Patents by Inventor Markus Herper

Markus Herper 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: 11702874
    Abstract: A hinge having a hinge cup, an articulation mechanism and a hinge arm, wherein the hinge cup is connected to the hinge arm in a pivotable manner via the articulation mechanism. The articulation mechanism includes first and second articulated levers attached to the hinge cup and to the hinge arm. The first articulated lever has a first end connected to the hinge cup in a pivotable manner via a first bearing element and has a second end connected to the hinge arm in a pivotable manner via a second bearing element. The second articulated lever has a first end connected to the hinge cup in a pivotable manner via a fourth bearing element and has a second element connected to the hinge arm in a pivotable manner via a third bearing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Gabriele Schneider, Boris Krüdener, Markus Herper
  • Publication number: 20220416504
    Abstract: A semiconductor component for emitting light includes a main body that comprises at least one mesa body. The mesa body has an emission region for emitting the light. The emission region is assigned a first mirror portion, a second mirror portion, and an active portion arranged between the two mirror portions and serving to produce the light. The semiconductor component further includes electrical contacts for feeding electrical energy into the active portion, with at least one stress element that is attached to a surface of the main body. The stress element is configured to generate in the main body a material stress which has an effect on one or more polarization properties of the emitted light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Andreas Popp, Alexander Marc Van der Lee, Sven Bader, Roman Koerner, Jenny Tempeler, Michael Smeets, Andrea Ott, Markus Herper, Daniela Stange
  • Publication number: 20220025686
    Abstract: A hinge having a hinge cup, an articulation mechanism and a hinge arm, wherein the hinge cup is connected to the hinge arm in a pivotable manner via the articulation mechanism. The articulation mechanism includes first and second articulated levers attached to the hinge cup and to the hinge arm. The first articulated lever has a first end connected to the hinge cup in a pivotable manner via a first bearing element and has a second end connected to the hinge arm in a pivotable manner via a second bearing element. The second articulated lever has a first end connected to the hinge cup in a pivotable manner via a fourth bearing element and has a second element connected to the hinge arm in a pivotable manner via a third bearing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Gabriele SCHNEIDER, Boris KRÜDENER, Markus HERPER
  • Patent number: 11111708
    Abstract: A device for moving a furniture part on an item of furniture, including a guide configured as an articulated lever releasably disposed on an assembly member of the device, which is assembled on the furniture part. The guide includes a securing member movably disposed on the articulated lever and capable of being positioned relative to the articulated lever. In a first position of the securing member a pivoting range of the guide is delimited by the securing member such that the guide in a closing movement is not capable of being moved from the opened position to the closed position. In a second position of the securing member the pivoting range of the guide is released such that the guide, in the closing movement from the opened position, reaches the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Boris Kruedener, Markus Herper
  • Patent number: 11085218
    Abstract: A device is proposed for moving a furniture flap received on a furniture body of a piece of furniture having a spring-force unit, which assists the opening and/or the closing of the furniture flap by a predetermined force action of the spring-force unit via an adjusting arm engaging with the furniture flap in the mounted state. According to the invention, an electrically switchable adjusting unit is provided, which is coupled to the spring-force unit in such a way that a movement of the spring-force unit into a predetermined adjustment position of the spring-force unit on the piece of furniture occurs by a switching of the adjusting unit in the mounted state of the device so that a degree of force action of the spring-force unit on the furniture flap can be adjusted in dependence on the adjustment position of the spring-force unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Herper, Boris Kruedener
  • Patent number: 10968670
    Abstract: An articulated lever for a device for moving a furniture part received on a furniture carcass of an item of furniture, which has a spacer member in the form of a first and a second embossing. The first embossing is present on a first side of the first articulated lever, and the second embossing is present on a second side of the first articulated lever. The first and the second side of the first articulated lever are present opposite and spaced from one another. The first and the second embossing are present opposite one another. The first embossing has in the azimuthal and/or radial direction, about a center, an elevation and a depression relative to a remaining surface of the first side. The second embossing has in the azimuthal and/or radial direction, about the center, an elevation and a depression relative to a remaining surface of the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Boris Kruedener, Markus Herper
  • Publication number: 20200217117
