Patents by Inventor Matthijs RAVESTEIN

Matthijs RAVESTEIN 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: 11453315
    Abstract: A vehicle seat device includes a seat cushion having a cushion front side and cushion rear side both running in the transverse direction of the seat device. The device also includes a seat back having two backrest edge sides opposite each other and each running in the transverse direction of the seat device. The seat back is arrangeable on the cushion front and rear sides of the seat cushion in order to change a seat direction. The seat back is mounted so as to be rotatable by at least 180° around a transverse axis in order to change the seat direction. At least one headrest unit is arranged on the seat back in a displaceable manner in such a way that it can be displaced beyond the backrest edge side facing away from the seat cushion in each case and can be displaced back under this backrest edge side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Matthijs Ravestein, Jan Rath
  • Patent number: 11440601
    Abstract: A motor vehicle having a vehicle body with a passenger compartment, a chassis supporting the vehicle body, a vehicle axle which can be driven by a drive device, and a seat device which is arranged inside the passenger compartment and is rotatable relative to the passenger compartment about an axis of rotation. The chassis supporting the vehicle body has only one vehicle axle, about the axis of which, the vehicle body with the passenger compartment and the seat device arranged inside the passenger compartment are rotatable relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Wolfram Judenhahn, Matthijs Ravestein, Jochen Bisinger
  • Patent number: 11230170
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has an interior which is accessible via a door opening which can be closed by a door and which can be enlarged from a driving position into a parking position by displacing a vehicle roof region delimiting the door opening. The vehicle roof region can be moved along as part of the at least substantially entire vehicle roof which can be displaced between the driving position and the parking position relative to a lower vehicle body part. The door is mounted on the displaceable vehicle roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Matthijs Ravestein, Wolfram Judenhahn, Jochen Bisinger
  • Publication number: 20210347285
    Abstract: A vehicle seat device includes a seat cushion having a cushion front side and cushion rear side both running in the transverse direction of the seat device. The device also includes a seat back having two backrest edge sides opposite each other and each running in the transverse direction of the seat device. The seat back is arrangeable on the cushion front and rear sides of the seat cushion in order to change a seat direction. The seat back is mounted so as to be rotatable by at least 180° around a transverse axis in order to change the seat direction. At least one headrest unit is arranged on the seat back in a displaceable manner in such a way that it can be displaced beyond the backrest edge side facing away from the seat cushion in each case and can be displaced back under this backrest edge side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Matthijs RAVESTEIN, Jan RATH
  • Publication number: 20200391580
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has an interior which is accessible via a door opening which can be closed by a door and which can be enlarged from a driving position into a parking position by displacing a vehicle roof region delimiting the door opening. The vehicle roof region can be moved along as part of the at least substantially entire vehicle roof which can be displaced between the driving position and the parking position relative to a lower vehicle body part. The door is mounted on the displaceable vehicle roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Matthijs RAVESTEIN, Wolfram JUDENHAHN, Jochen BISINGER
  • Publication number: 20200339202
    Abstract: A motor vehicle having a vehicle body with a passenger compartment, a chassis supporting the vehicle body, a vehicle axle which can be driven by a drive device, and a seat device which is arranged inside the passenger compartment and is rotatable relative to the passenger compartment about an axis of rotation. The chassis supporting the vehicle body has only one vehicle axle, about the axis of which, the vehicle body with the passenger compartment and the seat device arranged inside the passenger compartment are rotatable relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Wolfram JUDENHAHN, Matthijs RAVESTEIN, Jochen BISINGER