Patents by Inventor Gerald Jank

Gerald Jank 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: 5902014
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has an upholstery which is integrated in both eat part and in the backrest. A ventilation layer is provided through which air can flow, and an air-permeable upholstery cover spans the surface facing the sitting person, as well as having devices for ventilating the ventilation layer. For improving the sitting climate comfort, which also includes a rapidly effective cooling of the seat surfaces heated by sun radiation when the vehicle is entered and the removal of the transpiration moisture, and also for avoiding disturbing air connection hoses between the vehicle seat and the air-conditioner, the ventilation layer is arranged on an upholstery layer. Devices for ventilating the ventilation layer have a plurality of electrically driven miniature fans integrated in the upholstery layer. One miniature fan respectively is arranged in an air duct penetrating the upholstery layer from the underside to the ventilation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Emil Dinkel, Ulrich Ebbeskotte, Eberhard Faust, Gerald Jank, Adam Mazzon, Karl Pfahler, Peter Strache, Bernd Hansmann, Harald Decker
  • Patent number: 5779302
    Abstract: A beverage vessel holder is provided for vehicles having a housing integrated into a vehicle part, such as the dashboard, center armrest or the like. A beverage vessel receiving device is axially slidable in the housing and has insertion openings for the inserting of beverage vessels. A beverage vessel support is pivotally connected to the receiving device and carries a placing surface which supports the beverage vessels on the bottom side below the insertion openings and can be swivelled into the receiving device. For improving the stability of smaller-diameter beverage vessels in the aesthetically attractively constructed beverage vessel holder, the beverage vessel support hat a rectangular plate with at least one cup-shaped insertion indentation constructed therein coaxially with respect to the insertion opening in the receiving device. On two opposite sides in the sliding direction of the receiving device, the plate is in each case pivotally connected on the bottom edge of a transverse web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Bernd Geier, Gerald Jank, Hermann Gross, Jurgen Loffler, Ernst Franz