Patents by Inventor Johann Meier
Johann Meier 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: 11722077Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle having at least one vehicle side, on which a front door and a rear door are provided, and to a method for operating an electric motor in a respective rear door of the at least one vehicle side. The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle having at least one vehicle side, on which a front door and a rear door are provided, wherein an electric motor configured to provide a motorized door function is provided in the rear door and wherein a control device configured to operate the motor which is connected to the motor via electrical conductor elements for transferring a motor current is provided. According to the disclosure, the control device is arranged in the front door and is configured to also control at least one door function of the front door.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Andreas Egger, Marc Desgeans, Stefan Ehrlich, Johann Meier
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Publication number: 20210172215Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle having at least one vehicle side, on which a front door and a rear door are provided, and to a method for operating an electric motor in a respective rear door of the at least one vehicle side. The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle having at least one vehicle side, on which a front door and a rear door are provided, wherein an electric motor configured to provide a motorized door function is provided in the rear door and wherein a control device configured to operate the motor which is connected to the motor via electrical conductor elements for transferring a motor current is provided. According to the disclosure, the control device is arranged in the front door and is configured to also control at least one door function of the front door.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Andreas EGGER, Marc DESGEANS, Stefan EHRLICH, Johann MEIER
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Patent number: 10406949Abstract: Vehicle seat comprising a vehicle seat upper part and a vehicle seat lower part, the vehicle seat upper part being movable relative to the vehicle seat lower part, and the vehicle seat upper part being able to be sprung and damped, relative to the vehicle seat lower part, by a suspension and damping element, the suspension and damping element comprising a reversibly deformable plastics element and an adjusting element, the plastics element and the adjusting element being in operative contact, and the spring characteristics of the suspension and damping element being able to be adjusted depending on the position of the adjusting element relative to the plastics element.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: GRAMMER AGInventors: Florian Schanderl, Johann Meier
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Patent number: 10005377Abstract: Armrest device, in particular for commercial vehicle seats, having a guide rail system for guiding a displacement movement of a first rail relative to a second rail which can be connected to the armrest device, in a displacement direction, wherein the displacement movement of the first rail can be arrested by the engagement of a locking element of a locking device in at least one recess in the first rail, wherein the locking device is rigidly connected to the armrest device by a first end and can be deflected in a height direction by a second end, the locking element engaging in the recess in a non-deflected position of the locking device.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: GRAMMER AGInventors: Daniel Klieber, Thomas Haller, Johann Meier
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Publication number: 20180162242Abstract: Vehicle seat comprising a vehicle seat upper part and a vehicle seat lower part, the vehicle seat upper part being movable relative to the vehicle seat lower part, and the vehicle seat upper part being able to be sprung and damped, relative to the vehicle seat lower part, by a suspension and damping element, the suspension and damping element comprising a reversibly deformable plastics element and an adjusting element, the plastics element and the adjusting element being in operative contact, and the spring characteristics of the suspension and damping element being able to be adjusted depending on the position of the adjusting element relative to the plastics element.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Florian SCHANDERL, Johann MEIER
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Publication number: 20170217343Abstract: Armrest device, in particular for commercial vehicle seats, having a guide rail system for guiding a displacement movement of a first rail relative to a second rail which can be connected to the armrest device, in a displacement direction, wherein the displacement movement of the first rail can be arrested by the engagement of a locking element of a locking device in at least one recess in the first rail, wherein the locking device is rigidly connected to the armrest device by a first end and can be deflected in a height direction by a second end, the locking element engaging in the recess in a non-deflected position of the locking device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Inventors: Daniel KLIEBER, Thomas HALLER, Johann MEIER
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Patent number: 8950812Abstract: The invention relates to a foldable vehicle seat, in particular for utility vehicles, with a backrest and a seat part, wherein the backrest is made foldable and is connected at least to a first cam element and the seat part is made foldable and is connected at least to a second cam element, wherein the two cam elements are arranged at a distance from each other in the width-wise direction of the seat and are arranged so as to be rotatable about a common axle extending in the width-wise direction of the seat, so that the backrest and the seat part are rotatable by at least 90°.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Grammer AGInventors: Thomas Haller, Johann Meier, Rudolf Kastner, Franz Schneider
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Patent number: 8534646Abstract: The invention relates to a seat suspension device for a vehicle seat, in particular a commercial vehicle seat, comprising at least one air spring, said air spring being disposed between an upper seat portion of the vehicle seat and a lower seat portion of the vehicle seat, and at least one hose-like member connected to the air spring via a first connection line for an extension volume of the air spring is provided, said hose-like member being arranged along at least one fold of a bellows-like facing extending between an upper seat portion and a lower seat portion of a vehicle seat.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Grammer AGInventors: Rupert Bauer, Nikolaus Haller, Johann Meier, Hubert Wittmann
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Publication number: 20120091771Abstract: The invention relates to a foldable vehicle seat, in particular for utility vehicles, with a backrest and a seat part, wherein the backrest is made foldable and is connected at least to a first cam element and the seat part is made foldable and is connected at least to a second cam element, wherein the two cam elements are arranged at a distance from each other in the width-wise direction of the seat and are arranged so as to be rotatable about a common axle extending in the width-wise direction of the seat, so that the backrest and the seat part are rotatable by at least 90°.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2011Publication date: April 19, 2012Inventors: Thomas HALLER, Johann MEIER, Rudolf KASTNER, Franz SCHNEIDER
