Patents by Inventor Jakob Löwen

Jakob Löwen 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: 8689403
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door hinge, having a pillar fitting able to be mounted on a vehicle body, and a door fitting able to be mounted on a motor vehicle door, which are connected to each other in an articulated manner by a hinge pin connected to either the pillar fitting or the door fitting in a rotation-resistant manner and to the remaining one of the pillar fitting or the door fitting in an articulated manner, and an arresting unit having a detent body carrier connected to the hinge pin in a rotation-resistant manner and radially extending to the latter and having a detent body, and a detent element adjustable on the other one of the pillar fitting or the door fitting with respect to the detent body carrier, coaxially arranged with respect to the hinge pin axis and in engagement with the detent body and including at least one detent notch, and arranged within a housing surrounding the hinge pin and the detent body carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Metalsa Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Jakob Löwen
  • Publication number: 20120246875
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door hinge, having a pillar fitting able to be mounted on a vehicle body, and a door fitting able to be mounted on a motor vehicle door, which are connected to each other in an articulated manner a hinge pin connected to either the pillar fitting or the door fitting in a rotation-resistant manner and to the remaining one of the pillar fitting or the door fitting in an articulated manner, and an arresting unit having a detent body carrier connected to the hinge pin in a rotation-resistant manner and radially extending to the latter and having a detent body, and a detent element adjustable on the other one of the pillar fitting or the door fitting with respect to the detent body carrier, coaxially arranged with respect to the hinge pin axis and in engagement with the detent body and including at least one detent notch, and arranged within a housing surrounding the hinge pin and the detent body carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: ISE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Jakob Löwen
  • Patent number: 7748768
    Abstract: A door hinge for a motor vehicle has a column console that can be arranged on a door frame and a door console that can be attached to a vehicle door, wherein the door console and the column console are connected together as counterpieces at two bearing points arranged spaced from each other in a pin-jointed manner and separable for disassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Automotive Group ISE Innomotive Systems Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Dennis Hofacker, Jakob Löwen, Johann Olfert
  • Patent number: 7640627
    Abstract: A door-stopping device for motor vehicles, includes a door holder bar, a support housing including a passage for the door holder bar to pass through, and a locking unit disposed in the support housing, which includes two pivotally mounted locking levers. Each locking lever is pre-tensioned by a spring element towards each other and towards the door holder bar. Each locking lever comprises a locking element. The locking elements bear on mutually opposite sides against the door holder bar and are adapted to engage with the locking grooves on the door holder bar. For the door-stopping device to present diverse possibilities of design, to be manufactured in a cost-effective manner and to occupy only little space, the spring elements are arranged substantially parallel to the door holder bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: ISE Innomotive Systems Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Jakob Lowen, Gyala Kumor
  • Patent number: 7461432
    Abstract: The invention relates to a door hinge with a holder for motor vehicle doors, wherein the door hinge comprises a pillar bracket attachable at a motor vehicle and a door bracket connectable with the motor vehicle door, said door bracket being connected with said pillar bracket via a hinge pin arranged at one bracket in an anti-rotational manner and rotatably arranged in the other bracket, said holder comprising a stop member carrier connected in an anti-rotational manner with the hinge pin and an engagement element supported so as to be rotatable together with the other bracket relative to said stop member carrier, said engagement element having at least one stop mark on a surface facing the stop member carrier, wherein at least one stop member biased by a spring element is arranged on the stop member carrier in such a way that it can be brought into engagement with the surface of the engagement element facing the stop member carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: ISE Innomotive Systems Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Jakob Löwen, Viktor Siegert, Gerhard Reuber
  • Publication number: 20080150320
    Abstract: A door hinge for a motor vehicle has a column console that can be arranged on a door frame and a door console that can be attached to a vehicle door, wherein the door console and the column console are connected together as counterpieces at two bearing points arranged spaced from each other in a pin-jointed manner and separable for disassembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Dennis Hofacker, Jakob Lowen, Johann Olfert
  • Publication number: 20080092332
