Patents Assigned to Johnson Controls GmbH
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Patent number: 8398142Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat which is positionable between a use and not-it-use position convenient for increased storage space and access to rearward areas of the vehicle. The vehicle seat includes a seat part and a backrest. The seat part is pivotably coupled to the vehicle floor at one end so that that the seat part may be moved frontward with respect to the vehicle. A transmission link is provided, coupled to the backrest and the seat part so that the backrest pivots into the not-in-use position as the seat part is moved into its not-in-use position.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2004Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignees: Johnson Controls GmbH, Volkswagen AGInventors: Andreas Stark, Erik Sprenger, Andreas Weiss
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Patent number: 8393681Abstract: The invention relates to vehicle seat comprising a seat part and to a restraint device and a corresponding method of manufacture. The vehicle seat comprises an anti-submarining restraint device for preventing an occupant from slipping through on the vehicle seat when decelerated due to a crash, said restraint device being settable to a retracted inactive position and said restraint device being settable to an extended active position. The seat part, in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, has lateral seat parts on both sides of the seat, a padding defining a seat area and a padding support below said padding. The restraint device is arranged between the padding support and the padding and spaced apart from the lateral parts by means of a locking element provided for locking the restraint device in the active position.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2007Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbHInventors: Bernd Gross, Harald Mund
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Publication number: 20130057024Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle interior fitting part, in particular for a motor vehicle, and to a method for producing a vehicle interior fitting part. The vehicle interior fitting part has a first support element and an energy absorption element. The support element is integrally joined to the energy absorption element by means of a connecting region. The support element is provided such that it can be pre-assembled relative to the energy absorption element by means of the connecting region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: Johnson Controls GmbHInventors: Martin Wolff, Alexander Schidan, Thorsten Meyer, Oliver Hube, Holger Kalus, Detlef Zimmermann
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Patent number: 8388062Abstract: A profile (9) which can be connected to a cover (4) serves to fasten the cover (4) on a supporting body (2). According to the invention, it is provided that the profile has a recess (17) for receiving a connecting region, in particular a seam (6), of cover segments (5.1, 5.2) of an at least two-piece cover.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2006Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbHInventors: Lars Hennig, Axel Posnien, Uwe Schulze
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Patent number: 8388068Abstract: A locking and releasing mechanism for a seat having a first fitting part associated with one of a seat part and a backrest and a second fitting part associated with the other one of the seat part and the backrest that may be locked and released relative to one another by the mechanism is disclosed. The mechanism includes a detent pawl configured to selectively latch the first fitting part to lock a displacement of the first and second fitting parts relative to one another and a detent plate configured to be reversibly displaced between a detent position, wherein the detent plate locks the detent pawl so that the detent pawl remains latched with the first fitting part, and a release position, wherein the detent plate allows the detent pawl to be released from the first fitting part.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbHInventors: Ingo Kienke, James Abraham, Prasad Andhavarapu Bhavani, Kirubaharan Reginold Albert
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Publication number: 20130009437Abstract: A vehicle seat having a backrest which is arranged on a seat part such that it can be pivoted and/or rotated by means of an adjusting mechanism, wherein the adjusting mechanism is covered with a covering and the covering is provided in two parts. The first part is made of a comparatively hard plastic material and the second part is made of a comparatively soft plastic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: Johnson Controls GmbHInventor: Christian Mussmann
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Patent number: 8308120Abstract: The invention relates to an adjusting device for the longitudinal adjustment of an automotive component, especially a vehicle seat. The adjusting device comprises an upper longitudinal rail with respect to the adjusting device and a lower longitudinal rail with respect to the adjusting device. The adjusting device comprises a locking device in such a manner that when the locking device is activated, a relative adjustment of the longitudinal rails in relation to each other can be blocked and when the locking device is released, the longitudinal rails can be unblocked. The locking device comprises a plurality of detent pins, at least one detent pin being adjusted in the locking position to lock the longitudinal rails and all detent pins being adjusted in a release position to release the longitudinal rails. The detent pins have a detent profile that is designed in such a manner that a first front section of the detent pin has a flare angle and a second section of the detent pin has a transition.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2008Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbHInventors: Michael Zacharias, Uwe Schmale, Jürgen Stemmer, Denis Giorgio
