Patents by Inventor Tobias EICHENAUER

Tobias EICHENAUER 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).

  • Publication number: 20240159312
    Abstract: An actuator to set a park lock of an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle has a drive (2) driving a drive shaft (1), a first actuating element (3) operatively connected to the drive shaft (1) for actuating a switching device, a spring element (5), which is supported on one side on a housing component (16) of the actuator, and on the other side on a second actuating element (17) designed to load the spring element (5). The actuator also has an electromagnetic retaining device (32) with an electromagnet (50) which interacts magnetically with a magnetic armature (52) comprising a ferromagnetic material component to retain the spring element (5) which is under loading, building up a spring return force. The magnetic armature (52) is mounted tiltably and/or pivotably on a pivot component (55) of the retaining device (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: Kuster Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver KELLER, Tobias EICHENAUER, Kevin HARTBROD
  • Patent number: 10927948
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting the position of a gearshift lever for selecting a gear/driving stage or a gear setting of a motor vehicle. The device has a signal transmitter installed on the gearshift lever and a signal receiver installed at a distance from the signal transmitter, wherein it is possible to detect the different positions of the signal transmitter relative to the signal receiver in different gears or gear settings. The invention further relates to a motor vehicle having such a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: KÜSTER HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Brück, Michael Nicodemus, Tobias Eichenauer, Heiko Schirmer, Wolfgang Pätzold, Evelyn Vorländer, Viktor Kremer
  • Publication number: 20180238440
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for detecting the position of a gearshift lever for selecting a gear/driving stage or a gear setting of a motor vehicle. The device has a signal transmitter installed on the gearshift lever and a signal receiver installed at a distance from the signal transmitter, wherein it is possible to detect the different positions of the signal transmitter relative to the signal receiver in different gears or gear settings. The invention further relates to a motor vehicle having such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Küster Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim BRÜCK, Michael NICODEMUS, Tobias EICHENAUER, Heiko SCHIRMER, Wolfgang PÄTZOLD, Evelyn VORLÄNDER, Viktor KREMER