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Publication number: 20120007293Abstract: The invention relates to a seat suspension device for a vehicle seat, in particular a commercial vehicle seat, comprising at least one air spring, said air spring being disposed between an upper seat portion of the vehicle seat and a lower seat portion of the vehicle seat, and at least one hose-like member connected to the air spring via a first connection line for an extension volume of the air spring is provided, said hose-like member being arranged along at least one fold of a bellows-like facing extending between an upper seat portion and a lower seat portion of a vehicle seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: GRAMMER AGInventors: Rupert BAUER, Nikolaus HALLER, Johann MEIER, Hubert WITTMANN
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Patent number: 7575206Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat comprising at least one gas spring (9) which damps vibration and adjusts the seat height, said gas spring being arranged between a seat frame (1) and a base frame (2), and comprising a valve arrangement (43, 44) for adjusting the pressure in the gas spring (9) and a compressor (45) assigned to the vehicle seat (17, 20, 23), said compressor having a drive motor for feeding compressed gas to the gas spring (9), wherein a belt roller device comprising a belt (11) rolled around an axle (12) is arranged between the seat frame (1) and the base frame (2), the first end (11a) of said belt being attached to a belt roller mechanism (10) arranged on the seat frame (1) and the second end (11b) of said belt being attached to the base frame (2), and a detector (16) which detects a belt rolling movement is attached to the seat frame (1).Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2004Date of Patent: August 18, 2009Assignee: Grammer AGInventors: Johann Meier, Thomas Burger, Marco Hofmann
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Publication number: 20050110243Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat comprising at least one gas spring (9) which damps vibration and adjusts the seat height, said gas spring being arranged between a seat frame (1) and a base frame (2), and comprising a valve arrangement (43, 44) for adjusting the pressure in the gas spring (9) and a compressor (45) assigned to the vehicle seat (17, 20, 23), said compressor having a drive motor for feeding compressed gas to the gas spring (9), wherein a belt roller device comprising a belt (11) rolled around an axle (12) is arranged between the seat frame (1) and the base frame (2), the first end (11a) of said belt being attached to a belt roller mechanism (10) arranged on the seat frame (1) and the second end (11b) of said belt being attached to the base frame (2), and a detector (16) which detects a belt rolling movement is attached to the seat frame (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2004Publication date: May 26, 2005Inventors: Johann Meier, Thomas Burger, Marco Hofmann
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Patent number: 6309906Abstract: The device (10) comprises a deposition chamber (12) containing two electrodes (13, 14), one of which comprises a support (16) for a substrate (17) and is earthed, the other being connected to an electric radio frequency generator (15). The device includes a mechanism (23) for extracting gas from the chamber (12) and a mechanism (18) for supplying gas. The device also comprises a mechanism for purification (31) of the gases introduced into the chamber, these a mechanism being arranged so as to reduce the number of oxygen atoms contained in the deposition gas, such gas being made up of silane, hydrogen and/or argon. The procedure consists of creating a vacuum in the deposition chamber (12), purifying the gases using purification a mechanism (31), introducing these purified gases into the chamber (12), then creating a plasma between the electrodes (13, 14). A film of intrinsic microcrystalline silicon in then deposited on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1998Date of Patent: October 30, 2001Assignee: Universite de Neuchatel-Institut de MicrotechniqueInventors: Johann Meier, Ulrich Kroll
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Patent number: 6163505Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrasonic transducer with a pot-shaped oscillating element, which is mounted in a transducer housing and which bears a piezoelectric disc on its bottom. The invention simplifies the electric contact-making between the connecting leads and the oscillating element or the piezoelectric disc and makes this process more suitable for automated manufacturing. The invention consists of contact springs which are not soldered or caulked with the above-mentioned elements, but only tact them resiliently. Improvements are achieved through an essentially cylinder-shaped connecting element, to which the contact springs are fastened by casting and which can also serve as a damping element.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1999Date of Patent: December 19, 2000Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Johann Meier, Karl-Heinz Zoller, Thomas Handschiegel
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Patent number: 5755421Abstract: A guide rail arrangement for a vehicle seat has first and second rail members. The first and second rail members are of configurations which engage one into the other to hold the rail members slidably together and they have first and second contact portions, along which the rail members bear linearly against each other for mutual play-free guidance thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1996Date of Patent: May 26, 1998Assignee: Grammer AGInventors: Johann Meier, Paul Haril
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Patent number: 5058852Abstract: A vehicle seat which is adjustable in height and which affords automatic adjustment to the seat occupant weight comprises a gas spring between a seat frame and a base frame, a valve arrangement actuable by an actuating element to adjust the pressure in the gas spring in dependence on the weight of the seat occupant, and a means for setting the desired seat height. Disposed between the seat and base frames is a belt reel device with a coupling means, which like the gas spring, can be subjected to the action of pressure gas from a pressure source. The pressure source comprises a compressor driven by a drive motor, which are disposed on the vehicle seat. The valve arrangement includes a 2/2-way valve which serves only for the release of pressure gas from the gas spring, and a 3/2-way valve between the pressure source and the coupling means of the belt reel device. The valve arrangement may be mechanical/pneumatic in operation or may be controlled by an electronic control arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 1990Date of Patent: October 22, 1991Assignee: Grammer AGInventors: Johann Meier, Johann Grassl, Josef Dotzler
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Patent number: 4679760Abstract: A springing arrangement comprises a coil spring and a spring-engaging member acting thereon between the two ends of the spring and in a direction which differs from the longitudinal direction of the spring, thereby to provide non-linear dependency of the spring force on the distance covered by the spring-engaging member. The spring-engaging member is made up of two elements on respective sides of the spring, each element bearing against the spring by way of a curved surface and extending over a plurality of turns of the coil spring.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1986Date of Patent: July 14, 1987Assignee: Grammer Sitzsysteme GmbHInventors: Josef Dotzler, Johann Meier
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Patent number: D428719Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1999Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: Grammer AGInventors: Werner Fick, Johann Meier