control unit in or on a motor vehicle door or hatch, the lock unit being connected to the control unit by a remote power transmission, and the lock element in the lock unit, by the remote power transmission, is mechanically actuated from an element of the lock mechanism in the control unit. Reaching of the locked position or the main catch position of the lock latch is mechanically signaled to the control unit by the drawing function of the remote power transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Arlt, Bernd Weyerstall, Stefan Josten
  • Publication number: 20030070457
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock with mechanical lock elements in a lock unit, the door lock includes a lock mechanism with several interacting elements in a control unit which is arranged at a location that is spatially separate from the lock unit in or on a motor vehicle door or hatch. The lock unit is connected to the control unit by a remote power transmission in the form of a Bowden cable, and the lock element in the lock unit can be mechanically actuated from an element of the lock mechanism in the control unit by the remote power transmission. In the lock unit, there is at least one component which is to be supplied with electricity to be triggered and/or to be interrogated, the at least one component is electrically connected by an electrical connecting element to lock electronics in the control unit, and the electrical connecting element is integrated into or combined with the mechanical power transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Horst Arlt, Rainer Berger, Bernhard Kordowski, Bernd Weyerstall, Peter Bartel, Edgar Budzynski, Christian Lippold
  • Publication number: 20010050483
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock including a housing having an inlet slot and an intermediate wall with two sides, a stiff cover plate, at least two bearing axes having a lock element supported thereon, each bearing axes being supported by one side of the intermediate wall, and a lock mechanism with plurality of levers which are at least one of pivotally and movably supported on the at least two bearing axes, the plurality of levers being mounted on another side of the intermediate wall of the housing, where at least one of the lock elements are anchored to at least one of the cover plate and a bearing journal. A bearing journal molded to the housing may include an asymmetrical, T-shaped head. The bearing axis of the lock latch may include a bearing mount adapted to receive a bearing journal of a swiveling operating lever. A clevis type eyelet and a guide hook and/or flat spiral spring may also be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventors: Dirk Hanisch, Horst Arlt, Bernd Weyerstall