Patents by Inventor Thomas Heuberger

Thomas Heuberger 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).

  • Adjustable steering column of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 7350815
    Abstract: An adjustable steering column including an adjusting part that can be displaced in at least one adjusting direction for adjusting the position of the steering column, a holding part which is fixed in the adjusting direction, a fixing device, in the opened state of which the adjusting part can be displaced in relation to the holding part for adjusting the position of the steering column, and in the closed state of which the adjusting part is fixed by the fixing device, and a crash blocking device by which, in the event of a crash, an additional holding force can be exerted against the displacement of the adjusting part in relation to the holding part, and which includes a gripping wedge that can be wedged into a gap between the adjusting part and the holding part in the event of a crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Presta Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ilario Spano, Thomas Heuberger
  • Adjustable steering column of a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20070252372
    Abstract: An adjustable steering column including an adjusting part that can be displaced in at least one adjusting direction for adjusting the position of the steering column, a holding part which is fixed in the adjusting direction, a fixing device, in the opened state of which the adjusting part can be displaced in relation to the holding part for adjusting the position of the steering column, and in the closed state of which the adjusting part is fixed by the fixing device, and a crash blocking device by which, in the event of a crash, an additional holding force can be exerted against the displacement of the adjusting part in relation to the holding part, and which includes a gripping wedge that can be wedged into a gap between the adjusting part and the holding part in the event of a crash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Ilario Spano, Thomas Heuberger