    Abstract: A device is proposed for moving a furniture flap received on a furniture body of a piece of furniture having a spring-force unit, which assists the opening and/or the closing of the furniture flap by a predetermined force action of the spring-force unit via an adjusting arm engaging with the furniture flap in the mounted state. According to the invention, an electrically switchable adjusting unit is provided, which is coupled to the spring-force unit in such a way that a movement of the spring-force unit into a predetermined adjustment position of the spring-force unit on the piece of furniture occurs by a switching of the adjusting unit in the mounted state of the device so that a degree of force action of the spring-force unit on the furniture flap can be adjusted in dependence on the adjustment position of the spring-force unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Herper, Boris Kruedener
  • Patent number: 10681981
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sensor for a part of a piece of furniture is described, in which method a layer, necessary for the actual sensor function, of the sensor is printed onto the part of the piece of furniture. Furthermore, a corresponding sensor, a part of the piece of furniture, a switching device and a piece of furniture are presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Boris Kruedener, Markus Herper
  • Publication number: 20190316394
    Abstract: A device for moving a furniture part on an item of furniture, including a guide configured as an articulated lever releasably disposed on an assembly member of the device, which is assembled on the furniture part. The guide includes a securing member movably disposed on the articulated lever and capable of being positioned relative to the articulated lever. In a first position of the securing member a pivoting range of the guide is delimited by the securing member such that the guide in a closing movement is not capable of being moved from the opened position to the closed position. In a second position of the securing member the pivoting range of the guide is released such that the guide, in the closing movement from the opened position, reaches the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Boris KRUEDENER, Markus HERPER
  • Publication number: 20190316395
    Abstract: An articulated lever for a device for moving a furniture part received on a furniture carcass of an item of furniture, which has a spacer member in the form of a first and a second embossing. The first embossing is present on a first side of the first articulated lever, and the second embossing is present on a second side of the first articulated lever. The first and the second side of the first articulated lever are present opposite and spaced from one another. The first and the second embossing are present opposite one another. The first embossing has in the azimuthal and/or radial direction, about a center, an elevation and a depression relative to a remaining surface of the first side. The second embossing has in the azimuthal and/or radial direction, about the center, an elevation and a depression relative to a remaining surface of the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Boris KRUEDENER, Markus Herper
  • Patent number: 9945169
    Abstract: A hinge, for a movable furniture part, in particular, a door or flap, that is fastened to a body of an item of furniture, wherein the hinge has a first attachment element, which is connected pivotably to a second attachment element via a joint mechanism, wherein the joint mechanism comprises at least one articulated lever, which is mounted pivotably on the first attachment element via a first bearing element. The hinge is characterized in that the articulated lever is arranged in a rotationally fixed manner on the first bearing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Boris Kruedener, Markus Herper, Sebastian Lautenschlaeger
  • Publication number: 20170172302
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sensor for a part of a piece of furniture is described, in which method a layer, necessary for the actual sensor function, of the sensor is printed onto the part of the piece of furniture. Furthermore, a corresponding sensor, a part of the piece of furniture, a switching device and a piece of furniture are presented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Boris KRUEDENER, Markus HERPER
  • Publication number: 20170096849
    Abstract: A hinge, for a movable furniture part, in particular, a door or flap, that is fastened to a body of an item of furniture, wherein the hinge has a first attachment element, which is connected pivotably to a second attachment element via a joint mechanism, wherein the joint mechanism comprises at least one articulated lever, which is mounted pivotably on the first attachment element via a first bearing element. The hinge is characterized in that the articulated lever is arranged in a rotationally fixed manner on the first bearing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Boris KRUEDENER, Markus HERPER, Sebastian LAUTENSCHLAEGER
  • Patent number: 9474372
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the movement of a furniture part received movably on a furniture body, including a guide mechanism which acts between the body and the part and with which the part is brought out of a closing state relative to the body, wherein the part is in a position as close as possible to a front side of the body, into an opening state of the part relative to the body, and is moved back into the closing state. In an opening process, the guide mechanism moves the part out of the closing state such that, in a first motion phase, a horizontal distance between the part and the front side of the body increases and, in a subsequent motion phase following the first motion phase, the furniture part is moved linearly onward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Markus Herper