    Abstract: The invention relates to a door hinge for a motor vehicle with a column console that can be arranged on a column of a door frame, a door console that can be attached to a motor vehicle door assigned to the door frame, wherein the door console and the column console are pin-jointed together via a hinge pin. In order to provide a motor vehicle door hinge that can be produced easily and cost-effectively, it is provided that the door and/or column console is formed by two spaced partial units, wherein the spacing of the partial units of the door and/or the column console is determined by means of a distance element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: Automotive Group ISE Innomotive Systems Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Jakob Lowen, Victor Siegert
  • Publication number: 20070050940
    Abstract: The invention relates to a door hinge with a holder for motor vehicle doors, wherein the door hinge comprises a pillar bracket attachable at a motor vehicle and a door bracket connectable with the motor vehicle door, said door bracket being connected with said pillar bracket via a hinge pin arranged at one bracket in an anti-rotational manner and rotatably arranged in the other bracket, said holder comprising a stop member carrier connected in an anti-rotational manner with the hinge pin and an engagement element supported so as to be rotatable together with the other bracket relative to said stop member carrier, said engagement element having at least one stop mark on a surface facing the stop member carrier, wherein at least one stop member biased by a spring element is arranged on the stop member carrier in such a way that it can be brought into engagement with the surface of the engagement element facing the stop member carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: ISE INNOMOTIVE SYSTEMS EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Jakob Lowen, Viktor Siegert, Gerhard Reuber
  • Publication number: 20070012687
    Abstract: A door-stopping device for motor vehicles, includes a door holder bar, a support housing including a passage for the door holder bar to pass through, and a locking unit disposed in the support housing, which includes two pivotally mounted locking levers. Each locking lever is pre-tensioned by a spring element towards each other and towards the door holder bar. Each locking lever comprises a locking element. The locking elements bear on mutually opposite sides against the door holder bar and are adapted to engage with the locking grooves on the door holder bar. For the door-stopping device to present diverse possibilities of design, to be manufactured in a cost-effective manner and to occupy only little space, the spring elements are arranged substantially parallel to the door holder bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Jakob Lowen, Gyala Kumor
  • Publication number: 20050225161
    Abstract: A wheel cover of metal for a wheel with a part that accommodates the tire and an inner part arranged within this part, wherein the wheel cover contains an adapter element for fixing the wheel cover on the inner part and a cover element for at least partially covering the inner part, wherein the adapter element is inseparably fixed on the cover element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Jakob Lowen, Ralf Kuhlmann
  • Publication number: 20050210630
    Abstract: The invention relates to a door hinge for motor vehicles, in particular for cars, with a pillar bracket which can be positioned on a vehicle and a door bracket which can be attached to the vehicle door, which are joined together by means of a hinge pin, such as to be articulated. In order to provide a door hinge which can be produced at low cost with only limited production expenditure and low weight, it is proposed that the pillar bracket and/or the door bracket (1) be produced from one sheet metal component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Jakob Lowen, Johann Olfert
  • Publication number: 20050028367
    Abstract: The invention relates to a run-flat support body for run-flat vehicle wheels. Said support body is typically embodied as a shell-shaped, metallic annular body (3) having an undulated supporting annular surface. The invention relates to a simple, effective method for producing one such annular body (3), according to which a rectangular blank (6) which is cut out of a strip of sheet metal is bent along the longitudinal side to form a ring and the open ends of the ring are interconnected by a material connection. The annular blank (7) thus produced is provided with the desired profile according to the pressure-rolling method, is provided with connecting elements (9), and cut open between the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Jakob Lowen, Meinolf Koch, Ralf Kulmann, Christian Reuber, Lutz Maiwald
  • Patent number: 5655791
    Abstract: A non-fixed roll bar system is disclosed which employs cylindrical, hollow-shaped standpipes for inner guidance of the legs of an essentially U-shaped roll bar. These standpipes are rigidly connected with a housing to be installed into a vehicle. For outer guidance of the bar legs, guide borings with radial play to the legs are provided in a guide block, which is also attached to the housing. This play is compensated by radially elastic guide bushings. This results in closed surface areas of the bar legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: ITT Automotive Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Nowack, Jakob Lowen