Patents by Inventor André HAMMERER

André HAMMERER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260193919
    Abstract: A guide system for guiding a movably-supported door wing along a furniture wall, includes a first guide rail to be fixed to the furniture wall, a second guide rail to be fixed to the furniture wall at a vertical distance from the first guide rail, a carrier for pivotally supporting the door wing, a first guide device for movably supporting the carrier along the first guide rail, a second guide device for movably supporting the carrier along the second guide rail, and a cable pulley device for compensating for a tilting moment of the carrier about a tilting axis by a return moment. The cable pulley device includes a, preferably precisely one, cable which is crosswise guided via at least two deflection rollers arranged on the two guide devices and/or on the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventors: André HAMMERER, Matthias JAEGER, Lukas KOLHAUPT, Lukas SCHREIBER
  • Publication number: 20260193921
    Abstract: A guide system includes a first guide rail for guiding a door wing, a running carriage to be connected to the door wing and displaceable along the first guide rail, and a carrier on which the running carriage can be arranged. The carrier is movable along a second guide rail extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the first guide rail. The carrier is movable into a transfer position in which the carrier adjoins the first guide rail in a longitudinal direction such that the running carriage can be transferred to and from between the first guide rail and the carrier. A deflection device with a control curve converts a movement of the carrier along the second guide rail into a movement of the running carriage along the first guide rail, and the control curve of the deflection device and the second guide rail are substantially in a common plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas FOLIE, Manuel SCHMITT, André HAMMERER, Markus IRGANG
  • Publication number: 20260193920
    Abstract: A method of mounting a guide system includes, preferably in the specified order, providing a furniture wall, positioning, preferably resting, an arrangement including at least two guide rails and a cable arranged therebetween on the furniture wall, fixing, preferably screwing, one of the two guide rails to the furniture wall, preferably to an end of the at least one furniture wall, moving the other of the two guide rails relative to the guide rail that is already fixed to the at least one furniture wall in a direction extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the guide rails, thereby increasing a distance between the two guide rails, and increasing a length of a cable section of the cable arranged between the two guide rails when the distance between the two guide rails is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventors: Lukas Kolhaupt, André Hammerer, Matthias Jaeger, Lukas Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20260193918
    Abstract: A guide arrangement includes a guide system with a guide to be arranged on a stationary furniture part, a guide device displaceably mounted on the guide, a carrier to be fastened to a movable furniture part and which is movement-coupled to the guide device, at least two hinges for pivotably mounting the movable furniture part on the carrier, and a height adjustment device for adjusting the hinges relative to the guide system in a direction parallel to a longitudinal extension of the carrier. The height adjustment device includes an inclined surface for adjusting the hinges relative to the guide system in a direction parallel to the longitudinal extension of the carrier. A side adjustment device can adjust the hinges relative to the guide system in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal extension of the carrier, and the height adjustment device and the side adjustment device form a common structural unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventors: Lukas KOLHAUPT, Thomas FOLIE, Markus IRGANG, Lukas SCHREIBER, Manuel SCHMITT, André HAMMERER
  • Publication number: 20260185390
    Abstract: Installing a profiled section on a support structure for a translational guide system includes: connecting a first profiled piece to a connecting device, the connecting device being integrally formed and/or being connected to the profiled piece at precisely one first fixation surface, and removing the first profiled piece from a storage device with the connecting device projecting beyond the longitudinal extension of the first profiled piece. The longitudinal extension of the first profiled piece with the connecting device thereon is maximally 1200 mm. An additional profiled piece with a longitudinal extension adapted to the total longitudinal extension of the profiled section is removed from a storage device and connected to the connecting device preinstalled on the first profiled piece, the longitudinal extension of the additional profiled piece equaling maximally 1200 mm. The first profiled piece and the additional profiled piece or the profiled section are arranged on the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2026
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Inventors: Stefan DUER, Lukas Schreiber, Kai Hollenstein, Matthias Jaeger, André Hammerer
  • Patent number: 12612816
