Patents by Inventor Gregor Kroener

Gregor Kroener 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).

  • Publication number: 20260208630
    Abstract: Method for operating a comfort system of a motor vehicle, wherein the comfort system has a footrest system with a footrest for supporting the feet of a user, wherein the motor vehicle has a supporting structure which forms a stepped offset between a lower supporting plate and an upper supporting plate in a longitudinal direction, wherein, in the context of a comfort adjustment, the footrest is adjusted by means of a footrest adjustment system from a parked position on the lower supporting plate, over said stepped offset and into an operating position on the upper supporting plate, with the footrest changing inclination with respect to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Inventors: Joerg Gropp, Tim Oschmann, Jonas Scheler, Gregor Kroener
  • Publication number: 20250276580
    Abstract: A screen adjustment device for a motor vehicle is provided that comprises a screen reversibly movable between a parking position and at least one operating position and/or screen support for mounting such a screen. At least one electromotive drive unit generates an actuating force which causes an adjustment of the screen and/or screen support. A positioning mechanism guides the screen and/or screen support between the parking position and at least one operating position and transmits the actuating force. The positioning mechanism having at least one spindle drive with a threaded spindle and with a spindle nut arranged on it. The spindle drive being coupled to the screen and/or to the screen support and to the drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2025
    Publication date: September 4, 2025
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Heike JAGUSCH, Raymond JAGUSCH, Kiung JU, Sergej KOSTIN, Gregor KROENER
  • Patent number: 11299071
    Abstract: It is provided an adjusting device for the longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat, comprising at least one rail for defining a longitudinal seat axis along which a seat base of the vehicle seat is adjustable, and for supporting at least one adjusting unit of the adjusting device, and at least two shiftably guided adjusting units arranged one behind the other along the longitudinal seat axis, to which the seat base is to be fixed in order to be adjustable along the longitudinal seat axis. The at least two adjusting units are adjustable relative to each other along the longitudinal seat axis, and each adjusting unit is assigned a separate drive for the power-operated adjustment along the longitudinal seat axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, COBURG
    Inventors: Joerg Gropp, Marcel Amstein, Jochen Hofmann, Gregor Kroener, Sandra Kieser, Fabian Rehmet
  • Patent number: 11260775
    Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly comprising a seat frame and at least one rail pair that has a seat rail which is connected to the seat frame and a base rail which is to be connected to the vehicle base and on which the seat rail is movably guided along a longitudinal direction. A drive device is used to move the seat rail along the longitudinal direction relative to the base rail and has a spindle, a rotatable spindle nut which is mounted on the spindle via a threaded engagement, a drive unit which is operatively connected to the spindle nut, and an electric motor for driving the spindle nut via the transmission unit. The spindle is arranged on the seat rail, and the spindle nut and the transmission unit are arranged on the base rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Juergen Schukalski, Gregor Kroener, Joerg Gropp, Jochen Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20210309129
    Abstract: It is provided an adjusting device for the longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat, comprising at least one rail for defining a longitudinal seat axis along which a seat base of the vehicle seat is adjustable, and for supporting at least one adjusting unit of the adjusting device, and at least two shiftably guided adjusting units arranged one behind the other along the longitudinal seat axis, to which the seat base is to be fixed in order to be adjustable along the longitudinal seat axis. The at least two adjusting units are adjustable relative to each other along the longitudinal seat axis, and each adjusting unit is assigned a separate drive for the power-operated adjustment along the longitudinal seat axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Joerg GROPP, Marcel AMSTEIN, Jochen HOFMANN, Gregor KROENER, Sandra KIESER, Fabian REHMET
  • Publication number: 20210107381
    Abstract: A guide rail assembly for a longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat, comprising a lower rail, which can be connected to a vehicle floor and which has a first profiled guide, and an upper rail, which can be connected to a vehicle seat and which has a second profiled guide that is guided on the first profiled guide along an adjustment direction. The lower rail or the upper rail has a third profiled guide which extends along the adjustment direction for guiding an assembly in addition to the vehicle seat. In this manner, a guide rail assembly is provided which allows a flexible adjustability of an assembly in addition to a vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventor: Gregor KROENER
  • Publication number: 20200269730
