Patents by Inventor Bernd Koenig
Bernd Koenig 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).
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Publication number: 20240067204Abstract: A method for setting up a virtual ad hoc network for transmitting at least one piece of information to a first transportation vehicle as a first network subscriber. The method includes the information being provided based on first data from at least one second network subscriber, and at least one second network subscriber being a second transportation vehicle or an infrastructure component; wherein a motor-vehicle-external, central data processing device receives second data from multiple potential second network subscribers and takes the second data and at least one space-time parameter as a basis for determining the second network subscribers and setting up the virtual ad hoc network with the first transportation vehicle, as the first network subscriber, and the determined second network subscribers, the space-time parameter defining a specific area of relevance that has a predetermined physical and temporal correlation with the current position of the first transportation vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Christian BRUNS, Jakob SPIEGELBERG, Jan SONNENBERG, Bernd LEHMANN, Laura FIEBACK, Marius SPIKA, Tatjana KRUSCHA, Fabian GALETZKA, Benjamin GROß, Jan KEMPA, Christoph KÖNIG, Marvin SCHRÖDER
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Patent number: 11828096Abstract: A method for installing a guide assembly for a movable furniture part includes preferably carrying out chronologically in the following order: arranging on the furniture wall a first guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part, and arranging on a first elongated side of the first guide rail a drive device for influencing the movement of the movable furniture part on the furniture wall, the first guide rail and the drive device preferably being connected together. If the movable furniture part includes at least two door leaves connected together in an articulated manner, arranging a second guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part on the furniture wall on a second elongated side of the first guide rail, the first guide rail and the second guide rail preferably being connected together in a form-fitting and/or movable manner in particular.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Julius Blum GmbHInventors: Bernd Koenig, Matthias Rupp, Thomas Sperger
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Patent number: 11629540Abstract: A guide system for guiding a door wing includes a first guide rail for guiding the door wing, and a second guide rail for guiding the door wing, with the second guide rail extending transversely relative to the first guide rail. A carrier displaceable along the second guide rail is connected or is to be connected to the door wing via at least three furniture hinges spaced from one another in the mounted condition. All furniture hinges, by which the door wing can be connected or is connected to the carrier in the mounted condition, are arranged or can be arranged on a common mounting member separate from the carrier. The mounting member is releasably connected to the carrier by a fastening device, and the mounting member is releasably connected to the carrier in a direction extending transversely to a longitudinal axis of the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventors: Lukas Blum, Bernd Koenig
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Publication number: 20220307306Abstract: A method for installing a guide assembly for a movable furniture part includes preferably carrying out chronologically in the following order: arranging on the furniture wall a first guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part, and arranging on a first longitudinal side of the first guide rail a drive device for influencing the movement of the movable furniture part on the furniture wall, the first guide rail and the drive device preferably being connected together. If the movable furniture part comprises at least two door leaves connected together in an articulated manner, arranging a second guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part on the furniture wall on a second longitudinal side of the first guide rail, the first guide rail and the second guide rail preferably being connected together in a form-fitting and/or movable manner in particular.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Bernd KOENIG, Matthias RUPP, Thomas SPERGER
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Publication number: 20220307304Abstract: A guide apparatus for guiding a furniture part, in particular a sliding door or folding-sliding-door, including a guide rail and a chassis which can be connected to the furniture part and which can travel on the guide rail. The chassis has a load-bearing roller, mounted about a first rotation axis, for supporting the weight of the furniture part and a supporting roller for laterally guiding the furniture part. The supporting roller is rotatably mounted about a second rotation axis which is oriented transverse to the first rotation axis, and a support apparatus is separate from the at least one supporting roller, and is designed to relieve the supporting roller in an end position of the at least one guide rail against a transverse force acting laterally, i.e. substantially parallel to the first rotation axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Markus IRGANG, Guenter SCHWARZMANN, Bernd KOENIG, Markus ALGE
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Publication number: 20210310293Abstract: A guide system for guiding a door wing includes a first guide rail for guiding the door wing, and a second guide rail for guiding the door wing, with the second guide rail extending transversely relative to the first guide rail. A carrier displaceable along the second guide rail is connected or is to be connected to the door wing via at least three furniture hinges spaced from one another in the mounted condition. All furniture hinges, by which the door wing can be connected or is connected to the carrier in the mounted condition, are arranged or can be arranged on a common mounting member separate from the carrier. The mounting member is releasably connected to the carrier by a fastening device, and the mounting member is releasably connected to the carrier in a direction extending transversely to a longitudinal axis of the carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Lukas BLUM, Bernd KOENIG
