Patents by Inventor Boris Kruedener

Boris Kruedener 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: 20170037669
    Abstract: A device for influencing the movement of a first furniture part relative to a second furniture part of a piece of furniture, having a damper for damping the relative movement between the first and the second furniture parts. The damper is made up of a single damping component that includes a container with a housing in which is accommodated a damping fluid which is enclosed by the housing, wherein a portion of the housing is formed from an elastically deformable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Boris KRUEDENER
  • Publication number: 20170037668
    Abstract: A device for damping movement, in particular, of a movable furniture part, having a bearing housing, is proposed. According to the invention, a movement absorber is mounted so as to be movable on the bearing housing and a rotary element is mounted so as to be rotatable, comprising gearbox means by way of which a movement of the movement absorber is convertible to a rotary movement of the rotary element, wherein the bearing housing has a chamber into which at least a plunger portion of the rotary element reaches, wherein a damping fluid is present in the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Boris KRUEDENER, Gabriele SCHNEIDER
  • Patent number: 9528307
    Abstract: A hinge for a movable furniture part which is accommodatable on a furniture body of an item of furniture, wherein the hinge displays a first attachment part which, via an articulation mechanism, is pivotably connected to a second attachment part, wherein the articulation mechanism comprises articulation levers, and wherein a further lever which acts on a damper assembly of the hinge and which is pivotably accommodated by way of a separate axle, and, in the case of a pivoting movement according to the intended use of the hinge, is temporarily engaged on a guide portion on the hinge, wherein the further lever, prior to an engaging operation, assumes a predetermined ready position from which the further lever engages on the guide portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Mathias Rohner, Boris Kruedener
  • Publication number: 20160120310
    Abstract: Proposed is a device for braking, as a result of damping, a movement of a furniture part which is movable relative to a carcass, the device including at least two damper parts. In this case, a first damper part is movable relative to a second damper part and a damping element is mounted with a deforming element on one of the two damper parts. A substantial feature of the device consists in that an abnormally viscous fluid is held in the deforming element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Boris KRUEDENER
  • Publication number: 20150096147
    Abstract: A hinge for a movable furniture part which is accommodatable on a furniture body of an item of furniture, wherein the hinge displays a first attachment part which, via an articulation mechanism, is pivotably connected to a second attachment part, wherein the articulation mechanism comprises articulation levers, and wherein a further lever which acts on a damper assembly of the hinge and which is pivotably accommodated by way of a separate axle, and, in the case of a pivoting movement according to the intended use of the hinge, is temporarily engaged on a guide portion on the hinge, wherein the further lever, prior to an engaging operation, assumes a predetermined ready position from which the further lever engages on the guide portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Mathias ROHNER, Boris KRUEDENER
  • Patent number: 8713760
    Abstract: A hinge for a movable furniture part fastened to a body of a piece of furniture is proposed, the hinge having a first fastening part which is attachable to the body and which is connected pivotably via a joint mechanism to a second fastening part attachable to the movable furniture part, the joint mechanism comprising articulated levers mounted via axes of articulation. According to the invention, a further pivotably mounted lever is present, which, during a complete as-intended pivoting movement of the hinge, is temporarily coupled to a guide portion on the hinge, the further lever acting upon a damper arrangement of the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Boris Krüdener, Mathias Rohner
  • Publication number: 20130019713
    Abstract: A hinge for a movable furniture part fastened to a body of a piece of furniture is proposed, the hinge having a first fastening part which is attachable to the body and which is connected pivotably via a joint mechanism to a second fastening part attachable to the movable furniture part, the joint mechanism comprising articulated levers mounted via axes of articulation. According to the invention, a further pivotably mounted lever is present, which, during a complete as-intended pivoting movement of the hinge, is temporarily coupled to a guide portion on the hinge, the further lever acting upon a damper arrangement of the hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Boris KRÜDENER, Mathias ROHNER
  • Patent number: 8282175
    Abstract: An opening device including an elongate ejector ram mounted in a longitudinally displaceable manner in a housing and pretensioned at one end by a spring into a position in which it protrudes out of the housing and pushable back into the housing counter to the pretensioning. A releasable locking device locks the ejector ram in a position retracted in the housing. A tensioning device is provided forcibly displaces the ejector ram. When the movable furniture part is completely opened, a tensioning device forcibly displaces the ejector ram into the locking position retracted within the housing. The tensioning device converts the opening movement of the movable furniture part in the interior of the housing via a tensioning member having one end guided out of the housing into a movement pulling the ejector ram back into the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Grass GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Herper, Boris Krüdener
  • Publication number: 20110131884
    Abstract: An opening device (10) for furniture parts which are movable relative to one another, such as door wings (12), flaps and the like coupled pivotably to a furniture body, with an elongate ejector ram (30) which is mounted in a longitudinally displaceable manner in a housing (28) which can be fastened to one of the furniture parts which are movable relative to one another. The ejector ram is pretensioned at its one end by means of a spring (32) into a position in which it protrudes out of the housing (28) in the direction of the other furniture part in each case and can be pushed back into the interior of the housing counter to the pretensioning. The device has a locking device which locks the ejector ram (30) in the position in which it is retracted in the housing (28), and can be unlocked by manipulation by means of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Herper, Boris Krüdener
  • Publication number: 20110083299
    Abstract: A furniture hinge with a door-leaf attachment part (1) for fastening to a door leaf (36) and a carcass attachment part (2) connected to the hinge so that it can pivot for fastening to a furniture carcass (37). At least one functional unit (3) influences a pivoting movement between the door-leaf attachment part (1) and the carcass attachment part (2). The carcass attachment part (2) has a first component (4) and at least one second component (5), and the first component (4) is supported on the second component (5) at least by at least one adjustment device (6), and a relative position of the first component (4) to the second component (5) can be adjusted with the adjustment device (6). The functional unit (3) has a first functional element (8) and at least one second functional element (9), the first functional element (8) is supported so that it can move relative to the second functional element (9), and the first functional element (8) is fastened to or supported on the adjustment device (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Boris Krüdener
  • Patent number: D580081
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Mepla-Werke Lautenschlaeger GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Herper, Boris Kruedener