Patents by Inventor Rolf Bücker
Rolf Bücker 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).
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Patent number: 11492822Abstract: The disclosure relates to a door handle for a vehicle door which can be installed as such from the door inner side on a handle recess of the outer skin of the vehicle door, wherein the handle unit has a handle module and an especially elongate handle part which is accommodated by the handle module, wherein the handle module has a mechanism for the motorized adjustment of the handle part, wherein the handle unit can be pre-installed on the door. The door handle unit can have a fastening slide which, with the handle unit pre-installed is connected to the handle module on one side and to the motor vehicle door on the other side, wherein for the final installation of the door handle unit an installation movement can be introduced into the fastening slide by a tool in an installation direction from a narrow side of the vehicle door.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, BambergInventors: Sebastian Schnetter, Bert Almes, Rolf Buecker, Lukas Rudnik
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Publication number: 20190178000Abstract: The disclosure relates to a door handle for a vehicle door which can be installed as such from the door inner side on a handle recess of the outer skin of the vehicle door, wherein the handle unit has a handle module and an especially elongate handle part which is accommodated by the handle module, wherein the handle module has a mechanism for the motorized adjustment of the handle part, wherein the handle unit can be pre-installed on the door. The door handle unit can have a fastening slide which, with the handle unit pre-installed is connected to the handle module on one side and to the motor vehicle door on the other side, wherein for the final installation of the door handle unit an installation movement can be introduced into the fastening slide by a tool in an installation direction from a narrow side of the vehicle door.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Sebastian Schnetter, Bert Almes, Rolf Buecker, Lukas Rudnik
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Patent number: 8262333Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting element for the mechanical connection of at least two components, in particular two components of a motor vehicle door, with a bearing collar for bearing against a first component, with a crossbar that has bearing flanks for bearing against a second component and for clamping the latter against the first component in a rotated final assembly position, and with a shaft section, which bears the crossbar, for rotatably passing through corresponding openings in the components. In this case, a means is provided for fastening to the first component in a defined preassembly position. Furthermore, the invention relates to a corresponding connecting arrangement comprising at least two components each having an aperture, and a connecting element of this type, with the connecting element being held on the first component in a preassembly position.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2007Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co.Inventors: Rolf Bücker, Martin Schlechtriemen, Sebastian Schnetter, Horst Weber, Peter Herzog, Mathias Heppner, Thomas Hülsebusch
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Patent number: 7877932Abstract: An adjusting system for a motor vehicle door includes a window winder for adjusting a window, at least one guide area of the window winder for guiding the window along a direction of adjustment, a door lock and a lock support. The one guide area of the window winder and the lock support are fixedly connected to one another, such that the guide area and the lock support form a structural unit. The guide area which is combined with the lock support into a structural unit includes at least one overlap area for a lateral window edge of the window to be adjusted and a further guide area of the window winder is provided, which is extended in the direction of adjustment of the window, and is positively engaged with a carrier being forcibly guided along the direction of adjustment of the window to be adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2005Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, CoburgInventors: Olaf Kriese, Patricica Cruz, Hilmar Dohles, Rolf Bücker, Ronny Schreiber, Manfred Stenzel, Harald Krüger
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Publication number: 20100272540Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting element for the mechanical connection of at least two components, in particular two components of a motor vehicle door, with a bearing collar for bearing against a first component, with a crossbar that has bearing flanks for bearing against a second component and for clamping the latter against the first component in a rotated final assembly position, and with a shaft section, which bears the crossbar, for rotatably passing through corresponding openings in the components. In this case, a means is provided for fastening to the first component in a defined preassembly position. Furthermore, the invention relates to a corresponding connecting arrangement comprising at least two components each having an aperture, and a connecting element of this type, with the connecting element being held on the first component in a preassembly position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2007Publication date: October 28, 2010Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co.Inventors: Rolf Bücker, Martin Schlechtriemen, Sebastian Schnetter, Horst Weber, Peter Herzog, Mathias Heppner, Thomas Hülsebusch
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Patent number: 7793464Abstract: A multifunctional support for use in a motor vehicle includes a retaining section for fastening the multifunctional support to an assembly support of a door of the motor vehicle. The multifunctional support further includes a longitudinal window guide linked with the retaining section for guiding a window pane, and fastening locations for fastening a door lock to the multifunctional support. The retaining section is linked with the window guide along a longitudinal subsection of the multifunctional support. The retaining section, in a terminal zone of the longitudinal subsection, is linked with the window guide in a substantially rigid manner and is linked with the window guide in another terminal zone of the longitudinal subsection in a flexible manner.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2004Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Bücker, Dirk Leve, Martin Schlechtriemen, Christoph Bunzel