  • Publication number: 20160073781
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the movement of a furniture part received movably on a cabinet body, including guide means which act between the body and the part and with which the part can be brought out of a closing state relative to the body, wherein the part assumes a position moved as close as possible up to a front side of the body, into an opening state of the part relative to the body, and can be moved back again into the closing state. The guide means are configured to move the part, in an opening process, out of the closing state such that, in a first motion phase of the opening process, a horizontal distance of the part to the front side of the body increases and, in a motion phase, following the first motion phase, of the opening process, the furniture part can be moved linearly onward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventor: Markus HERPER
  • Patent number: 8651253
    Abstract: Damping device for moveable furniture parts. A longitudinally displaceable piston on opposing sides forms two variable size working chambers filled with a damping medium via at least one overflow connection. A piston rod led out of the housing is connected to one side of the piston. An adjustment shaft is connected to one side of the piston opposite one of the working chambers, its free end is also led out of the housing. A throttle disc radially protrudes from the circumferential surface of the adjustment shaft. The throttle disc being disposed in a region of an end of a piston passage bore connecting the two working chambers and configuring the overflow connection abutting a front surface of the piston. Recesses in the throttle disc offset from each other circumferentially have different cross-sections. The recesses may be selectively aligned by rotating the adjustment shaft relative to the passage bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Herper, Gabriele Schneider
  • Patent number: 8505165
    Abstract: A hinge assembly is provided to mount a door to a housing, and includes a housing fixation section (1), a hinge cup (3) pivotally connected to the housing fixation section (1), and a damping mechanism (4) positioned entirely within the hinge cup (3) to dampen movement of the door as it closes on the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Grass America, Inc.
    Inventors: Georg Domenig, Jeffery Morgan, Tony Hayes, Manfred Peer, Markus Herper
  • Patent number: 8434600
    Abstract: Damping device for damping motion of movable furniture parts. A piston mounted in housing in longitudinally displaceable manner which, due lo displacement, forms two variable-size working chambers on opposite sides with damping medium. Via overflow-connection, throttled transfer of damping medium is possible between two working chambers. Piston plunger, fed selectively, is connected on one side of pislon. Via the outer end of piston plunger, the motion of the furniture part to be damped is transferred to the piston. On side of piston, an elongated adjustment shaft is connected to the piston plunger. Free end of plunger is fed in sealed manner out of front face lying opposite front face that is sealed on the piston plunger side. The end of adjustment shaft engages with a passage duct connecting two working chambers and forms a variable-sized throttle cross section in the passage duct, making adjusting motion of shaft relative to piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Herper, Gabriele Schneider
  • Patent number: 8282175
    Abstract: An opening device including an elongate ejector ram mounted in a longitudinally displaceable manner in a housing and pretensioned at one end by a spring into a position in which it protrudes out of the housing and pushable back into the housing counter to the pretensioning. A releasable locking device locks the ejector ram in a position retracted in the housing. A tensioning device is provided forcibly displaces the ejector ram. When the movable furniture part is completely opened, a tensioning device forcibly displaces the ejector ram into the locking position retracted within the housing. The tensioning device converts the opening movement of the movable furniture part in the interior of the housing via a tensioning member having one end guided out of the housing into a movement pulling the ejector ram back into the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Herper, Boris Krüdener
  • Publication number: 20110131884
    Abstract: An opening device (10) for furniture parts which are movable relative to one another, such as door wings (12), flaps and the like coupled pivotably to a furniture body, with an elongate ejector ram (30) which is mounted in a longitudinally displaceable manner in a housing (28) which can be fastened to one of the furniture parts which are movable relative to one another. The ejector ram is pretensioned at its one end by means of a spring (32) into a position in which it protrudes out of the housing (28) in the direction of the other furniture part in each case and can be pushed back into the interior of the housing counter to the pretensioning. The device has a locking device which locks the ejector ram (30) in the position in which it is retracted in the housing (28), and can be unlocked by manipulation by means of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Herper, Boris Krüdener