Patents by Inventor Susanne Frohriep

Susanne Frohriep 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: 11964601
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat having an upper seat part for receiving a person, which upper seat part comprises a seat plate part and a seat cushion part, the seat cushion part being arranged above the seat plate part in relation to a height axis of the vehicle seat and the seat plate part and the seat cushion part being arranged so as to at least partially overlap in relation to the height axis, forming an intermediate first overlap region, a fluid chamber unit having at least two fluid chambers being arranged at least partially within the first overlap region between the seat plate part and the seat cushion part, a control unit being provided, designed to introduce and to remove a fluid into/from the at least two fluid chambers so that an expansion in the height axis of the at least two fluid chambers can be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Florian Schneider, Susanne Frohriep, Sergej Schustjew
  • Patent number: 11433782
    Abstract: The invention relates to an operating device for adjusting seat parameters of a seat, in particular of a vehicle seat, wherein the operating device comprises at least one multifunction operating element having at least one selection element, by means of which at least two operating levels are selectable, wherein the multifunction operating element is movable in at least five switching directions, wherein each switching direction can be assigned to a specific function, which belongs to the selected operating level and changes a seat parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Susanne Frohriep, Laurent Coppejans
  • Publication number: 20220072985
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat having an upper seat part for receiving a person, which upper seat part comprises a seat plate part and a seat cushion part, the seat cushion part being arranged above the seat plate part in relation to a height axis of the vehicle seat and the seat plate part and the seat cushion part being arranged so as to at least partially overlap in relation to the height axis, forming an intermediate first overlap region, a fluid chamber unit having at least two fluid chambers being arranged at least partially within the first overlap region between the seat plate part and the seat cushion part, a control unit being provided, designed to introduce and to remove a fluid into/from the at least two fluid chambers so that an expansion in the height axis of the at least two fluid chambers can be controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Florian SCHNEIDER, Susanne FROHRIEP, Sergej SCHUSTJEW
  • Patent number: 11247585
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seat, in particular a vehicle seat, with an operating device for setting seat parameters, wherein the operating device comprises at least one multifunction operating element having at least one selection element, by means of which at least two operating levels can be selected, wherein the multifunction operating element is movable in at least five switching directions, wherein each switching direction can be assigned to a specific function which is associated with the selected operating level and changes a seat parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Susanne Frohriep, Laurent Coppejans, Jens Kolb
  • Publication number: 20200016998
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seat, in particular a vehicle seat, with an operating device for setting seat parameters, wherein the operating device comprises at least one multifunction operating element having at least one selection element, by means of which at least two operating levels can be selected, wherein the multifunction operating element is movable in at least five switching directions, wherein each switching direction can be assigned to a specific function which is associated with the selected operating level and changes a seat parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Susanne FROHRIEP, Laurent COPPEJANS, Jens KOLB
  • Publication number: 20200016996
    Abstract: The invention relates to an operating device for adjusting seat parameters of a seat, in particular of a vehicle seat, wherein the operating device comprises at least one multifunction operating element having at least one selection element, by means of which at least two operating levels are selectable, wherein the multifunction operating element is movable in at least five switching directions, wherein each switching direction can be assigned to a specific function, which belongs to the selected operating level and changes a seat parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Susanne FROHRIEP, Laurent COPPEJANS
  • Publication number: 20160236591
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for presetting a vehicle seat (1) for a passenger (2) using the vehicle seat. Said vehicle seat comprises at least parts of a presetting device (12). The invention is characterized in that in a first step, information about the passenger is transmitted to the presetting device transmits and in a second step, the vehicle seat (1) is modified by said presetting device (12) such that the vehicle seat (1) adopts as the presetting for the passenger (2), a first vehicle seat configuration based on the transmitted information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicants: Johnson Controls GMBH, Technische Universitat Munchen
    Inventors: Wei Lange-Mao, Florian Kremser, Fabian Guenzkofer, Susanne Frohriep