Patents by Inventor Holger Wenzel

Holger Wenzel 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: 9284766
    Abstract: In a device for moving a furniture part, in particular a shutter, door or drawer, which is accommodated in a movable manner on a basic furniture structure, having an actuating drive, which, in a drive mode, is connected to the movable furniture part and drives the movable furniture part, and having a sensor means, which is connected to the actuating drive and is intended for activating the actuating drive, the sensor means has a database and is designed such that, with the device installed in the use state, physical state variables to which the movable furniture part is subjected via the user, and which serve for monitoring the movement of said furniture part, can be sensed and read into the database, wherein the database has, or can have, stored in it movement profiles which are each assigned to a certain movement situation of the movable furniture part which is initiated by external action on the movable furniture part and can be described by physical state variables, and wherein, with the aid of at least o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: GRASS GMBH
    Inventor: Holger Wenzel
  • Publication number: 20140184123
    Abstract: In a device for moving a furniture part, in particular a shutter, door or drawer, which is accommodated in a movable manner on a basic furniture structure, having an actuating drive, which, in a drive mode, is connected to the movable furniture part and drives the movable furniture part, and having a sensor means, which is connected to the actuating drive and is intended for activating the actuating drive, the sensor means has a database and is designed such that, with the device installed in the use state, physical state variables to which the movable furniture part is subjected via the user, and which serve for monitoring the movement of said furniture part, can be sensed and read into the database, wherein the database has, or can have, stored in it movement profiles which are each assigned to a certain movement situation of the movable furniture part which is initiated by external action on the movable furniture part and can be described by physical state variables, and wherein, with the aid of at least o
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH
    Inventor: Holger Wenzel
  • Publication number: 20140129033
    Abstract: In a furniture fitting for a movable furniture part, in particular a shutter, door or drawer, having an actuating drive, via which the movable furniture part can be driven, the furniture fitting has arranged in or on it a sensor means via which, with the furniture fitting installed in the use state, physical state variables to which the movable furniture part is subjected via the user, and which serve for monitoring the movement of said furniture part, can be sent and transmitted by signal transmission for the purpose of controlling the actuating drive in dependence on at least one of the sensed physical state variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH
    Inventor: Holger Wenzel
  • Patent number: 8310191
    Abstract: The invention proposes a device for pushing out a furniture part which is accommodated in a movable manner on a fixed furniture part, having a pushing-out element which is driven via a drive unit and is present on one of the furniture parts in order to push the movable furniture part out of a closure position, the intention being for contact between the pushing-out element and the other furniture part to be eliminated during a pushing-out operation, and having a control unit for controlling the drive unit, the control unit taking as a basis a definable closure position of the movable furniture part for controlling the drive unit. The invention provides means by which, following a closing operation of the movable furniture part, a standstill position achieved in the process can be defined as a new closure position and replaces the closure position previously taken as a basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Schneider, Holger Wenzel, Harry Gehrer
  • Patent number: 8044627
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piece of furniture and to a device for controlling the movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, having a drive unit by means of which a first furniture part can be moved relative to a second furniture part, in a driven manner, via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of said first furniture part. According to the invention, the monitoring unit is designed such that, after an initiating action by the monitoring unit, the first furniture part is moved to a predetermined position and is stopped there, with the predetermined position differing from a final position of the first furniture part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Küster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Peter Kropf, Helmut Wetschko
  • Patent number: 8026686
    Abstract: A method for configuration of a device for controlling the movement of a plurality of movable furniture parts which can be moved in a driven manner relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit and a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the movable furniture parts. In order to match the movement of the movable furniture parts, at least an inner furniture part is associated with an outer furniture part such that, when a configuration mode is activated, the association of the at least one inner furniture part with the outer furniture part is created by a sequence of opening and/or closing movements of the movable furniture parts that are associated with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Küster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Helmut Wetschko, Jürgen Zipp, Carmelo Gutierrez, Steffen Medebach
  • Patent number: 8026685
