Patents by Inventor Christof GOETZ

Christof GOETZ 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: 11959323
    Abstract: An arrangement for guiding a movable furniture part includes a guide rail to be fastened to the fixed furniture part, a guide device mounted movably on the guide rail and in particular can be coupled to the movable furniture part, and a first cable having a first end to be secured to the fixed furniture part and a second end to be coupled to the guide device. A securing device can secure the first cable to the fixed furniture part, and the securing device has a mounting device designed such that the first cable is mounted so as to be movable relative to the fixed furniture part to a limited extent at least in the event of overload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Christof Goetz
  • Patent number: 11913270
    Abstract: A guide system includes a guide rail for guiding a door wing, a running carriage to be connected to the door wing and displaceably supported along the guide rail, and a carrier on which the running carriage can be arranged. The carrier is movably supported in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the guide rail. The carrier can be moved into a transfer position in which the carrier adjoins the guide rail in the longitudinal direction. A locking device can releasably lock the carrier in the transfer position to restrain a movement in the transverse direction. The locking device includes a movably-supported locking element for releasably locking between the guide rail and the carrier, and a control contour curved so that the running carriage can be moved over a region in the transverse direction. The movably-supported locking element includes a supporting element displaceable along the control contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Christof Goetz
  • Patent number: 11140984
    Abstract: A furniture fitting includes a housing, a fluid chamber arranged in the housing, a damping fluid in the fluid chamber, a piston having an overload opening and displaceably arranged in the fluid chamber for performing a damping hub, and an overload safety device in the piston and having a closure element pressurized by a force storage member. The closure element blocks the overload opening of the piston below a predetermined threshold value of a pressure application to the piston, and unblocks the overload opening of the piston against a force of the force storage member above the predetermined threshold value. Due to the unblocking of the overload opening, a fluid-conductive connection between a high pressure side and a low-pressure side of the fluid chamber is unblocked. The closure element includes a throttle opening for passage of the damping fluid from the high-pressure side to the low-pressure side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Christof Goetz
  • Publication number: 20210262268
    Abstract: An arrangement for guiding a movable furniture part includes a guide rail to be fastened to the fixed furniture part, a guide device mounted movably on the at least one guide rail and in particular can be coupled to the movable furniture part, and a first cable having a first end to be secured to the fixed furniture part and a second end to be coupled to the guide device. A securing device can secure the first cable to the fixed furniture part, and the securing device has a mounting device designed such that the first cable is mounted so as to be movable relative to the fixed furniture part to a limited extent at least in the event of overload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: Christof GOETZ
  • Publication number: 20210262269
    Abstract: A guide system for guiding at least one movably-supported door wing, in particular a folding-sliding-door, relative to a stationary furniture part. The guide system includes a carrier for movably supporting the at least one door wing, a guide rail configured to be fixed to the stationary furniture part for guiding the at least one carrier, a guiding device for displaceably supporting the at least one carrier along the guide rail, a running carriage configured to be coupled to the at least one door wing, and a receiving device for receiving the at least one running carriage. The receiving device adjoins the carrier in a longitudinal direction of the carrier, and the receiving device is movably supported relative the carrier in the longitudinal direction of the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: Christof GOETZ
  • Publication number: 20210246699
    Abstract: A guide system includes a guide rail for guiding a door wing, a running carriage to be connected to the door wing and displaceably supported along the guide rail, and a carrier on which the running carriage can be arranged. The carrier is movably supported in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the guide rail. The carrier can be moved into a transfer position in which the carrier adjoins the guide rail in the longitudinal direction. A locking device can releasably lock the carrier in the transfer position to restrain a movement in the transverse direction. The locking device includes a movably-supported locking element for releasably locking between the guide rail and the carrier, and a control contour curved so that the running carriage can be moved over a region in the transverse direction. The movably-supported locking element includes a supporting element displaceable along the control contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Christof GÖETZ
  • Patent number: 10653240
    Abstract: A furniture drive includes an entrainment member for retracting a movable furniture part into a closed position, and the entrainment member is displaceably mounted in sections along a linear travel path and can be detachably coupled to the movable furniture part. A spring device applies force to the entrainment member in a retraction direction, and a damping device damps movement of the entrainment member in the retraction direction. The damping device includes a fluid chamber and a ram which is displaceably mounted relative to the fluid chamber. A holding device is arranged between the ram and the entrainment member, and the holding device holds the ram relative to the entrainment member. The ram is movable through an opening of the holding device when a force acting upon the entrainment member in the retraction direction is exceeded, whereby the entrainment member can be decoupled from the ram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Christof Goetz
  • Publication number: 20200128960
    Abstract: A furniture fitting includes a housing, a fluid chamber arranged in the housing, a damping fluid in the fluid chamber, a piston having an overload opening and displaceably arranged in the fluid chamber for performing a damping hub, and an overload safety device in the piston and having a closure element pressurized by a force storage member. The closure element blocks the overload opening of the piston below a predetermined threshold value of a pressure application to the piston, and unblocks the overload opening of the piston against a force of the force storage member above the predetermined threshold value. Due to the unblocking of the overload opening, a fluid-conductive connection between a high pressure side and a low-pressure side of the fluid chamber is unblocked. The closure element includes a throttle opening for passage of the damping fluid from the high-pressure side to the low-pressure side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Christof GOETZ
  • Patent number: 10405653
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Goetz, Bernd Koenig
  • Patent number: 10251481
