Patents by Inventor Armin Hille

Armin Hille 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: 20150123772
    Abstract: An electromotive furniture drive has a control device, a power-supply arrangement, a hand-held control connected to the control device via a bidirectional transmission path and having a connection configuration for at least one electrical motor client. The hand-held control has at least one display arrangement for displaying stored images for operation. The hand-held control has a detection device designed to detect the connection configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: DewertOkin GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Hille
  • Patent number: 8981679
    Abstract: A first-fail-safe electromotive furniture drive includes at least one drive unit having at least one motor; at least one actuating device having at least two actuating units, each of which includes a motor contact element and a safety contact element; at least one supply unit; and at least one safety device. The furniture drive is equipped with a reporting device for displaying the functioning and a failure of the at least two actuating units and the safety device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Dewertokin GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Hille
  • Publication number: 20150054429
    Abstract: An electromotive drive for furniture, includes a power supply device, a manual control, and a control device. The power supply device has an disconnecting unit that can be controlled by means of a control line, the electrical control signal of said control line being able to be modified by a switching contact of the manual control such that, when the manual control has not been actuated, the power supply device can be switched into the “disconnection” operating state, said disconnecting unit being connected to a signal feedback arrangement of a control circuit of the power supply device and being integrated in a path of said signal feedback arrangement, or said disconnecting unit being set in, or placed on, an input path or an output path of the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Armin Hille, Christian Müller
  • Publication number: 20150048763
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromotive furniture drive (100) for adjusting a movable part (4, 5) of a piece of furniture (1) by means of an output element, comprising a) at least one adjusting drive (7, 8) with respectively at least one electric motor, a speed reducing mechanism which is coupled thereto and which ensures that the output element is drivenly coupled and can be linearly displaced and/or rotatably moved, and when said output element reaches a predetermined position, said output element actuates an end switch and/or reference switch and/or switching means, b) at least one control device (9) and c) at least one control unit (10), said control device (9) comprising a positioning device for the output element provided with a control block with a counter and a recording device for evaluating impulses of a counter EMK of the at least one electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventor: Armin Hille
  • Publication number: 20150035457
    Abstract: The invention relates to a furniture arrangement (200) comprising at least two pieces of furniture (1, 1?), each respectively having an electromotive furniture drive (100, 100?) for adjusting at least one movable part (4, 5) of each at least two pieces of furniture (1, 1?), wherein each electromotive furniture drive (100, 100?) comprises a) at least one adjusting drive (7, 7?; 8, 8?) with respectively at least one electric motor, a speed-reducing gear mechanism coupled thereto and to which an output element is drivingly coupled, said output element being linearly displaceable and/or can be rotated, and b) at least one control device (9, 9?), wherein c) the furniture arrangement (200) comprises an operating unit (10) for actuating all the electric motors of the adjusting drive (7, 7?; 8, 8?) of the electromotive furniture drive (100, 100?).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Armin Hille, Steffen Loley, Karsten Gehrke
  • Publication number: 20150026890
    Abstract: The invention relates to an emergency power supply device (200) for an electromotive furniture drive (100) of a piece of furniture (1), comprising a housing in which at least one energy accumulator is arranged, a connection cable having at least two power lines and several auxiliary lines for connecting to the electromotive furniture drive which is to be associated therewith, a socket for connecting a control unit of the electromotive furniture drive which is to be associated therewith, at least one control element which, when actuated, electrically connects the electric connections of the at least one energy accumulator to the at least two power lines of the connection cable. The housing is designed as a shell housing comprising securing sections and an inner compartment for receiving the at least one energy accumulator, said at least one control element and at least one night light. The invention also relates to an electromotive furniture drive (100) and a piece of furniture (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Armin Hille, Thomas Schröder
  • Publication number: 20150025688
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device (9) for at least one electromotive adjusting drive (7, 8) of a piece of furniture (1), comprising at, least one adjusting drive connection (91) for connecting to the at least one electromotive adjusting drive (7, 8), and an interface (92) for coupling to at least one operating unit (10). When a control element (12, 13) of the control unit is actuated, a switch signal is emitted at the end of the control for controlling the at least electromotive adjusting drive (7, 8) and/or an electric motor of the electromotive adjusting drive (7, 8). Said control device is characterised in that it comprises a multi-functional connection (93) designed as a multi-functional interface, said connection comprising at least one data signal line for transferring data, at least one power supply line and at least one signal input and output line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: DEWERTOKIN GMBH
