Patents by Inventor Philipp Manger

Philipp Manger 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).

  • Steering column for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9150240
    Abstract: A steering column for a motor vehicle including a steering spindle bearing unit for rotatably supporting a steering spindle of the steering column and a bracket unit for securing the steering column on the motor vehicle. The steering spindle bearing unit is bearing supported by a securement device on at least one bracket part of the bracket unit, wherein the position of the steering spindle bearing unit relative to the bracket unit is secured in position in a closed position of the securement device and, in an open position of the securement device, is displaceable. The securement device includes an operating lever swivellable about a lever swivel axis, by which the operating lever is displaceable between the closed position and the open position. The steering column includes at least one damping element for damping the swivel movement of the operating lever about the lever swivel axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Hieronymus Schnitzer, Philipp Manger
  • STEERING COLUMN FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150053041
    Abstract: A steering column for a motor vehicle including a steering spindle bearing unit for rotatably supporting a steering spindle of the steering column and a bracket unit for securing the steering column on the motor vehicle. The steering spindle bearing unit is bearing supported by a securement device on at least one bracket part of the bracket unit, wherein the position of the steering spindle bearing unit relative to the bracket unit is secured in position in a closed position of the securement device and, in an open position of the securement device, is displaceable. The securement device includes an operating lever swivellable about a lever swivel axis, by which the operating lever is displaceable between the closed position and the open position. The steering column includes at least one damping element for damping the swivel movement of the operating lever about the lever swivel axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Hieronymus Schnitzer, Philipp Manger