Patents by Inventor Manfred Barthelmess

Manfred Barthelmess 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: 12480351
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spindle drive for a closure element of a motor vehicle, which spindle drive has a spindle/spindle nut mechanism which has a spindle and a spindle nut, wherein a motor-side drive portion has a drive unit with a drive motor and the spindle, wherein the spindle is connected downstream of the drive motor, wherein a spindle-nut-side drive portion of the spindle drive has the spindle nut, wherein the spindle drive has a drive housing with at least one housing tube which is fixed axially with respect to the motor-side drive portion, wherein a guide tube is arranged radially within the housing tube, which guide tube is fixed axially with respect to the motor-side drive portion and axially guides a drive component of the spindle drive during the drive movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Manfred Barthelmess, Michael Schneiderbanger, Daniela Schweizer, Marco Suess, Christian Umbreit, Tobias Zwosta
  • Publication number: 20250129653
    Abstract: A spindle drive for a closure element of a vehicle is provided, wherein the spindle drive has a spindle/spindle nut mechanism, which has a spindle and a spindle nut meshing therewith for generating linear drive movements along a geometric spindle axis between a spindle-side drive connection and a spindle nut-side drive connection for channeling the drive movements, wherein the spindle is axially movably guided in a spindle guide tube which is axially fixedly connected to the spindle nut for conjoint rotation and which is axially fixedly coupled to the spindle nut-side drive connection. It is proposed that the spindle nut is axially inserted over its entire length into a portion of the spindle guide tube that is formed in such a way as to be in form-fitting engagement with the spindle nut in both directions along the geometric spindle axis and in the circumferential direction around the geometric spindle axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Schneiderbanger, Tobias Zwosta, Daniela Schweizer, Dieter Franz, Manfred Barthelmess
  • Publication number: 20240175307
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spindle drive for a closure element of a motor vehicle, which spindle drive has a spindle/spindle nut mechanism which has a spindle and a spindle nut, wherein a motor-side drive portion has a drive unit with a drive motor and the spindle, wherein the spindle is connected downstream of the drive motor, wherein a spindle-nut-side drive portion of the spindle drive has the spindle nut, wherein the spindle drive has a drive housing with at least one housing tube which is fixed axially with respect to the motor-side drive portion, wherein a guide tube is arranged radially within the housing tube, which guide tube is fixed axially with respect to the motor-side drive portion and axially guides a drive component of the spindle drive during the drive movements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Manfred Barthelmess, Michael Schneiderbanger, Daniela Schweizer, Marco Suess, Christian Umbreit, Tobias Zwosta