Patents Assigned to LANTAL TEXTILES AG
  • Patent number: 10967976
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat (1) comprising a seat surface (2) and at last one backrest element (3, 13) which are pivotable about an axis (6) relative to the seat surface (2). The at least one backrest element (3, 13) is movable from a sitting position, in which the backrest element (3, 13) is positioned substantially at an angle (a) relative to the seat surface (2), into a reclined position, in which the seat surface (2) and the at least one backrest element (3, 13) form a substantially planar surface, and back again. The vehicle seat (1) has at least one pneumatic cushion (10; 10.1, 10.2) and a pneumatic unit (9), which is configured in such a way that the pneumatic unit substantially completely inflates the at least one pneumatic cushion (10; 10.1, 10.2) if the at least one backrest element (3, 13) is moved into the reclined position, and the at least one pneumatic cushion (10; 10.1, 10.2) is substantially completely emptied when the backrest element (3, 13) is moved into the sitting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: LANTAL TEXTILES AG
    Inventors: Manuela Glanzmann-Zaugg, Thomas Hertig, Andreas Guehmann
  • Patent number: 10300824
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a seating surface which has a front edge and a rear edge, and a backrest arranged at the rear edge and situated at an angle to the seating surface. The seating surface is divided into a main part and at least one front part. The main part and the at least one front part can be moved relative to one another by means of an adjusting device to enable a distance between the front edge and the rear edge of the seating surface to be adjusted dynamically. At least two inflatable chambers are arranged between the main part and the at least one front part, which chambers can be inflated and emptied in accordance with the distance of the front edge from the rear edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: LANTAL TEXTILES AG
    Inventors: Roland Von Ballmoos, Andreas Guehmann, Oliver Rohrbach
  • Publication number: 20190106214
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat (1) comprising a seat surface (2) and at last one backrest element (3, 13) which are pivotable about an axis (6) relative to the seat surface (2). The at least one backrest element (3, 13) is movable from a sitting position, in which the backrest element (3, 13) is positioned substantially at an angle (a) relative to the seat surface (2), into a reclined position, in which the seat surface (2) and the at least one backrest element (3, 13) form a substantially planar surface, and back again. The vehicle seat (1) has at least one pneumatic cushion (10; 10.1, 10.2) and a pneumatic unit (9), which is configured in such a way that the pneumatic unit substantially completely inflates the at least one pneumatic cushion (10; 10.1, 10.2) if the at least one backrest element (3, 13) is moved into the reclined position, and the at least one pneumatic cushion (10; 10.1, 10.2) is substantially completely emptied when the backrest element (3, 13) is moved into the sitting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: LANTAL TEXTILES AG
    Inventors: Manuela GLANZMANN-ZAUGG, Thomas HERTIG, Andreas GUEHMANN
  • Patent number: 10232754
    Abstract: The present application relates to a vehicle seat (1) comprising a seat surface (2) and at least one rest part (3.1, 3.2) at an angle to the seat surface (2). The angle between the seat surface (2) and the at least one rest part (3.1, 3.2) is movable via an adjusting device (6, 13) between a first position, in which the at least one rest part (3.1, 3.2) is substantially at right angles to the seat surface (2), and a second position, in which the seat surface (2) and the at least one rest part (3.1, 3.2) form a substantially flat surface. A second end (10.1, 10.2) of the at least one rest part (3.1, 3.2) comprises at least one pneumatic cushion (4) which is fluidically connected to a pump (7), wherein a control device is configured such that the pneumatic cushion (4) is substantially completely emptied when the at least one rest part (3.1, 3.2) moves from the first position into the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Lantal Textiles AG
    Inventors: Roland Von Ballmoos, Andreas Guehmann, Oliver Rohrbach
  • Publication number: 20180319505
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pump unit for inflating and deflating a pneumatic cushion, comprising a pump with two conveying directions, a first fluid line to connect the pump to the pneumatic cushion, and a second fluid line with which the pump can be connected to a supply line or the atmosphere, as well as a first pressure sensor that is connected to the first fluid line or to the second fluid line in order to measure a fluid pressure present in the fluid line. The pump unit also has a control unit that is connected to the pump and to the first pressure sensor. The pump, at least one part of the first fluid line, the second fluid line, the first pressure sensor and the control unit are arranged in a common housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: LANTAL TEXTILES AG
    Inventors: Roland VON BALLMOOS, Andreas GUEHMANN, Harald RINER
  • Publication number: 20170151895
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle seat (1) having a seating surface (2), which has a front edge (16; 16.1, 16.2) and a rear edge (17), and a backrest (3) arranged at the rear edge (17) and situated at an angle to the seating surface (2). The seating surface (2) is divided into a main part (4) and at least one front part (5; 5.1, 5.2). The main part (4) and the at least one front part (5; 5.1, 5.2) can be moved relative to one another by means of an adjusting device to enable a distance between the front edge (16; 16.1, 16.2) and the rear edge (17) of the seating surface (2) to be adjusted dynamically. At least two inflatable chambers (6, 7; 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2) are arranged between the main part (4) and the at least one front part (5; 5.1, 5.2), which chambers can be inflated and emptied in accordance with the distance (D; D1, D2) of the front edge (16; 16.1, 16.2) from the rear edge (17).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Lantal Textiles AG
    Inventors: Roland VON BALLMOOS, Andreas GUEHMANN, Oliver ROHRBACH
  • Publication number: 20170136922
    Abstract: The present application relates to a vehicle seat (1) comprising a seat surface (2) and at least one rest part (3.1, 3.2) at an angle to the seat surface (2). The angle between the seat surface (2) and the at least one rest part (3.1, 3.2) is movable via an adjusting device (6, 13) between a first position, in which the at least one rest part (3.1, 3.2) is substantially at right angles to the seat surface (2), and a second position, in which the seat surface (2) and the at least one rest part (3.1, 3.2) form a substantially flat surface. A second end (10.1, 10.2) of the at least one rest part (3.1, 3.2) comprises at least one pneumatic cushion (4) which is fluidically connected to a pump (7), wherein a control device is configured such that the pneumatic cushion (4) is substantially completely emptied when the at least one rest part (3.1, 3.2) moves from the first position into the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: LANTAL TEXTILES AG
    Inventors: Roland VON BALLMOOS, Andreas GUEHMANN, Oliver ROHRBACH