Patents Assigned to Grammer AG
  • Patent number: 10363844
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adjustable damping system for a vehicle seat for damping vibrations of a seat-part-side upper part relative to a body-side lower part in at least one spatial direction (X, Y, Z), at least one damping element, arranged between the seat-part-side upper part and the body-side lower part and adjustable by an adjustment device, being provided for the damping. The damping system is further distinguished in that at least one relative movement variable and a change in the relative movement variable of the seat-part-side upper part relative to the body-side lower part can be determined by a sensor device, and a first damping force of the damping element can be adjusted by the adjustment device as a function of the at least one relative movement variable and the frequency of the change in the relative movement variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Erwin Haller, Jens Kolb, Konstantin Krivenkov
  • Publication number: 20190178355
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat with at least one laterally positioned operating device for operating the vehicle seat functions and/or vehicle functions and an adjustment device for adjusting a vertical position and/or an inclination of the at least one operating device with respect to a rest of the vehicle seat, wherein the adjustment device comprises a rotational axis extending in the seat width direction and a shaft which is connected to the operating device, positioned at a distance from the rotational axis and rotatable together with the operating device about the rotational axis, wherein the adjustment of the vertical position and/or of the inclination of the operating device is feasible by means of a rotational movement of a spindle element which is in operative contact with the shaft, wherein a central axis of the spindle element is perpendicular to a central axis of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Joachim PELKA, Konstantin LOREY
  • Patent number: 10300822
    Abstract: A headrest for a vehicle seat has a head support and a mounting assembly carrying the head support on a vehicle seat and comprising a four-pivot linkage having an upper holding element on the head support and a lower holding element fixed to the seat. First and second links interconnect the upper holding element at respective first and second upper pivots on the upper holding element and the lower holding element at respective first and second lower pivots on the lower holding element. Thus the four-pivot linkage can shift the head support relative to the vehicle seat between a front position moved forward toward the head of a seat occupant, and a rear position moved backward therefrom. The upper are at a different relative horizontal spacing on the upper holding element than the lower pivots on the lower holding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Ralph Nuss, Gerhard Delling, Manfred Schlierf
  • Patent number: 10286812
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat with a roller guide, wherein the roller guide has at least one at least partially laterally open guide rail and at least one running roller rolling in the guide rail and connected to parts of the vehicle seat by means of at least one axle, wherein the guide rail comprises a roller bottom-side inner wall arranged parallel to a central axis of the running roller, extending parallel thereto a roller top-side inner wall and a roller outer-side inner wall arranged perpendicularly to the central axis, wherein at least one lower transition inner wall is arranged between the roller bottom-side inner wall and the roller outer-side inner wall and at least one upper transition inner wall is arranged between the roller top-side inner wall and the roller outer-side inner wall, wherein the transition inner walls are configured free from a right-angled portion and in directions from the roller top-side inner wall and the roller bottom-side inner wall towards the roller outer-side inne
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Dirk Kassner, Norbert Lehner
  • Patent number: 10266076
    Abstract: Device for a vehicle seat for adjusting the inclination of a backrest, which extends in a backrest longitudinal direction, relative to a seat part, an inclination-adjusting apparatus, which can rotate about a first axis of rotation extending in the vehicle seat width direction, of the device for adjusting the backrest inclination being connected to the seat part, and a coil spring of the device being connected to the inclination-adjusting apparatus at one end and to the seat part at the other end, the device comprising the inclination-adjusting apparatus, an adapter element, which can rotate about the first axis of rotation, is rigidly connected to the inclination-adjusting apparatus and comprises a first stop element, a coil spring that can rotate about the first axis of rotation and comprises both a first coil spring end, which is arranged so as not to move relative to the adapter element, and a second coil spring end, and a second stop element, which is connected to the seat part in such a way that it does
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Florian Schanderl, Thomas Haller
  • Patent number: 10266079
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adjustable damping system for a vehicle seat for damping a movement of the seat part-side upper part relative to the body-side lower part in at least one spatial direction, wherein, for damping, at least one damping element is provided, which is adjustable by an adjustment device and is arranged between the seat part-side upper part and the body-side lower part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Erwin Haller, Jens Kolb, Konstantin Krivenkov
  • Patent number: 10266071
