Patents by Inventor Gunter Burger
Gunter Burger 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).
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Publication number: 20240156267Abstract: The present invention relates to an item of seating furniture (2) having a seating frame (11) with a running gear and with at least one seating assembly (12), a table assembly (14), a footrest (13), a power storage system which supplies the seating furniture (2) with energy, a control unit, and a comfort, work, and/or entertainment device (15), wherein the control unit controls the one comfort, work, and/or entertainment device (15). In addition, the present invention relates to a seating furniture system (1) having at least one item of seating furniture (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Günter BURGER, Hubert SCHILL, Michael MOSER, Christian FAHRLANDER, Baldeep SINGH
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Publication number: 20240122379Abstract: The invention relates to event furniture comprising at least one table and/or at least one chair as an event furniture component (100, 200, 250, 300, 350), wherein at least one table (11, 250), a table part (120, 300, 350) of the at least one table (11), the at least one chair (110, 200), and/or a combination of the above-mentioned event furniture components have means for carrying out an individual machine-controlled movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventor: Günter BURGER
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Patent number: 11871857Abstract: The invention relates to event furniture comprising at least one table and/or at least one chair as an event furniture component (100, 200, 250, 300, 350), wherein at least one table (11, 250), a table part (120, 300, 350) of the at least one table (11), the at least one chair (110, 200), and/or a combination of the above-mentioned event furniture components have means for carrying out an individual machine-controlled movement.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: MACK RIDES GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Günter Burger
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Publication number: 20220379227Abstract: The present invention relates to an amusement ride (1), in particular a water amusement ride, having at least one rail guide (10) with at least one vehicle (20), preferably at least two vehicles, which accommodate/s at least one passenger and which can travel, guided on the rail guide (10), a route (11) in a direction of travel, wherein the at least one vehicle (20) or one of the at least two vehicles (20) can be moved by an active drive (50, 60) counter to the direction of travel, at least in sections. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for operating such an amusement ride (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventor: Günter BURGER
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Publication number: 20220258348Abstract: The invention relates to an event system (10, 50) for an animated event, wherein the event system (10, 50) comprises: at least one event furniture component (100, 200, 250, 300, 350) which can be moved in space and which comprises at least one table and/or at least one chair, and a device for sensory stimulation (12, 52) of guests (1) of the animated event, wherein the event furniture component (100, 200, 250, 300, 350) which can be moved in space comprises movement means for mechanical movement, and wherein the event system (10, 50) also comprises a first controller (1901) which is designed to control the mechanical movement and the output of the device (12, 52) for sensory stimulation of guests (1) of the animated event in a synchronized manner. The invention also relates to a method for operating such an event system (10, 50).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventor: Günter BURGER
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Publication number: 20220257033Abstract: The invention relates to event furniture comprising at least one table and/or at least one chair as an event furniture component (100, 200, 250, 300, 350), wherein at least one table (11, 250), a table part (120, 300, 350) of the at least one table (11), the at least one chair (110, 200), and/or a combination of the above-mentioned event furniture components have means for carrying out an individual machine-controlled movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventor: Günter BURGER
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Patent number: 11225274Abstract: The present application relates to a device for moving back and forth a guide track section of a guide track system for vehicles of a fun fair ride from a first guide track connection part to a second guide track connection part which is arranged at a distance from the first guide track connection part, wherein the first and the second guide track connection parts are part of the guide track system, comprising a guide track section onto which at least one of the vehicles can travel, a carrier structure for carrying the guide track section, a guide structure which has an active connection with the carrier construction and with which the carrier structure can be guided in such a manner that the guide track section can be moved back and forth from the first guide track connection part to the second guide track connection part along the guide structure, and a drive device for moving the carrier structure along the guide structure, wherein the carrier structure comprises means for making another movement of the guType: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Mack Rides GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Gunter Burger
