Patents by Inventor Chad Ruetten

Chad Ruetten 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).

  • Seat assembly with ignition switch and switch actuator
    Patent number: 8025119
    Abstract: A seat includes a seat frame and a resilient web supported by the seat frame. The web is adapted for movement between an at rest condition in which no operator is seated on the seat, and a deflected condition in which the web is deflected with respect to the frame in response to an operator seated on the seat. A switch actuator is mounted to the web and is movable between a non-actuating position when the web is in the at rest condition and an actuating position when the web is in the deflected condition. A switch is mounted to the frame, the switch includes first and second parts movable with respect to each other to open and close an electrical circuit in response to the switch actuator moving between the non-actuating and actuating positions. A distal end of the switch actuator engages the switch at least when the switch actuator is in the actuating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Seats, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Nemec, Chad Ruetten, Harold Van Duser
  • SEAT ASSEMBLY WITH IGNITION SWITCH AND SWITCH ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20100212988
    Abstract: A seat includes a seat frame and a resilient web supported by the seat frame. The web is adapted for movement between an at rest condition in which no operator is seated on the seat, and a deflected condition in which the web is deflected with respect to the frame in response to an operator seated on the seat. A switch actuator is mounted to the web and is movable between a non-actuating position when the web is in the at rest condition and an actuating position when the web is in the deflected condition. A switch is mounted to the frame, the switch includes first and second parts movable with respect to each other to open and close an electrical circuit in response to the switch actuator moving between the non-actuating and actuating positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Ben Nemec, Chad Ruetten, Harold Van Duser
  • Seat assembly with ignition switch and switch actuator
    Patent number: 7726432
    Abstract: A seat includes a seat frame and a resilient web supported by the seat frame. The web is adapted for movement between an at rest condition in which no operator is seated on the seat, and a deflected condition in which the web is deflected with respect to the frame in response to an operator seated on the seat. A switch actuator is mounted to the web and is movable between a non-actuating position when the web is in the at rest condition and an actuating position when the web is in the deflected condition. A switch is mounted to the frame, the switch includes first and second parts movable with respect to each other to open and close an electrical circuit in response to the switch actuator moving between the non-actuating and actuating positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Seats, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Nemec, Chad Ruetten, Harold Van Duser
  • SEAT ASSEMBLY WITH IGNITION SWITCH AND SWITCH ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20090000846
    Abstract: A seat includes a seat frame and a resilient web supported by the seat frame. The web is adapted for movement between an at rest condition in which no operator is seated on the seat, and a deflected condition in which the web is deflected with respect to the frame in response to an operator seated on the seat. A switch actuator is mounted to the web and is movable between a non-actuating position when the web is in the at rest condition and an actuating position when the web is in the deflected condition. A switch is mounted to the frame, the switch includes first and second parts movable with respect to each other to open and close an electrical circuit in response to the switch actuator moving between the non-actuating and actuating positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Ben Nemec, Chad Ruetten, Harold Van Duser