Patents by Inventor Matthias Habecke

Matthias Habecke 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: 8966949
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking device of a motor vehicle, having a key (10) and a lock cylinder, wherein the lock cylinder comprises a cylinder core rotatably supported in a cylinder housing of the lock cylinder, a channel comprising the cylinder core and into which the key (10) can be inserted, spring-loaded tumbler elements displaceably supported radial to the cylinder axis of the lock cylinder when inserting the key (10) into the channel radial to the cylinder axis of the lock cylinder, the plurality of outer surfaces (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b) on the key (10) comprising at least two encoding strips (51a, 51b) acting on the tumbler elements when the key (10) is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Matthias Habecke
  • Patent number: 8826707
    Abstract: A locking device comprises a key (10) and a locking cylinder (30). The locking cylinder (30) in turn is composed of a stationary cylinder housing (31) and a cylinder core (32) rotatably supported therein. In order to increase the break-in safety, it is proposed to use two types of plate closures (40, 50) in the cylinder core (32), the displacement of that closure pointing into two radial directions (41, 51) that differ from each other. The key (10) comprises planar outer surfaces (12, 13) disposed at an angle to each other, the two types of plate closures (40, 50) being parallel displaceable to said surfaces. Each of the two adjoining outer surfaces (12, 13) has a dedicated linear control path (21, 22), which varies in adjoining key sections transversely to the key longitudinal direction (29) for coding the key (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Matthias Habecke
  • Patent number: 8347672
    Abstract: In order to enable a turning of a key of a lock cylinder onto a driven member (shaft 36) in the lock cylinder only when a proper key is inserted, yet to prohibit the turning in case of an overload, an overload lock is arranged therebetween. The driven member (shaft 36) should specifically actuate functions in the vehicle only if the correct key is used. A threshold rotation torque determines the change between the normal and the overload state. In order to improve the lock cylinder, it is furnished that a disengaging lever (40) is mounted in the cylinder housing (30) in a pivotable manner (42) and can be displaced between two pivot positions in a radial plane defined by the longitudinal axis (13) of the lock cylinder. A locking cam (41) belonging to the overload lock is arranged on the free end of the disengaging lever (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Matthias Habecke
  • Publication number: 20130000368
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking device of a motor vehicle, having a key (10) and a lock cylinder, wherein the lock cylinder comprises a cylinder core rotatably supported in a cylinder housing of the lock cylinder, a channel comprising the cylinder core and into which the key (10) can be inserted, spring-loaded tumbler elements displaceably supported radial to the cylinder axis of the lock cylinder when inserting the key (10) into the channel radial to the cylinder axis of the lock cylinder, the plurality of outer surfaces (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b) on the key (10) comprising at least two encoding strips (51a, 51b) acting on the tumbler elements when the key (10) is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: HUF HULSBECK & FURST GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Matthias Habecke
  • Patent number: 8021776
    Abstract: The invention relates to a maintaining and contacting device for a round cell battery and to the use of said type of maintaining and contacting device in remote control devices in order to lock and unlock motor vehicles. According to said type of devices, the battery area must be separated as much as possible from other electronic components in order to prevent destructive contact. Spring clips, which are connected to the electronic system by means of a cable and soldered connections, are used in order to make contact with the upper and lower side of the round cell battery. Leaf-spring like contact elements, which are connected to the battery area forming a non-positive fit connection with an electronic module which is to be supplied, are used in order to prevent a complex construction and in order to enable the battery area to be accessed in an easy manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Matthias Habecke
  • Publication number: 20110041575
    Abstract: A locking device comprises a key (10) and a locking cylinder (30). The locking cylinder (30) in turn is composed of a stationary cylinder housing (31) and a cylinder core (32) rotatably supported therein. In order to increase the break-in safety, it is proposed to use two types of plate closures (40, 50) in the cylinder core (32), the displacement of that closure pointing into two radial directions (41, 51) that differ from each other. The key (10) comprises planar outer surfaces (12, 13) disposed at an angle to each other, the two types of plate closures (40, 50) being parallel displaceable to said surfaces. Each of the two adjoining outer surfaces (12, 13) has a dedicated linear control path (21, 22), which varies in adjoining key sections transversely to the key longitudinal direction (29) for coding the key (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventor: Matthias Habecke
  • Patent number: 7870771
