Patents by Inventor Sebastian SWOBODA

Sebastian SWOBODA 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: 9399883
    Abstract: An automatically operated door system for an aircraft toilet is provided. The system has a folding door and a door frame. The folding door is arranged in the door frame to be movable between a closed door position and an open door position. The system also has a drive apparatus for moving the folding door between the closed door position and the open door position, a guiding member connected to the drive apparatus and a displacement element arranged on the folding door. The guiding member engages the displacement element to transfer the driving force of the drive apparatus to the displacement element; accordingly, the folding door is moved from the closed door position into a pre-folded door position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: DIEHL COMFORT MODULES GMBH
    Inventors: Sebastian Swoboda, Eric Stuchly
  • Publication number: 20130146232
    Abstract: The object underlying the invention is to propose an improved door system. To this end, an automatically operated door system for an aircraft toilet is proposed, said door system having a folding door, having a door frame, wherein the folding door is arranged in the door frame so as to be movable between a closed door position and an open door position, having a drive apparatus which is realized for moving the folding door between the closed and the open door position, having a guiding member, wherein the guiding member is coupled to the drive apparatus, having a displacement element which is arranged on the folding door, wherein the guiding member is realized for the purpose of moving the folding door from a closed door position into a pre-folded door position by transferring the driving force of the drive apparatus to the displacement element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Sebastian SWOBODA, Eric STUCHLY