Patents by Inventor René BEKENDAM

René BEKENDAM 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: 11976507
    Abstract: A method for allocating operating parameters to at least two local control units intended to control a door movement for a motor vehicle, wherein: a plurality of parameter records of operating parameters is stored in each local control unit; a plurality of values of a detection criterion is stored in each local control unit, said detection criterion being based on at least two values of an electric variable; for at least one local control unit, a value of the detection criterion is prepared using the electric variable; in each local control unit the detection criterion is queried; and, a parameter record is selected in accordance with the value of the detection criterion determined during the query, and the corresponding operating parameters are allocated to the local control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Florian Pohl, Udo Geuther, Thomas Fischer, René Bekendam
  • Patent number: 11959314
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lock with a locking mechanism and a lock housing structure, a motorized drive arrangement to actuate a mechanical lock component, a control unit for the actuation of the drive arrangement, and an energy storage arrangement for the electric voltage supply of the drive arrangement and/or the control unit being provided in or on the lock housing structure. The lock housing structure has an inner housing part attached to the locking mechanism and the drive arrangement, a housing cover for closing an upper side of the inner housing part, and, between the inner housing part and the housing cover, a control housing part including a control board of the control unit and the energy storage arrangement, and leadframe lines extending at least in sections along the board plane and connected electrically via the leadframe lines of the leadframe to the control board and drive arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Brose Schließsysteme Gmbh & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuppertal
    Inventors: Ludger Graute, René Bekendam
  • Publication number: 20230126606
    Abstract: A control arrangement for operating a motor vehicle locking system, the locking system has an electric drive with an electric drive motor, during normal operation, the electric drive is supplied with a normal supply voltage to provide a motorized locking, the control arrangement has an energy storage arrangement with a capacitor, the energy storage arrangement, in an emergency mode, provides an emergency electrical supply voltage for the electric drive, and includes a boost stage connected downstream of the energy storage unit for generating the emergency supply voltage, the boost stage boosts an electrical input voltage at an input of the boost stage to an electrical output voltage at an output of the boost stage. The energy storage arrangement, to generate the emergency supply voltage, has a first boost stage connected downstream for generating the emergency supply voltage and a second boost stage connected downstream of the first boost stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Rene BEKENDAM, Alexander MÜLLER
  • Publication number: 20200386030
    Abstract: A method for allocating operating parameters to at least two local control units intended to control a door movement for a motor vehicle, wherein: a plurality of parameter records of operating parameters is stored in each local control unit; a plurality of values of a detection criterion is stored in each local control unit, said detection criterion being based on at least two values of an electric variable; for at least one local control unit, a value of the detection criterion is prepared using the electric variable; in each local control unit the detection criterion is queried; and, a parameter record is selected in accordance with the value of the detection criterion determined during the query, and the corresponding operating parameters are allocated to the local control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
    Inventors: Florian POHL, Udo GEUTHER, Thomas FISCHER, René BEKENDAM
  • Publication number: 20200386016
    Abstract: A motor vehicle lock with a locking mechanism and a lock housing structure, a motorized drive arrangement to actuate a mechanical lock component, a control unit for the actuation of the drive arrangement, and an energy storage arrangement for the electric voltage supply of the drive arrangement and/or the control unit being provided in or on the lock housing structure. The lock housing structure has an inner housing part attached to the locking mechanism and the drive arrangement, a housing cover for closing an upper side of the inner housing part, and, between the inner housing part and the housing cover, a control housing part including a control board of the control unit and the energy storage arrangement, and leadframe lines extending at least in sections along the board plane and connected electrically via the leadframe lines of the leadframe to the control board and drive arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Brose Schließsysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuppertal
    Inventors: Ludger GRAUTE, René BEKENDAM