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Publication number: 20210220960Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for faceting at least one workpiece edge (6) on at least one workpiece side (3, 4, 5) of at least one workpiece (2) by means of a device (1), comprising at least one workpiece holder (10), at least one measuring apparatus (30) and at least one faceting tool (40), which is movable relative to the workpiece holder (10), having the following method steps: —providing the at least one workpiece (2), —positioning and securing the at least one workpiece (2) on the workpiece holder (10), —determining the position of the at least one workpiece edge (6) of the at least one workpiece (2) relative to the workpiece holder (10), and—moving along the at least one workpiece edge (6) with the at least one faceting tool (40) and processing the facet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2019Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: Hubert SCHILL, Günter BURGER
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Publication number: 20190161099Abstract: The present application relates to a device for moving back and forth a guide track section of a guide track system for vehicles of a fun fair ride from a first guide track connection part to a second guide track connection part which is arranged at a distance from the first guide track connection part, wherein the first and the second guide track connection parts are part of the guide track system, comprising a guide track section onto which at least one of the vehicles can travel, a carrier structure for carrying the guide track section, a guide structure which has an active connection with the carrier construction and with which the carrier structure can be guided in such a manner that the guide track section can be moved back and forth from the first guide track connection part to the second guide track connection part along the guide structure, and a drive device for moving the carrier structure along the guide structure, wherein the carrier structure comprises means for making another movement of the guType: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: Mack Rides GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Günter BURGER
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Patent number: 10301120Abstract: A device for increasing the safety of amusement rides, in particular carousels, roller coasters or the like, and comprising at least one mechatronic system, characterized in that the mechatronic system comprises means for taking over completely or at least partially the function, in particular the support function, of a mechanic component in the event of a defect thereof and to detect said taking over and to provide an error signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Mack Rides GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Günter Burger
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Patent number: 10227055Abstract: A locking device for an axle includes a carrier for an axle, a cylinder for a fluid, having a cylinder wall, and a piston which is located inside the cylinder and is sealed against the cylinder wall at least in sections or at certain points, so that the interior of the cylinder is subdivided into a first volume and a second volume separated from the first volume by the piston, and also comprising a mechanical connection between the piston on one side and the carrier for the axle or the axle itself on the other, so that the position of the piston in the cylinder determines the orientation of the carrier for the axle or the orientation of the axle itself, and vice versa, wherein the first volume is connected to the second volume via a line system which has a line segment in which a valve is arranged.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: MACK RIDES GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Gunter Burger, Frank Sornik, Michael Kraus
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Patent number: 10099148Abstract: The invention relates to an amusement park ride with a guide track which has a first pivot axis for the movable guidance of the guide track, wherein the guide track is retained in a movable manner along the first pivot axis by way of a first retaining means, wherein the first pivot axis is oriented in a first axial direction, perpendicular to the direction of the guide track on the first pivot axis, and can be moved perpendicularly to the first axial direction. According to the invention, the guide track has a second pivot axis for the movable guidance of the guide track, wherein the guide track is retained in a movable manner along the second pivot axis by way of a second retaining means, and the second pivot axis is oriented in a second axial direction, perpendicular to the direction of the guide track on the second pivot axis, and can be moved perpendicularly to the second axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2014Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: MACK RIDES GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Günter Burger
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Patent number: 10058788Abstract: A track system for amusement rides with truss-like track elements, which consist of at least one three girder system and comprise, as the first and second girder elements, tracks extending alongside each other, and at least one other girder element, wherein a first stiffening plane is formed by means of the tracks and cross beams connecting the tracks, and second and third stiffening planes are formed in each case by means of one track and the transverse struts, connecting said track to the at least third girder element; and, in order to form the track sections, the cross beams and the transverse struts are arranged spaced apart.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2014Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: MACK RIDES GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Günter Burger