    Abstract: A guide system for guiding a door wing relative to a furniture carcass, the guide system including a guide configured to guide the door wing along a sidewall of the furniture carcass, and a carrier movably supported along the guide, the door wing being supportable on the carrier over a pivoting path between a first position and a second position. A drive device is arranged on the carrier or on a mounting member to be fixed to the carrier, and the door wing connected to the carrier in a mounted condition can be driven at least in a partial section of the pivoting path into the first position and/or into the second position by the drive device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: André Hammerer
  • Patent number: 12590483
    Abstract: A guide device, for guiding a furniture part on a guide rail, includes a rolling carriage having a rotatably mounted rolling body, via which the rolling carriage can be moveably mounted on a track of the guide rail, and a connection device, in particular designed as a hinge, for connecting the guide device to the furniture part. The rolling carriage and the connection device are designed as separate components and can be connected to one another, in particular detachably, via a securing device. The securing device has a locking element mounted on the connection device or on the rolling carriage such that it can rotate and move, preferably transverse to a securing direction of the connection device and the rolling carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Duer, André Hammerer
  • Patent number: 11866975
    Abstract: A furniture drive for moving a furniture part movably-supported relative to a furniture carcass, includes a first fitting portion to be fixed to the furniture carcass, a second fitting portion to be fixed to the movable furniture part, and a hinge lever hingedly connected to the first fitting portion via a first hinge axis, and hingedly connected to the second fitting portion via a second hinge axis. The hinge lever includes at least two sections mutually spaced from one another by an offset in a direction extending parallel to the hinge axes. The first fitting portion has a first notional middle plane, and the second fitting portion has a second notional middle plane, and the middle planes are mutually spaced from one another in a direction extending parallel to the hinge axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Schuler, André Hammerer, Thomas Folie, Irmela Mara Geller
  • Publication number: 20230323721
    Abstract: A guide system for guiding a door wing relative to a furniture carcass, the guide system including a guide configured to guide the door wing along a sidewall of the furniture carcass, and a carrier movably supported along the guide, the door wing being supportable on the carrier over a pivoting path between a first position and a second position. A drive device is arranged on the carrier or on a mounting member to be fixed to the carrier, and the door wing connected to the carrier in a mounted condition can be driven at least in a partial section of the pivoting path into the first position and/or into the second position by the drive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: André HAMMERER
  • Patent number: 11739577
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a first fitting portion to be fixed to a furniture part or a carrier movably-supported relative to a furniture carcass, a second fitting portion to be fixed to a movably-supported furniture part, and a hinge mechanism connecting the fitting portions. The hinge mechanism has a least five hinge axis members, and includes a supporting lever directly connecting the fitting portions. The hinge mechanism includes a control mechanism for controlling a motion sequence between the first and second fitting portions. The control mechanism is separate from (i.e., is not constructed as one piece with) the supporting lever and has at least three control levers hingedly connected together. A first control lever is connected to the first fitting portion via a hinge axis member, a second control lever is connected to the second fitting portion via a hinge axis member, and a third control lever connects the first control lever and the second control lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Duer, André Hammerer, Rainer Hollenstein
  • Publication number: 20220307305
    Abstract: A guide device, for guiding a furniture part on a guide rail, includes at least one rolling carriage having at least one rotatably mounted rolling body, via which the at least one rolling carriage can be moveably mounted on a track of the guide rail, and at least one connection device, in particular designed as a hinge, for connecting the guide device to the furniture part. The at least one rolling carriage and the at least one connection device are designed as separate components and can be connected to one another, in particular detachably, via at least one securing device. The at least one securing device has at least one locking element which is mounted on the at least one connection device or on the at least one rolling carriage such that it can rotate and move, preferably transverse to a securing direction of the at least one connection device and the at least one rolling carriage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Stefan DUER, André HAMMERER
  • Patent number: 11384577