    Abstract: A retraction device includes an entrainment member to be releasably coupled to the movable furniture part, and a spring device for applying a force to the entrainment member in a direction opposite to an extension direction of the entrainment member. The spring device can be tensioned in the extension direction of the entrainment member by a spring holder separate from the entrainment member. A coupling device can couple a movement between the entrainment member and the spring holder, and can vary the distance of a fastening location of the spring device relative to the entrainment member as the entrainment member extends in the extension direction. The coupling device includes a control element having a longitudinal axis extending in the extension direction. To vary the distance between the fastening location and the entrainment member, the control element rotates about its longitudinal axis when the entrainment member is extended in the extension direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Christof Goetz
  • Patent number: 10188208
    Abstract: A drive mechanism for a movable furniture part includes a mechanically loaded drive element which is movable in the drive direction. The drive element has a drive stop by which a follower can be moved in the course of a drive movement. On a side of the drive element facing away from the drive stop, a ramp is provided to allow the follower to pass over the drive element in the drive direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Christof Goetz
  • Publication number: 20190008276
    Abstract: A furniture drive includes a driver for retracting a movable furniture part into a closed position, and the driver is displaceably mounted in sections along a linear travel path and can be detachably coupled to the movable furniture part. A spring device applies force to the driver in a retraction direction, and a damping device damps movement of the driver in the retraction direction. The damping device includes a fluid chamber and a tappet which is displaceably mounted relative to the fluid chamber. A holding device is arranged between the tappet and the driver, and the holding device holds the tappet relative to the driver. The tappet is movable through an opening of the holding device when a force acting upon the driver in the retraction direction is exceeded, whereby the driver can be decoupled from the tappet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventor: Christof GOETZ
  • Patent number: 10172461
    Abstract: A furniture drive for retracting a movably supported furniture part into a closed position relative to a furniture carcass includes a housing, an entrainment member which can be releasably coupled to the movable furniture part, a spring device for applying a force to the entrainment member, and a guide path arranged or formed on the housing. The entrainment member is displaceably arranged along the guide path, and the guide path includes a first bend for releasably locking the entrainment member. The guide path includes at least one second bend for releasably locking the entrainment member, and at least one movably-supported switch element with a first and with a second switching position is provided. The switch element, in the first switching position, blocks the first bend so that the entrainment member can move into the second bend and the switch element, in the second switching position, unblocks the first bend so that the entrainment member can move into the first bend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Florian Fischer, Christof Goetz, Elvis Music
  • Patent number: 10070721
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Harald Brunnmayr, Alexander Simon Flogaus, Hermann Haemmerle, Michael Blum, Bernd Koenig, Christof Goetz
  • Publication number: 20180249833
    Abstract: A retraction device includes an entrainment member to be releasably coupled to the movable furniture part, and a spring device for applying a force to the entrainment member in a direction opposite to an extension direction of the entrainment member. The spring device can be tensioned in the extension direction of the entrainment member by a spring holder separate from the entrainment member. A coupling device can couple a movement between the entrainment member and the spring holder, and can vary the distance of a fastening location of the spring device relative to the entrainment member upon extending the entrainment member towards the extension direction. The coupling device includes a control element having a longitudinal axis extending in the extension direction. To vary the distance between the fastening location and the entrainment member, the control element pivots about the longitudinal axis upon extending the entrainment member towards the extension direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventor: Christof GOETZ
  • Patent number: 10051962
    Abstract: A drive device for a movable furniture part includes a force-actuated ejection element for ejecting the movable furniture part from a closed position into an open position, and a locking device for locking the ejection element in a locking position. The locking device includes a control element connected to the ejection element, and a gate for the control element. The gate has—outside an optionally present latch depression—sidewall regions that have different hardnesses in certain sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Christof Goetz
  • Publication number: 20180020833
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Christof GOETZ, Bernd KOENIG
  • Publication number: 20170265644
    Abstract: A furniture drive for retracting a movably supported furniture part into a closed position relative to a furniture carcass, including a housing, an entrainment member which can be releasably coupled to the movable furniture part, a spring device for applying a force to the entrainment member, at least one guide path arranged or formed on the housing, wherein the entrainment member is displaceably arranged along the guide path, wherein the guide path includes a first bend for releasably locking the entrainment member, wherein the guide path includes at least one second bend for releasably locking the entrainment member, wherein at least one movably-supported switch element with a first and with a second switching position is provided, wherein the switch element, in the first switching position, blocks the first bend so that the entrainment member can move into the second bend and wherein the switch element, in the second switching position, unblocks the first bend so that the entrainment member can move into t
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Florian FISCHER, Christof GOETZ, Elvis MUSIC
  • Patent number: 9717334
    Abstract: A drive device for a moveable furniture part including an ejection element, an ejection force accumulator, and a locking device for the ejection element. The locking device includes a locking journal which is subjected to force of the ejection force accumulator and can be locked in a locked position in a latch region of a guide track. The guide track is shaped like a curved heart and has a tightening section in which the locking journal can be moved when the ejection force accumulator is tightened, and a latching movement section of the locking journal prior to reaching the locked position in the latch region. The locking journal impinged upon by the tightened ejection force accumulator can be slowed down and/or dampened in the latching movement section and can be placed in the latch region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Christof Goetz, Florian Fischer
  • Patent number: 9642461
    Abstract: A drive device for a moveable furniture part includes an ejection element, an ejection force accumulator, and a locking device for the ejection element. The locking device has a locking journal which is subjected to action of the ejection force accumulator, and can be locked in a locked position in a region of a catch on a guide rail. The catch area has a locking pin which is fixed with respect to the guide rail. The locking journal which is subjected to the force of the ejection force accumulator is arranged in the catch region such that it can be slowed down and/or dampened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Christof Goetz, Florian Fischer