Patents by Inventor Jan Heyduck
Jan Heyduck 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).
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Patent number: 11952807Abstract: A vehicle door arrangement includes a first closing element arranged on a vehicle door and a second closing element arranged on a bodywork of the vehicle. The first and closing elements can be connected to each other in a positive looking manner to hold the door on the bodywork. A door handle is connected to a sensor for detecting a pressure input or a pulling input of a user on the door handle. The sensor is connected to a control unit, which controls a locking actuator and a door opening actuator. The locking actuator separates the first and second closing elements, and the door opening actuator opens the vehicle door relative to the bodywork. The control unit controls the locking actuator to separate the first closing element and the second closing element in response to a detected pressure input or pulling input, and to control the door opening actuator to open the door relative to the bodywork.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AGInventors: Jan Heyduck, Tobias Konrad, Martin Lindmayer
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Patent number: 11795739Abstract: A motor vehicle door has a shell and a door handle that can be moved laterally in relation to a vehicle longitudinal axis between a retracted and an extended position. In the retracted position the door handle is in a recess adjusted to the contour of the door handle, the recess being arranged in the shell of the vehicle door with a door handle surface substantially flush with the shell. In the extended position, the door handle is moved laterally outwards so that it is actuatable from outside for opening the vehicle door. In the extended position, the door handle is firstly in active connection with a switch, which is coupled to the electrical unlocking device of a door lock, and secondly is mechanically coupled to the door lock, such that an actuation of the door handle with a minimal actuation path effectuates the switch and an electrical unlocking device of the door lock and an actuation of the door handle with a greater actuation path effectuates a mechanical unlocking of the door lock.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AGInventors: Jan Heyduck, Juergen Jooss, Tobias Konrad, Martin Lindmayer
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Patent number: 11578513Abstract: A handle device for a motor vehicle door includes a door handle, which is hinged at both ends to an electrically driven movement kinematic system. A first end of the door handle is rotatable outwards via a motor-operated pivot lever. A push rod is hinged to the pivot lever, the other end of which is hinged to a locking lever, which acts on a toggle lever pair. One end of a first toggle lever is mounted on the housing side and one end of a second toggle lever is hinged to a second end of the door handle. The locking lever is designed, in a standby position, to block a movement of the door handle back into a rest position and to permit a movement into an opening position.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AGInventors: Jan Heyduck, Juergen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
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Patent number: 11572716Abstract: A device and a method for opening and closing a motor vehicle door having a door lock. The device includes an electric opening actuator and an electric closing actuator, by means of which the door lock can be brought from a pre-locking position into a final-locking position. A control device controls the opening and closing actuators. The control device, in the event of a door opening request during operation of the closing actuator, first switches the closing actuator into a reversing mode, in which the door lock can be moved again in the opening direction and the opening actuator is triggered after a predetermined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AGInventors: Jan Heyduck, Juergen Jooss, Tobias Konrad, Martin Lindmayer
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Patent number: 11486167Abstract: A central locking device for door locks of a motor vehicle includes a control device and, connected thereto, locking couplings in the door locks. An accident detection device is provided for determining an accident situation of the motor vehicle and for transmitting an accident signal to the control device. Upon receiving the accident situation signal, the control device is set up to switch the locking couplings to the locked status for a defined period of time and then to switch them to the unlocked status. This prevents disturbances that may occur in the region of the door handle during an acute accident phase, since the door handles are not functional during the defined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Jan Heyduck, Jurgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer, Bernd Reifenberg, Michael Rhein
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Publication number: 20220333413Abstract: An arrangement of a motor vehicle includes a first component and a second component where the first component and the second component are disposed at a spacing vertically offset with respect to one another. The first component has a first edge with a first outer radius in a first border region and the second component has a second edge with a second outer radius in a second border region. The first and second border regions are adjacent, the first outer radius equals the second outer radius, and the first outer radius and the second outer radius correspond to at least, or exactly, the spacing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Jan HEYDUCK, Tobias KONRAD, Martin LINDMAYER
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Patent number: 11441340Abstract: A door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a handle which is to be actuated by an operator, a lever element which supports the handle on a handle housing, and a motor-driven actuating element. The handle is designed to be movable out of an actuation position into a servo-opening position by being actuated by an operator. A detection means is formed on the handle housing in order to detect a movement of the handle out of the actuation position into the servo-opening position so as to produce a movement of the motor-driven actuating element out of the handle extended position into a door opening position. Upon being moved out of the handle extended position into the door opening position, the motor-driven actuating element moves a vehicle door opening lever out of a ready position into an unlocked position, in which the vehicle door can be opened.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Jürgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