    Abstract: A furniture fitting includes a first fitting portion to be fixed to a furniture carcass, and a second fitting portion to be fixed to a movable furniture part and hingedly or releasably connected to the first fitting portion. The first fitting portion includes a mounting body for fixing to the furniture carcass, and a carrier configured to adjust a position of the carrier relative to the mounting body. An actuating arm is pivotally arranged on the carrier, and a spring device applies a force to the actuating arm. An adjustment device with three operating elements is provided, and a position of the carrier relative to the mounting body can be adjusted by the operating elements. The mounting body includes a fastening side for fixing the mounting body to a furniture panel. Each of the operating elements is configured to be actuated from the front side of the mounting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: André Hammerer, Irmela Mara Geller, Thomas Folie, Matthias Reissig
  • Publication number: 20220098907
    Abstract: A furniture drive for moving a furniture part movably-supported relative to a furniture carcass, includes a first fitting portion to be fixed to the furniture carcass, a second fitting portion to be fixed to the movable furniture part, and a hinge lever hingedly connected to the first fitting portion via a first hinge axis, and hingedly connected to the second fitting portion via a second hinge axis. The hinge lever includes at least two sections mutually spaced from one another by an offset in a direction extending parallel to the hinge axes. The first fitting portion has a first notional middle plane, and the second fitting portion has a second notional middle plane, and the middle planes are mutually spaced from one another in a direction extending parallel to the hinge axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas SCHULER, André HAMMERER, Thomas FOLIE, Irmela Mara GELLER
  • Publication number: 20210262258
    Abstract: A furniture hinge includes a first fitting portion to be fixed to a furniture part or a carrier movably-supported relative to a furniture carcass, a second fitting portion to be fixed to a movably-supported furniture part, and a hinge mechanism connecting the fitting portions. The hinge mechanism has a least five hinge axis members, and includes a supporting lever directly connecting the fitting portions. The hinge mechanism includes a control mechanism for controlling a motion sequence between the first and second fitting portions. The control mechanism is separate from the supporting lever and has at least three control levers hingedly connected together. A first control lever is connected to the first fitting portion via a hinge axis member, a second control lever is connected to the second fitting portion via a hinge axis member, and a third control lever connects the first control lever and the second control lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Stefan DUER, André HAMMERER, Rainer HOLLENSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20210123275
    Abstract: A furniture fitting includes a first fitting portion to be fixed to a furniture carcass, and a second fitting portion to be fixed to a movable furniture part and hingedly or releasably connected to the first fitting portion. The first fitting portion includes a mounting body for fixing to the furniture carcass, and a carrier configured to adjust a position of the carrier relative to the mounting body. An actuating arm is pivotally arranged on the carrier, and a spring device applies a force to the actuating arm. An adjustment device with three operating elements is provided, and a position of the carrier relative to the mounting body can be adjusted by the operating elements. The mounting body includes a fastening side for fixing the mounting body to a furniture panel. Each of the operating elements is configured to be actuated from the front side of the mounting body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: André HAMMERER, Irmela Mara GELLER, Thomas FOLIE, Matthias REISSIG
  • Patent number: 10221597
    Abstract: A furniture hinge for pivotally connecting at least two furniture parts to one another includes at least two fastening portions pivotally connected to one another for fastening to the furniture parts, and the fastening portions can be moved relative to each other between a closed position and an open position. A spring device presses the fastening portions into the closed position and/or into the open position, and a damping device dampens a relative movement of the fastening portions. The spring device is integrated into the damping device, and the damping device and the spring device are accommodated within a first and within a second housing portion. The first and second housing portions are displaceably arranged relative to one another for performing the relative movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: André Hammerer
  • Publication number: 20170241175
    Abstract: A furniture hinge for pivotally connecting at least two furniture parts to one another, including: at least two fastening portions which are pivotally connected to one another for fastening to the furniture parts, wherein the fastening portions can be moved relative to each other between a closed position and an open position, a spring device for pressing the fastening portions into the closed position and/or into the open position, a damping device for dampening a relative movement of the fastening portions, wherein the spring device is integrated into the damping device, wherein the damping device and the spring device are accommodated within a first and within a second housing portion, wherein the first and second housing portions, for performing the relative movement, are displaceably arranged relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventor: André HAMMERER