Patents by Inventor Ralf Nothroff

Ralf Nothroff 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: 11065992
    Abstract: An armrest for a motor vehicle has a housing body and an arm support fitted pivotably on the housing body. A rotatably mounted bolt is provided on the arm support with a bolt tongue which, in a locking position, interacts with a striker plate on the housing body, as a result of which a pivoting of the arm support away from the housing body is blocked. A U-shaped support bracket is fitted on the arm support and has, upon application of a force for pivoting of the arm support away from the housing body in the locking position of the bolt, contact with the bolt tongue on the side which faces away from the arm support. A support force is thus exerted in the direction of the arm support on the bolt. The support bracket in the locking position of the bolt, engages around at least the bolt tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ralf Nothroff, Simon Higgins, Franz W. Rosnick, Tim Klausmann
  • Patent number: 10518710
    Abstract: A mounting bracket to hold a console frame member includes a base support component, a first side component plate, and a second side component plate. The base support component includes a base portion and a back support portion having a first end and a second end. The base portion is fixed to a floor of a vehicle and the back support portion vertically extends from the base portion. The first side component plate and second side component plates extend toward a front side of the mounting bracket from the first end and the second end. The base support component, the first side component plate, and the second side component plate collectively form an impact absorbing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ralf Nothroff
  • Publication number: 20180222371
    Abstract: An armrest for a motor vehicle has a housing body and an arm support fitted pivotably on the housing body. A rotatably mounted bolt is provided on the arm support with a bolt tongue which, in a locking position, interacts with a striker plate on the housing body, as a result of which a pivoting of the arm support away from the housing body is blocked. A U-shaped support bracket is fitted on the arm support and has, upon application of a force for pivoting of the arm support away from the housing body in the locking position of the bolt, contact with the bolt tongue on the side which faces away from the arm support. A support force is thus exerted in the direction of the arm support on the bolt. The support bracket in the locking position of the bolt, engages around at least the bolt tongue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ralf Nothroff, Simon Higgins, Franz W. Rosnick, Tim Klausmann
  • Publication number: 20170341589
    Abstract: A mounting bracket to hold a console frame member includes a base support component, a first side component plate, and a second side component plate. The base support component includes a base portion and a back support portion having a first end and a second end. The base portion is fixed to a floor of a vehicle and the back support portion vertically extends from the base portion. The first side component plate and second side component plates extend toward a front side of the mounting bracket from the first end and the second end. The base support component, the first side component plate, and the second side component plate collectively form an impact absorbing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventor: Ralf Nothroff