Patents by Inventor Ulrich Kostler

Ulrich Kostler 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: 5382062
    Abstract: A motor-vehicle latch mounted on a door has a front end pivoted about an upright axis, a rear end with a rearwardly directed end face, and an inside face immediately adjacent the rear end face, the door being movable relative to a frame member having a forwardly directed front face confronting the rear end face of the door in a fully closed position of the door. A holding element fixed to the front face of the frame member has a part projecting inward past the inside face of the door in the fully closed position of the door and having a support face facing forward toward the rear end face of the door. A retaining member, for example a bolt or wedge, is fixed in the holding element and a retaining element on the rear end face of the door is engageable with the retaining member to latch the door in the fully closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Kiekert GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ulrich Kostler
  • Patent number: 5217266
    Abstract: A lock with a servomotor, particularly a door lock for a motor vehicle, having a lock latch (fork member 1) which can be shifted between an open position and a detent position. In the detent position, the lock latch (fork member 1) reaches behind a pin 3 which, in the detent position, can be rotated by the servomotor about an eccentric axis from a prelocking position into a main locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
    Inventor: Ulrich Kostler
  • Patent number: 5106135
    Abstract: A latch for a motor-vehicle door comprises a housing, a door bolt engageable in and separable from the housing, a pivotal lock fork in the housing engageable around the bolt, and a release lever operatively coupled to the lock fork. Inside and outside latching elements respectively accessible and actuatable from inside and outside the door can each displace a common latching lever pivotal in the housing between a latched position and an unlatched position. Inside and outside locking elements respectively accessible and actuatable from inside and outside the door can similarly displace a common locking lever pivotal in the housing between a locked and an unlocked position. A coupling element connected to the locking lever is displaceable thereby between coupling and uncoupling positions respectively corresponding to the unlocked and locked positions of the locking lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Kiekert GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventors: Johannes T. Menke, Ulrich Kostler
  • Patent number: 5100185
    Abstract: A latch for a motor-vehicle door comprises a housing, a door bolt engageable in and separable from the housing, a pivotal lock fork in the housing engageable around the bolt, and a release lever operatively coupled to the lock fork. Inside and outside latching elements respectively accessible and actuatable from inside and outside the door can each displace a common latching lever pivotal in the housing between a latched position and an unlatched position. Inside and outside locking elements respectively accessible and actuatable from inside and outside the door can similarly displace a common locking lever pivotal in the housing between a locked and an unlocked position. A coupling element connected to the locking lever is displaceable thereby between coupling and uncoupling positions respectively corresponding to the unlocked and locked positions of the locking lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Kiekert GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Johannes T. Menke, Ulrich Kostler
  • Patent number: 4978154
    Abstract: A motor-vehicle door latch for use on a vehicle door having inside and outside handles and inside and outside locking elements has a first housing part that contains a latch fork engageable in a locking position with a door bolt to retain same and lock the door, a lock pawl engageable in a retaining position with the fork to retain same in the locking position, an outside operating lever connected to the outside handle, an outside locking lever connected to the outside locking element, and an unlocking lever connected to the outside locking lever and operable to unlock the door. A second housing part contains an inside operating lever connected to the inside handle, an inside locking lever connected to the inside locking element, a coupling device pivoted coaxially with the inside locking lever and having one arm connected to the unlocking lever of the first housing part and another arm, and a central actuating unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignees: Kiekert GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Frank Kleefeldt, Johannes T. Menke, Ulrich Kostler