    Abstract: A lock device having a key and a lock cylinder. The lock cylinder includes a fixed cylinder housing and a cylinder core mounted to rotate therein. The key shaft (10.3) has an edge profile and may be inserted in a key way of the cylinder core in which displaceable tumblers (41, 42) are located transverse to the above. The key shaft (10.3) has profiled recesses running in the longitudinal direction. The recesses have a pair of follow points for each tumbler (41, 42) for coding the key, whilst the tumbler (41. 42) has a pair of counter follow points which are the basis of the corresponding counter coding. A space-saving design of the lock device is achieved with a large range of variation for the coding wherein both follow points are on the key shaft (10.3) in the form of recesses, arranged on opposing lateral surfaces to an edge (57.2; 57.3) of the edge profile of the key shaft (10.3). A web (22: 23) is thus generated in the corner region of the edge profile between both recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Mueller, Matthias Habecke, Dirk Jacob
  • Patent number: 7690232
    Abstract: A locking device having a locking cylinder and a key. The locking cylinder includes a cylinder core with tumblers in a cylinder core, which is rotatably mounted in a cylinder housing. Standard coding for the key is produced by a step with longitudinal profiling on at least one flat side of the edge profile of the key, said step being associated with a counter step on the tumbler. In addition to the standard coding produced by step and counter step, the key has at least one set of beveled edge coding in a corner section of the edge profile. The beveled edged coding consists of recesses in the form of beveled cuts in the corresponding corner sections of the edge profile, relative to which are provided counter touching points in the corresponding tumbler. In a section of the key shaft, either the standard coding or beveled edge coding can optionally be used, thereby considerably increasing the diversity of the locking device while retaining the space-saving design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Helmut Klein, Matthias Habecke, Dirk Jacob
  • Publication number: 20100064743
    Abstract: In order to enable a turning of a key of a lock cylinder onto a driven member (shaft 36) in the lock cylinder only when a proper key is inserted, yet to prohibit the turning in case of an overload, an overload lock is arranged therebetween. The driven member (shaft 36) should specifically actuate functions in the vehicle only if the correct key is used. A threshold rotation torque determines the change between the normal and the overload state. In order to improve the lock cylinder, it is furnished that a disengaging lever (40) is mounted in the cylinder housing (30) in a pivotable manner (42) and can be displaced between two pivot positions in a radial plane defined by the longitudinal axis (13) of the lock cylinder. A locking cam (41) belonging to the overload lock is arranged on the free end of the disengaging lever (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventor: Matthias Habecke
  • Publication number: 20090266123
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lock device comprising a key and a lock cylinder, said lock cylinder comprising a fixed cylinder housing and a cylinder core mounted to rotate therein. The key shaft (10.3) has an edge profile and may be inserted in a key way of the cylinder core in which displaceable tumblers (41, 42) are located transverse to the above. The key shaft (10.3) has profiled recesses running in the longitudinal direction, comprising a pair of follow points for each tumbler (41, 42) for coding the key, whilst the tumbler (41, 42) has a pair of counter follow points which are the basis of the corresponding counter coding. According to this invention, a space-saving design of the lock device may be achieved with a large range of variation for the coding wherein both follow points are on the key shaft (10.3) in the form of recesses, arranged on opposing lateral surfaces to an edge (57.2; 57.3) of the edge profile of the key shaft (10.3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Ulrich Mueller, Matthias Habecke, Dirk Jacob
  • Publication number: 20090073001
    Abstract: The invention relates to a maintaining and contacting device for a round cell battery and to the use of said type of maintaining and contacting device in remote control devices in order to lock and unlock motor vehicles. According to said type of devices, the battery area must be separated as much as possible from other electronic components in order to prevent destructive contact. Spring clips, which are connected to the electronic system by means of a cable and soldered connections, are used in order to make contact with the upper and lower side of the round cell battery. Leaf-spring like contact elements (19 31, 34; 22, 27, 35), which are connected to the battery area (11, 13, 14) forming a non-positive fit connection with an electronic module which is to be supplied, are used in order to prevent a complex construction and in order to enable the battery area to be accessed in an easy manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventor: Matthias Habecke
  • Publication number: 20090025442
    Abstract: The locking device consists of a locking cylinder and a key (20.2). The locking cylinder comprises a cylinder core with tumblers (13. 14.1) in a cylinder core, which is rotatably mounted in a cylinder housing. Standard coding for the key (20.2) is produced by a step (28) with longitudinal profiling on at least one flat side of the edge profile of the key (20.2), said step being associated with a counter step (30) on the tumbler (13). In addition to the standard coding produced by (28, 30), the key has at least one set of bevelled edge coding (27.1. 27.4) in a corner section of the edge profile. The bevelled edged coding consists of recesses in the form of bevelled cuts in the corresponding corner sections of the edge profile, relative to which are provided counter touching points (47.1) in he corresponding tumbler (14.1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2006
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: HUF HÜLSBECK & FÜRST GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Helmut Klein, Matthias Habecke, Dirk Jacob