Patents by Inventor Joerg GROPP
Joerg GROPP 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: 20240067053Abstract: An adjustment apparatus for longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle functional assembly comprises a guide rail which extends along a longitudinal axis, an adjusting assembly which can be adjusted on the guide rail along the longitudinal axis and is assigned to the vehicle functional assembly, and a cable assembly. It is provided here that the guide rail has a first supporting portion which extends along the longitudinal axis and a second supporting portion which extends along the longitudinal axis, wherein, as viewed along a transverse direction transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis, the first supporting portion is arranged on a first side of a portion of the adjusting assembly and the second supporting portion is arranged on a second side of the portion of the adjusting assembly, and the cable assembly is supported with a first portion on the first supporting portion and with a second portion on the second supporting portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Joerg GROPP, Sergej KOSTIN
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Patent number: 11807144Abstract: A neck support for a backrest including a base for attachment to the backrest, a shield that is movable relative to the base and in use is at least sectionally movable in the direction of a user in order to support the neck of a user, and at least one pivoting element that connects the base to the shield via a slider that is shiftably mounted on the base.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugtelle SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, CoburgInventors: Jörg Gropp, Jonas Scheler
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Patent number: 11535124Abstract: A vehicle seat comprising a seat part, an adjustable backrest part attached to the seat part, and a floor assembly supporting the seat part and arranged on a vehicle floor. The seat part is connected to the floor assembly in a pivotal manner about a first axis, and the backrest part is connected to the seat part in a pivotal manner about a second axis. The vehicle seat has a first adjusting device powered by an electric motor for pivoting the seat part relative to the floor assembly about the first axis and a second adjusting device powered by an electric motor for pivoting the backrest part relative to the seat part about the second axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, CoburgInventors: Jörg Gropp, Gregor Kröner
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Publication number: 20220340061Abstract: A neck support for a backrest including a base for attachment to the backrest, a shield that is movable relative to the base and in use is at least sectionally movable in the direction of a user in order to support the neck of a user, and at least one pivoting element that connects the base to the shield via a slider that is shiftably mounted on the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, CoburgInventors: Jörg GROPP, Jonas SCHELER
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Publication number: 20220332233Abstract: A vehicle seat including at least one outer frame on which an outer part of a seating surface is supported, and at least one inner frame on which an inner part of the seating surface is supported and which is movable relative to the outer frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, CoburgInventors: Jörg GROPP, Gregor KRÖNER, Jacqueline ALBRECHT, Tuba YILDIRIM
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Patent number: 11299071Abstract: It is provided an adjusting device for the longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat, comprising at least one rail for defining a longitudinal seat axis along which a seat base of the vehicle seat is adjustable, and for supporting at least one adjusting unit of the adjusting device, and at least two shiftably guided adjusting units arranged one behind the other along the longitudinal seat axis, to which the seat base is to be fixed in order to be adjustable along the longitudinal seat axis. The at least two adjusting units are adjustable relative to each other along the longitudinal seat axis, and each adjusting unit is assigned a separate drive for the power-operated adjustment along the longitudinal seat axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, COBURGInventors: Joerg Gropp, Marcel Amstein, Jochen Hofmann, Gregor Kroener, Sandra Kieser, Fabian Rehmet
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Patent number: 11260775Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly comprising a seat frame and at least one rail pair that has a seat rail which is connected to the seat frame and a base rail which is to be connected to the vehicle base and on which the seat rail is movably guided along a longitudinal direction. A drive device is used to move the seat rail along the longitudinal direction relative to the base rail and has a spindle, a rotatable spindle nut which is mounted on the spindle via a threaded engagement, a drive unit which is operatively connected to the spindle nut, and an electric motor for driving the spindle nut via the transmission unit. The spindle is arranged on the seat rail, and the spindle nut and the transmission unit are arranged on the base rail.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, CoburgInventors: Juergen Schukalski, Gregor Kroener, Joerg Gropp, Jochen Hofmann
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Publication number: 20210309129Abstract: It is provided an adjusting device for the longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat, comprising at least one rail for defining a longitudinal seat axis along which a seat base of the vehicle seat is adjustable, and for supporting at least one adjusting unit of the adjusting device, and at least two shiftably guided adjusting units arranged one behind the other along the longitudinal seat axis, to which the seat base is to be fixed in order to be adjustable along the longitudinal seat axis. The at least two adjusting units are adjustable relative to each other along the longitudinal seat axis, and each adjusting unit is assigned a separate drive for the power-operated adjustment along the longitudinal seat axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Joerg GROPP, Marcel AMSTEIN, Jochen HOFMANN, Gregor KROENER, Sandra KIESER, Fabian REHMET
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Publication number: 20210252997Abstract: An assembly of a vehicle comprises a floor assembly stationarily arranged in the vehicle and an adjusting device for longitudinally adjusting a vehicle seat in a vehicle comprising a guide rail connected to the floor assembly and extending along a longitudinal axis on the floor assembly, and an adjustment assembly associated with the vehicle seat, which is guided on the guide rail along the longitudinal axis. It is provided that the guide rail includes at least one connecting element which includes an engagement portion for the form-fitting engagement into an engagement device arranged on the floor assembly on a first side of the guide rail and a connecting portion with a fixing point for fixing the connecting element to the floor assembly by using a fixing element on a second side of the guide rail facing away from the first side.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, CoburgInventors: Jörg GROPP, Gregor KRÖNER
