Patents by Inventor Edwin van der Perk

Edwin van der Perk 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: 20240043119
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fixing system to connect, install, mount and/or fix a device or an equipment to a structure or a structural environment such as, for example, an aircraft structure, through at least one first fixing means and at least one second fixing means. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for using such a fixing system in a method for connecting, installing, mounting and/or fixing a device or an equipment to a structure or a structural environment such as, for example, an aircraft structure to a structure of the aircraft and to a device. The fixing system can be a bracket. The fixing system comprises at least one first fixing means to connect a structure or a structural environment to the fixing system and at least one second fixing means to connect a device or an equipment to the fixing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Klaas Blume, Torsten Kuehnert, Erasmo Benna, Edwin Van Der Perk
  • Patent number: 11618375
    Abstract: A cabin furnishing element for a cabin, such as a cabin of an aircraft, includes a panel having a panel body. The panel body includes an illumination surface having an illumination zone, and defines a lighting recess within the panel body relative to the illumination surface. The panel also includes a lighting system having a light source assembly and a light guide. The light source assembly and light guide are retained within the lighting recess defined by the panel body. The lighting system is adapted to selectively illuminate a portion of the illumination zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Zodiac Cabin Controls GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Antonczyk, Birger Timm, Lutz Neumann, Henrik Heine, Edwin van der Perk, Hermann Schotte, Rincke Bleicken
  • Publication number: 20210370825
    Abstract: A cabin furnishing element for a cabin, such as a cabin of an aircraft, includes a panel having a panel body. The panel body includes an illumination surface having an illumination zone, and defines a lighting recess within the panel body relative to the illumination surface. The panel also includes a lighting system having a light source assembly and a light guide. The light source assembly and light guide are retained within the lighting recess defined by the panel body. The lighting system is adapted to selectively illuminate a portion of the illumination zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Volker Antonczyk, Birger Timm, Lutz Neumann, Henrik Heine, Edwin van der Perk, Hermann Schotte, Rincke Bleicken
  • Patent number: 11104271
    Abstract: A cabin furnishing element (100) for a cabin, such as a cabin of an aircraft, includes a panel (102) having a panel body. The panel body includes an illumination surface (106) having an illumination zone (110), and defines a lighting recess (112) within the panel body relative to the illumination surface (106). The panel (102) also includes a lighting system (104) having a light source assembly (120) and a light guide (122). The light source assembly (120) and light guide (122) are retained within the lighting recess (112) defined by the panel body. The lighting system (104) is adapted to selectively illuminate a portion of the illumination zone (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Zodiac Cabin Controls GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Antonczyk, Birger Timm, Lutz Neumann, Henrik Heine, Edwin van der Perk, Hermann Schotte, Rincke Bleicken
  • Publication number: 20200223356
    Abstract: A cabin furnishing element (100) for a cabin, such as a cabin of an aircraft, includes a panel (102) having a panel body. The panel body includes an illumination surface (106) having an illumination zone (110), and defines a lighting recess (112) within the panel body relative to the illumination surface (106). The panel (102) also includes a lighting system (104) having a light source assembly (120) and a light guide (122). The light source assembly (120) and light guide (122) are retained within the lighting recess (112) defined by the panel body. The lighting system (104) is adapted to selectively illuminate a portion of the illumination zone (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Volker Antonczyk, Birger Timm, Lutz Neumann, Henrik Heine, Edwin van der Perk, Hermann Schotte, Rincke Bleicken