Patents Assigned to KEIPER SEATING MECHANISMS CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 11292365
    Abstract: An adjusting device for a vehicle seat may have a first adjustable assembly, a second adjustable assembly, and an electric motor. The electric motor may be operatively connected both to an adjustment gearing of the first adjustable assembly as well as to an adjustment gearing of the second adjustable assembly by at least one output shaft. A motor support may be provided which receives the electric motor, and the motor support may be secured to the two adjustable assemblies via a respective adapter. The motor support may have a metal material as a single piece. The adapters may be made of a non-metal material. A method for assembling the adjusting device may include first securing the adapters to the respective paired adjustable assembly. The motor support may be connected to the adapters in an additional step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Thorsten Schuermann, Andreas Hoffmann, Tamas Poczik, Ivica Stanic, Oliver Kuntz
  • Patent number: 11267378
    Abstract: A crash-arresting unit for a vehicle seat may have a locking element and an actuating unit. The locking element can be brought into form-fitting engagement with a mating element via the actuating unit. The actuating unit may be an electromechanical actuating unit having a fusible wire, where destruction of the fusible wire frees a movement of the locking element in the direction of the mating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Rolf Schueler
  • Patent number: 11235685
    Abstract: A vehicle seat (1) having adjustment kinematics, in particular height-adjustment kinematics (6), with movable rockers (12, 14), in particular for adjusting the height of a seat frame of the vehicle seat (1) relative to a connectable vehicle structure, wherein at least one rocker (14) is mounted rotatably about an axis (A), in particular about an axis (A) of a transverse tube (16), and a toothed segment (18) which is connected to the at least one rocker (14) is provided, wherein the vehicle seat (1) has a drive (20) for moving the at least one rocker (14), and the drive (20) is mounted on a seat frame, in particular on a side part (100) of the seat frame, wherein a pinion (26) of the drive (20) meshes with the toothed segment (18), wherein, by aligning the position of the entire drive (20) relative to the side part (100) by means of a compensating body (200), the pinion (26) is positioned relative to the toothed segment (18) in a manner free from play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ludger Muehlenbrock
  • Patent number: 11230208
    Abstract: A vehicle seat longitudinal adjuster (106) includes a seat track pair (1) with a lower seat track (2) and an upper seat track (4) that mutually engage one another for guided relative and longitudinal direction (x) movement. The lower seat track (2) has a substantially C-shaped profile (20, 22) with sections (24) that are bent downward at the ends. The upper seat track (4) has a substantially U-shaped profile (40, 42) with end sections (44) that are bent upward; the relative displaceability of the two seat tracks (2, 4) with respect to one another is limited by means of an interaction of an end stop (30) disposed on the lower seat track (2) with a stop element (48) disposed on the upper seat track (4), and wherein the end stop (30) is designed in the form of an extension of part of the downward bent sections (24) and the lower seat track (2) comprises a slotted hole (32) in the region of the end stop (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joachim Flick, Erik Sprenger, Ingo Quast, Turgay Turan
  • Patent number: 11186203
    Abstract: A gear unit (G) includes a gear housing (2) with at least one locking component (2.4, 2.4?) for a form and/or force-locking mounting of an electric motor (1) to the gear unit (G). The locking component (2.4, 2.4?) is configured as a circumferential edge or flange collar (5), in which a number of undercuts (2.4.1, 2.4.1?) are incorporated, in which the electric motor (1) can be locked by a form or force-locking connection. The gear housing (2) includes an additional locking unit (4) as an additional radial stop, which locking unit can be pressed into the locking component (2.4) to achieve a locked state. An electric gear motor (GM) includes at least one electric motor (1) and the gear unit (G). The locking component (2.4, 2.4?) can be form and/or force-lockingly connected to the motor locking element (A, A?). A seat (S) includes the electric gear motor (GM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Andreas Hoffmann, Oliver Kuntz
  • Patent number: 11187302
    Abstract: A reduction gear may have a housing, a first gear stage and a second gear stage. The second gear stage may have an externally toothed first gear wheel and an internally toothed second gear wheel which meshes with the first gear wheel and is at least indirectly rotationally fixed to an output. The reduction gear may also have a circumferential eccentric, which is driven by the first gear stage, for driving a rolling motion from the second gear wheel to the first gear wheel. A torque support disc is guided in a linearly movable manner in a first direction along two sliding surfaces of the bearing point. A rib bears against the torque support disc and elastically pretensions the torque support disc in the direction of a further sliding surface of the bearing point. A gear motor having an electric motor may use the reduction gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Norbert Griewenka
  • Patent number: 11180053
    Abstract: A longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat may have at least one seat rail pair, which is formed from a lower seat rail and an upper seat rail, which is guided for sliding in the longitudinal direction relative to the lower seat rail. The two seat rails of the seat rail pair may engage around one another. The lower seat rail or the upper seat rail may have at least one opening. The at least one opening may have an opening cross-section, the two upper corner regions of which each have a curvature portion may have a radius which continuously changes of the course of the curvature portion. A vehicle seat with the adjuster is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ingo Quast, Erik Sprenger