    Abstract: Armrest device for utility vehicle seats, wherein the armrest device has a plurality of first control elements and at least one second control element, wherein by means of selecting and actuating one of the first control elements which is arranged on an upper surface of the armrest device, seen in a height direction, a vehicle function can be assigned to the selected first control element and by means of actuating the second control element, which is arranged on a side surface of the armrest device and is connected at least by means of a signal to the selected first control element, the vehicle function is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Daniel Kleiber, Thomas Haller, Florian Schanderl
  • Patent number: 10252653
    Abstract: The invention relates to a support (10) for a headrest, comprising a tube leg (11) to which a head support part can be attached and having at least one free end (12a, 12b) for anchoring the support (10) in a seat fitting of an automobile seat, at least one reinforcing sleeve (15) being in the tube leg (11) for reinforcing at least one area (25) of the tube leg (11). The characterizing feature is that an outer surface (16) of the reinforcing sleeve (15) is in contact with an inner surface (17) of the tube leg (11) in a first circumferential region (T1) and that, in a second circumferential region (T2), the outer surface (16) has a groove (23) into which a ridge (22) projecting inward past the inner surface (17) engages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Carsten Winkelbach
  • Patent number: 10220738
    Abstract: The invention relates to a suspension device, in particular for a vehicle seat, comprising an upper suspension part and a lower suspension part, which can be connected to one another by a first swivelling connector and a second swivelling connector, wherein a first spring unit can be connected in a first end region on the one hand by means of an adjusting device to the first swivelling connector and can be connected in a second end region on the other hand to the lower suspension part, wherein by means of the adjusting device the position of the first spring unit can be adjusted in order to adjust the spring force and the spring rate of the suspension device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Konstantin Lorey, Johann Deml
  • Publication number: 20190018442
    Abstract: The invention relates to a manually operable control device for controlling movable elements of a vehicle, said control device comprising a control rod element, which is mounted so as to be slidable within a first guide path of a first control disc and within a second guide path of a second control disc, the first guide path being designed differently from the second guide path and the two control discs being mounted so as to rotate independently of one another about a common axis in a continuous manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Marko BOVING
  • Publication number: 20190009697
    Abstract: Vehicle seat comprising an upper seat part and a lower seat part, the upper seat part and the lower seat part being connected by a scissor-action frame, and comprising a damper, the scissor-action frame comprising a first scissor arm and a second scissor arm, the first scissor arm and the second scissor arm being mounted so as to be rotatable about a common swivel axis, a first end of the damper being rotatably connected to the first scissor arm, a first lever element and a second lever element being provided, a first end of the first lever element being rotatably connected to the first scissor arm and a first end of the second lever element being rotatably connected to the second scissor arm and a second end of the damper being rotatably connected to a second end of the first lever element and to a second end of the second lever element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicant: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Konstantin LOREY, Konstantin KRIVENKOV
  • Publication number: 20190005337
    Abstract: A utility vehicle comprising a device for displaying a portion on a screen, the portion being concealed by an object at least in part, and the object being arranged between the portion and a vehicle driver and the screen being arranged between the vehicle driver and the object, the portion being in a region that is recorded by a camera setup, the device having a determination device that is provided and set up to determine a position of at least one eye of the vehicle driver and a position of the screen, the determination device determining the position of the portion in the recorded region using the position of the eye and the position of the screen, and this portion being represented by the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Marko BOVING
  • Patent number: 10160360
    Abstract: A cover assembly has a support defining a pivot axis, a cover pivotal relative to the support about the pivot axis between an open position and a closed position, and a torque spring having first and second ends, a biasing coil part from which the first end extends, and a gripping coil part extending from the biasing coil part and from which the second end extends. The first end is seated in the cover, and the gripping coil part, except when is installed or adjusted, frictionally tightly and elastically engages the support and nonrotatably secures the second end to the support against rotation relative to the pivot axis. The gripping coil part is elastically deformable during installation or adjustment to disengage from the support and allow angular or axial movement of the gripping coil part and repositioning on the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Hubert Keller, Johann Kaa
  • Patent number: 10112512
