Patents by Inventor Johannes Berkenhoff

Johannes Berkenhoff 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).

  • Publication number: 20200269983
    Abstract: A luggage compartment arrangement for an aircraft has a base carrier which can be attached in the aircraft and a luggage compartment which is mounted so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis relative to the base carrier and/or so as to be movable translationally along a displacement path. The luggage compartment arrangement further has a spindle drive for pivoting and/or displacing the luggage compartment about the pivot axis. The spindle drive has a motor block with a rotatable spindle and a motor for driving the spindle. Via a spindle nut, at connection points, which are each radially remote from the pivot axis in the case of pivoting, the motor block is attached to the base carrier, and the spindle nut is at least indirectly attached to the luggage compartment, or vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Johannes BERKENHOFF, Matthias HAAS
  • Patent number: 8596577
    Abstract: An apparatus for closing a locker, which can be lowered, of a baggage compartment, in particular of an overhead baggage compartment in an aircraft, wherein the locker is connected in an actuating element (5) which is held on a frame (1) such that it can rotate or pivot, and is connected to a gas compression spring (18) in order to assist a closing movement of the locker. In order to allow a completely automatic closing movement, the invention proposes that an electromechanical hybrid drive is provided in order to drive the actuating element (5) and, in addition to the mechanical component of the gas compression spring (18), has an electrical drive apparatus (12) as an electrical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Diehl Aircabin GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Berkenhoff, Oleg Graf
  • Publication number: 20110133029
    Abstract: An apparatus for closing a locker, which can be lowered, of a baggage compartment, in particular of an overhead baggage compartment in an aircraft, wherein the locker is connected in an actuating element (5) which is held on a frame (1) such that it can rotate or pivot, and is connected to a gas compression spring (18) in order to assist a closing movement of the locker. In order to allow a completely automatic closing movement, the invention proposes that an electromechanical hybrid drive is provided in order to drive the actuating element (5) and, in addition to the mechanical component of the gas compression spring (18), has an electrical drive apparatus (12) as an electrical component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: DIEHL AIRCABIN GMBH
    Inventors: Johannes Berkenhoff, Oleg Graf