Patents by Inventor Andreas Weingart

Andreas Weingart 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: 20180281960
    Abstract: An airline seatbelt arrangement (10) includes an airline seat frame (5) with a seat base (3) connected to the airline seat frame (5). The seat base has a cushion upper surface (30). A seatbelt retractor (11) is connected to the seat frame (5). A seatbelt retractor (11) has a seatbelt (20) with a seatbelt tongue (12) connected to the seatbelt (20). A seatbelt guide (36, 36?, 36?, 35, 35?, 35?) is connected to the seat base. The seatbelt guide guides the seatbelt and seatbelt tongue from a retracted position to a deployed position within an angular range relative to the seatbelt connection location, whereby the seatbelt and seatbelt tongue may be positioned in the angular range relative to the cushion upper surface in the deployed position. The seatbelt guide may include a recess formed in the seat base and extending from a seatbelt retractor location to the cushion upper surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas WEINGART, Peter CANSFIELD
  • Patent number: 7213884
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a headrest with a center pad and two side pads that are laterally hinged to the center pad. The side pads are swivellable forward into a resting position and back into a supporting position. The center pad has a variable pad hardness, with a firmer pad hardness in the supporting position than in the resting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Flory, Thomas Geisel, Karsten Radonaut, Andreas Schmidt, Andreas Weingart, Guenter Franzmann
  • Publication number: 20060186721
    Abstract: A reclinable vehicle seat, which is freely adjustable between an upright sitting position and a reclined resting position, has a backrest with an adjustable inclination, a seat cushion with adjustable sitting depth and a lower leg rest. In order to obtain a support which is as comfortable as possible and a compact design, the inclination of the seat cushion is adjustable by an inclination adjuster, and the seat cushion has a continuous seat upholstered element which upholsters the seat cushion and the lower leg rest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2003
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Gerhard Flory, Hans Edrich, Gunter Franzman, Klaus Hassler, Heiko Utsch, Andreas Weingart
  • Publication number: 20050161993
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a headrest which headrest has a center pad and two side pads laterally hinged to the center pad and able to be swiveled forward into a resting position and swiveled back into a supporting position. In order to offer optimal support to the head in the upright and also in the laid-back head carriage position, the center pad has a variable pad hardness, so that the center pad has a firmer pad hardness in the supporting position than in the resting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2003
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Gerhard Flory, Thomas Geisel, Karsten Radonaut, Andreas Schmidt, Andreas Weingart
  • Patent number: 6820929
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a seat surface and a seatback is tiltable about a transversely extending pivot axis. The seatback is arranged to be tiltable from an upright seat position into a tilted resting position. In order to achieve a comfortable setting of the headrest in all seat positions and resting positions, the seatback has an automatically driven height adjustment apparatus and an automatically driven tilt adjustment apparatus, each positioned within the seatback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Hans Edrich, Gerhard Flory, Thomas Geisel, Andreas Kinzer, Ralf-Henning Schrom, Heiko Utsch, Andreas Weingart
  • Publication number: 20040026964
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a seat surface and a seatback is tiltable about a transversely extending pivot axis. The seatback is arranged to be tiltable from an upright seat position into a tilted resting position. In order to achieve a comfortable setting of the headrest in all seat positions and resting positions, the seatback has an automatically driven height adjustment apparatus and an automatically driven tilt adjustment apparatus, each positioned within the seatback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Hans Edrich, Gerhard Flory, Thomas Geisel, Andreas Kinzer, Ralf-Henning Schrom, Heiko Utsch, Andreas Weingart