Patents Assigned to Grass GmbH
  • Patent number: 8134313
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for moving and/or opening and closing at least one drawer, flap, door, or similar. The device comprises at least one-drive unit (9) that is effectively connected to the drawer, flap, door, or similar, at least one control and regulation unit (1) for the at least one drive unit (9), and at least one sensor unit (2) for detecting the direction of rotation and/or the number of rotations of the drive shaft of the drive unit (9), the number and/or the direction of rotation being fed to the control and regulation unit (1). A timer (5) is provided that starts a given interval when rotations of the drive shaft are detected which are not generated by the drive unit (9) while at least one comparing unit (3,4) is provided in which a lower threshold value can be stored for the rotations or partial rotations of the drive shaft detected by the sensor unit (2) within the given interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignees: Kuester Automotive Door Systems GmbH, Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Juergen Zipp
  • Patent number: 8044627
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piece of furniture and to a device for controlling the movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, having a drive unit by means of which a first furniture part can be moved relative to a second furniture part, in a driven manner, via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of said first furniture part. According to the invention, the monitoring unit is designed such that, after an initiating action by the monitoring unit, the first furniture part is moved to a predetermined position and is stopped there, with the predetermined position differing from a final position of the first furniture part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Küster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Peter Kropf, Helmut Wetschko
  • Publication number: 20110241509
    Abstract: An apparatus for driving an actuating mechanism, of an apparatus for opening and/or closing a furniture part accommodated in a movable manner on a basic furniture part, including a drive unit for driving the actuating mechanism via a transmission arrangement with a plurality of transmission members. The actuating mechanism is arranged on one of the furniture parts and can be brought temporarily into contact with the other furniture part during opening and/or closing. The contact between the actuating mechanism and the other furniture part is broken during an opening operation. The transmission arrangement includes a traction-mechanism device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen AHLFELD, Jörg Janzen
  • Patent number: 8026686
    Abstract: A method for configuration of a device for controlling the movement of a plurality of movable furniture parts which can be moved in a driven manner relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit and a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the movable furniture parts. In order to match the movement of the movable furniture parts, at least an inner furniture part is associated with an outer furniture part such that, when a configuration mode is activated, the association of the at least one inner furniture part with the outer furniture part is created by a sequence of opening and/or closing movements of the movable furniture parts that are associated with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Küster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Helmut Wetschko, Jürgen Zipp, Carmelo Gutierrez, Steffen Medebach
  • Patent number: 8026685
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling the movement of a plurality of moveable furniture parts which can be moved in a driven manner relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the moveable furniture parts. According to the invention, the monitoring unit is designed such that, as long as one moveable furniture part is being moved in a driven manner on a predetermined movement section, none of the other furniture parts which can be moved in a driven manner are moveable in a driven manner. The invention also relates to a piece of furniture and to a method for configuration of a device for controlling the movement of moveable furniture parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Küster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Helmut Wetschko
  • Patent number: 8016374
    Abstract: A pull-out slide for drawers can include a cabinet member, a drawer member, with a unit which defines the closed position of the slide and/or the drawer, and which acts on the slide and/or the drawer and whereby a depth adjustment of the slide and the drawer is planned for. A holding device can be present, that engages the unit intermittently whereby the holding device and/or the unit is depth adjustable on the slide and/or height and/or side adjustable. A drawer can comprise a pull-out slide described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Kropf, Klaus Schneider, Dieter Seewald, Guenter Grabher, Franz Reischl
  • Patent number: 8011743
    Abstract: The invention proposes a device for influencing the movement of furniture parts (1, 2) which can be moved relative to one another, having a movement-influencing unit which comprises an installation housing, in which movement-influencing coupling means are accommodated such that they can be displaced at least in a translatory manner, and having a coupling element, to which the coupling means are connected in the operating state. In order to provide a device which is of space-saving construction and is comparatively straight-forward to install, the movement-influencing unit is designed such that, by virute of a relative movement between the coupling means and the coupling element in a displacement direction of the coupling means, the coupling means can be coupled to the coupling element to produce a connection which has a predeterminable coupling force. Also proposed are a drawer guide and a production method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Nussbaumer, Markus Albrecht, Jürgen Amann
