Patents by Inventor Slawomir GADEK

Slawomir GADEK 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).

  • Load path-optimized hybrid support structure
    Patent number: 10882423
    Abstract: A hybrid support structure for a backrest part of a vehicle seat or a back bench seat, which is formed from a metal structure and a plastic structure, the metal structure including at least one connecting profile disposed between two side rail profiles of the hybrid support structure. It is provided that the connecting profile, together with a central rib of a web structure designed as a plastic structure follows a load path-optimized main load line, which runs between two connecting points of the connecting profile on the side rail profiles, taking into account a force acting upon the hybrid support structure in at least one assumed load case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Sitech Sitztechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Dreessen, Arne Gerdes, Stefan Huinink, Slawomir Gadek
  • LOAD PATH-OPTIMIZED HYBRID SUPPORT STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20200009999
    Abstract: A hybrid support structure for a backrest part of a vehicle seat or a back bench seat, which is formed from a metal structure and a plastic structure, the metal structure including at least one connecting profile disposed between two side rail profiles of the hybrid support structure. It is provided that the connecting profile, together with a central rib of a web structure designed as a plastic structure follows a load path-optimized main load line, which runs between two connecting points of the connecting profile on the side rail profiles, taking into account a force acting upon the hybrid support structure in at least one assumed load case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicants: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Sitech Sitztechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp DREESSEN, Arne GERDES, Stefan HUININK, Slawomir GADEK