Patents by Inventor Michael Berres
Michael Berres 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: 11939805Abstract: A door drive for a motor vehicle door or motor vehicle flap, which is provided with an electromotive drive, a transmission downstream of the drive, and a force-transmission element. The force-transmission element is operatively connected to a leaf of the motor vehicle door or motor vehicle flap. An output element of the transmission and the force-transmission element are coupled by a toothing with compensation for play. According to the invention, the output element and/or the force-transmission element are not only designed to be moveable for play compensation, but can also be permanently fixed after the compensation for play.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Kiekert AGInventors: Thorsten Bendel, Michael Berres, Bernhard Drost, Christian Sturm
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Publication number: 20230013256Abstract: A door drive for a motor vehicle door or motor vehicle flap, which is provided with an electromotive drive, a transmission downstream of the drive, and a force-transmission element. The force-transmission element is operatively connected to a leaf of the motor vehicle door or motor vehicle flap. An output element of the transmission and the force-transmission element are coupled by a toothing with compensation for play. According to the invention, the output element and/or the force-transmission element are not only designed to be moveable for play compensation, but can also be permanently fixed after the compensation for play.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2020Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Thorsten BENDEL, Michael BERRES, Bernhard DROST, Christian STURM
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Patent number: 11142094Abstract: An adapter arrangement (7), fastening a first component (K1) to a second component (K2), includes two adapter elements (7.1, 7.2). The first adapter element (7.1) is configured to be fastened to the first component (K1). The second adapter element (7.2) is configured to be fastened to the second component (K2). The two adapter elements (7.1, 7.2) are positionable in at least two different positions relative to each other and are fastenable to each other. The first adapter element (7.1) is configured as a gear plate (4) for the first component (K1) configured as a an electric drive unit (1) of an adjustment mechanism of a vehicle seat. A method for producing the adapter arrangement (7), a modular system for the adapter arrangement (7), to a drive arrangement (9) and a method for the production thereof, and a vehicle seat (10) are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.Inventors: Oliver Kuntz, Christoph Hackmann, Michael Berres
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Publication number: 20200117735Abstract: Technology for the improved processing of search queries is provided. Embodiments of the present invention are directed to simple and efficient methods, system, and computer storage media for improving search systems to find relevant search results based on the one or more keywords of the search query. Chain search metadata is used to complete a search query. The chain search metadata includes links that comprise the chain structure and define how a search is performed. Each link include a trie data structure and maximum keyword length, before section, and an after section. In one embodiment a search is performed first from the collected execution metrics.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventor: Gregory Michael Berres
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Publication number: 20190255970Abstract: An adapter arrangement (7), fastening a first component (K1) to a second component (K2), includes two adapter elements (7.1, 7.2). The first adapter element (7.1) is configured to be fastened to the first component (K1). The second adapter element (7.2) is configured to be fastened to the second component (K2). The two adapter elements (7.1, 7.2) are positionable in at least two different positions relative to each other and are fastenable to each other. The first adapter element (7.1) is configured as a gear plate (4) for the first component (K1) configured as a an electric drive unit (1) of an adjustment mechanism of a vehicle seat. A method for producing the adapter arrangement (7), a modular system for the adapter arrangement (7), to a drive arrangement (9) and a method for the production thereof, and a vehicle seat (10) are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Oliver KUNTZ, Christoph HACKMANN, Michael BERRES
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Patent number: 8783774Abstract: A drive unit (5) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, has a motor (51), a gear unit which is provided on the drive output side of the motor (51) which has at least a drive output wheel which is rotatably supported about a core axis (K). The drive output wheel is provided with a core (59) which is rotatable about the core axis (K). The core (59) has a shaft receptacle (60) for a drive shaft (7) with a shaft axis (W) as central axis. The core axis (K) and the shaft axis (W) are offset in parallel by an eccentricity.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Johnson Controls Components GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Michael Berres, Frank Groβbudde, Jürgen Stemmer, Martin Stilleke, Andreas Rabbach
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Publication number: 20130009438Abstract: In a drive unit for a vehicle seat, having a motor which has a motor shaft as an output, and a multi-stage transmission which is driven by the motor shaft and which has an output shaft as an output, the transmission has at least one spur gear stage in which a drive wheel and an output gear, which are each embodied as spur gear wheels, mesh with one another, and the output shaft is arranged offset in parallel with the motor shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: Keiper GMBH & Co. KGInventors: Jürgen Stemmer, Michael Berres, Norbert Heeg, Jens Schulz, Andreas Diehl
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Publication number: 20120119554Abstract: A drive unit (5) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, has a motor (51), a gear unit which is provided on the drive output side of the motor (51) which has at least a drive output wheel which is rotatably supported about a core axis (K). The drive output wheel is provided with a core (59) which is rotatable about the core axis (K). The core (59) has a shaft receptacle (60) for a drive shaft (7) with a shaft axis (W) as central axis. The core axis (K) and the shaft axis (W) are offset in parallel by an eccentricity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2010Publication date: May 17, 2012Inventors: Michael Berres, Frank Grossbudde, Jürgen Stemmer, Martin Stilleke, Andreas Rabbach
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Patent number: 7585245Abstract: A gear step (1) for an actuator in a motor vehicle, in particular for a vehicle seat, comprises a housing (3) provided with a drive (1) mounted thereon in such a way that it is rotatable around an axis (A), and a driven output (21) rotatable about a second axis (B) differing from the axes (A). The drive (11) is used for receiving the driven output (21) by way of at least one rolling body (31), so that the axes (A, B) are parallelly offset by an eccentricity (E) and the driven output is driven by rotating the thus obtained rolling eccentricity, wherein the driven output (21) carries out a tumbling rolling movement on the housing (3) by way of a friction oscillating gear (33, 35).Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2008Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schüler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus
