Patents by Inventor Gunter Franzmann
Gunter Franzmann 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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Patent number: 8973998Abstract: A vehicle seat, in particular motor vehicle seat, comprises at least one fitting which has two fitting parts rotatable relative to one another, and which defines an axis. At least one structural part has at least one first opening having a first diameter for partially accommodating the fitting, and at least one fastening region surrounding the first opening for fastening the fitting. The fastening region is reinforced relative to the other regions of the structural part by an additional part which has a second opening having a second diameter. The additional part is fixedly connected to the structural part, and the fitting is fixedly connected to the additional part and is at least partially inserted into the second opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2010Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Georg Fischer, Günter Franzmann, Werner Liborius, Lars Kramm, Harald Wolsiefer, Elfriede Monika Schaefer
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Patent number: 8851572Abstract: A vehicle seat (1), in particular a motor vehicle seat, has at least one fitting (10) including two fitting components (11, 12) that can rotate relative to each other. At least one structural component (15) has at least one opening (16) for partially receiving the fitting (11, 12) and at least one mounting area (18) enclosing the opening (16) for mounting the fitting (10), by at least one weld seam (19) between the mounting area (18) and one of the two fitting components (11, 12). The mounting area (18) is reinforced by additional material relative to the other areas of the structural component (15).Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2009Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Johnson Controls Components GmbH & Co. KG.Inventors: Gerd Schuhmacher, Dieter Henkel, Volker Scharwächter, Heinz Voss, Uwe Assmann, Georg Fischer, Volker Schäfer, Günter Franzmann, Werner Liborius, Lars Kramm, Harald Wolsiefer
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Publication number: 20130049434Abstract: A vehicle seat, in particular motor vehicle seat, comprises at least one fitting which has two fitting parts rotatable relative to one another, and which defines an axis. At least one structural part has at least one first opening having a first diameter for partially accommodating the fitting, and at least one fastening region surrounding the first opening for fastening the fitting. The fastening region is reinforced relative to the other regions of the structural part by an additional part which has a second opening having a second diameter. The additional part is fixedly connected to the structural part, and the fitting is fixedly connected to the additional part and is at least partially inserted into the second opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2010Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: Keiper Gmbh & Co., KGInventors: Georg Fischer, Günter Franzmann, Werner Liborius, Lars Kramm, Harald Wolsiefer, Elfriede Monika Schaefer
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Publication number: 20110260520Abstract: A vehicle seat (1), in particular a motor vehicle seat, has at least one fitting (10) including two fitting components (11, 12) that can rotate relative to each other. At least one structural component (15) has at least one opening (16) for partially receiving the fitting (11, 12) and at least one mounting area (18) enclosing the opening (16) for mounting the fitting (10), by at least one weld seam (19) between the mounting area (18) and one of the two fitting components (11, 12). The mounting area (18) is reinforced by additional material relative to the other areas of the structural component (15).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2009Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventors: Gerd Schuhmacher, Dieter Henkel, Volker Scharwächter, Heinz Voss, Uwe Assmann, Georg Fischer, Volker Schäfer, Günter Franzmann, Werner Liborius, Lars Kramm, Harald Wolsiefer
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Patent number: 5388801Abstract: A seat for vehicles, especially commercial vehicles, of which the cushion support is mounted on a swinging frame with two identically configured pairs of levers which intersect and pivot with each other, has on each side of the swinging frame at least one fastening point for a seat belt system. Pivot connections combined with a guide for each one running longitudinally along the seat connect the rear terminal segments of the rocking levers with the lower part and the upper part of the swinging frame. The rocking levers extending from the upper part of the swinging frame obliquely forward and downward are embodied with a diminished carrying capacity as compared with the other rocking levers.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 1992Date of Patent: February 14, 1995Assignee: Keiper Recaro GmbH & Co.Inventors: Hans Edrich, Gunter Franzmann, Karl-Peter Armbrust
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Patent number: 5388888Abstract: A carrier for the partial seat cushion of a car seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat is disclosed. The carrier includes two side members which extend in the longitudinal direction of the seat and to which is hinged a longitudinal member of a leg support bearing the front portion of the partial seat cushion so as to pivot around an axis, extending in the transverse direction of the seat, and to be fixed into selectable swivel positions. A spring-loaded swiveling device is assigned to the leg support wherein said swiveling device exerts on the leg support a swivel force, which is smallest in the lowest swivel position and increases until the highest swivel position has been reached.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 1994Date of Patent: February 14, 1995Assignee: Keiper Pecaro GmbH & Co.Inventors: Gunter Franzmann, Heiko Utsch, Harald Wolsiefer, Hans Schneider, Karl-Peter Armbrust
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Patent number: 4749231Abstract: In a back rest for a vehicle seat, the upholstery support is provided at least in one upper corner area in its front side with an opening to form a receptacle for a belt retraction device, which receptacle is open toward the front and closed at the rear by a back wall lying behind and spaced from the front side. An upper and a lower wall, which form the top and bottom of the receptacle, are connected with the front wall and/or the back wall and are spaced from each other so as to allow the receptacle to receive the belt retraction device without play. Form-fitting, overlapping restraining elements on the upper wall and the facing upper side of the belt retraction device, as well as on the back wall and the facing back side of the belt retraction device, together with a connecting element that engages the underside of the belt retraction device, secure the retraction device against being moved out of the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1987Date of Patent: June 7, 1988Assignee: Keiper Recaro GmbH & Co.Inventors: Heinz P. Cremer, Gunter Franzmann, Dieter Braun, Elmar Deegener, Hans-Helmut Ernst
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Patent number: 4713986Abstract: A hinge fitting for pivotably and selectively locking the back rest of a vehicle seat to the vehicle frame has two planetary gear sets, formed as mirror-images of one another. Both sets have the same reduction ratio and the eccentrics of the two planetary gear sets are rotated toward each other at most by a small angle.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1986Date of Patent: December 22, 1987Assignee: Keiper Recaro GmbH & Co.Inventors: Heinz P. Cremer, Harald Wolsiefer, Manfred Hoffmann, Elmar Deegener, Gunter Franzmann
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Patent number: 4685739Abstract: An upholstery support for the back rest of a vehicle seat, particularly a motor vehicle seat, has two reinforced half-shells connected with each other along a portion of their edges. The half-shells form hollow box-like arms which distance themselves from each other from a hollow box-like joining area toward their free ends. The free ends of both arms form the lower end of the upholstery support, which has a V-like shape that is open toward the lower end.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1986Date of Patent: August 11, 1987Assignee: Keiper Recaro GmbH & Co.Inventors: Elmar Deegener, Hans W. Voss, Gunter Franzmann