Patents by Inventor Joachim Baier

Joachim Baier 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: 5453671
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromotive actuator with a housing for a central door locking system of a motor vehicle having a first slide adjustable by a first electric motor between two end positions. The first slide can be connected with a door lock of the motor vehicle independently of the end position and is preferably decoupled from the electric motor in the end positions, so that the first slide is manually adjustable between its end positions. Such an electromotive actuator is provided with a theft protection capability in the sense that, after a windshield of a motor vehicle is smashed in, an unlocking of the door by the inside locking handle is no more possible because the parts of the actuator are not actuated by operating the inside locking handle. Finally, an unlocking operation initiated from the outside is possible when the theft protection is put into operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: SWF Auto-Electric GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Baier, Udo Baumeister, Heiner Bayha, Uwe Fortwingel, Ronald Frey, Rainer Johannsmeier, Heinz Leiter, Dieter Losch, Rudolf Watzka
  • Patent number: 5348110
    Abstract: A device for actuating the control valve (14) of a hydraulic power steering system for automotive vehicles, the rotary motion of a steering wheel being transmitted by means of a steering shaft (2) and the steering torque being transmitted by a relative rotation between the steering shaft (2) and a pinion shaft (4), and wherein the control valve (14) is a linear slide valve. A sleeve (6) embracing the steering shaft (2)and the pinion shaft (4) converts the relative rotation between the two shafts into an axial displacement axially and helically extending coulisse-type guides (7, 8), angularly disposed to one another, within which pins (9, 10), rigidly coupled to the steering shaft (2) and the pinion shaft (4), are received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1994
    Inventors: Hans-Christof Klein, Manfred Kahrs, Peter Drott, Wilhelm Beer, Joachim Baier, Peter Kraft, Andreas Lang
  • Patent number: 5147007
    Abstract: A hydraulic power steering system for automotive vehicles wherein the hydraulic power assistance takes place only above a predetermined steering power. A power cylinder (6) is coupled to a mechanical steering assembly, a pump (19, 36), and a control valve (12). In order to achieve safety in operation and a simple arrangement of the power steering system, a slide of a component (2) of the mechanical steering assembly is slidable with respect to the vehicle body. The slide is effected by the steering power overcoming a prestressing power, serves for the mechanical actuation of the control valve (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: Alfred Teves GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Kahrs, Lothar Kunze, Joachim Baier, Gerhard Kunz, Bernhard Moeller, Wilhelm Beer, Hans-G. Krines, Gerhardt Schudt