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling the movement of a plurality of moveable furniture parts which can be moved in a driven manner relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the moveable furniture parts. According to the invention, the monitoring unit is designed such that, as long as one moveable furniture part is being moved in a driven manner on a predetermined movement section, none of the other furniture parts which can be moved in a driven manner are moveable in a driven manner. The invention also relates to a piece of furniture and to a method for configuration of a device for controlling the movement of moveable furniture parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Küster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Helmut Wetschko
  • Patent number: 8013558
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a closing gap in a piece of furniture, which comprises a device for moving a movable furniture part relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit, by means of which the furniture part can be driven to move relative to the stationary furniture part via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the movable furniture part, with the closing gap being formed between a front part of the movable furniture part and the stationary furniture part when the movable furniture part is in a closed position with respect to the stationary furniture part. According to the invention, the closing gap is adjusted in an activated, electronically assisted, adjusting mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Küster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Ronald Liebsch, Holger Wenzel
  • Patent number: 8005577
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling the movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, having a drive unit by means of which a first furniture part can be moved in a driven manner relative to a second furniture part via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the first furniture part. According to the invention, the monitoring unit is designed to record a movement pattern of the first furniture part if the moving first furniture part collides with an object, and to use this movement pattern as the basis for further monitoring of the movement of the first furniture part. A piece of furniture with a device according to the invention is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Küster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Steffen Medebach, Frank Oberpichler
  • Patent number: 7994743
    Abstract: A device is proposed for moving a first furniture part relative to a second furniture part, using a drive unit, by means of which the first furniture part, can be moved in a driven manner relative to the second furniture part via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the first furniture part. According to the invention, the monitoring unit is designed to render the automatic closing inoperative for positioning the first furniture part, in an open position, from which the first furniture part, returns automatically to a closed position after a predetermined closing time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Küster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Albrecht, Joerg Janzen, Holger Wenzel
  • Patent number: 7816880
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling the movement of a moveable furniture part which can be moved, in a driven manner, relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the moveable furniture part. According to the invention, the monitoring unit can be operated in an operating mode and in a configuration mode, with the monitoring unit being designed to use additional means to enter a configuration mode in which the device can be configured. In addition, the invention relates to a piece of furniture having a device such as this.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Kuester Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Helmut Wetschko, Carmelo Gutierrez, Steffen Medebach, Frank Oberpichler, Jürgen Zipp
  • Patent number: 7812561
    Abstract: A device for controlling the movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, using a drive unit by means of which a first furniture part can be moved in a driven manner relative to a second furniture part via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the first furniture part, in which case the monitoring unit is designed such that, after starting up, the monitoring unit operates in accordance with a monitoring program for monitoring the movement of the first furniture part, with selection means being provided by means of which an alternative selection program can be activated, instead of the monitoring program, in order to monitor the movement of the first furniture part. The invention also relates to a piece of furniture including the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Kuester Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Hagen, Thomas Nussbaumer, Holger Wenzel, Carmelo Gutierrez, Steffen Medebach, Jürgen Zipp
  • Publication number: 20100084953
    Abstract: The invention proposes a device for pushing out a furniture part which is accommodated in a movable manner on a fixed furniture part, having a pushing-out element which is driven via a drive unit and is present on one of the furniture parts in order to push the movable furniture part out of a closure position, the intention being for contact between the pushing-out element and the other furniture part to be eliminated during a pushing-out operation, and having a control unit for controlling the drive unit, the control unit taking as a basis a definable closure position of the movable furniture part for controlling the drive unit. The invention provides means by which, following a closing operation of the movable furniture part, a standstill position achieved in the process can be defined as a new closure position and replaces the closure position previously taken as a basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus SCHNEIDER, Holger Wenzel, Harry Gehrer
  • Patent number: 7688015