    Abstract: It is provided an adjusting device for the longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat, comprising at least one rail for defining a longitudinal seat axis along which a seat base of the vehicle seat is adjustable, and for supporting at least one adjusting unit of the adjusting device, and at least two shiftably guided adjusting units arranged one behind the other along the longitudinal seat axis, to which the seat base is to be fixed in order to be adjustable along the longitudinal seat axis. The at least two adjusting units are adjustable relative to each other along the longitudinal seat axis, and each adjusting unit is assigned a separate drive for the power-operated adjustment along the longitudinal seat axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Joerg GROPP, Marcel AMSTEIN, Jochen HOFMANN, Gregor KROENER, Sandra KIESER, Fabian REHMET
  • Publication number: 20200231068
    Abstract: It is provided an adjusting device for the longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat, comprising at least one rail for defining a longitudinal seat axis along which a seat base of the vehicle seat is adjustable, and for supporting at least one adjusting unit of the adjusting device, and at least two shiftably guided adjusting units arranged one behind the other along the longitudinal seat axis, to which the seat base is to be fixed in order to be adjustable along the longitudinal seat axis. The at least two adjusting units are adjustable relative to each other along the longitudinal seat axis, and each adjusting unit is assigned a separate drive for the power-operated adjustment along the longitudinal seat axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Joerg GROPP, Marcel AMSTEIN, Jochen HOFMANN, Gregor KROENER, Sandra KIESER, Fabian REHMET
  • Publication number: 20190389331
    Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly comprising a seat frame and at least one rail pair that has a seat rail which is connected to the seat frame and a base rail which is to be connected to the vehicle base and on which the seat rail is movably guided along a longitudinal direction. A drive device is used to move the seat rail along the longitudinal direction relative to the base rail and has a spindle, a rotatable spindle nut which is mounted on the spindle via a threaded engagement, a drive unit which is operatively connected to the spindle nut, and an electric motor for driving the spindle nut via the transmission unit. The spindle is arranged on the seat rail, and the spindle nut and the transmission unit are arranged on the base rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Juergen SCHUKALSKI, Gregor KROENER, Joerg GROPP, Jochen HOFMANN
  • Publication number: 20190248262
    Abstract: Method for controlling massage units of a massage apparatus arranged in a seat in a vehicle for massaging an occupant, comprising the following method steps: controlling massage units integrated in the seat based on an audio entertainment signal; and changing an intensity of the massage provided by the massage units based on the basis of the entertainment signal in a manner adapted to current operating information relating to the vehicle. A seat arrangement for a vehicle or in a vehicle for carrying out such a method is also involved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHA KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, COBURG
    Inventors: Christian MERGL, Gregor KROENER
  • Patent number: 10279711
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a locking system for a seat arrangement of a motor vehicle, which seat arrangement has an adjustment component which is adjustable manually into at least one locking position, wherein the locking system has a locking mechanism, and wherein the adjustment component is lockable and releasable in the locking position by means of the locking mechanism, wherein the locking mechanism has an actuation drive by means of which the locking mechanism is releasable in a motorized manner, wherein the locking system has a proximity sensor which is triggerable by a predefined operator control event and wherein, by means of the triggering of the proximity sensor, the adjustment component is releasable in a motorized manner via the actuation drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Bamberg
    Inventors: Maximilian Mueller, Juergen Schukalski, Gregor Kroener
  • Patent number: 10144311
    Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided. The vehicle seat comprises at least one backrest which is pivotally mounted relative to a seating surface of the vehicle seat; a backrest adjusting mechanism and a drive for pivoting the backrest; and at least one headrest on the backrest, which by means of a headrest adjusting mechanism is adjustable in its height relative to the backrest at least along a direction of longitudinal extension of the backrest. It is provided that beside the backrest adjusting mechanism the drive is coupled with the headrest adjusting mechanism, in order to simultaneously transmit an adjustment force to the headrest adjusting mechanism when the backrest is pivoted in at least one backrest adjustment direction. In addition, there is proposed a backrest module with a drive which beside a backrest adjusting mechanism is coupled with a headrest adjusting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventor: Gregor Kroener
  • Publication number: 20180036198
    Abstract: It is provided a massage device for a vehicle seat having at least one massage element, which moves a contact surface of the vehicle seat by means of an electromechanical actuator for the purpose of massaging a person in the vehicle seat. The massage element has a spring element, whereof the shape can be altered with respect to the contact surface of the vehicle seat by a restoring element containing the electromechanical actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Christian MERGL, Jochen HOFMANN, Christoph SINGER, Ulf HARTMANN, Gregor KROENER