  • Patent number: 8013558
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a closing gap in a piece of furniture, which comprises a device for moving a movable furniture part relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit, by means of which the furniture part can be driven to move relative to the stationary furniture part via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the movable furniture part, with the closing gap being formed between a front part of the movable furniture part and the stationary furniture part when the movable furniture part is in a closed position with respect to the stationary furniture part. According to the invention, the closing gap is adjusted in an activated, electronically assisted, adjusting mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Küster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Ronald Liebsch, Holger Wenzel
  • Publication number: 20110204761
    Abstract: The invention relates to an item of furniture and a device for detachably mounting a furniture part on a guide unit, by means of which the furniture part is accommodated on a furniture body so as to be displaceable, and the guide unit includes a body rail that is associated with the furniture body and a movement rail that is associated with the furniture part. A mounting mechanism is present and includes an attachment part, which is mountable on the guide unit and is adjustable from a pre-assembly state mounted on the guide unit into a final assembly state, in which the furniture part is mountable on the guide unit in the intended manner by means of the mounting means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: Grass Gmbh
    Inventors: Jörg JANZEN, Markus ALBRECHT
  • Patent number: 8005577
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling the movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, having a drive unit by means of which a first furniture part can be moved in a driven manner relative to a second furniture part via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the first furniture part. According to the invention, the monitoring unit is designed to record a movement pattern of the first furniture part if the moving first furniture part collides with an object, and to use this movement pattern as the basis for further monitoring of the movement of the first furniture part. A piece of furniture with a device according to the invention is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Küster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Steffen Medebach, Frank Oberpichler
  • Patent number: 7994743
    Abstract: A device is proposed for moving a first furniture part relative to a second furniture part, using a drive unit, by means of which the first furniture part, can be moved in a driven manner relative to the second furniture part via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the first furniture part. According to the invention, the monitoring unit is designed to render the automatic closing inoperative for positioning the first furniture part, in an open position, from which the first furniture part, returns automatically to a closed position after a predetermined closing time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Küster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Albrecht, Joerg Janzen, Holger Wenzel
  • Publication number: 20110131884
    Abstract: An opening device (10) for furniture parts which are movable relative to one another, such as door wings (12), flaps and the like coupled pivotably to a furniture body, with an elongate ejector ram (30) which is mounted in a longitudinally displaceable manner in a housing (28) which can be fastened to one of the furniture parts which are movable relative to one another. The ejector ram is pretensioned at its one end by means of a spring (32) into a position in which it protrudes out of the housing (28) in the direction of the other furniture part in each case and can be pushed back into the interior of the housing counter to the pretensioning. The device has a locking device which locks the ejector ram (30) in the position in which it is retracted in the housing (28), and can be unlocked by manipulation by means of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Herper, Boris Krüdener
  • Publication number: 20110099762
    Abstract: A hinge cup for furniture hinges having a cup part which can be mounted in a bore in a furniture part such that it can be inserted in a recessed manner, and having, provided on the cup part in the state mounted in the bore, anchoring parts which can be spread open and have external bearing surfaces which are curved arcuately in a manner substantially corresponding to the radius of the bore and can be pressed via tension elements against the wall of the bore, wherein the tension elements can be moved via an eccentric mechanism in the insertion direction of the hinge cup at right angles to the mounting plane of the latter, and the anchoring parts are spread when the tension elements are moved in the direction from the insertion end of the hinge cup to the mounting surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Steffen GALLASCH, Karlheinz SÄTTLER
  • Publication number: 20110083299
