Patents by Inventor Dirk Benthaus
Dirk Benthaus 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).
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Patent number: 11014478Abstract: A seat back assembly and method of manufacture is provided. The seat back includes a foam cushion layer. A support sub-assembly is formed including a rigid support layer with a plurality of cavities and channels defined on a rear surface for receiving components and a generally smooth front surface. At least one component is retained in one of the cavities and a second component is secured on the front surface of the support layer. A trim material covers the cushion layer and secures the sub-assembly to the seat back.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Dirk Benthaus, Zvonko Van Der Meer
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Patent number: 10563680Abstract: A fastener assembly is provided with a first threaded fastener. A damper has a body sized to receive the first threaded fastener, and a flange to provide an installation surface. A second threaded fastener is sized to engage the first threaded fastener. An actuator includes a housing with a receptacle. The receptacle has a cavity sized to receive the flange of the damper, and the receptacle is provided with a slot with an opening to receive the body of the damper. A structural support member has an aperture formed therethrough. The second threaded fastener is engaged with the aperture of the structural support member to fasten the actuator to the structural support member.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Dirk Benthaus, Zvonko Van Der Meer
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Publication number: 20190232838Abstract: A seat back assembly and method of manufacture is provided. The seat back includes a foam cushion layer. A support sub-assembly is formed including a rigid support layer with a plurality of cavities and channels defined on a rear surface for receiving components and a generally smooth front surface. At least one component is retained in one of the cavities and a second component is secured on the front surface of the support layer. A trim material covers the cushion layer and secures the sub-assembly to the seat back.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Applicant: Lear CorporationInventors: Dirk BENTHAUS, Zvonko VAN DER MEER
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Patent number: 10293725Abstract: A seat back assembly and method of manufacture is provided. The seat back includes a foam cushion layer. A support sub-assembly is formed including a rigid support layer with a plurality of cavities and channels defined on a rear surface for receiving components and a generally smooth front surface. At least one component is retained in one of the cavities and a second component is secured on the front surface of the support layer. A trim material covers the cushion layer and secures the sub-assembly to the seat back.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Dirk Benthaus, Zvonko Van Der Meer
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Publication number: 20180180074Abstract: A fastener assembly is provided with a first threaded fastener. A damper has a body sized to receive the first threaded fastener, and a flange to provide an installation surface. A second threaded fastener is sized to engage the first threaded fastener. An actuator includes a housing with a receptacle. The receptacle has a cavity sized to receive the flange of the damper, and the receptacle is provided with a slot with an opening to receive the body of the damper. A structural support member has an aperture formed therethrough. The second threaded fastener is engaged with the aperture of the structural support member to fasten the actuator to the structural support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: Lear CorporationInventors: Dirk BENTHAUS, Zvonko VAN DER MEER
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Publication number: 20170341551Abstract: A seat back assembly and method of manufacture is provided. The seat back includes a foam cushion layer. A support sub-assembly is formed including a rigid support layer with a plurality of cavities and channels defined on a rear surface for receiving components and a generally smooth front surface. At least one component is retained in one of the cavities and a second component is secured on the front surface of the support layer. A trim material covers the cushion layer and secures the sub-assembly to the seat back.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: Lear CorporationInventors: Dirk BENTHAUS, Zvonko VAN DER MEER
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Patent number: 7441837Abstract: An inflatable airbag system for a vehicle seat assembly of a vehicle. The inflatable airbag system includes a cover member adapted for mounting to the vehicle seat assembly. The inflatable airbag system also includes an inflatable airbag adapted to inflate outward from the cover member and outward from the vehicle seat assembly to thereby act as a protective barrier between an occupant of the vehicle seat assembly and an interior surface of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Harald Fischer, Dirk Benthaus, Andreas Kellner
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Publication number: 20060250000Abstract: An inflatable airbag system for a vehicle seat assembly of a vehicle. The inflatable airbag system includes a cover member adapted for mounting to the vehicle seat assembly. The inflatable airbag system also includes an inflatable airbag adapted to inflate outward from the cover member and outward from the vehicle seat assembly to thereby act as a protective barrier between an occupant of the vehicle seat assembly and an interior surface of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2005Publication date: November 9, 2006Inventors: Harald Fischer, Dirk Benthaus, Andreas Kellner
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Patent number: 7100992Abstract: In order a safety device for a motor vehicle seat having a seat cushion part and a backrest, the backrest having a frame, a backrest cover, which faces rearward as seen in the direction of travel, and padding which faces forward, as seen in the direction of travel, and an airbag module is integrated into the backrest, said airbag module being arranged in that region of the backrest which faces the side wall structure of the motor vehicle in such a manner that an airbag is deployed when there is an impact between a driver and the side wall of the motor vehicle, said safety device ensuring a reliable and reproducible emergence of the airbag, it is proposed to arrange the airbag module to the rear of the backrest frame, when looking from the side wall of the motor vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2002Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AGInventors: Claudio Bargheer, Roland Beisswenger, Dirk Benthaus, Michael Eichler, Thomas Foelster, Alexander Koblischke, Uwe Nagel, Kai-Thorsten Schmiedl, Ulrich Tschaeschke
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Publication number: 20050006933Abstract: In order a safety device for a motor vehicle seat having a seat cushion part and a backrest, the backrest having a frame, a backrest cover, which faces rearward as seen in the direction of travel, and padding which faces forward, as seen in the direction of travel, and an airbag module is integrated into the backrest, said airbag module being arranged in that region of the backrest which faces the side wall structure of the motor vehicle in such a manner that an airbag is deployed when there is an impact between a driver and the side wall of the motor vehicle, said safety device ensuring a reliable and reproducible emergence of the airbag, it is proposed to arrange the airbag module to the rear of the backrest frame, when looking from the side wall of the motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2002Publication date: January 13, 2005Inventors: Claudio Bargheer, Roland Beisswenger, Dirk Benthaus, Michael Eichler, Thomas Foelster, Alexander Koblischke, Uwe Nagel, Kai-Thorsten Schmiedl, Ulrich Tschaeschke