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Patent number: 7544142Abstract: In an adjuster (80) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having at least two components (81, 82) forming a load-bearing gear, which are movable relative to each other by way of a drive unit (10), wherein the drive unit (10) has a particularly electronically commutated motor (12) and a gear stage (14), the drive unit (10) is integrated into the load-bearing gear, and the motor (12) has at least one rotor (22, 24) borne in the load-bearing gear and rotating around an axis (A).Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schüler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
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Patent number: 7544143Abstract: In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) in a vehicle, having at least one particularly electronically commutated motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14) is designed as a differential gear, which by making use of two different speeds and/or directions of rotation causes a movement of an output (54) around an axis (A).Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schüler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
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Patent number: 7467827Abstract: A gear stage (14) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, has a driving shaft (16) and a driven shaft (18). The gear stage (14) reduces the rotational speed of the driving shaft (16) to a lower rotational speed of the driven shaft (18). The gear stage (14) comprises at least one row (24) of transmission balls upon which tangentially lie at least one, and in particular two driving surfaces (22) of the driving shaft (16), at least one driven surface (26) of the driven shaft (18) and at least one housing surface (28) of a housing (32).Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2007Date of Patent: December 23, 2008Assignee: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Bernd Bossmanns, Michael Berres, Karsten Kalmus, Rolf Schüler
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Publication number: 20080146394Abstract: A gear step (1) for an actuator in a motor vehicle, in particular for a vehicle seat, comprises a housing (3) provided with a drive (1) mounted thereon in such a way that it is rotatable around an axis (A), and a driven output (21) rotatable about a second axis (B) differing from the axes (A). The drive (11) is used for receiving the driven output (21) by way of at least one rolling body (31), so that the axes (A, B) are parallelly offset by an eccentricity (E) and the driven output is driven by rotating the thus obtained rolling eccentricity, wherein the driven output (21) carries out a tumbling rolling movement on the housing (3) by way of a friction oscillating gear (33, 35).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2008Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schüler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus
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Patent number: 7345390Abstract: In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) of a vehicle seat, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, having at least an electronically commutated motor (12) and a gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), wherein the motor (12) has a stator (16) and at least one rotor (22, 24) rotating around an axis (A) and interacting magnetically with the stator (16), two rotors (22, 24) are provided which rotate in different directions, wherein the gear stage (14) bears directly at least one rotor (22, 24).Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schüler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
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Patent number: 7329200Abstract: In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) of a vehicle seat, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, having at least one particularly electronically commutated motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14) is designed as a differential gear, which by making use of two different speeds and/or directions of rotation causes a movement of an output (54) around an axis (A).Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schüler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
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Patent number: 7294081Abstract: In a drive unit (10) for vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having at least one motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14) is designed as a switch gear, so that two different directions of rotation of the output (54) can be provided/selected between, while retaining one sole permanent direction of rotation of the motor (12).Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schüler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
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Publication number: 20070205647Abstract: A gear stage (14) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, has a driving shaft (16) and a driven shaft (18). The gear stage (14) reduces the rotational speed of the driving shaft (16) to a lower rotational speed of the driven shaft (18). The gear stage (14) comprises at least one row (24) of transmission balls upon which tangentially lie at least one, and in particular two driving surfaces (22) of the driving shaft (16), at least one driven surface (26) of the driven shaft (18) and at least one housing surface (28) of a housing (32).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2007Publication date: September 6, 2007Inventors: Bernd Bossmanns, Michael Berres, Karsten Kalmus, Rolf Schuler
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Publication number: 20070060433Abstract: In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) in a vehicle, having at least one particularly electronically commutated motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14) is designed as a differential gear, which by making use of two different speeds and/or directions of rotation causes a movement of an output (54) around an axis (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2006Publication date: March 15, 2007Inventors: Rolf Schuler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
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Publication number: 20070032330Abstract: In a drive unit (10) for vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having at least one motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14) is designed as a switch gear, so that two different directions of rotation of the output (54) can be provided/selected between, while retaining one sole permanent direction of rotation of the motor (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2006Publication date: February 8, 2007Inventors: Rolf Schuler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
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Publication number: 20070032337Abstract: In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) of a vehicle seat, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, having at least one particularly electronically commutated motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14) is designed as a differential gear, which by making use of two different speeds and/or directions of rotation causes a movement of an output (54) around an axis (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2006Publication date: February 8, 2007Inventors: Rolf Schuler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss