Patents by Inventor Stefan Naegele

Stefan Naegele 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: 11577562
    Abstract: The invention relates to a trailer hitch, comprising a ball neck, which is movable between an operative position and a rest position and has a trailer ball, a pivot bearing unit, which is arranged fixed to the vehicle, and a rotation-blocking device having at least two rotation-blocking bodies that are guided such that they are movable by means of a guide body in a guide direction having at least one component in the radial direction in relation to the pivot axis, and having an actuation body, which is arranged such that it is rotatable about the pivot axis and has a respective wedge face extending transversely to the guide direction for each of the rotation-blocking bodies and of which the rotary movement in an actuation direction causes the at least two rotation-blocking bodies to be movable and urgeable in the guide direction, wherein there is provided a release position latching device that, in a release position of the actuation body, is movable between a latch release position, which releases movement o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: ACPS Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Gentner, Bernhard Rimmelspacher, Stefan Naegele, Aleksej Kadnikov
  • Patent number: 11179984
    Abstract: In order to improve a holding device which is mountable on a tail region of the bodywork of a motor vehicle, comprising a swivel bearing unit which is mountable fixed to the vehicle on the tail region of a motor vehicle, in particular a passenger motor vehicle, by means of a support unit, on which swivel bearing a swivel element supporting an attachment element is mounted pivotable about a swivel axis extending transversely, in particular inclined, relative to a longitudinal central plane and is thereby pivotable from an operating position into a rest position and vice versa, such that a holding device is provided to which widely differing attachment elements are fixable, it is proposed that the swivel element is provided with an attachment element carrier having a plug-in receptacle, into which attachment element carrier an attachment element is pluggable with an end region and is fixable with positive engagement, and in that in the operating position, the plug-in receptacle extends with its central axis sub
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ACPS Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Gentner, Bernhard Rimmelspacher, Stefan Naegele, Aleksej Kadnikov, Francois Capron
  • Publication number: 20210129609
    Abstract: The invention relates to a trailer hitch, comprising a ball neck, which is movable between an operative position and a rest position and has a trailer ball, a pivot bearing unit, which is arranged fixed to the vehicle, and a rotation-blocking device having at least two rotation-blocking bodies that are guided such that they are movable by means of a guide body in a guide direction having at least one component in the radial direction in relation to the pivot axis, and having an actuation body, which is arranged such that it is rotatable about the pivot axis and has a respective wedge face extending transversely to the guide direction for each of the rotation-blocking bodies and of which the rotary movement in an actuation direction causes the at least two rotation-blocking bodies to be movable and urgeable in the guide direction, wherein there is provided a release position latching device that, in a release position of the actuation body, is movable between a latch release position, which releases movement o
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: ACPS Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Gentner, Bernhard Rimmelspacher, Stefan Naegele, Aleksej Kadnikov
  • Publication number: 20180319232
    Abstract: In order to improve a holding device which is mountable on a tail region of the bodywork of a motor vehicle, comprising a swivel bearing unit which is mountable fixed to the vehicle on the tail region of a motor vehicle, in particular a passenger motor vehicle, by means of a support unit, on which swivel bearing a swivel element supporting an attachment element is mounted pivotable about a swivel axis extending transversely, in particular inclined, relative to a longitudinal central plane and is thereby pivotable from an operating position into a rest position and vice versa, such that a holding device is provided to which widely differing attachment elements are fixable, it is proposed that the swivel element is provided with an attachment element carrier having a plug-in receptacle, into which attachment element carrier an attachment element is pluggable with an end region and is fixable with positive engagement, and in that in the operating position, the plug-in receptacle extends with its central axis sub
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Wolfgang Gentner, Bernhard Rimmelspacher, Stefan Naegele, Aleksej Kadnikov
  • Publication number: 20140087331
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dental implant having a first conical screw part and a second cylindrical screw part, wherein the first screw part has a progressive thread and the second screw part has a fine thread and there is a circumferential groove at the thread termination of the fine thread, wherein the implant has a hexagon socket at the cervical end, the hexagon socket being arranged in a conical recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Martin Hildmann, Stefan Naegele