    Abstract: A furniture hinge with a door-leaf attachment part (1) for fastening to a door leaf (36) and a carcass attachment part (2) connected to the hinge so that it can pivot for fastening to a furniture carcass (37). At least one functional unit (3) influences a pivoting movement between the door-leaf attachment part (1) and the carcass attachment part (2). The carcass attachment part (2) has a first component (4) and at least one second component (5), and the first component (4) is supported on the second component (5) at least by at least one adjustment device (6), and a relative position of the first component (4) to the second component (5) can be adjusted with the adjustment device (6). The functional unit (3) has a first functional element (8) and at least one second functional element (9), the first functional element (8) is supported so that it can move relative to the second functional element (9), and the first functional element (8) is fastened to or supported on the adjustment device (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Boris Krüdener
  • Patent number: 7883162
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piece of furniture and to a device for influencing the movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, having a guide unit for guidance of a first furniture part on a second furniture part, and having a drive unit to move the first furniture part in a driven manner relative to the second furniture part, with the guide unit having a fixed rail, which is associated with the second furniture part, and a moving rail, which is associated with the first furniture part. A pulling-pushing element is provided in order to apply a drive effect from the drive unit to the first furniture part, guided on the fixed rail via guide means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Küster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Langguth, Thomas Nussbaumer, Martin Bluecher
  • Publication number: 20100270114
    Abstract: A damping device (10) for moveable furniture parts, comprising a piston (14) that is supported in a longitudinally displaceable manner in a housing (12) and on two opposing sides forms two working chambers (24; 26), which are variable in size and filled with a fluid damping medium, allowing a throttled transfer of the damping medium between the two working chambers (24; 26) via at least one overflow connection. A piston rod (28) led out of the housing in a sealed manner is connected to one side of the piston (24). Via the outer end of said rod, the movement of the furniture part to be dampened is transmitted to the piston. On the side of the piston opposite the working chamber (26) on the piston rod side, an elongated adjustment shaft (38) is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Herper, Gabriele Schneider
  • Patent number: 7816880
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling the movement of a moveable furniture part which can be moved, in a driven manner, relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the moveable furniture part. According to the invention, the monitoring unit can be operated in an operating mode and in a configuration mode, with the monitoring unit being designed to use additional means to enter a configuration mode in which the device can be configured. In addition, the invention relates to a piece of furniture having a device such as this.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Kuester Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Wenzel, Helmut Wetschko, Carmelo Gutierrez, Steffen Medebach, Frank Oberpichler, Jürgen Zipp
  • Patent number: 7812561
    Abstract: A device for controlling the movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, using a drive unit by means of which a first furniture part can be moved in a driven manner relative to a second furniture part via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the first furniture part, in which case the monitoring unit is designed such that, after starting up, the monitoring unit operates in accordance with a monitoring program for monitoring the movement of the first furniture part, with selection means being provided by means of which an alternative selection program can be activated, instead of the monitoring program, in order to monitor the movement of the first furniture part. The invention also relates to a piece of furniture including the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Kuester Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Hagen, Thomas Nussbaumer, Holger Wenzel, Carmelo Gutierrez, Steffen Medebach, Jürgen Zipp
  • Publication number: 20100090570
    Abstract: A mounting fixture for attaching at least one device for controlling the movement of a furniture part which is received on a stationary furniture part so as to be movable in a driven manner. According to the invention, a fastening mechanism is provided, with elongate profiles which extend separately from each other with a clearance in between them and to which the device for controlling the movement can be attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus SCHNEIDER
  • Publication number: 20100084954
    Abstract: The invention proposes a piece of furniture and a device for pushing out a furniture part which is accommodated in a movable manner on a fixed furniture part, having a pushing-out lever which can be driven via a drive unit, is fitted on one of the two furniture parts and is temporarily in contact with the other furniture part in order to push out the movable furniture part, and the pushing-out lever has an abutment region within which the contact between the pushing-out lever and the other furniture part takes place, it being possible for the pushing-out lever to be driven, the intention being for the contact between the pushing-out lever and the other furniture part to be eliminated during a pushing-out operation. According to the invention, the abutment region has an inflection, and the pushing-out lever is designed to deform elastically during the pushing-out operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus SCHNEIDER, Harry GEHRER