Patents by Inventor Christian Wobst

Christian Wobst 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: 6427956
    Abstract: An armrest for a motor vehicle seat that can be attached by a bearing device and is pivotable about a pivot axis between two latching locations of a bearing device that delimit the pivoting range. A stop that moves with the armrest is associated with these latching locations. The bearing device has two assembled parts and has a flexible sliding element that brakes the pivoting movement of the armrest and latches the end positions of the armrest. The flexible sliding element is integrated in one piece into one part of the bearing device, and this one part consists of a one-piece molded plastic part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Thomas Heckmann, Holger Hoerner, Franz Krischen, Christian Wobst
  • Patent number: 6375264
    Abstract: A backrest for a vehicle seat, in particular a rear seat, has a head restraint which can be pivoted away from an approximately vertical operative position into an approximately horizontal inoperative position on the rear side of the backrest. The head restraint has a head cushion and at least one supporting rod which holds the head cushion and passes through a slot cutout in the backrest and is fixed to a pivoting shaft arranged in the backrest. In order to avoid openings on the upper side of the backrest for the passage of the supporting rod, the slot cutout is arranged in a rear wall of the backrest, and the supporting rod is designed in such a manner that it emerges out of the head cushion towards the rear side of the backrest with a curved rod section running concentrically to the pivoting shaft, and extends as far as the pivoting shaft with a straight rod section which is angled off at the end of the curved rod section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Armin Kienzle, Christian Wobst, Ulrich Ebbeskotte
  • Patent number: 6371559
    Abstract: A rear seat arrangement for vehicles is provided. The rear seat includes a backrest which bears at least one head restraint and can be folded about a pivot spindle secured on the vehicle, and having a seat part which can be pivoted about a multi-joint hinge secured on the seat and on the vehicle, in which arrangement, in order to enlarge the luggage compartment lying behind it, the seat part is pivoted upright onto the front seat arrangement and the backrest is pivoted into the space released by the seat part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler A.G.
    Inventors: Armin Kienzle, Christian Wobst
  • Patent number: 6065805
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a seat framework, which includes a cushion support, which receives a seat cushion, and rear and front connections, each designed in pairs, between the cushion support and seat framework. In order to provide a connection between the seat framework and cushion support which is cost-effective to produce and which has sufficient stability with respect to release even in extreme situations, each rear connection has a horizontal guide bolt, which projects transversely on the seat framework, and a U-shaped longitudinal guide, which is fastened on the cushion support and grips over the bolt. Each front connection has a hairpin-like spring, which is secured on the cushion support, and two latching jaws, which are spaced apart transversely from one another on the seat framework. Each latching jaw bears a groove for the form-fitting insertion of one leg of the spring, which spreads in the direction of the latching jaws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Petros Velimvassakis, Christian Wobst