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Publication number: 20210245634Abstract: A backrest for a vehicle seat, comprising a backrest frame on which a backrest head support element provided for supporting a seat user in the shoulder region can be pivoted. In particular, the support element can be pivoted via a drive unit arranged on the support element and a lever mechanism which interacts with the drive unit so as to be actuated by an external force.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, CoburgInventors: Thomas BITTERMANN, Jochen HOFMANN, Marcel AMSTEIN, Jörg GROPP, Jacqueline ALBRECHT
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Publication number: 20200276916Abstract: A seat adjuster, comprising an adjustable vehicle seat, that may be adjusted by an external force between an initial position and a target position in an interior of a vehicle, the adjustment of the vehicle seat from the initial position into the target position requiring at least pivoting of the vehicle seat about a pivot axis extending from a floor to a ceiling of the vehicle, and an electronic control device for controlling an adjustment drive to adjust the vehicle seat from the initial position into the target position. A characteristic-map memory coupled to the electronic control device is provided, in which characteristic-map memory characteristic-map data for adjustment movements to be carried out by the vehicle seat are stored. The electronic control device controls the adjustment drive by means of the characteristic-map data to adjust the vehicle seat from a current initial position into a certain target position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, CoburgInventors: Sandra KIESER, Gregor KRÖNER, Jörg GROPP, Christian KARL
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Publication number: 20200269730Abstract: It is provided an adjusting device for the longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat, comprising at least one rail for defining a longitudinal seat axis along which a seat base of the vehicle seat is adjustable, and for supporting at least one adjusting unit of the adjusting device, and at least two shiftably guided adjusting units arranged one behind the other along the longitudinal seat axis, to which the seat base is to be fixed in order to be adjustable along the longitudinal seat axis. The at least two adjusting units are adjustable relative to each other along the longitudinal seat axis, and each adjusting unit is assigned a separate drive for the power-operated adjustment along the longitudinal seat axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Joerg GROPP, Marcel AMSTEIN, Jochen HOFMANN, Gregor KROENER, Sandra KIESER, Fabian REHMET
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Publication number: 20200262315Abstract: A vehicle seat comprising a seat part, an adjustable backrest part attached to the seat part, and a floor assembly supporting the seat part and arranged on a vehicle floor. The seat part is connected to the floor assembly in a pivotal manner about a first axis, and the backrest part is connected to the seat part in a pivotal manner about a second axis. The vehicle seat has a first adjusting device powered by an electric motor for pivoting the seat part relative to the floor assembly about the first axis and a second adjusting device powered by an electric motor for pivoting the backrest part relative to the seat part about the second axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, CoburgInventors: Jörg GROPP, Gregor KRÖNER
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Publication number: 20200231068Abstract: It is provided an adjusting device for the longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat, comprising at least one rail for defining a longitudinal seat axis along which a seat base of the vehicle seat is adjustable, and for supporting at least one adjusting unit of the adjusting device, and at least two shiftably guided adjusting units arranged one behind the other along the longitudinal seat axis, to which the seat base is to be fixed in order to be adjustable along the longitudinal seat axis. The at least two adjusting units are adjustable relative to each other along the longitudinal seat axis, and each adjusting unit is assigned a separate drive for the power-operated adjustment along the longitudinal seat axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2020Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: Joerg GROPP, Marcel AMSTEIN, Jochen HOFMANN, Gregor KROENER, Sandra KIESER, Fabian REHMET
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Publication number: 20190389331Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly comprising a seat frame and at least one rail pair that has a seat rail which is connected to the seat frame and a base rail which is to be connected to the vehicle base and on which the seat rail is movably guided along a longitudinal direction. A drive device is used to move the seat rail along the longitudinal direction relative to the base rail and has a spindle, a rotatable spindle nut which is mounted on the spindle via a threaded engagement, a drive unit which is operatively connected to the spindle nut, and an electric motor for driving the spindle nut via the transmission unit. The spindle is arranged on the seat rail, and the spindle nut and the transmission unit are arranged on the base rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2017Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, CoburgInventors: Juergen SCHUKALSKI, Gregor KROENER, Joerg GROPP, Jochen HOFMANN
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Patent number: 9174553Abstract: A seat, in particular motor vehicle seat, with a seat part and a backrest pivotally mounted relative to the seat part, which includes a backrest frame with two mutually opposite side bars, is provided. The two side bars are connected with each other via a transverse shaft which is rotatably mounted on the seat part in the region of a side bar. At least one fitting arrangement with a fitting part fixed at the backrest frame is provided, in order to arrest the pivotally mounted backrest relative to the seat part. The fitting part fixed at the backrest frame is welded to one of the side bars and the transverse shaft is welded to this fitting part. An end of the transverse shaft extends through one of the two side bars and this end is rotatably mounted in a seat side part of the seat part, so that the transverse shaft defines a pivot axis about which the backrest is pivotable relative to the seat part.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2012Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, CoburgInventors: Matthias Fischer, Jochen Hofmann, Nadine Reinhardt, Michael Flieger, Jörg Gropp
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Publication number: 20140252833Abstract: A seat, in particular motor vehicle seat, with a seat part and a backrest pivotally mounted relative to the seat part, which includes a backrest frame with two mutually opposite side bars, is provided. The two side bars are connected with each other via a transverse shaft which is rotatably mounted on the seat part in the region of a side bar. At least one fitting arrangement with a fitting part fixed at the backrest frame is provided, in order to arrest the pivotally mounted backrest relative to the seat part. The fitting part fixed at the backrest frame is welded to one of the side bars and the transverse shaft is welded to this fitting part. An end of the transverse shaft extends through one of the two side bars and this end is rotatably mounted in a seat side part of the seat part, so that the transverse shaft defines a pivot axis about which the backrest is pivotable relative to the seat part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventors: Matthias Fischer, Jochen Hofmann, Nadine Reinhardt, Michael Flieger, Jörg Gropp