Patents by Inventor Torsten Bieck

Torsten Bieck 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: 7562854
    Abstract: A holder for a beverage container, for installation in a motor vehicle has a receiver open to a top for insertion of a beverage container, guide unit, a support which is guided by the guide unit so as to be movable back and forth between a lowered position and a raised position, the support in the raised position providing a beverage container inserted into the receiver with a lateral support above the receiver, an unlockable locking device which holds the support in the lowered position, and a locking device which holds the support in the raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: fischer automotive systems GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Bieck, Viktor Kulajew
  • Patent number: 7131690
    Abstract: A holding device for a beverage container intended for installation in a holdable arm rest in a motor vehicle, has a carriage guidable as a drawer to be displaceable back and forth between a pushed-in position and a pulled-out position so that a beverage container can be inserted into the holding device when the carriage is in the pulled-out position, a guide for guiding the carriage during its displacement between the positions, a gravity locking device which locks the carriage in the pushed-in position when the carriage is not in an approximately horizontal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: fischerwerke Artur Fischer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Bollaender, Torsten Bieck, Hans-Peter Stoll, Falk Schaal
  • Publication number: 20060081131
    Abstract: A holder for a beverage container, for installation in a motor vehicle has a receiver open to a top for insertion of a beverage container, guide unit, a support which is guided by the guide unit so as to be movable back and forth between a lowered position and a raised position, the support in the raised position providing a beverage container inserted into the receiver with a lateral support above the receiver, an unlockable locking device which holds the support in the lowered position, and a locking device which holds the support in the raised position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Torsten Bieck, Viktor Kulajew
  • Publication number: 20040217248
    Abstract: A holding device for a beverage container has a carriage displaceable back and forth in a manner of a drawer between an inserted position and an extended position in which a beverage container is placeable on the carriage; a first holding element which is movably attached to the carriage; a control track arrangement for moving the holding element in an upward direction when the carriage is being extended and/or back in a downward direction when the carriage is being inserted, and in a moved-up position provides a lateral support for a beverage container placed on the carriage in the extended position, and a second control track arrangement which is offset from the first control track arrangement in a direction of displacement of the carriage, for moving the holding element in an upward and/or downward direction when the carriage is being extended and inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Torsten Bieck, Roland Dettling, Werner Killguss, Michaela Aigner, Andre Dietrich
  • Publication number: 20040140685
    Abstract: A storage compartment assembly has a first storage compartment having a housing and an opening, an internal compartment arranged in the first storage compartment and having an access face, the internal compartment being mounted on the housing of the first storage compartment so as to be pivotable between a closed position in which the access face is unaccessible and an open position accessible via the opening of the first storage compartment, a lever mechanism, and a guide track means having a control curve, the lever mechanism and the guide track being formed so to couple the cover, the internal compartment and the housing so that when the first compartment is closed, the internal compartment is likewise pivoted from the open position into the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Torsten Bieck, Gunter Leopold, Tsehaye Gebrehiwet, Hans-Georg Peters, Inge Schierling, Uwe Frederking
  • Patent number: 6695271
    Abstract: A holder (10) for a beverage container, which is provided in the construction of a motor vehicle, is formed with two extensions (14, 16), which are displaceable from a base position in a housing (12) into a use position extended away from the housing (12). One of the two extensions (14) has a champagne glass holder (28), on which a champagne glass is held in a stabile manner with its foot by means of downwardly pivoting holding-down devices (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: Fischer Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Torsten Bieck, Gunter Leopold, Juergen Koerber, Bernhard Duerr, Frank Emhardt, Hermann Gaus, Thomas Geisel, Christoph Jung, Rainer Leucht, Ralf-Henning Schrom, Rainer Tiefenbacher
  • Patent number: 6622886