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Patent number: 11391073Abstract: A door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a handle mounted on a housing and arranged flush with the outer contour of the vehicle door in a non-use position and designed to be movable by a user into an actuation position in order to be actuated, a lever element, a first lever end of which is rotatably attached to a lever rotational axis mounted on the housing and a second lever end of which is connected to a first longitudinal end of the handle, and a motor-driven actuating element which rotates the lever element about the lever rotational axis and thereby moves the handle out of the non-use position into the actuation position. A lever mechanism is mounted on the housing in a rotatable manner about a rotational axis. A second longitudinal end of the handle is movably secured to the housing via the lever mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Jürgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
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Patent number: 11359416Abstract: A motor vehicle door having an external handle unit includes a support part and a handle which has on a circumference of the support part a plurality of compensating elements and on an interior side of the door shell a fixing plate having a plurality of fixing points. The compensating elements are embodied to permit, by means of a fixing screw that is to be screwed in, both a compensating movement in the Y direction, and, due to a floating mounting, a compensation in the X and Z directions.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: HUF HUELSBECK & FUERST GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Jan Heyduck, Jurgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer, Bernd Reifenberg, Michael Rhein
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Publication number: 20220042355Abstract: A motor vehicle door has a shell and a door handle that can be moved laterally in relation to a vehicle longitudinal axis between a retracted and an extended position. In the retracted position the door handle is in a recess adjusted to the contour of the door handle, the recess being arranged in the shell of the vehicle door with a door handle surface substantially flush with the shell. In the extended position, the door handle is moved laterally outwards so that it is actuatable from outside for opening the vehicle door. In the extended position, the door handle is firstly in active connection with a switch, which is coupled to the electrical unlocking device of a door lock, and secondly is mechanically coupled to the door lock, such that an actuation of the door handle with a minimal actuation path effectuates the switch and an electrical unlocking device of the door lock and an actuation of the door handle with a greater actuation path effectuates a mechanical unlocking of the door lock.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2019Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Jan HEYDUCK, Juergen JOOSS, Tobias KONRAD, Martin LINDMAYER
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Publication number: 20210404227Abstract: A door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a handle which is to be actuated by an operator, a lever element which supports the handle on a handle housing, and a motor-driven actuating element. The handle is designed to be movable out of an actuation position into a servo-opening position by being actuated by an operator. A detection means is formed on the handle housing in order to detect a movement of the handle out of the actuation position into the servo-opening position so as to produce a movement of the motor-driven actuating element out of the handle extended position into a door opening position. Upon being moved out of the handle extended position into the door opening position, the motor-driven actuating element moves a vehicle door opening lever out of a ready position into an unlocked position, in which the vehicle door can be opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2017Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Jürgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
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Publication number: 20210372170Abstract: A vehicle door arrangement includes a first closing element arranged on a vehicle door and a second closing element arranged on a bodywork of the vehicle. The first and closing elements can be connected to each other in a positive looking manner to hold the door on the bodywork. A door handle is connected to a sensor for detecting a pressure input or a pulling input of a user on the door handle. The sensor is connected to a control unit, which controls a locking actuator and a door opening actuator. The locking actuator separates the first and second closing elements, and the door opening actuator opens the vehicle door relative to the bodywork. The control unit controls the locking actuator to separate the first closing element and the second closing element in response to a detected pressure input or pulling input, and to control the door opening actuator to open the door relative to the bodywork.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Jan HEYDUCK, Tobias KONRAD, Martin LINDMAYER
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Publication number: 20210363794Abstract: A door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a handle which is mounted on a handle housing, a lever element, a motor-driven actuating element which rotates the lever element during normal operation of the door handle assembly and moves the handle out of the non-use position into an actuated position, and a lever mechanism. During an emergency operation, in the event of a malfunction of the actuating element, the handle is movable into an emergency handling position in which a first longitudinal end of the handle is moved towards the handle housing and a second longitudinal end of the handle is moved away from the handle housing. The lever mechanism includes a holding element which allows a movement of the first longitudinal end of the handle relative to a second end of the lever element and a movement of the second longitudinal end of the handle away from the handle housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2017Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: Huf Huelsbeck & Fuerst GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Juergen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
