Patents by Inventor Hubert Willmann

Hubert Willmann 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: 9744982
    Abstract: A locking device for a motor vehicle having a steering column has a blocking bolt that locks the steering wheel shaft in the steering wheel column, wherein the blocking bolt is movable between a first and a second position, a return element that returns the blocking bolt to the first position, and at least one protection cover that at least partially covers the return element. In the first position, the blocking bolt is in blocking engagement with the steering wheel shaft. In the second position, the blocking bolt is disengaged from the steering wheel shaft. The return element is a torsion spring. The torsion spring is a coil spring with a coil body and a connection hook. A first end portion of the torsion spring has a hook extension, and is inserted into an opening of the blocking bolt and is covered at least partially by the blocking bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Thilo Marx, Damien Vagney, Hubert Willmann, Kenjirou Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20160001808
    Abstract: A locking device for a motor vehicle having a steering column has a blocking bolt that locks the steering wheel shaft in the steering wheel column, wherein the blocking bolt is movable between a first and a second position, a return element that returns the blocking bolt to the first position, and at least one protection cover that at least partially covers the return element. In the first position, the blocking bolt is in blocking engagement with the steering wheel shaft. In the second position, the blocking bolt is disengaged from the steering wheel shaft. The return element is a torsion spring. The torsion spring is a coil spring with a coil body and a connection hook. A first end portion of the torsion spring has a hook extension, and is inserted into an opening of the blocking bolt and is covered at least partially by the blocking bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Thilo Marx, Damien Vagney, Hubert Willmann, Kenjirou Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7077689
    Abstract: A plug connector for printed circuits comprises a plug (10), which supports the contact section (42) of the printed circuit (40) on one side and a retaining element (261, 262), by means of which the plug (10) may be pre-fixed, restrained in a pre-determined axial catch position in the port. On passing the axial catch position, the contact section (42) reaches the contact position with the contact spot of the port, by means of a vertical movement component, where the contact section is locked in a final position by means of a locking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Dieter Holzle Technik-Projekte GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Hölzle, Hubert Willmann, Wilfried Weber
  • Publication number: 20050032407
    Abstract: A plug connector for printed circuits comprises a plug (10), which supports the contact section (42) of the printed circuit (40) on one side and a retaining element (261, 262), by means of which the plug (10) may be pre-fixed, restrained in a pre-determined axial catch position in the port. On passing the axial catch position, the contact section (42) reaches the contact position with the contact spot of the port, by means of a vertical movement component, where the contact section is locked in a final position by means of a locking element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Dieter Holzle, Hubert Willmann, Wilfried Weber