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Patent number: 8297697Abstract: The invention relates to vehicle seat comprising a seat part and to a restraint device and a corresponding method of manufacture. The vehicle seat comprises an anti-submarining restraint device for preventing an occupant from slipping through on the vehicle seat when decelerated due to a crash, said restraint device being settable to an extended inactive position and said restraint device being settable to an extended active position. The seat part, in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, has a padding defining a seat area, and a padding support below said padding. The restraint device is arranged between the padding support and the padding and spaced apart from the lateral parts by means of a locking element (e.g. detent recesses (28) or the like) provided for locking the restraint device in the active position.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2007Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbHInventors: Bernd Gross, Harald Mund
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Patent number: 8292369Abstract: An adjusting device for a vehicle seat includes a brake housing that is centered about an actuating rotational axis. The brake housing is formed in a radial direction of the actuating rotational axis and includes a housing element that is generally circular and has a outer side wall, and upper wall and an inner side wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbHInventors: Stefan Haida, Andreas Dannheisig, Bernd Engels
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Patent number: 8286777Abstract: An adjustment fitting (10) for a motor vehicle component, particularly a vehicle seat, is proposed, the adjustment fitting having a first fitting part (1) and a second fitting part (2) that is rotatably adjustable about a rotary axis (30) relative to the first fitting part by means of a gear drive, the gear drive (3) comprising a first gearing (31) on the first fitting part (1) and the gear drive (3) comprising a second gearing (32) arranged eccentrically to the first gearing (31). Two wedge segments (33, 34) are provided for securing the eccentric arrangement of the first gearing (31) relative to the second gearing (32), the wedge segments being mounted radially outward in a sliding bushing (43) having bushing gear teeth (42). The adjustment fitting (10) has a braking element (40), the braking element (40) in a release position being arranged inside the radius of the sliding bushing (43), and the braking element (40) engaging the bushing gear teeth (42) in a locked position.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2008Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbHInventor: Reginold Albert Kirubaharan
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Patent number: 8282167Abstract: Disclosed is an adjustment fitting for a motor vehicle component, especially a vehicle seat. Said adjustment fitting comprises a first part and a second part which is rotatable relative to the first part about a rotational shaft by means of a gear unit. The gear unit encompasses a first gear on the first part of the fitting and a second gear on the second part of the fitting, the second gear being disposed eccentric to the first gear. Two wedge segments are provided for securing the eccentric arrangement of the first gear relative to the second gear. The inventive adjustment fitting is characterized in that the wedge segments have an inner radius and an outer radius while the adjustment fitting further comprises a decelerating element which is fitted with an extension that starts at the rotational shaft, runs in an axial direction, and corresponds approximately to the outer radius of the wedge segments.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2007Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbHInventors: Albert Kirubaharan, Ingo Kienke, Mario Budweg, Jurgen Otto
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Patent number: 8272687Abstract: The invention relates to vehicle seat comprising a seat part and to a restraint device and a corresponding method of manufacture. The vehicle seat comprises an anti-submarining restraint device for preventing an occupant from slipping through on the vehicle seat when decelerated due to a crash, said restraint device being settable to a retracted inactive position and said restraint device being settable to an extended active position. The seat part, in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, has lateral seat parts on both sides of the seat, a padding defining a seat area and a padding support (34) below said padding. The restraint device also comprises a tilting element (24) between the padding support and the padding and spaced apart from the lateral parts, said tilting element having at least one deformable element (24) as an energy dissipation element.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2007Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbHInventors: Bernd Gross, Harald Mund
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Patent number: 8240756Abstract: A backrest (3), in particular for a motor-vehicle seat (1), has a headrest (4), of which at least one part can be displaced from at least one use position towards the head of the occupant into a safety position. Here, an actuating device (11) is provided which is arranged in the backrest and is operatively connected to a drive device (8) by means of a mechanical transmission means (9) for the displacement of at least one part of the headrest. According to the invention, the transmission means (9) has a first segment (12) which is assigned to the actuating device (11) and a second segment (12?) which is assigned to the drive device (8), which segments can be operatively connected to one another by means of a coupling device (13). Furthermore, the invention relates to a vehicle seat which is equipped with said backrest and to an assembly method.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2007Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbHInventor: Silvio Hartlaub