    Abstract: A beverage holder has a base part provided with an insertion opening for insertion of a beverage container, a displaceable holding element which is arranged in an edge region of the insertion opening and has a turning bearing so that upon turning of the holding element the insertion opening is adaptable to different diameters of beverage containers, an arresting device which holds the holding element in a corresponding turning position, the holding element having a displacement guide which extends transversely to the arresting device, so that by displacing the holding element in the displacement guide the arresting device is disengaged and the holding element is turnable, and a spring element which loads the holding element in a direction of the displacement guide and presses the holding element in engagement with the arresting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: fischerwerke Artur Fischer GmbH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Klaus Kaupp, Torsten Bieck, Thomas Greim, Inge Schierling
  • Patent number: 6578806
    Abstract: A beverage holder for a beverage container for example a can, a cup, or a beaker is provided for installation into a dashboard of a motor vehicle and has a pulled-out portion arranged to be displaceably guided as a drawer and having an insertion opening for a beverage container, wherein the beverage container has a shape of an arc of a circle and is provided with an arcuate slide guide and a support rotatable through 180° for supporting the inserted beverage container securely against tipping over.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: fischerwerke Artur Fischer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Juergen Dieringer, Torsten Bieck, Gunter Leopold, Bernd Plocher
  • Publication number: 20030062459
    Abstract: The invention relates to a holder (10) for a beverage container, which is provided in the construction of a motor vehicle. The invention proposes that the holder (10) is formed with two extensions (14, 16), which are displaceable from a base position in a housing (12) into a use position extended away from the housing (12). One of the two extensions (14) has a champagne glass holder (28), on which a champagne glass is held in a stabile manner with its foot by means of downwardly pivoting holding-down devices (36).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Torsten Bieck, Gunter Leopold, Juergen Koerber, Bernhard Duerr, Frank Emhardt, Hermann Gaus, Thomas Geisel, Christoph Jung, Rainer Leucht, Ralf-Henning Schrom, Rainer Tiefenbacher
  • Publication number: 20030025058
    Abstract: A beverage holder for a beverage container for example a can, a cup, or a beaker is provided for installation into a dashboard of a motor vehicle and has a pulled-out portion arranged to be displaceably guided as a drawer and having an insertion opening for a beverage container, wherein the beverage container has a shape of an arc of a circle and is provided with an arcuate slide guide and a support rotatable through 180° for supporting the inserted beverage container securely against tipping over.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: Juergen Dieringer, Torsten Bieck, Gunter Leopold, Bernd Plocher
  • Publication number: 20020171251
    Abstract: An inertia locking mechanism used to hold a drawer closed by preventing self-actuated opening of the drawer (10) during an automobile accident includes a heart-shaped slide channel and a cooperating pin (44) arranged on a pivotable rectangular lever (36) that has an additional weight (48). In the event of an accident, the additional weight (48) exerts a moment upon the lever (36) that prevents release of the pin (44) by a heart-shaped pin (52) of the heart-shaped slide channel (38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Torsten Bieck, Gundolf Kaupp, Andreas Schneider, Steffen Breunig
  • Publication number: 20020100761
    Abstract: A beverage holder has a base part provided with an insertion opening for insertion of a beverage container, a displaceable holding element which is arranged in an edge region of the insertion opening and has a turning bearing so that upon turning of the holding element the insertion opening is adaptable to different diameters of beverage containers, an arresting device which holds the holding element in a corresponding turning position, the holding element having a displacement guide which extends transversely to the arresting device, so that by displacing the holding element in the displacement guide the arresting device is disengaged and the holding element is turnable, and a spring element which loads the holding element in a direction of the displacement guide and presses the holding element in engagement with the arresting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Klaus Kaupp, Torsten Bieck, Thomas Greim, Inge Schierling
  • Publication number: 20020008415
    Abstract: A holding device for a beverage container intended for installation in a holdable arm rest in a motor vehicle, has a carriage guidable as a drawer to be displaceable back and forth between a pushed-in position and a pulled-out position so that a beverage container can be inserted into the holding device when the carriage is in the pulled-out position, a guide for guiding the carriage during its displacement between the positions, a gravity locking device which locks the carriage in the pushed-in position when the carriage is not in an approximately horizontal position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Jochen Bollaender, Torsten Bieck, Hans-Peter Stoll, Falk Schaal
  • Patent number: 5839711
    Abstract: A holder for a beverage container has a body having a container receptacle for receiving a beverage container; at least one holding jaw; a spring element pressing the at least one holding jaw into the container receptacle, the at least one holding jaw having supporting surfaces arranged at different radial distances from a center of the container receptacle and pivoting and linear bearing attaching the holding jaw to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Fischerwerke, Artur Fischer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Torsten Bieck, Christiane Ziegler, Rudiger Widulle, Carsten Lange
