Patents by Inventor Alexander Filip Grauls

Alexander Filip Grauls 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: 7530631
    Abstract: A passenger seat for a vehicle includes a seat bottom and a seat back mounted to a frame. The passenger seat includes at least one storage feature. One of the storage features may be a storage unit positioned underneath the seat bottom which is moveable between a first position in which the unit is readily accessible by a seated passenger, and a second position in which the unit is held upright or against a lower side of the seat bottom to reduce the intrusion of the unit into the under-seat space. Another storage feature may be a recess formed in the upper part of the seat bottom. The recess is covered by a moveable lid which forms part of the seating surface when closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: BE Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor B. Skelly, James Randy Penley, Alexander Filip Grauls, Edgar Owen Kinnier, III, Glenn A. Johnson, Michael Princip, Gary William McKelvey
  • Patent number: 7303234
    Abstract: A passenger seat includes a frame, a bottom, a back, and a headrest, and incorporates a cylindrical motion support member. The support member includes a stationary member carried by the passenger seat, including a concave surface having a cylindrical curvature. A moveable member has a convex surface with a cylindrical curvature disposed in contact with the concave surface, and a support surface for supporting at least a part of a passenger's body The moveable member is selectively positionable along the concave surface. In another variation, the seat back and/or seat bottom is moveable in a conical motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: BE Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Brian Dowty, Alexander Filip Grauls
  • Patent number: 7083234
    Abstract: A passenger seat includes a frame, a bottom, a back, and a headrest, and incorporates a cylindrical motion support member. The support member includes a stationary member carried by the passenger seat, including a concave surface having a cylindrical curvature. A moveable member has a convex surface with a cylindrical curvature disposed in contact with the concave surface, and a support surface for supporting at least a part of a passenger's body The moveable member is selectively positionable along the concave surface. In another variation, the seat back and/or seat bottom is moveable in a conical motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: BE Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Brian Dowty, Alexander Filip Grauls