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Publication number: 20210363792Abstract: A door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a handle mounted on a housing and arranged flush with the outer contour of the vehicle door in a non-use position and designed to be movable by a user into an actuation position in order to be actuated, a lever element, a first lever end of which is rotatably attached to a lever rotational axis mounted on the housing and a second lever end of which is connected to a first longitudinal end of the handle, and a motor-driven actuating element which rotates the lever element about the lever rotational axis and thereby moves the handle out of the non-use position into the actuation position. A lever mechanism is mounted on the housing in a rotatable manner about a rotational axis. A second longitudinal end of the handle is movably secured to the housing via the lever mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2017Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Jürgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
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Publication number: 20210363793Abstract: A door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a handle mounted on a handle housing, a lever element, and a lever mechanism which is rotatably mounted on the handle housing. A longitudinal end of the handle is movably secured to the handle housing via the lever mechanism, and the lever element is coupled to the lever mechanism to transmit a movement such that when the handle is moved out of the non-use position into the actuation position the lever element rotates simultaneously about a lever rotational axis and a rotational axis. The lever element extends a longitudinal end of the handle out of the outer contour when rotation about the lever rotational axis begins, and the lever mechanism extends the other longitudinal end of the handle out of the outer contour when rotation about the rotational axis begins after a dead center of the handle lever is exceeded.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2017Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Jürgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
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Publication number: 20210332620Abstract: A door handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a handle which is mounted on a handle housing and which, in a non-use position, is arranged to extend flush with an outer contour of the vehicle door and is designed to be movable into an actuating position and a vehicle opening lever mounted on the handle housing and movable between a standby position and an unlocking position opening the vehicle door. The handle is movable from the actuating position into an emergency actuating position for manually opening the vehicle door. The handle is decoupled from the vehicle door opening lever when it is in its non-use position and in its actuating position. During movement from the actuating position into the emergency actuating position, the handle is coupled to the vehicle door opening lever and moves the lever into the unlocking position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2017Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Huf Huelsbeck & Fuerst GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Juergen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
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Publication number: 20210156178Abstract: A handle device for a motor vehicle door includes a door handle, which is hinged at both ends to an electrically driven movement kinematic system. A first end of the door handle is rotatable outwards via a motor-operated pivot lever. A push rod is hinged to the pivot lever, the other end of which is hinged to a locking lever, which acts on a toggle lever pair. One end of a first toggle lever is mounted on the housing side and one end of a second toggle lever is hinged to a second end of the door handle. The locking lever is designed, in a standby position, to block a movement of the door handle back into a rest position and to permit a movement into an opening position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Jan HEYDUCK, Juergen JOOSS, Martin LINDMAYER
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Publication number: 20200340275Abstract: A device and a method for opening and closing a motor vehicle door having a door lock. The device includes an electric opening actuator and an electric closing actuator, by means of which the door lock can be brought from a pre-locking position into a final-locking position. A control device controls the opening and closing actuators. The control device, in the event of a door opening request during operation of the closing actuator, first switches the closing actuator into a reversing mode, in which the door lock can be moved again in the opening direction and the opening actuator is triggered after a predetermined period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Jan HEYDUCK, Juergen JOOSS, Tobias KONRAD, Martin LINDMAYER
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Publication number: 20190078358Abstract: A motor vehicle door having an external handle unit includes a support part and a handle which has on a circumference of the support part a plurality of compensating elements and on an interior side of the door shell a fixing plate having a plurality of fixing points. The compensating elements are embodied to permit, by means of a fixing screw that is to be screwed in, both a compensating movement in the Y direction, and, due to a floating mounting, a compensation in the X and Z directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: Huf Huelsbeck & Fuerst GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Jan Heyduck, Jurgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer, Bernd Reifenberg, Michael Rhein
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Publication number: 20190078357Abstract: A central locking device for door locks of a motor vehicle includes a control device and, connected thereto, locking couplings in the door locks. An accident detection device is provided for determining an accident situation of the motor vehicle and for transmitting an accident signal to the control device. Upon receiving the accident situation signal, the control device is set up to switch the locking couplings to the locked status for a defined period of time and then to switch them to the unlocked status. This prevents disturbances that may occur in the region of the door handle during an acute accident phase, since the door handles are not functional during the defined period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: Huf Huelsbeck & Fuerst GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Jan Heyduck, Jurgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer, Bernd Reifenberg, Michael Rhein