  • Patent number: 5777820
    Abstract: The cassette holder for the transverse storage of magnetic tape cassettes, compact cassettes and digital cassettes has locking members (10) provided for locking the tape reel hubs (17) of a compact cassette (19) on a slider element (2) on which the cassette is moved from a removal position to a storage position. The movement of the locking members (10) is triggered by an actuating device (3) having a control edge (4) which raises and locks the locking members via a first turning pin (9) arranged with the locking members (10) on a common shaft (11). The actuating device (3) is actuated by the standard thickened portion (18) on the compact cassette and the control edge (4) in question. The first turning pin (9) travels in a first recess (6) in the base plate (1) and the locking members (10) travel in additional recesses (20) in the base plate (1) to reduce the cassette holder height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: fischerwerke, Artur Fischer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Torsten Bieck
  • Patent number: 5697593
    Abstract: A holding device to receive a drink container is provided for installation in a horizontal surface, for example a central console of a motor vehicle. In order to be able to accommodate the holding device in a small installation space and to recess it completely in its installation surface, the invention proposes a pivot arm which, after being unlocked, pivots, actuated by a spring, from a recumbent position into an upright position and thereby displaces a displaceable, upright arm upwards into a holding position. In order, with a narrow installation space, to engage securely around an inserted drink container, the holding device further has holding wings which, during the displacement of the displaceable arm into the holding position pivot out laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: fischwerke Artur Fischer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Torsten Bieck
  • Patent number: 5692718
    Abstract: A holding device for drink containers for installation in the fascia of a motor vehicle has a slide member on which a holder is mounted so as to be pivotable upward into a horizontal position and to which a support is linked which is likewise pivotally mounted on the slide member and which, when the holder is pivoted upward, pivots with a setting-down surface beneath an insertion opening in the holder. To fold the holder and the support into a flat position in one plane with the slide member, the return member is pivotally mounted on the slide member, engages with a control cam of the support, and, when the slide member is pushed in, is pressed downwards on a fixed oblique surface and thereby folds up the holder and the support. The control cam extends in such a way that the return member locks the holder in its horizontal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Fischerwerke, Arthur Fischer GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Torsten Bieck
  • Patent number: 5667120
    Abstract: A device for a variable division of a motor vehicle boot and for securing a loaded cargo, the device comprises two guide rails arrangeable at a distance apart on a boot floor, at least one supporting panel arranged between the guide rails and displaceable at right angles to the guide rails, rolling devices by which the at least one supporting panel is displaceable to the guide rails and which are arranged in both the guide rails and joined to one another, a sliding block which guides the rolling devices in one of the guide rails, the support panel being rotatably mounted on the sliding guide block and being pivotable from a horizontal position lying on the boot floor into a supportable upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: fischerwerke,Artur Fisch GmbH & CO KG
    Inventors: Torsten Bieck, Manfred Haage, Herbert Erath, Bernd Plocher
  • Patent number: 5598925
    Abstract: The holder for a sound recording medium housing includes a base plate (1); a slider (2) mounted on the base plate (1) so as to be displaceable between a storage position and a removal position; a releasable locking device (17) for releasably locking the slider (2) in the storage position; a spring (8) for urging the slider (2) from the storage position to the removal position; and a clamping device for securing the sound recording medium housing on the slider (1) and preventing rattling noise due to motions including vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: fischerwerke Artur Fischer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Torsten Bieck
  • Patent number: 5478144
    Abstract: The cassette holder for magnetic tape cassettes includes locking devices (14,15) for locking the reel hubs of a magnetic tape cassette mounted on a transversely displaceable sliding element (3). Control wedges (9,10) are formed on both sides of the sliding element (3) which, as a magnetic tape cassette is inserted, come into contact with an enlargement (24,25) formed on the flat faces of the magnetic tape cassette (23) so as to displace the sliding element (3) laterally. The sliding element (3) with its locking devices (14) is thus aligned exactly with the position of the reel hubs (26) for engagement of the locking devices (14,15) with the reel hubs (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: fischerwerke, Artur Fischer GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Torsten Bieck