  • Publication number: 20170088019
    Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided. The vehicle seat comprises at least one backrest which is pivotally mounted relative to a seating surface of the vehicle seat; a backrest adjusting mechanism and a drive for pivoting the backrest; and at least one headrest on the backrest, which by means of a headrest adjusting mechanism is adjustable in its height relative to the backrest at least along a direction of longitudinal extension of the backrest. It is provided that beside the backrest adjusting mechanism the drive is coupled with the headrest adjusting mechanism, in order to simultaneously transmit an adjustment force to the headrest adjusting mechanism when the backrest is pivoted in at least one backrest adjustment direction. In addition, there is proposed a backrest module with a drive which beside a backrest adjusting mechanism is coupled with a headrest adjusting mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Gregor KROENER
  • Publication number: 20170066346
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a locking system for a seat arrangement of a motor vehicle, which seat arrangement has an adjustment component which is adjustable manually into at least one locking position, wherein the locking system has a locking mechanism, and wherein the adjustment component is lockable and releasable in the locking position by means of the locking mechanism, wherein the locking mechanism has an actuation drive by means of which the locking mechanism is releasable in a motorized manner, wherein the locking system has a proximity sensor which is triggerable by a predefined operator control event and wherein, by means of the triggering of the proximity sensor, the adjustment component is releasable in a motorized manner via the actuation drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Maximilian Mueller, Juergen Schukalski, Gregor Kroener
  • Patent number: 9421891
    Abstract: An adjustment drive for an adjusting device of a motor vehicle seat includes a drive motor, a two-stage reduction gear and a housing for mounting a drive motor and for accommodating the two-stage reduction gear. The gear elements of the first reduction gear stage are arranged in a housing shell of the housing, which can be closed by a housing cover. In a front-end assembly connectable with the housing shell at least a part of the gear elements of the second reduction gear stage is arranged between the housing cover and a cover plate or cover and guide plate connected with the housing cover and is supported in axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Christian Andres, Gregor Kroener, Bernd Muenekhoff
  • Patent number: 8876214
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat and to a method for producing said vehicle seat, in particular for motor vehicles, comprising a plurality of structural or retaining parts which are joined together or to a further part in at least one joining region, the join being produced by friction welding in at least one of the joining regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Gregor Kroener, Sandra Kieser
  • Patent number: 8702551
    Abstract: A wobble mechanism, in particular for a two-part adjustment fitting of a vehicle seat, is provided with a flat housing with internal toothing and with an oscillating wheel with external toothing, which is arranged within the housing and is eccentrically rotatable around a center axis of the housing. The external toothing of the oscillating wheel engages with the internal toothing of the housing. The housing is divided into at least two housing parts along a dividing plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventors: Horst Brehm, Jochen Hofmann, Gregor Kroener
  • Publication number: 20130180348
    Abstract: An adjustment drive for an adjusting device of a motor vehicle seat includes a drive motor 1, a two-stage reduction gear 4, 6, 7 and a housing 2, 3 for mounting a drive motor 1 and for accommodating the two-stage reduction gear 4, 6, 7. The gear elements of the first reduction gear stage 4 are arranged in a housing shell 2 of the housing 2, 3, which can be closed by a housing cover 3. In a front-end assembly 5 connectable with the housing shell 2 at least a part of the gear elements of the second reduction gear stage 6, 7 is arranged between the housing cover 3 and a cover plate 8 or cover and guide plate 9 connected with the housing cover 3 and is supported in axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventors: Christian Andres, Gregor Kroener, Bernd Muenekhoff
  • Patent number: 8433482
    Abstract: A method for automatically adjusting a headrest of a motor vehicle seat, which can individually be adjusted to a passenger occupying the motor vehicle seat with a sensor array and an electronically controlled adjusting device such that the headrest is in an adjusted position which is defined as optimal as possible for absorbing acceleration forces acting on the head of the passenger in a case of crash is provided. The adjusting device can be controlled via a control unit which evaluates at least one signal of at least one sensor, in order to control the adjustment of the headrest with the adjusting mean. At least one signal from the at least one sensor serves to detect an occupation of the motor vehicle seat by a passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Oliver Schaal, Gregor Kroener