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Patent number: 8240768Abstract: An adjustment device for a vehicle component, in particular for the back rest of a vehicle seat, is proposed having a first fitting and a second fitting, wherein the relative position of the two fittings to one another can be changed by means of eccentric means, wherein a rotation of the eccentric means by means of a drive element is provided, wherein the adjustment device has a central element which is connected in a rotationally fixed fashion to the first fitting, wherein the drive element is provided mounted in an overlapping region by means of the central element.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2008Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbHInventors: Ingo Kienke, Juergen Otto, Mario Budweg, Albert Reginold Kirubaharan, Bruce A. Hiemstra, Michael Kapusky, Michael Bittner
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Publication number: 20120187738Abstract: The invention relates to a structural element (100) of a motor vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, wherein the structural element (100) comprises a first component (101) and a second component (102). In an overlap region (103), the first component (101) and the second component (102) have a formed-closed connection, or a form-closed and form-closed connection, wherein the connection in the overlap region (103) can be produced by an electromagnetic pulse shaping method, wherein the first component comprises at least one form-closed moulding (600), wherein the second component can be moulded into the at least one form-closed moulding (600).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2010Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: Johnson Controls GmbHInventors: Bernd Gross, Christian Hübsch, Joshua Hesterberg, Dirk Angermann, Dirk Eckenroth, Stefan Funk, Andreas Dannheisig, Hans-Georg Werner, Wolfgang Pellenz, Robin Ndagijimana, Vikas Wayal, Praveen Koparde, Yaniv Oren, Martin Oren, Vedat Nuyan
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Publication number: 20120169100Abstract: The invention relates to a seat part of a motor vehicle seat, comprising a base part having a transverse supporting element and an adjustable part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2010Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: JOHNSON CONTROLS GMBHInventor: Jurgen Arrenberg
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Patent number: 8205946Abstract: The present application relates to an actuating device (1) having a drive part (2) moving an output part (5) from an initial position into a final position, wherein the output part (5), or the drive part (2), has a first region (9) and a second region (10), and the drive part (2), or the output part (5), interacts with the two regions (9, 10) such that the position of the output part (5) is changed during an interaction with the first region (9), and an interaction with the second region (10) prevents a return movement of the output part (5) into the initial position. The present invention further relates to a vehicle seat comprising the actuating device (1) according to the application.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2008Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbHInventors: Ludger Mühlenbrock, Jörg Seibt
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Patent number: 8197006Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a pivotable backrest, a locking/unlocking mechanism and an adjustment mechanism. The backrest is counterbalanced such that torque produced by the weight of the backrest during pivoting is adjustable by a counter torque.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2005Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbHInventors: Alexander Czinki, Hans Schmodde, Clemens Lowinski, Piotr Szableswki, Richard Boudinot, Sven Natus, Robert Schüle
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Patent number: 8187721Abstract: A structure includes a first part provided in a first plane and second and third parts provided in a second plane located under the first plane. The second and third parts are welded together at a welded seam. The first part has at least one recess configured to receive a welding mechanism that forms the welded seam on the second and third parts. Another structure includes an “n” number of layers, n being at least three. Adjacent layers are in contact with one another and are connected by a welded seam. The structure also includes an outer surface. The layers between the outer surface and the respective welded seam define a recess through which a welding mechanism is configured to be passed as far as the respective layers to be welded to produce the welded seam.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2005Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbHInventors: Axel Geisler, Michael Hamers, Andreas Schmitter, Henri Kirchhof, Mathew Cooper, Sven Bronich, Jürgen Otto, Klaus Hemmelmann
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Patent number: 8177298Abstract: A loading flap is pivotally mounted on the backrest of a vehicle seat and can be locked with the backrest. The locking operation can be carried out using positive and/or non-positive means, e.g. a bolt that moves in a translatory and rotative manner during locking and unlocking. The loading flap includes a housing that may be moved in a translatory manner parallel thereto during opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbHInventors: Ralf Lindner, Markus Lindgens, Stefan Stamm