Patents by Inventor Benno Schiefer

Benno Schiefer 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).

  • Patent number: 9205848
    Abstract: An expandable table includes a basic table leaf and at least one supplementary table leaf which can be positioned next to the basic table leaf. In order to be able to expand the table to a relatively great extent in spite of having a narrow basic table leaf, the at least one supplementary table leaf is constructed as an insert leaf which can be guided obliquely downwards beneath the basic table leaf. The insert leaf has a respective component of a respective pivot bearing at its lower end on both transverse sides and a respective further component of the pivot bearing, which is connected to the basic table leaf, engages into the component in an extended condition of the insert leaf to complete the pivot bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Benno Schiefer
  • Publication number: 20140338572
    Abstract: An expandable table includes a basic table leaf and at least one supplementary table leaf which can be positioned next to the basic table leaf. In order to be able to expand the table to a relatively great extent in spite of having a narrow basic table leaf, the at least one supplementary table leaf is constructed as an insert leaf which can be guided obliquely downwards beneath the basic table leaf. The insert leaf has a respective component of a respective pivot bearing at its lower end on both transverse sides and a respective further component of the pivot bearing, which is connected to the basic table leaf, engages into the component in an extended condition of the insert leaf to complete the pivot bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Benno Schiefer
  • Publication number: 20120212020
    Abstract: A vehicle seat, in particular a passenger seat in a passenger transportation vehicle, which is fastened releasably and adjustably on a supporting structure remote from the floor, is provided. A supporting tube is fastened in a horizontally projecting manner in a wall region of a vehicle. The vehicle seat is fixed to the supporting tube after being pushed onto the supporting tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventor: Benno Schiefer
  • Publication number: 20120104814
    Abstract: A modular passenger seat for a passenger transportation vehicle is provided. The passenger seat is attached in a releasable fashion to a floor or to a side wall of the passenger transportation vehicle indirectly or directly by a supporting structure. In order to provide a modular passenger seat concept, the supporting structure includes a horizontal carrier to which upright frame parts for releasably attaching seat elements arranged there between are secured at a variable lateral distance from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventor: Benno Schiefer
  • Patent number: 7392750
    Abstract: An internal ceiling cladding for a large vehicle for passenger transport, in particular, a rail vehicle, includes a cladding element, arranged in the vicinity of a door drive and arched elements adjacent thereto. The cladding element is provided as base module and includes a surface on the side thereof facing the vehicle longitudinal centre for the exact matching up of a further cladding element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Benno Schiefer
  • Publication number: 20060248835
    Abstract: An internal ceiling cladding for a large vehicle for passenger transport, in particular, a rail vehicle, includes a cladding element, arranged in the vicinity of a door drive and arched elements adjacent thereto. The cladding element is provided as base module and includes a surface on the side thereof facing the vehicle longitudinal centre for the exact matching up of a further cladding element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventor: Benno Schiefer
  • Patent number: D758243
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Charles Greenway, Benno Schiefer
  • Patent number: D758244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Charles Greenway, Benno Schiefer
  • Patent number: D758920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Charles Greenway, Benno Schiefer