Patents by Inventor Juergen Jooss

Juergen Jooss 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: 11795739
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Jan Heyduck, Juergen Jooss, Tobias Konrad, Martin Lindmayer
  • Patent number: 11578513
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Jan Heyduck, Juergen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
  • Patent number: 11572716
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Jan Heyduck, Juergen Jooss, Tobias Konrad, Martin Lindmayer
  • Patent number: 11441340
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Jürgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
  • Patent number: 11391073
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Jürgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
  • Publication number: 20220042355
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jan HEYDUCK, Juergen JOOSS, Tobias KONRAD, Martin LINDMAYER
  • Publication number: 20210404227
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Jürgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
  • Publication number: 20210363792
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Jürgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
  • Publication number: 20210363793
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Jürgen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
  • Publication number: 20210363794
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Huf Huelsbeck & Fuerst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Juergen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
  • Publication number: 20210332620
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Huf Huelsbeck & Fuerst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Rhein, Bernd Reifenberg, Jan Heyduck, Juergen Jooss, Martin Lindmayer
  • Publication number: 20210156178
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Jan HEYDUCK, Juergen JOOSS, Martin LINDMAYER
  • Publication number: 20200340275
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Jan HEYDUCK, Juergen JOOSS, Tobias KONRAD, Martin LINDMAYER
  • Patent number: 7331618
    Abstract: An outside door handle includes a handle and a switching component which is coupled to the handle in such a manner that, when there is an opening force which acts in a correct manner on the handle in order to open it, the switching component automatically responds and generates a switching signal. Operating convenience may be achieved by a response threshold of the switching component selected to be at such a low level that the switching component responds even before the opening force overcomes a restoring force counteracting it and prestressing the handle into an unactuated starting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Juergen Jooss, Rudi Koelle, Martin Lindmayer
  • Patent number: 6871887
    Abstract: An outside door handle includes a handle and a switching component which is coupled to the handle in such a manner that, when there is an opening force which acts in a correct manner on the handle in order to open it, the switching component automatically responds and generates a switching signal. Operating convenience may be achieved by a response threshold of the switching component selected to be at such a low level that the switching component responds even before the opening force overcomes a restoring force counteracting it and prestressing the handle into an unactuated starting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Juergen Jooss, Rudi Koelle, Martin Lindmayer
  • Publication number: 20040232710
    Abstract: An outside door handle includes a handle and a switching component which is coupled to the handle in such a manner that, when there is an opening force which acts in a correct manner on the handle in order to open it, the switching component automatically responds and generates a switching signal. Operating convenience may be achieved by a response threshold of the switching component selected to be at such a low level that the switching component responds even before the opening force overcomes a restoring force counteracting it and prestressing the handle into an unactuated starting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Juergen Jooss, Rudi Koelle, Martin Lindmayer
  • Patent number: 6709033
    Abstract: A door grip arrangement for the door of a power vehicle, particularly a passenger vehicle, has a door grip positioned on the outside of the door and a support element positioned on the inside of the door. The door grip is swivel-mounted on the support element through the outer shell of the door, while the door grip exhibits a catch which, upon an opening movement of the door grip, actuates a release lever inside the door in order to open the door lock. The release lever is a part of a door lock positioned within the door. A return lever is swivel-mounted on the support element. The return lever is loaded by a spring device working in the return direction and impelling the door grip to perform a return movement in a direction opposite that of the opening movement. To enhance the safety of a vehicle equipped with a door which exhibits this kind of door grip arrangement, the return lever can swivel against its return direction, independent of any movement of the door grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Juergen Jooss, Rudi Koelle, Martin Lindmayer, Alfred Strauber
  • Publication number: 20030001396
    Abstract: An outside door handle includes a handle and a switching component which is coupled to the handle in such a manner that, when there is an opening force which acts in a correct manner on the handle in order to open it, the switching component automatically responds and generates a switching signal. Operating convenience may be achieved by a response threshold of the switching component selected to be at such a low level that the switching component responds even before the opening force overcomes a restoring force counteracting it and prestressing the handle into an unactuated starting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Juergen Jooss, Rudi Koelle, Martin Lindmayer
  • Publication number: 20020059693
    Abstract: A door grip arrangement for the door of a power vehicle, particularly a passenger vehicle, has a door grip positioned on the outside of the door and a support element positioned on the inside of the door. The door grip is swivel-mounted on the support element through the outer shell of the door, while the door grip exhibits a catch which, upon an opening movement of the door grip, actuates a release lever inside the door in order to open the door lock. The release lever is a part of a door lock positioned within the door. A return lever is swivel-mounted on the support element. The return lever is loaded by a spring device working in the return direction and impelling the door grip to perform a return movement in a direction opposite that of the opening movement. To enhance the safety of a vehicle equipped with a door which exhibits this kind of door grip arrangement, the return lever can swivel against its return direction, independent of any movement of the door grip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Juergen Jooss, Rudi Koelle, Martin Lindmayer, Alfred Strauber
  • Patent number: 6378921
    Abstract: A grip arrangement for a vehicle door is known which has a gripping bow which is arranged on a body shell of the vehicle door and can be moved by pulling and which is supported by means of at least one bearing surface in its inoperative position on a corresponding supporting section of the body shell. The gripping bow is provided in an area of the at least one bearing surface in sections with a clearing which, in the inoperative position, defines a distance of the bearing surface to the supporting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Hans Deischl, Juergen Jooss, Rudi Koelle, Martin Lindmayer