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Patent number: 10405653Abstract: An arrangement includes a first drive device for moving a movable furniture part, a second drive device for moving the same movable furniture part, and a synchronization device for synchronizing the two drive devices. The two drive devices can assume different positions during the movement of the movable furniture part. The arrangement also includes a correction device, by which both drive devices can be brought into the same position.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Julius Blum GmbHInventors: Christof Goetz, Bernd Koenig
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Patent number: 10143303Abstract: A drive mechanism for a movable furniture part, in particular a drawer, has a first and a second lockable pushing-out mechanism and a synchronizing mechanism for synchronizing the two pushing-out mechanisms. The synchronizing mechanism has a synchronizing rod and a first and a second synchronizing element which can be connected to the synchronizing rod, and relative movement takes place between the synchronizing elements and the pushing-out mechanisms during synchronizing operation. In an active synchronizing mode, during synchronizing operation, movement is transmitted from the first pushing-out mechanism, via the first synchronizing element, the synchronizing rod and the second synchronizing element, to the second pushing-out mechanism. In an inactive synchronizing mode, the synchronizing rod is removed and the synchronizing elements each remain in contact with one of the pushing-out mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Julius Blum GmbHInventors: Bernd Koenig, Marc Meusburger
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Patent number: 10070721Abstract: An arrangement includes a first drive mechanism for moving a movable furniture part. The first drive mechanism has a lockable first push-out mechanism for pushing the movable furniture part out of a closed position into an open position, and a first locking mechanism for locking the first push-out mechanism in a locked position. The first push-out mechanism can be unlocked from the locked position by an overpressure movement of the movable furniture part into an overpressure position beyond the closed position. A synchronizing device synchronizes the first drive mechanism with a second drive mechanism, and can be moved by the first drive mechanism. The overpressure movement begins free of a movement transfer between the first drive mechanism and the synchronizing device. When the movable furniture part moves in the opening direction, the synchronizing device can be moved by the first drive mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventors: Harald Brunnmayr, Alexander Simon Flogaus, Hermann Haemmerle, Michael Blum, Bernd Koenig, Christof Goetz
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Publication number: 20180020833Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement comprising a first drive device for moving a movable furniture part, a second drive device for moving the same movable furniture part, a synchronization device for synchronizing the two drive devices, wherein the two drive devices can assume different positions during the movement of the movable furniture part, and a correction device, by which both drive devices can be brought into the same position.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2017Publication date: January 25, 2018Inventors: Christof GOETZ, Bernd KOENIG
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Publication number: 20170095084Abstract: Drive mechanism for a movable furniture part, in particular a drawer, having a first and a second lockable pushing-out mechanism and a synchronizing mechanism for synchronizing the two pushing-out mechanisms, wherein the synchronizing mechanism has a synchronizing rod and a first and a second synchronizing element, which can be connected to the synchronizing rod, and wherein relative movement takes place between the synchronizing elements and the pushing-out mechanisms during synchronizing operation, wherein, in an active synchronizing mode, during synchronizing operation, movement is transmitted from the first pushing-out mechanism, via the first synchronizing element, the synchronizing rod and the second synchronizing element, to the second pushing-out mechanism and, in an inactive synchronizing mode, the synchronizing rod is removed and the synchronizing elements each remain in contact with one of the pushing-out mechanisms.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: Bernd KOENIG, Marc MEUSBURGER
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Publication number: 20160206093Abstract: An arrangement includes a first drive mechanism for moving a movable furniture part. The first drive mechanism has a lockable first push-out mechanism for pushing the movable furniture part out of a closed position into an open position, and a first locking mechanism for locking the first push-out mechanism in a locked position. The first push-out mechanism can be unlocked from the locked position by an overpressure movement of the movable furniture part into an overpressure position beyond the closed position. A synchronizing device synchronizes the first drive mechanism with a second drive mechanism, and can be moved by the first drive mechanism. The overpressure movement begins free of a movement transfer between the first drive mechanism and the synchronizing device. When the movable furniture part moves in the opening direction, the synchronizing device can be moved by the first drive mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Harald BRUNNMAYR, Alexander Simon FLOGAUS, Hermann HAEMMERLE, Michael BLUM, Bernd KOENIG, Christof GOETZ
