Patents by Inventor Christina Schwerdtner

Christina Schwerdtner 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: 7384103
    Abstract: A longitudinal guide rail for a motor vehicle seat. The rail includes two elongated guide rails that engage with one another and are displaceable in relation to one another in the longitudinal direction of the rails, a retaining bracket for a seatbelt buckle, which is fastened to one of the two guide rails, a slot that is provided in one of the guide rails, through which a fixing section of the retaining bracket is guided into a space enclosed by the two guide rails and a fixing point, at which the fixing section of the retaining bracket is connected to one of the guide rails. The fixing section when viewed from the longitudinal direction of the rails, extends beyond the slot and the fixing point, also viewed from the longitudinal direction of the rails, is located at a distance from the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Peter Rausch, Jochen Hofmann, Wolfgang Suck, Christina Schwerdtner, Andrea Bauersachs, Matthias Baudler
  • Patent number: 7270362
    Abstract: A seat module including at least one vehicle seat and a transverse guide is disclosed. The vehicle seat is connected through a vehicle body through a seat base, and is displaceable through a guide element along a transverse guide. When the vehicle seat is on a first side of the transverse guide, it is lockable relative to the transverse guide in a position of use, and when the vehicle seat is in a removal position on a second side of the transverse guide, it can be removed from the transverse guide when inclined or perpendicular to its normal extension direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co., KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Peter Rausch, Christina Schwerdtner
  • Patent number: 7204556
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat underframe and a backrest which tips forwards, these being interconnected by an adjustment and tipping axle and which preferably has a backrest inclination adjustment device on both sides. The adjustment device containing an adjustment gear and a part whose angle is adjustable in relation to a side part of the seat underframe. In the use position of the backrest, a stop of the part with an adjustable angle rests on a first stop of a fitting which is fixed in relation to the backrest, while in the tipped-forward position of the backrest, a stop that is provided on a fitting on the seat side rests on a second stop of the fitting that is fixed in relation to the backrest and/or the backrest upholstery rests on the seat cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Christina Schwerdtner, Peter Rausch, Wolfgang Suck
  • Patent number: 7172249
    Abstract: A motor vehicle seat. The seat has a seat frame; a seat back pivotally mounted on the seat frame and which can be tilted forward out of its position of use and toward a seat surface of the seat frame; a longitudinal guide with which the seat frame is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the seat in order to adjust the longitudinal position of the seat; a fixing device for fixing the seat frame in a previously adjusted longitudinal position of the seat, an actuating element for releasing the fixing device thereby enabling the seat frame to be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the seat, a coupling mechanism, which acts upon the actuating element and releases the fixing device when the seat back is tilted forward toward the seat surface, and a memory device by means of which the seat frame can be automatically held in a preset longitudinal position of the seat, which is defined as a memory position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG Coburg
    Inventors: Peter Rausch, Christina Schwerdtner, Wolfgang Suck, Andrea Bauersachs, Reinhard Escher, Werner Tsubmann
  • Patent number: 7140683
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle seat comprising a seat frame; a backrest, which is pivotably mounted on the seat frame and which may be folded forward in the direction of a seating surface on the seat frame; a longitudinal guide, along which the seat frame may be moved to adjust the seat longitudinal position in the seat longitudinal direction; a fixing device for fixing the seat frame in a seat longitudinal position; an operating element for releasing the fixing device, such that the seat frame may be moved in the seat longitudinal direction to adjust the seat longitudinal position; a coupling mechanism, displaceable together with the seat frame in the seat longitudinal direction, acting on the operating element and releasing the fixing device, when the backrest is folded forward; a memory device, by means of which, during movement in the seat longitudinal direction, the seat frame can be automatically retained in a pre-determined seat longitudinal position, defined as the memory position; adjuster
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugtelle GmbH & Co KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Peter Rausch, Wolfgang Suck, Christina Schwerdtner
  • Publication number: 20060061196
