Patents by Inventor Uwe Reichel

Uwe Reichel 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: 11577838
    Abstract: A seat, in particular an aircraft seat, having a seat support structure having at least one seat surface with a seat surface frame and a backrest with a backrest frame being pivotable relative to the seat surface, a base support element supporting the seat support structure, and a seat adjustment arrangement, which includes at least one coupling unit movable relative to the base support element, the coupling unit is configured to connect the seat surface frame and the backrest frame to one another and which is provided with at least one bearing element, and which includes at least one guide element in which the bearing element is movably guided. The seat adjustment arrangement being adapted to transfer the seat support structure into a sitting position, a comfort position or lying position by displacing the bearing element along the guide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Adient Aerospace LLC
    Inventors: Uwe Reichel, Samuel David Pugh, Georg Ruess, Jannik Dech, Daniel Burgey, Stefan Renno
  • Patent number: 11511652
    Abstract: A seat part for a vehicle seat may have a support structure which has a tubular frame and a composite component. The tubular frame may have at least one opening on a front side. A threaded sleeve may be arranged and the composite component is arranged on the front side of the tubular frame and is secured to the tubular frame via a screw screwed into the threaded sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Uwe Reichel, Georg Ludwig Fischer
  • Publication number: 20210252759
    Abstract: A device for producing seat shells for vehicle seats may have an injection molding tool, in which an injection molding compound, in particular of a plastic, particularly of a thermoplastic plastic, can be molded on a semi-finished product, in particular an organo-sheet. The semi-finished product may be at least lateral cheeks of the respective seat shell, wherein a cavity in the injection molding tool can be modified in a forming region for the lateral cheeks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
    Inventors: JOERG JONAS, UWE REICHEL, LARS KRAMM
  • Publication number: 20210245637
    Abstract: A seat part for a vehicle seat may have a support structure which has a tubular frame and a composite component. The tubular frame may have at least one opening on a front side. A threaded sleeve may be arranged and the composite component is arranged on the front side of the tubular frame and is secured to the tubular frame via a screw screwed into the threaded sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
    Inventors: UWE REICHEL, GEORG LUDWIG FISCHER
  • Publication number: 20200307801
    Abstract: A seat, in particular an aircraft seat, having a seat support structure having at least one seat surface with a seat surface frame and a backrest with a backrest frame being pivotable relative to the seat surface, a base support element supporting the seat support structure, and a seat adjustment arrangement, which includes at least one coupling unit movable relative to the base support element, the coupling unit is configured to connect the seat surface frame and the backrest frame to one another and which is provided with at least one bearing element, and which includes at least one guide element in which the bearing element is movably guided. The seat adjustment arrangement being adapted to transfer the seat support structure into a sitting position, a comfort position or lying position by displacing the bearing element along the guide element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: Adient Aerospace, LLC
    Inventors: Uwe REICHEL, Samuel David PUGH, Georg RUESS, Jannik DECH, Daniel BURGEY, Stefan RENNO
  • Patent number: 9440559
    Abstract: A vehicle seat (1), in particular a commercial vehicle seat, includes a scissor-type (scissors) framework (3) for adjusting the height. The scissors framework has intersecting rockers (8a, 8b) and at least one frame (5, 7), and at least one bearing device (21) for movably guiding the rockers (8a, 8b) in the frame (5, 7). A rotatable bearing roller (14) interacts with a first guide and a rotatable compensation roller (36) interacts with a second guide attached to a base region (52) of an insert (60). A lateral region (54) of the insert (60) extends perpendicularly to the base region (52) and is fixed to the frame (5, 7) and/or a head region (50) of the insert (60), extending parallel to the base region (52), is fixed to the frame (5, 7). The base region (52) is resiliently designed and presses against the compensation roller (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Components GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Gundall, Uwe Reichel, Adolf Vogt
  • Patent number: 9150122
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a scissor-type stand vibratable and adjustable in height, with a pneumatic spring and cranks, intersecting at a scissor shaft. A control device for level control and for height adjustment of the stand has a control element, a valve device controlled by the control element, for controlling the spring, a switching element movable relative to the control element or the valve device, and a bearing. The control element and valve device are kinematically assigned to different parts of the stand movable relative to one another. The control element is linked to a first crank. The bearing is spaced from the shaft and connected with a second crank. The valve device is connected with the switching element movable relative to the control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Keiper GMBH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Uwe Reichel
  • Publication number: 20150231992
