Patents by Inventor Steffen Ullrich

Steffen Ullrich 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).

  • MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A LEAF ELEMENT AND AN ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR MOVING THE LEAF ELEMENT, AND ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR MOVING A LEAF ELEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20220034139
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle, comprising a leaf element, which is movably held at a bearing point of the motor vehicle, and an adjusting device by means of which the leaf element can be moved between a closed position, in which the leaf element closes an opening of the motor vehicle, and an open position, wherein the adjusting device comprises a spring component which, on the one hand, is coupled at least indirectly to the leaf element and, on the other hand, at least indirectly to a holding region of the motor vehicle, and which comprises a sleeve element and a piston element which is inserted into a sleeve interior of the sleeve element in certain regions and is displaceable relative to the sleeve element during the movement of the leaf element between the closed position and the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicants: AUDI AG, Stabilus GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen ULLRICH, Alexander KNEIP, Rüdiger SCHÖMEHL, Sascha BLATH, Jörg WOLF
  • Actuating drive for an air deflector device
    Patent number: 10670114
    Abstract: An actuating drive for an air deflector device on a vehicle includes a controllable electric motor having an output shaft; a step-down mechanism having a first worm drive and a second worm drive, the first worm drive being coupled by a first worm to the output shaft of the electric motor, the first worm drive having a worm wheel configured to be brought into operative connection with a worm of the second worm drive, the second worm drive having a worm wheel configured to drive the adjustment shaft for the air deflector device; and a mechanical actuating force transmitter configured to transmit an actuating force to the air deflector device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, AUDI AG, SUSPA GMBH
    Inventors: Bernd Herrmann, Joachim Paul, Sebastian Weber, Steffen Ullrich, Daniel Spielberg, Johannes Preis, Bernd Hollerbaum, Matthias Glass, Harald Bielesch, Johannes Lang, Marc Feihl
  • ACTUATING DRIVE FOR AN AIR DEFLECTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190154117
    Abstract: An actuating drive for an air deflector device on a vehicle includes a controllable electric motor having an output shaft; a step-down mechanism having a first worm drive and a second worm drive, the first worm drive being coupled by a first worm to the output shaft of the electric motor, the first worm drive having a worm wheel configured to be brought into operative connection with a worm of the second worm drive, the second worm drive having a worm wheel configured to drive the adjustment shaft for the air deflector device; and a mechanical actuating force transmitter configured to transmit an actuating force to the air deflector device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Bernd Herrmann, Joachim Paul, Sebastian Weber, Steffen Ullrich, Daniel Spielberg, Johannes Preis, Bernd Hollerbaum, Matthias Glass, Harald Bielesch, Johannes Lang, Marc Feihl