    Abstract: Suspension device for a vehicle seat, comprising an upper suspension portion and a lower suspension portion, said suspension portions being connected to one another by a first swivel connector and a second swivel connector, said first swivel connector being arranged on the lower suspension portion in such a way that it can swivel about a first swivel pin, and said second swivel connector being arranged on the lower suspension portion in such a way that it can swivel about a second swivel pin, a first tension spring and a second tension spring being respectively connected to the first swivel connector by means of a first end region and to the upper suspension portion or the lower suspension portion by means of a second end region, wherein the first end region of the first tension spring is attached to the first swivel connector at a first distance therefrom, and the first end region of the second tension spring is attached to the first swivel connector at a second distance therefrom, the length of the first di
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Konstantin Lorey, Florian Schanderl
  • Patent number: 10112504
    Abstract: Vehicle seat comprising a backrest, a seat part and a seat part substructure, the seat part substructure being mounted such that it can swivel about a first swivel axis arranged in the width direction of the seat in order to move the seat part substructure together with the seat part from a sitting position into an upright position, a lower region of the backrest with respect to a height direction of the seat and a rear region of the seat part and/or of the seat part substructure with respect to a longitudinal direction of the seat being interconnected in the sitting position by at least one releasable connection means and not being interconnected in the upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Roland Uebelacker
  • Patent number: 10065541
    Abstract: The invention relates to a horizontal vibration device for a vehicle seat, comprising a damper module which damps horizontal vibrations between a seat-side upper part and a body-side lower part in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and/or in the width direction of the vehicle, and comprising a regulating/control module for regulating and/or controlling the damper module, said damper module being arranged in an interspace between the seat-side upper part and the body-side lower part. The horizontal vibration device is further characterized in that the damper module comprises at least one hydraulic vibration damper, said at least one hydraulic vibration damper being fluidically connected to a volume equalizing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Erwin Haller
  • Patent number: 10065533
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle cab or a vehicle seat comprising an upper part and a lower part which are vertically spring-mounted relative to one another by means of at least one height-adjustable scissor-action frame comprising two scissor arms which are pivotable about a common axis, and at least one air spring having a variable air volume, it being possible for movements of the scissor-action frame to be transmitted to a switching element, by means of a transmission element that is mechanically operatively connected to the scissor-action frame, in order to control the air volume of the air spring, wherein a height-adjustment device for the scissor-action frame, comprising a manually actuable control lever element and a guide element that is mechanically operatively connected thereto, the switching element being able to be pivoted about a first axis of rotation and the transmission element being able to be pivoted about the first axis of rotation in the opposite direction to the switching element by me
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Alexander Lorey
  • Patent number: 10025324
    Abstract: A pressure reducer, comprising an outer cylinder with a first air supply connector on a first end side of the outer cylinder and a second air supply connector on a second end side of the outer cylinder is provided. A piston can be guided movably in the outer cylinder. A first air chamber is arranged between the first air supply connector of the outer cylinder and the first front surface of the piston, and a second air chamber is arranged between the second air supply connector of the outer cylinder and a second front surface of the piston. The surface areas of the two front surfaces of the piston are of different size. The pressure reducer is suitable for reducing a second air pressure which prevails in the second air chamber in a pulsed manner proportionally to a first air pressure which prevails in the first air chamber, by a first air connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Konstantin Lorey
  • Patent number: 10017081
    Abstract: Vehicle vibration device for a vehicle seat or a vehicle cabin comprising a lower part and an upper part mounted resiliently with respect to the lower part by means of a damping device, the upper part being mounted suspended on the lower part by means of at least one pivot mounting, the at least one first pivot mounting comprising at least one first lever, the first end of which is attached to the lower part by means of a first pivot axis and the second end of which is attached to the upper part by means of a second pivot axis, the second end being positioned below the first end in a vertical direction, at least one dimension of the upper part and/or at least one dimension of the lower part being variable by means of an adjustment device so as to vary the position of the first lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Erwin Haller, Jens Kolb
  • Patent number: 10012286
    Abstract: Vehicle vibration device for a vehicle seat or a vehicle cabin, comprising a lower part and an upper part which is resiliently mounted relative to the lower part by a damper means, wherein the upper part is mounted in a suspended manner on the lower part by means of at least one pivot bearing, wherein the at least one first pivot bearing comprises at least one first lever, the first end of which is attached to the lower part by a first pivot axis and the second end of which is attached to the upper part by a second pivot axis, wherein the second end is located below the first end when viewed in a vertical direction, wherein at least the position of the first end of the lever can be changed by an adjustment means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Erwin Haller, Jens Kolb