    Abstract: A vehicle seat (1), in particular a commercial vehicle seat, includes a scissor-type (scissors) framework (3) for adjusting the height. The scissors framework has intersecting rockers (8a, 8b) and at least one frame (5, 7), and at least one bearing device (21) for movably guiding the rockers (8a, 8b) in the frame (5, 7). A rotatable bearing roller (14) interacts with a first guide and a rotatable compensation roller (36) interacts with a second guide attached to a base region (52) of an insert (60). A lateral region (54) of the insert (60) extends perpendicularly to the base region (52) and is fixed to the frame (5, 7) and/or a head region (50) of the insert (60), extending parallel to the base region (52), is fixed to the frame (5, 7). The base region (52) is resiliently designed and presses against the compensation roller (36).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Gundall, Uwe Reichel, Adolf Vogt
  • Patent number: 9096156
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a scissor-type stand vibratable and adjustable in height, with a pneumatic spring and cranks intersecting at a scissor shaft, and a control device for level control and height adjustment of the stand. The control device has a driver, a switching element coupled with the driver, and a valve device controlled by the switching element, for controlling the pneumatic spring. The driver and the valve device are kinematically assigned to different parts of the stand, such parts being movable relative to one another. The switching element is spaced from the shaft and rotatably supported on the first crank. The valve device is connected with the first crank, and the driver is configured as a Bowden cable, the core of which is coupled with the switching element, and the jacket of which is fixedly connected with the second crank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Keiper GMBH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Wilhelm, Uwe Reichel
  • Publication number: 20130292983
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a scissor-type stand vibratable and adjustable in height, with a pneumatic spring and cranks intersecting at a scissor shaft, and a control device for level control and height adjustment of the scissor type stand. The control device has a driver, a switching element coupled with the driver, and a valve device controlled by the switching element, for controlling the pneumatic spring. The driver and the valve device are kinematically assigned to different parts of the stand, such parts being movable relative to one another. The switching element is spaced from the shaft and rotatably supported on the first crank. The valve device is connected with the first crank, and the driver is configured as a Bowden cable, the core of which is coupled with the switching element, and the jacket of which is fixedly connected with the second crank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: KEOPER GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Wilhelm, Uwe Reichel
  • Publication number: 20130221717
    Abstract: With a vehicle seat (1), in particular a utility vehicle seat, having a scissor-type stand (3), which is able to vibrate and which can be adjusted in terms of height, with a pneumatic spring (12) and at least one pair of cranks (8a, 8b), which intersect at a scissor shaft (10), and a control device (20) for level control and for height adjustment of the scissor-type stand (3), said control device being provided with a control element (26), a valve device (24) which can be controlled by the control element (26), for controlling the pneumatic spring (12), a switching element (23) which is movable relative to the control element (26) or to the valve device (24), and a bearing (22b) for the switching element (23), wherein the control element (26) and the valve device (24) are kinematically assigned to different parts of the scissor-type stand (3), such parts being movable relative to one another, the control element (26) is linked, by means of a connecting link (21), to a first crank (8a) of the pair of cranks (8
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Uwe Reichel
  • Patent number: 7213208
    Abstract: A generic interaction layer is an interface between a client device and APIs associated with accessible applications. The generic interaction layer allows the client to access each of the APIs in a generic and consistent way, without having to know the details of those APIs or the underlying data structure of the associated applications. The generic interaction layer prepares a data container in response to a request from a user interface of the client and divides the data container into portions corresponding to each of the applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Uwe Reichel, Steffen Tatzel, Matthias Weigt
  • Publication number: 20040054640
    Abstract: A generic interaction layer is an interface between a client device and APIs associated with accessible applications. The generic interaction layer allows the client to access each of the APIs in a generic and consistent way, without having to know the details of those APIs or the underlying data structure of the associated applications. The generic layer maintains models of the data structures of the associated applications and allows a user interface to access the models to determine the location, within a data structure, of data for which the user interface is searching. Using the model, the generic interaction layer prepares a data container in response to a request from the user interface and transmits the container to component modules associated with the specific application(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Uwe Reichel, Steffen Tatzel, Matthias Weigt
  • Publication number: 20040051740
    Abstract: A generic interaction layer is an interface between a client device and APIs associated with accessible applications. The generic interaction layer allows the client to access each of the APIs in a generic and consistent way, without having to know the details of those APIs or the underlying data structure of the associated applications. The generic interaction layer prepares a data container in response to a request from a user interface of the client and divides the data container into portions corresponding to each of the applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Uwe Reichel, Steffen Tatzel, Matthias Weigt