    Inventors: Armin Hille, Steffen Loley, Thomas Schröder
  • Publication number: 20150019020
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control device (9) for at least one adjusting drive (7, 8) which is to be associated with a piece of furniture (1) and which is designed to control the at least one adjusting drive (7, 8) based on control data (20) captured by a wireless transmission path (19) of the operating unit (10). Said control device is characterised by an emitter interface (21) which is designed to transmit data (22) to the operating unit (10) by means of a wireless transmission path (19). The invention further relates to an operating unit (10) comprising a receiver interface (23) which is designed to capture data (22) from the control device (9) by means of a wireless transmission path (19), in addition to a system (18) consisting of a control device (9) and an operating unit (10) and a piece of furniture (1) equipped with said system (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: DEWERTOKIN GMBH
    Inventors: Armin Hille, Steffen Loley, Karsten Gehrke
  • Publication number: 20140159618
    Abstract: An electric-motor furniture drive includes a power supply device, a manual control for moving movable furniture components relative to each other, and an electric motor with reversible rotation direction. A speed-reducing transmission is connected downstream of the electric motor and an additional transmission is connected downstream of the speed-reducing transmission. The power supply device has a mains connection, transforms the mains-side input voltage into at least one output-side low voltage and is configured for galvanic isolation between the mains-connected input side and the output side for operating the electric-motor furniture drive. The power supply device is designed as a switched-mode power supply and has an intermediate circuit, a control device for controlling the switched-mode power supply, and a secondary unit. The power supply device provides an output-side operating voltage at the output thereof in an operating state and provides an output-side idle voltage at the output in an idle state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: DewertOkin GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Hille
  • Publication number: 20140152068
    Abstract: An electromotive furniture drive includes an electric motor, the rotational direction of which can be reversed, a motor controller, a manual control, a battery unit, and a mains power supply device. A speed-reducing transmission is connected downstream of the electric motor and a further transmission is connected downstream of each speed-reducing transmission and the battery unit has at least one battery. To enable simple, economical and easy installation, in particular in tight installation spaces, the furniture drive has a coupling device which includes a charging device for charging the at least one battery of the battery unit. The coupling device also has a reference device, which is connected to a charging device The furniture drive is especially suited for slatted bed frames and armchairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: DewertOkin GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Hille
  • Publication number: 20130207585
    Abstract: An electromotive adjustment device for a piece of furniture having an adjustable furniture part. The electromotive adjustment device includes a housing, a drive gear motor, a control device having a device housing, and at least one drive unit having an output member connected to the adjustable furniture part. The drive gear motor is configured to be one of brought to a standstill and reversed by a safety device during the occurrence of a pinching between one or more of two furniture parts, a furniture part and a component, and a furniture part and a part of a person's body. The safety device includes a light transmitter configured such that a light beam directed against one of the adjustable furniture part and the component and the light beam is reflected to meet a light receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventor: Armin Hille
  • Publication number: 20120206070
    Abstract: A first-fail-safe electromotive furniture drive includes at least one drive unit having at least one motor; at least one actuating device having at least two actuating units, each of which includes a motor contact element and a safety contact element; at least one supply unit; and at least one safety device. The furniture drive is equipped with a reporting device for displaying the functioning and a failure of the at least two actuating units and the safety device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Dewert Antriebs- und Systemtechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Hille
  • Publication number: 20120194106
    Abstract: A first-fail-safe electromotive furniture drive includes at least one drive unit having at least one motor; at least one actuating device having at least two actuating units, each of which includes a motor contact element and a safety contact element; at least one supply unit; and at least one safety device. The furniture drive is equipped with a reporting device for displaying the functioning and a failure of the at least two actuating units and the safety device. The furniture drive includes at least one safety actuating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Dewert Antriebs-und systemtechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Armin Hille