  • Publication number: 20210339655
    Abstract: A novel power slide with a motor directly connected to a lead screw includes a left slide and a right slide each including a top rail, a bottom rail, a power motor, a lead screw, a threaded assembly and a retainer ring. A first slot and a second slot are formed in two ends of the top rail, respectively. The power motor is fixed to a lower surface of the top rail through a motor bracket. The lead screw has an end connected to the power motor and another end rotatably fixed to the lower surface of the top rail. A bottom portion of the threaded assembly is fixedly connected to an upper surface of the bottom rail, and the lead screw horizontally penetrates through the threaded assembly and is in threaded fit with the threaded assembly. The retainer ring is located in the first slot, and a gap is formed between the retainer ring and the first slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: KEIPER SEATING MECHANISMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuan WANG, Hongbin NI, Zhenyi TANG, Hongyu WANG, Xiaoming ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11142094
    Abstract: An adapter arrangement (7), fastening a first component (K1) to a second component (K2), includes two adapter elements (7.1, 7.2). The first adapter element (7.1) is configured to be fastened to the first component (K1). The second adapter element (7.2) is configured to be fastened to the second component (K2). The two adapter elements (7.1, 7.2) are positionable in at least two different positions relative to each other and are fastenable to each other. The first adapter element (7.1) is configured as a gear plate (4) for the first component (K1) configured as a an electric drive unit (1) of an adjustment mechanism of a vehicle seat. A method for producing the adapter arrangement (7), a modular system for the adapter arrangement (7), to a drive arrangement (9) and a method for the production thereof, and a vehicle seat (10) are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oliver Kuntz, Christoph Hackmann, Michael Berres
  • Patent number: 11135947
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat back frame with an upper subframe pivot. A seat back subframe is pivotably connected to the seat back frame at the upper subframe pivot. An actuation assembly pivotably moves the seat back subframe relative to the seat back frame about the upper subframe pivot, between a seat back subframe design position and a subframe recline position. In the recline position a lower edge of the seat back subframe is positioned outwardly relative to the seat back frame with the seat back subframe pivoted to an angle relative to the seat back frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Walter Daniel Merchant, Keith R. Ziegler, Emery Jay Zadina
  • Patent number: 11135945
    Abstract: A seat adjustment mechanism for a vehicle seat is provided. The mechanism may have a number of first pairs of rails, where each first pair of rails has an upper rail and a lower rail. The mechanism may also have a number of second pairs of rails with a substantially same acting direction as the number of first pairs of the pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Karthikeyan Maharajapuram Subramanian
  • Patent number: 11130425
    Abstract: An actuation mechanism for a longitudinal adjuster of a vehicle seat may have at least one actuation arm, a trigger lever, and a positioning element which is arranged on the trigger lever and which is pivotally mounted on a free lever end of the trigger lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joachim Flick, Erik Sprenger
  • Patent number: 11131364
    Abstract: A gearing assembly for torque transmission may have an epicyclic gearing unit having two ring gears, each having a toothing with a different number of teeth. At least three planetary gears may roll in the two ring gears. One of the ring gears may be stationary and the other ring gear is designed to move. Two of the planetary gears may be bearing gears and a third planetary gear rolls in both ring gears as a force-transmitting gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Van-Toan Ho
  • Patent number: 11077772
    Abstract: A track system for a vehicle seat includes a lower track with a slide block with lateral slide bar extending along an upper surface of the lower track. The slide block includes a cross web system connecting the first slide bars with a central cross web portion, a forward cross web portion and a rearward cross web portion. A lower track to slide block fastening system includes a central fastener fixing the central cross web portion to the lower track in lateral and longitudinal directions and allowing movement in a direction away from the lower track, a forward fastener fixing the forward cross web portion in the direction away from the lower track and allowing movement in longitudinal directions and a rearward fastener fixing the rearward cross web portion in the direction away from the lower track and allowing movement in the longitudinal directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd
    Inventors: William Shawn Brewer, Vasile Nae
  • Publication number: 20210188133
    Abstract: A power slide includes a left slide and a right slide, each including a top rail, a bottom rail, a lead screw and an electric motor. The top rail is arranged above the bottom rail and is slidably connected to the bottom rail, and a notch is formed in a middle portion of the top rail. The lead screw is arranged above the bottom rail in parallel and has two ends fixedly connected to the bottom rail. The electric motor includes a housing, a rotor shaft and a stator shaft. The housing is mounted in the notch, the stator shaft is fixedly connected into the housing, the rotor shaft penetrates into the stator shaft and is rotatably connected to the stator shaft, and an interior of the rotor shaft is threadedly connected to the lead screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: KEIPER SEATING MECHANISMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuan WANG, Hongbin NI, Zhenyi TANG, Hongyu WANG, Jiajing YU