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Publication number: 20180134497Abstract: A device for increasing the safety of amusement rides, in particular carousels, roller coasters or the like, and comprising at least one mechatronic system, characterized in that the mechatronic system comprises means for taking over completely or at least partially the function, in particular the support function, of a mechanic component in the event of a defect thereof and to detect said taking over and to provide an error signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2015Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: Mack Rides GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Günter Burger
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Publication number: 20170282853Abstract: A mechanism for restraining a passenger restrained in a restraint system of an amusement ride, comprising at least one sensor device which includes a sensor for verifying whether there is a form-fit between the passenger and the mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2015Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: Mack Rides GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Günter Burger, Frank Sornik, Roman Hauer, Dennis Gordt
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Publication number: 20160325703Abstract: A locking device for an axle includes a carrier for an axle, a cylinder for a fluid, having a cylinder wall, and a piston which is located inside the cylinder and is sealed against the cylinder wall at least in sections or at certain points, so that the interior of the cylinder is subdivided into a first volume and a second volume separated from the first volume by the piston, and also comprising a mechanical connection between the piston on one side and the carrier for the axle or the axle itself on the other, so that the position of the piston in the cylinder determines the orientation of the carrier for the axle or the orientation of the axle itself, and vice versa, wherein the first volume is connected to the second volume via a line system which has a line segment in which a valve is arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2015Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Gunter BURGER, Frank SORNIK, Michael KRAUS
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Publication number: 20160250560Abstract: A track system for amusement rides with truss-like track elements, which consist of at least one three girder system and comprise, as the first and second girder elements, tracks extending alongside each other, and at least one other girder element, wherein a first stiffening plane is formed by means of the tracks and cross beams connecting the tracks, and second and third stiffening planes are formed in each case by means of one track and the transverse struts, connecting said track to the at least third girder element; and, in order to form the track sections, the cross beams and the transverse struts are arranged spaced apart.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Applicant: Mack Rides GMBH & Co. KGInventor: Günter BURGER
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Publication number: 20160243451Abstract: The invention relates to an amusement park ride with a guide track which has a first pivot axis for the movable guidance of the guide track, wherein the guide track is retained in a movable manner along the first pivot axis by way of a first retaining means, wherein the first pivot axis is oriented in a first axial direction, perpendicular to the direction of the guide track on the first pivot axis, and can be moved perpendicularly to the first axial direction. According to the invention, the guide track has a second pivot axis for the movable guidance of the guide track, wherein the guide track is retained in a movable manner along the second pivot axis by way of a second retaining means, and the second pivot axis is oriented in a second axial direction, perpendicular to the direction of the guide track on the second pivot axis, and can be moved perpendicularly to the second axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2014Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventor: Günter BURGER
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Patent number: 7854663Abstract: The water amusement ride according to the invention has watercraft that are pulled through the body of water (1) on a traction cable (40). These watercraft are composed of a frame (10), pulled by the traction cable (40), on which a float (20) having a platform (24) is rotatably supported and on the underside of which is provided with a blade wheel (30). When the watercraft is moved through the body of water (1) in the direction of the arrow (A), the blade wheel (30) together with the float (20) are set in rotational motion by the resulting flow.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2007Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Mack Rides GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Günter Burger
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Patent number: 7836829Abstract: The invention relates to a rail-bound vehicle for an amusement park ride. The vehicle has an upper part 10 with vehicle seats 12, as well as a carriage 20 whose running wheels 22 and lateral wheels 23 run on rail-tubes, as do its lift-off rollers 24. The upper part 10 can rotate freely around a vertical axis 16 relative to the carriage 20. A brake disk 14? made of a metallic material is provided on the underside of the upper part 10. Permanent magnets 31 connected to the rail system are assigned to this brake disk 14?. The brake disk 14, upon passing these permanent magnets 31, enters the latter's magnet field, with the result that the upper part 10 of the vehicle is braked and set into rotational motion due to the continued linear movement of the carriage 20.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2007Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Mack Rides GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Günter Burger