Abstract: A control system for controlling an adjusting drive for an item of furniture includes a control device connected to the adjusting drive, and a first operating unit. The control device is configured to receive signals from the first operating unit transmitted wirelessly via a transmission unit over a first transmission link, and to control the adjusting drive as a function of the signals received. The control device is also configured to receive further signals from a second operating unit transmitted wirelessly via the transmission unit over a second transmission link and to control the adjusting drive as a function of the further signals received. The second transmission link differs from the first transmission link.

Abstract: In a method for controlling a furniture drive via voice input, an acoustic signal is converted into an electrical signal. The electrical signal is evaluated by a local voice analysis device, and an operating state of the furniture drive is controlled when a keyword from a set of keywords is recognized during evaluation.

Abstract: An electromotive furniture drive includes a housing having an opening, a drive motor attached to the housing and including an output shaft, and a standpipe inserted into the housing laterally in a form-fitting manner. The standpipe has an outer wall formed with a transverse groove, with a lifting spindle arranged in the standpipe. A gear assembly is arranged in the housing and configured to couple the output shaft of the drive motor to the lifting spindle. A locking element is configured to engage in the transverse groove and held in a recess in the housing.

Abstract: A controller for a furniture drive includes an operating device which includes a speech controller. The speech controller includes a speech control subunit operatively connected to an adjustment drive, and a microphone interacting with the speech control subunit.

Abstract: An electromotive furniture drive includes a drive motor including an output shaft, a lift spindle arranged in a common plane with the output shaft, and a gear assembly configured to couple the output shaft of the drive motor to the lift spindle. The gear assembly includes an intermediate shaft which intersects the common plane between the lift spindle and the output shaft.

Abstract: The invention relates to a piece of sleeping or reclining furniture, comprising a support element (2) for applying a padding or a mattress and at least one sensor (12) for detecting vibrations, movement, and/or sound. The piece of sleeping or reclining furniture is characterized in that the at least one sensor (12) is arranged at a section (120) of the support element (2) that is decoupled from further sections of the support element (2) and/or of the sleeping or reclining furniture.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for determining a value representing a sleep quality, wherein the system has an evaluation device (10) for connecting to at least one sensor (11), which can be coupled to a piece of sleep or rest furniture for detecting vibrations, movement and/or sound in order to extract physiological data (12) of at least one person using the piece of sleep or rest furniture. The system is characterized in that at least one additional sensor (21) is provided on the sleep or rest furniture or in an environment of the sleep or rest furniture, which sensor is designed for detecting environmental parameters (5).

Abstract: An electromotive dual drive for adjustment of two different furniture parts of a piece of furniture includes a housing having opposite end sections. Each end section is formed with a shaft holder for receiving a pivot shaft of the piece of furniture. Two drive units are arranged one behind another in the housing in a longitudinal direction, with each drive unit including a drive motor, a transmission, and a spindle drive including a spindle which acts on an output member operably connected to a respective one of the pivot shafts. The spindles and/or the output members of the drive units are sized of different lengths, and the drive motor of one of the drive units and the drive motor of the other one of the drive units are spaced from the shaft holders, respectively, at different distances.

Abstract: A drive for adjusting parts of seating and lying furniture, wherein a first furniture component is mounted moveably relative to a second furniture component, includes at least one spindle rotatable by an electric motor. An adjusting nut is carried on the spindle, is guided non-rotatably in a guide tube, and is drivable by rotation of the spindle in the axial direction of the guide tube. A lift tube is operatively connected to the adjusting nut. A first pivotal connecting device is arranged at the free end of the lift tube and may be pivotally connected to the first furniture component by way of a first hinge connection. A second pivotal connecting device is provided at the opposite end of the drive and can be fixed by way of a second hinge connection to a stationary frame portion or to a second furniture component.

