Patents Represented by Attorney Husch & Eppengerger, LLC
  • Patent number: 6930439
    Abstract: An electromechanical functional module and associated process for production thereof, which includes at least one transducer, at least one upper fiber cover layer, which is nonconducting and is positioned over the at least one transducer having a first electrode and a second electrode, at least one lower fiber cover layer, which is nonconducting and is positioned below the at least one transducer, at least one fiber interlayer, which is nonconducting with at least one cut-out for accommodating the at least one transducer, at least one upper electric contact strip that is integrally connected to the at least one upper fiber cover layer and in contact with the first electrode of the at least one transducer, and at least one lower electric contact strip that is integrally connected to the at least one lower fiber cover layer and in contact with the second electrode of the at least one transducer, wherein the at least one upper fiber cover layer, the at least one lower fiber cover layer and the at least one trans
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: DLR Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
    Inventor: Peter Wierach
  • Patent number: 6893089
    Abstract: A lumbar support for a seat includes an archable pressure surface having an upper region and a lower region and a force actuator such as an electric motor. The force actuator is held in a housing. The actuator housing is fixedly attached to said archable pressure surface in a compact design. A force transmission element such as a cable is connected to at least one of the upper and lower regions of the pressure surface and the force transmission element is also connected to the actuator. When force is applied by the force actuator to the cable, the pressure surface arches from a substantially flat position to an arched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Robert McMillen, Edward J. L. Meszaros