Patents by Inventor Rainer Wirths

Rainer Wirths 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: 11286706
    Abstract: A lock arrangement for a vehicle door, which is connected in an adjustable manner to a motor vehicle body, wherein a motor vehicle lock is provided that in the mounted state is arranged on the motor vehicle door or on the motor vehicle body, wherein the motor vehicle lock arrangement, in particular the motor vehicle lock, comprises a push-open arrangement with which the motor vehicle door may be adjusted in a motorized push-open procedure out of a door closed position, in particular a door main-closed position or a door pre-closed position into a door push-open position that is lying further in its opening direction and as a consequence a gap, may be produced between the motor vehicle body and a door engagement edge of the motor vehicle door, wherein a control arrangement and connected thereto in terms of control technology a sensor arrangement are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Rainer Wirths, Michael Pleines
  • Patent number: 11199031
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle lock arrangement for a closure element which is movably coupled to a motor vehicle body, wherein a motor vehicle lock is provided, which in the mounted state is arranged on the closure element or on the motor vehicle body. It is proposed that a servo drive is provided for exerting a driving force on the closure element in its opening direction, so that the closure element can be moved in a motorized positioning process from a closed position into a gap position, and in this way an engagement gap can be created between closure element and motor vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Rainer Wirths
  • Publication number: 20200002996
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to lock arrangement for a vehicle door, which is connected in an adjustable manner to a motor vehicle body, wherein a motor vehicle lock is provided that in the mounted state is arranged on the motor vehicle door or on the motor vehicle body, wherein the motor vehicle lock arrangement, in particular the motor vehicle lock, comprises a push-open arrangement with which the motor vehicle door may be adjusted in a motorized push-open procedure out of a door closed position, in particular a door main-closed position or a door pre-closed position into a door push-open position that is lying further in its opening direction and as a consequence a gap, may be produced between the motor vehicle body and a door engagement edge of the motor vehicle door, wherein a control arrangement and connected thereto in terms of control technology a sensor arrangement are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Rainer Wirths, Michael Pleines
  • Publication number: 20170130490
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle lock arrangement for a closure element which is movably coupled to a motor vehicle body, wherein a motor vehicle lock is provided, which in the mounted state is arranged on the closure element or on the motor vehicle body. It is proposed that a servo drive is provided for exerting a driving force on the closure element in its opening direction, so that the closure element can be moved in a motorized positioning process from a closed position into a gap position, and in this way an engagement gap can be created between closure element and motor vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Rainer Wirths
  • Patent number: 9080355
    Abstract: Described herein is a circuit arrangement for a motor vehicle door having a detent mechanism which keeps the motor vehicle door in the closed position and opens it and at least one operating element, for example, an outer door handle and/or inner door handle, wherein an electric drive, for example, an electric motor, drives the detent mechanism, and the motor can be connected by means of a control module. In one embodiment, at least one electrical switching element is arranged in the circuit of the motor. In another embodiment, when the operating element is operated, the electrical circuit of the motor can be completed by means of the electrical switching element. Also described is a method for actuating a detent mechanism in a motor vehicle door and a controller for a detent mechanism which keeps a motor vehicle door in the closed position or opens it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Simon Brose, Klaus Dünne, Rainer Wirths
  • Publication number: 20140175812
    Abstract: The invention relates to a locking system component for a locking system which is assigned to a closure element of a motor vehicle, wherein an impact arrangement for absorbing momentum of a movement element is provided. It is proposed that the impact arrangement has a plastics foam element which consists at least partially, and in some embodiments completely, of a microcellular, open-cell plastics foam, in particular of a polyurethane foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Rainer Wirths, Roman Joschko
  • Publication number: 20110181056
    Abstract: Described herein is a circuit arrangement for a motor vehicle door having a detent mechanism which keeps the motor vehicle door in the closed position and opens it and at least one operating element, for example, an outer door handle and/or inner door handle, wherein an electric drive, for example, an electric motor, drives the detent mechanism, and the motor can be connected by means of a control module. In one embodiment, at least one electrical switching element is arranged in the circuit of the motor. In another embodiment, when the operating element is operated, the electrical circuit of the motor can be completed by means of the electrical switching element. Also described is a method for actuating a detent mechanism in a motor vehicle door and a controller for a detent mechanism which keeps a motor vehicle door in the closed position or opens it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Simon Brose, Klaus Dünne, Rainer Wirths
  • Publication number: 20050199024
    Abstract: A motor vehicle door locking arrangement and a motor vehicle lock for mounting on a motor vehicle door and an associated method of installation. The locking arrangement includes a motor vehicle door lock including an attachment arrangement, a door handle, and a linkage for a connecting the door handle to the motor vehicle door lock. The linkage transmits actuating forces, created by actuation of the door handle, to the motor vehicle door lock, and wherein the attachment means and the linkage connected relative to the movements caused by actuation of the door handle. The attachment arrangement has an opened position in which the linkage can be freely moved in at least one direction relative to the attachment arrangement, and a closed position in which the linkage is fixed relative to the attachment arrangement, with respect to the movements caused by actuation of the door handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH and Co. KG
    Inventor: Rainer Wirths
  • Patent number: 6370482
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for the automated diagnosis of monitored objects, especially of drive strings, with a stationary, fully automatically operating data collecting unit positioned on the monitored object and a monitoring terminal spatially separated therefrom, whereby the quantitative description of the damage condition and therefore the activation of data transfer and subsequent reporting of diagnosis statements at the monitoring terminal is triggered by the significance of a damage property correspondingly weighted by the damage type, or a combination of different damage properties, which are specified by the amplitude of the physical variable corresponding to the kinetic occurrences which are formed for the harmonic excitation within the spectrum of the wide band signal detected by way of sensors at the machine surface, or for the impact impulse type excitation of the high pass filtered envelope curve spectrum of the same signal, or for the discontinuously appearing determinant impulse excitation from t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Flender Engineering & Service Antriebstechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Rainer Wirth
  • Patent number: 6155124
    Abstract: A small motorized drive for a movable functional element in a motor vehicle, especially for a motor vehicle closing device, with a drive element (11) which can be driven by an electric drive motor and a carrier (12) which transfers the force of the drive element (11) to the functional element and which is generally coupled to the drive element (11), but not to the functional element. The running electric drive motor can be shut off in at least one stopping position by blocking of continued movement of the drive element (11) in the driven direction of motion by the carrier (12) striking a carrier stop surface on the functional element (blocked mode). When blocking of the continued movement of the drive element (1) in the driven direction of motion occurs, blocking of backward motion of the drive element (11) relative to the driven direction of motion takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Rainer Wirths
  • Patent number: 5934717
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lock, especially a tailgate lock in which the opening motion can be triggered by a pure switching measure and then proceeds automatically without fault, preferably without using microswitches. This motor vehicle lock has a lock latch (1) with a front catch (3) and a main catch (4), a detent pawl (6, 6') with a catch projection (9) and an actuating surface (10), as well as a drive element (11) and a driver (12, 12') located thereon. The driver (12, 12') strikes an actuating surface (10) by turning in one direction and lifts the catch projection (9) of the detent pawl (6) out of the main catch (4) and turns off the drive after the lifting process, with the detent pawl (6, 6') remaining in the lifted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Wirths, Marc Georgenthum