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Patent number: 8474925Abstract: The invention relates to a lockable ejector device for a furniture part that is movably supported in a piece of furniture, including a fixing device for locking the movable furniture part in place in a closed end position, and at least one ejector element for moving the movable furniture part from the closed end position into an open position, wherein the fixing device comprises at least two locking units, which are coupled to each other and each have a receiving element for an engagement element. The at least two locking units are operatively connected to each other by way of a synchronization mechanism, which has at least two coupling elements, each associated with different locking units, and at least one synchronization unit. The coupling elements are coupled by way of the synchronization unit with respect to the movements thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Julius Blum GmbHInventors: Bernd Koenig, Martin During
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Patent number: 8356864Abstract: The invention relates to an immobilization device for locking a furniture part that is movably supported in or on a piece of furniture, particularly a drawer, in a closed end position. The device includes at least one locking unit, which has a receiving element for an engagement element and a blocking mechanism for the releasable fixation of the receiving element in a position that locks the engagement element when the movable furniture part is in the closed end position. The receiving element or the engagement element is disposed on the furniture, and the other element is disposed on the moved furniture part. The locking unit has an overload safety mechanism, which includes at least two parts connected movably to each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2010Date of Patent: January 22, 2013Assignee: Julius Blum GmbHInventors: Bernd Koenig, Martin During
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Publication number: 20100327719Abstract: The invention relates to an immobilization device for locking a furniture part that is movably supported in or on a piece of furniture, particularly a drawer, in a closed end position, comprising at least one locking element, which has a receiving element for an engagement element, wherein the receiving element or the engagement element is disposed on the piece of furniture and the other element is disposed on the movable furniture part, and the two elements are operatively connected at least in the closed end position of the movable furniture part, wherein the relative position of the receiving element to the engagement element in the depth of the piece of furniture can be varied in a linear fashion by means of an adjusting unit, which is configured to convert a rotational movement into a translatory movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Bernd KOENIG, Martin During
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Publication number: 20100320888Abstract: The invention relates to a lockable ejector device for a furniture part that is movably supported in a piece of furniture, comprising a fixing device for locking the movable furniture part in place in a closed end position, and at least one ejector element for moving the movable furniture part from the closed end position into an open position, wherein the fixing device comprises at least two locking units, which are coupled to each other and each have a receiving element for an engagement element, wherein at least two locking units are operatively connected to each other by way of a synchronization mechanism, which has at least two coupling elements, each associated with different locking units, and at least one synchronization unit, wherein the coupling elements are coupled by way of the synchronization unit with respect to the movements thereofType: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventors: Bernd Koenig, Martin During
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Publication number: 20100314981Abstract: The invention relates to an immobilization device for locking a furniture part that is movably supported in or on a piece of furniture, particularly a drawer, in a closed end position, comprising at least one locking unit, which has a receiving element for an engagement element and a blocking mechanism for the releasable fixation of the receiving element in a position that locks the engagement element when the movable furniture part is in the closed end position, wherein the receiving element or the engagement element is disposed on the furniture and the other element is disposed on the moved furniture part, wherein the locking unit has an overload safety mechanism, which comprises at least two parts connected movably to each other and allows damage-free opening of the movable furniture part even if the receiving element is fixed in a position that locks the engagement element by means of the blocking mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Inventors: Bernd Koenig, Martin During
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Patent number: 5756355Abstract: A bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) sensor comprising (1) a gold recording surface, (2) a first lipid layer which is an imperfect layer of a thiolipid which comprises the residue of two phospholipid molecules linked to each end of a disulphide (--S--S--) group, each through an oxyethylene (--O--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2) chain which is short enough to allow the thiolipid to become anchored to the gold surface by self-assembly, but long enough to trap an aqueous layer between the gold surface and the bottom of the thiolipid layer, said thiolipid being attached to the gold surface and said imperfect layer being completed by a phospholipid which provides an unattached fluid phase at room temperature, and (3) a second lipid layer of phospholipid. The sensor is especially useful for measuring changes in electrical resistance and/or capacity when it is prepared to contain a receptor protein and an analyte containing an agonist to the receptor is contacted with the bilayer.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1994Date of Patent: May 26, 1998Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneInventors: Holger Lang, Bernd Koenig, Horst Vogel