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Patent number: 7086257Abstract: A lock system is provided with a function controlling mechanism for control of the lock states unlocked, locked and optionally theft secure and child safety. The lock system is characterized by very short times for controlling the desired locking states and good suitability to various requirements with regard to construction space and functionality. The lock system comprises locking pieces, for example a turning latch or lock handle, in a lock for the mechanical locking of the door, at least one operating device in the form of an external door opener and/or an internal door opener, an optional locking cylinder, and elements for transmitting the operating force from the operating device to the locking pieces. The pieces of the function controlling mechanism (FSM), involved in controlling the locking state are not involved in the force path between the operating device and the locking pieces of the lock.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2001Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, CoburgInventors: Rolf Bücker, Uwe Sommer, Jörg Übelein, Andre Görtz
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Patent number: 7080532Abstract: A vehicle door closure includes a door lock containing a closing element, an outer opening handle pivotally mounted in a holding plate or handle shell of the vehicle door, a coupling element connecting the door lock to the outer opening handle and a connecting device that connects the coupling element to the outer opening handle and compensates for tolerances between the door lock and the outer opening handle. The connecting device is arranged in the coupling element in such a way that it can be moved longitudinally and connected to the coupling element in a positive or non-positive fit manner during assembly of the outer opening handle, the connecting device being locked on the coupling element.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2005Date of Patent: July 25, 2006Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, CoburgInventors: Rolf Bücker, Manfred Hoff
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Patent number: 7028516Abstract: A vehicle door closure includes a door lock containing a closing element, an outer opening handle pivotally mounted in a holding plate or handle shell of the vehicle door, a coupling element connecting the door lock to the outer opening handle and a connecting device that connects the coupling element to the outer opening handle and compensates for tolerances between the door lock and the outer opening handle. The connecting device is arranged in the coupling element in such a way that it can be moved longitudinally and connected to the coupling element in a positive or non-positive fit manner during assembly of the outer opening handle, the connecting device being locked on the coupling element.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2001Date of Patent: April 18, 2006Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Bücker, Manfred Hoff
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Patent number: 6942260Abstract: A closing device for a vehicle door includes a doorlock, an operating element for operating the doorlock, an external door handle fixed to the external skin of the vehicle door with an adjuster piece, a deflecting element which translates a movement of the adjuster piece along a first direction into a movement along a second direction and a coupling element by means of which the deflector element acts upon the operating element. The external door handle and the deflecting element are connected to the external skin of the vehicle door, such that they move together with a deformation of the external skin and that the coupling element is provided with means for distance compensation, which permits a movement of the deflector piece relative to the operating element, without the deflecting element acting upon the operating element.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2001Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Bücker, Thomas Flecke, Gerhard Hofmann
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Patent number: 6877348Abstract: The invention relates to a closing device for a vehicle comprising a lock, a drive for determining the locking state of the locking device, by means of which the locking device may be placed in at least four different locking states and a rotating shaped disc on the drive, which may be rotated by the drive to determine the individual locking states, whereby the individual locking states are each assigned a particular angular position for the shaped disc. According to the invention, the shaped disc (1) is of such a form that said disc may be taken from each angular position, corresponding to one of the various states (V, K, S) and different to the unlocked state (E), without a third locking state occurring on performing the above.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2001Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, CoburgInventors: Rolf Buecker, Joerg Uebelein, Uwe Sommer, Andre Goertz
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Patent number: 6705665Abstract: An electromotively activated locking system for a motor vehicle door includes an outer door opener, at least one inner door opener, a lock mechanism that can be regulated by a motor drive and an element separating the wet and dry areas. The lock parts of the primary lock mechanism (3) are located in the damp area. An electrical device for determining the locking state of the primary and secondary lock mechanisms (3, 5) and the motor drive (2) are located in the dry area. For controlling the locking system, a logic alignment is carried out between the locking states of the primary locking mechanism and the locking states of the secondary locking mechanism and certain lock functions are then released or blocked for control in dependence on this logic alignment.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2002Date of Patent: March 16, 2004Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, CoburgInventors: Rolf Buecker, Juergen Seeberger, Joerg Uebelein
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Publication number: 20030196465Abstract: The invention relates to a closing device for a vehicle comprising a lock, a drive for determining the locking state of the locking device, by means of which the locking device may he placed in at least four different locking states and a rotating shaped disc on the drive, which may he rotated by the drive to determine the individual locking states, whereby the individual locking states are each assigned a particular angular position for the shaped disc. According to the invention, the shaped disc (1) is of such a form that said disc may be taken from each angular position, corresponding to one of the various states (V, K, S) and different to the unlocked state (E), without a third locking state occurring on performing the above.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2003Publication date: October 23, 2003Inventors: Rolf Buecker, Joerg Uebelein, Uwe Sommer, Andre Goertz