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piece of furniture and to a device for moving a first furniture part relative to a second furniture part using a drive unit by means of which the first furniture part can be moved, in the driven manner, relative to the second furniture part via a monitoring unit for movement monitoring of the first furniture part. In order to adopt a position better between the furniture parts, the monitoring unit is designed to preset a movement of the first furniture part through a predefined movement distance away from a mechanical stop after a movement of the first furniture part to a position which is defined by the mechanical stop, with the first furniture part being locked in the position that is reached, as a final position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Kuester Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Jürgen Zipp, Steffen Medebach, Frank Oberpichler
  • Patent number: 7654625
    Abstract: A pull-out slide for drawers, in particular cabinet drawers, with opposing drawer side walls and with or without decoration components has drawer rails that are fastened on the drawer and cabinet rails that are fastened on the cabinet body and a device configured to cooperate with each drawer rail and each cabinet rail to enable a pull-out function of the drawer. A function carrier located at or near the front end of each drawer rail has one or more function elements for taking up, holding and/or connecting parts of the drawer and/or one or more function elements for readying, supporting and/or completing drawer functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Amann, Markus Albrecht, Wolfgang Mueller, Holger Wenzel
  • Publication number: 20090140620
    Abstract: An article of furniture (11, 11?, 11?) has a first furniture part and at least one second furniture part that can be motor-driven in relation to the first furniture part. The at least one second furniture part may be a drawer (2; 13, 14, 15; 19, 20, 24) that can be displaced in relation to at least one body (1; 16; 21, 22, 23) of the first furniture part. An electric power supply device is arranged on the first furniture part. A control device may be provided to stop the moveable second furniture part from displacing from its initial position into its final position before it is displaced as far as an immediately adjacent moveable furniture part that is already in an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Juergen Zipp, Steffen Medebach, Martin Blucher, Holger Wenzel
  • Publication number: 20090134754
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piece of furniture and to a device for controlling the movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, having a drive unit by means of which a first furniture part can be moved relative to a second furniture part, in a driven manner, via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of said first furniture part. According to the invention, the monitoring unit is designed such that, after an initiating action by the monitoring unit, the first furniture part is moved to a predetermined position and is stopped there, with the predetermined position differing from a final position of the first furniture part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicants: Grass GmbH, Kuster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger WENZEL, Peter KROPF, Helmut WETSCHKO
  • Publication number: 20090138134
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling the movement of a moveable furniture part which can be moved, in a driven manner, relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the moveable furniture part. According to the invention, the monitoring unit can be operated in an operating mode and in a configuration mode, with the monitoring unit being designed to use additional means to enter a configuration mode in which the device can be configured. In addition, the invention relates to a piece of furniture having a device such as this.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicants: Grass GmbH, Kuster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Helmut Wetschko, Carmelo Gutierrez, Steffen Medebach, Frank Oberpichler, Jurgen Zipp
  • Publication number: 20090134753
    Abstract: A method for configuration of a device for controlling the movement of a plurality of movable furniture parts which can be moved in a driven manner relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit and a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the movable furniture parts. In order to match the movement of the movable furniture parts, at least an inner furniture part is associated with an outer furniture part such that, when a configuration mode is activated, the association of the at least one inner furniture part with the outer furniture part is created by a sequence of opening and/or closing movements of the movable furniture parts that are associated with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicants: Grass GmbH, Kuster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Helmut Wetschko, Jurgen Zipp, Carmelo Gutierrez, Steffen Medebach
  • Publication number: 20090134752
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling the movement of a plurality of moveable furniture parts which can be moved in a driven manner relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the moveable furniture parts. According to the invention, the monitoring unit is designed such that, as long as one moveable furniture part is being moved in a driven manner on a predetermined movement section, none of the other furniture parts which can be moved in a driven manner are moveable in a driven manner. The invention also relates to a piece of furniture and to a method for configuration of a device for controlling the movement of moveable furniture parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicants: Kuster Automotive Door Systems GmbH, Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Helmut Wetschko