    Abstract: A longitudinal guide rail for a motor vehicle seat. The rail includes two elongated guide rails that engage with one another and are displaceable in relation to one another in the longitudinal direction of the rails, a retaining bracket for a seatbelt buckle, which is fastened to one of the two guide rails, a slot that is provided in one of the guide rails, through which a fixing section of the retaining bracket is guided into a space enclosed by the two guide rails and a fixing point, at which the fixing section of the retaining bracket is connected to one of the guide rails. The fixing section when viewed from the longitudinal direction of the rails, extends beyond the slot and the fixing point, also viewed from the longitudinal direction of the rails, is located at a distance from the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Rausch, Jochen Hofmann, Wolfgang Suck, Christina Schwerdtner, Andrea Bauersachs, Matthias Baudler
  • Publication number: 20040232303
    Abstract: The invention relates to a guide rail for the seat of a motor vehicle, comprising add-ons for the connection of a seat frame, a safety belt or the like. According to the invention, at least one part of the add-ons (2) are connected to the guide rail (1) by means of laser welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Peter Rausch, Jochen Hofmann, Christina Schwerdtner, Bernd Hausler, Martin Rader, Sven Fischer
  • Publication number: 20040075292
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seat module comprising at least one vehicle seat having a seat bottom, via which the seat can be joined to a motor vehicle body, and comprising a transversal guide, on which the seat can be horizontally displaced in a manner that is transversal to the longitudinal direction of the seat, whereby the seat, with regard to the transversal guide, can be locked into at least one position for use. The invention provides that the seat (1) can be moved, along the transversal guide (4, 6), out of the position of use and into a position, in which the seat can be detached from said transversal guide (4, 6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Peter Rausch, Christina Schwerdtner
  • Publication number: 20040075324
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle seat comprising a seat frame (G); a backrest (R), which is pivotably mounted on the seat frame (G) and which may be folded in the direction of a seating surface on the seat frame (G); a longitudinal guide (101, 102), with which the seat frame (G) may be moved to adjust the seat longitudinal position in the seat longitudinal direction (L); a fixing device (120) for fixing the seat frame (G) in a pre-determined seat longitudinal position; an operating element (120b) for releasing the fixing device (120), such that the seat frame (G) may be moved in the seat longitudinal direction (L); a coupling mechanism, displaceable together with the seat frame (G) in the seat longitudinal direction, acting on the operating element (120b) and releasing the fixing device (120), when the backrest (R) is folded on the seat surface; a memory device (104, 105, 107), by means of which, during a movement in the seat longitudinal direction, the seat frame (G) can be automatically retained in
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Peter Rausch, Wolfgang Suck, Christina Schwerdtner
  • Publication number: 20040066079
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat, comprising a seat underframe and a backrest which tips forwards, these being interconnected by an adjustment and tipping axle (4); and which preferably has a backrest inclination adjustment device on both sides, said adjustment device(s) containing an adjustment gear and a part (9) whose angle is adjustable in relation to a side part of the seat underframe. In the use position of the backrest, a stop (25) of said part (9) with an adjustable angle rests on a first stop (24) of a fitting (8) which is fixed in relation to the backrest, while in the tipped-forward position of the backrest, a stop (23) that is provided on a fitting (7) on the seat side rests on a second stop (26) of the fitting (8) that is fixed in relation to the backrest and/or the backrest upholstery rests on the seat cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Christina Schwerdtner, Peter Rausch, Wolfgang Suck
  • Publication number: 20040026975
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle seat comprising a seat frame (G); a backrest (R), which is pivotably mounted on the seat frame (G) and which may be folded from the working position thereof in the direction of a seating surface on the seat frame (G); a longitudinal guide (101, 102), with which the seat frame (G) may be moved to adjust the seat longitudinal position in the seat longitudinal direction (L), a fixing device (120) for fixing the seat frame (G) in a pre-determined seat longitudinal position; an operating element (120b) for releasing the fixing device (120), such that the seat frame (G) may be moved in the seat longitudinal direction (L); a coupling mechanism, acting on the operating element (120b) and releasing the fixing device (120), when the backrest (R) is folded on the seat surface; a memory device (104, 105, 107), by means of which, during a movement in the seat longitudinal direction, the seat frame (G) can be automatically retained in a pre-determined seat longitudinal position, def
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Peter Rausch, Wolfgang Suck, Christina Schwerdtner