Patents by Inventor Dietmar Fuhrken

Dietmar Fuhrken 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: 7735934
    Abstract: Height-adjustable deflection devices for an upper holding point of a three-point belt having a holder that can be attached to a supporting member of a vehicle seat or connected to a framework of a vehicle, wherein in the holder includes a deflector movably attached thereto, and having a reel with a spindle over which a seat belt strap of the three-point belt can be guided, and further having a housing with an outlet slot for the seat belt strap. The holder further includes first connector and the deflector includes a second connector that in a locked position engage with each other in a form-locking manner and, in an adjustment position, do not engage with each other. As a result, the deflector can be rotated about the spindle when the first and second connectors are in the adjustment position. In addition the invention relates to vehicle seats including the above-referenced height-adjustable deflection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Isringhausen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dietmar Fuhrken, Winfried Titz
  • Publication number: 20080048483
    Abstract: The invention relates to a height-adjustable deflection device for the upper holding point of a three-point belt with a holder which can be fixedly connected to a supporting member of a vehicle seat or to a framework of a vehicle, wherein in the holder a deflector is movably attached which has a reel with a spindle, over which the seat belt strap of a three-point belt can be guided, and a housing with an outlet slot for the seat belt strap, which is parallel to the spindle of the reel, wherein first connecting means are formed on the holder and second connecting means on the deflector which, in a locked position, engage with each other in form-locking manner and, in an adjustment position, do not engage with each other, with the result that the deflector can be rotated about the spindle. In addition the invention relates to a vehicle seat with a three-point belt which has a height-adjustable deflection device according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Dietmar Fuhrken, Winfried Titz