Abstract: An electrical device arrangement, in particular for an item of furniture, includes a bus device having wirelessly configured control paths, and bus subscribers connected to the bus device, wherein at least one of the bus subscribers is an operating unit comprising a memory for storing control parameters and a control program and at least one of the bus subscriber is a controller of a furniture drive. A method for controlling such an electrical device arrangement, in particular for an item of furniture, having a bus device and bus subscribers is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electromotive furniture drive comprising at least one adjusting drive (7, 8) for electromotively adjusting at least one movable furniture part relative to further furniture parts, and comprising a control device (9) for actuating the at least one adjusting drive (7, 8), and also comprising a charging apparatus (10) having at least one charging connection (11) for supplying power to an external electronic device. The electromotive furniture drive is distinguished in that the charging apparatus (10) has a cable (13) for connection to the control device (9), wherein the cable (13) leads from the control device (9) to a voltage converter (112) to which the at least one charging connection (11) is connected. The invention further relates to an item of furniture, in particular an item of furniture for sleeping or resting on, comprising an electromotive furniture drive of this kind comprising a charging apparatus (10).

Abstract: The invention relates to an electromotive furniture drive comprising a drive motor (10). The drive motor (10) has a driveshaft (11) which is mechanically coupled to a brake device (13), and the brake device (13) has a looping wrap spring (15). The electromotive furniture drive is characterized in that the brake device (13) comprises a brake element (17) which is designed to apply a braking torque to the drive shaft (11) in a rotational direction. The brake element (17) is operatively connected to a coupling element (16) in a mechanical manner, and the wrap spring (15) is positioned on an outer lateral surface (161) of the coupling element (16).

Abstract: The invention relates to reclining furniture comprising at least one sensor (6) and a warning device coupled to said sensor in order to warn about an undesired standing process of a user of the reclining furniture. The reclining furniture is characterized in that the warning device is designed to evaluate information of the at least one sensor (6) with respect to a movement and/or behavior pattern of a person using the reclining furniture in order to emit a warning signal as soon as there is an intention to leave the reclining furniture. The invention additionally relates to a method for operating a warning device of reclining furniture, said warning device being coupled to at least one sensor (6) which is arranged on the reclining furniture.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electric motor-driven furniture drive mechanism (4) for adjusting moveable components of an item of furniture (1), in particular functional furniture, comprising at least one electric motor-driven adjustment drive mechanism (4a, 4b) having a control device (5) and at least one operating device (6), a monitoring device (7) having at least one detection device (10) for monitoring at least one monitoring region (9) and forming an anti-trap protection system for the associated item of furniture (1). The electric motor-driven furniture drive mechanism (4) is characterised in that the at least one detection device (10) has at least one sensor unit (11) which is in the form of or comprises a piezo cable. The invention also relates to an item of furniture having an electric motor-driven furniture drive mechanism (4).

Abstract: A furniture drive includes a control device, an electromotive adjustment drive, and a manual control with a manual operator control unit which is connected to the control device via a cable for activating the adjustment drive via a first transmission path for operator control commands. The furniture drive further includes an adapter which is coupled to the control device to establish a second transmission path for operator control commands.

Abstract: An adjustable furniture such as a recliner chair or adjustable bed comprising a base, an intermediate support and a back support. Both the intermediate support and the back support are guided for movement relative to the base by a second guide means while the base moves along a first guide means. The first guide means include at least one guide associated with one of the base and intermediate support and at least one follower associated with the other of the base and intermediate support. The second guide means includes at least one guide associated with one of the base support and the back support and at least one follower associated with the other of the base support and the back support.

Abstract: An electromotive furniture drive includes an adjusting drive for electromotive movement of a movable furniture component relative to another furniture component, a remote control, a communication unit which is configured to receive a wireless signal from the remote control and to determine a signal strength of the wireless signal, and a control device which is configured to control operation of the adjusting drive in response to the wireless signal only when the signal strength of the wireless signal exceeds a predetermined threshold value.