Patents by Inventor Daniel Robert Kuiper

Daniel Robert Kuiper 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).

  • Office components, seating structures, methods of using seating structures, and systems of seating structures
    Patent number: 7896436
    Abstract: Office components are described that include a base, a seat supported by the base, a microprocessor, and a load sensor electrically coupled with the microprocessor and mechanically coupled with the seat and, based on movement thereof, operative to detect occupancy of the seat and provide a signal to the microprocessor indicative thereof. The load sensor may be a strain gauge, a piezo device or combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Kurrasch, Robert L. Beck, Daniel Robert Kuiper, Arturo J. Bonomie
  • OFFICE COMPONENTS, SEATING STRUCTURES, METHODS OF USING SEATING STRUCTURES, AND SYSTEMS OF SEATING STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20100207434
    Abstract: Office components are described that include a base, a seat supported by the base, a microprocessor, and a load sensor electrically coupled with the microprocessor and mechanically coupled with the seat and, based on movement thereof, operative to detect occupancy of the seat and provide a signal to the microprocessor indicative thereof. The load sensor may be a strain gauge, a piezo device or combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew J. Kurrasch, Robert L. Beck, Daniel Robert Kuiper, Arturo J. Bonomie
  • Office components, seating structures, methods of using seating structures, and systems of seating structures
    Patent number: 7393053
    Abstract: Office components are described that include an electrical conduit electrically coupled to a fuel cell, and an electrically powered device coupled to the electrical conduit and configured to receive electricity generated by the fuel cell. The electrically powered device includes at least one of an automatic adjustment mechanism, a control system, a sound masking system, and an office accessory. Chairs, methods of using chairs, and systems of chairs are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Kurrasch, Robert L. Beck, Daniel Robert Kuiper, Arturo J. Bonomie
  • Office components, seating structures, methods of using seating structures, and systems of seating structures
    Patent number: 7163263
    Abstract: Office components are described that include an electrical conduit electrically coupled to a fuel cell, and an electrically powered device coupled to the electrical conduit and configured to receive electricity generated by the fuel cell. The electrically powered device includes at least one of an automatic adjustment mechanism, a control system, a sound masking system, and an office accessory. Chairs, methods of using chairs, and systems of chairs are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew J. Kurrasch, Robert L. Beck, Daniel Robert Kuiper, Arturo J. Bonomie