Patents by Inventor Gregor Kroner

Gregor Kroner 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: 12139059
    Abstract: A vehicle seat including at least one outer frame on which an outer part of a seating surface is supported, and at least one inner frame on which an inner part of the seating surface is supported and which is movable relative to the outer frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Jörg Gropp, Gregor Kröner, Jacqueline Albrecht, Tuba Yildirim
  • Publication number: 20240300385
    Abstract: An assembly of a vehicle comprises a floor assembly arranged stationary in the vehicle, a floor portion and an adjustment apparatus for longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat in the vehicle, the adjustment apparatus having a guide rail which is connected to the floor assembly and extends along a longitudinal axis on the floor assembly, an adjustment assembly which is guided on the guide rail along the longitudinal axis and is assigned to the vehicle seat, and a drive device with a drive motor, an adjusting transmission and a transmission element connecting the drive motor to the adjusting transmission. The adjusting transmission can be driven by the drive motor for adjusting the adjustment assembly relative to the guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Sandra KIESER-NEUMEYER, Gregor KRÖNER
  • Publication number: 20240294122
    Abstract: It is provided a seat assembly for a vehicle, comprising at least one vehicle seat and at least one seat rail via which the at least one vehicle seat is adjustably mounted. On the seat rail at least one accessory additionally is adjustably mounted, which provides an interface for the connection with a component independently of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Gregor KRÖNER, Sandra KIESER-NEUMEYER, Tim OSCHMANN, Jörg GROPP
  • Patent number: 12059978
    Abstract: An assembly of a vehicle comprises a floor assembly stationarily arranged in the vehicle and an adjusting device for longitudinally adjusting a vehicle seat in the vehicle comprising a guide rail connected to the floor assembly and extending along a longitudinal axis on the floor assembly, and an adjustment assembly associated with the vehicle seat, which is guided on the guide rail along the longitudinal axis. It is provided that the guide rail includes at least one connecting element which includes an engagement portion for a form-fitting engagement into an engagement device arranged on the floor assembly on a first side of the guide rail and a connecting portion with a fixing point for fixing the connecting element to the floor assembly by using a fixing element on a second side of the guide rail facing away from the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Jörg Gropp, Gregor Kröner
  • Patent number: 11535124
    Abstract: A vehicle seat comprising a seat part, an adjustable backrest part attached to the seat part, and a floor assembly supporting the seat part and arranged on a vehicle floor. The seat part is connected to the floor assembly in a pivotal manner about a first axis, and the backrest part is connected to the seat part in a pivotal manner about a second axis. The vehicle seat has a first adjusting device powered by an electric motor for pivoting the seat part relative to the floor assembly about the first axis and a second adjusting device powered by an electric motor for pivoting the backrest part relative to the seat part about the second axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Jörg Gropp, Gregor Kröner
  • Publication number: 20220332233
    Abstract: A vehicle seat including at least one outer frame on which an outer part of a seating surface is supported, and at least one inner frame on which an inner part of the seating surface is supported and which is movable relative to the outer frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Jörg GROPP, Gregor KRÖNER, Jacqueline ALBRECHT, Tuba YILDIRIM
  • Publication number: 20210252997
    Abstract: An assembly of a vehicle comprises a floor assembly stationarily arranged in the vehicle and an adjusting device for longitudinally adjusting a vehicle seat in a vehicle comprising a guide rail connected to the floor assembly and extending along a longitudinal axis on the floor assembly, and an adjustment assembly associated with the vehicle seat, which is guided on the guide rail along the longitudinal axis. It is provided that the guide rail includes at least one connecting element which includes an engagement portion for the form-fitting engagement into an engagement device arranged on the floor assembly on a first side of the guide rail and a connecting portion with a fixing point for fixing the connecting element to the floor assembly by using a fixing element on a second side of the guide rail facing away from the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Jörg GROPP, Gregor KRÖNER
  • Publication number: 20200276916
    Abstract: A seat adjuster, comprising an adjustable vehicle seat, that may be adjusted by an external force between an initial position and a target position in an interior of a vehicle, the adjustment of the vehicle seat from the initial position into the target position requiring at least pivoting of the vehicle seat about a pivot axis extending from a floor to a ceiling of the vehicle, and an electronic control device for controlling an adjustment drive to adjust the vehicle seat from the initial position into the target position. A characteristic-map memory coupled to the electronic control device is provided, in which characteristic-map memory characteristic-map data for adjustment movements to be carried out by the vehicle seat are stored. The electronic control device controls the adjustment drive by means of the characteristic-map data to adjust the vehicle seat from a current initial position into a certain target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Sandra KIESER, Gregor KRÖNER, Jörg GROPP, Christian KARL
  • Publication number: 20200262315
    Abstract: A vehicle seat comprising a seat part, an adjustable backrest part attached to the seat part, and a floor assembly supporting the seat part and arranged on a vehicle floor. The seat part is connected to the floor assembly in a pivotal manner about a first axis, and the backrest part is connected to the seat part in a pivotal manner about a second axis. The vehicle seat has a first adjusting device powered by an electric motor for pivoting the seat part relative to the floor assembly about the first axis and a second adjusting device powered by an electric motor for pivoting the backrest part relative to the seat part about the second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Jörg GROPP, Gregor KRÖNER
  • Publication number: 20190077289
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a massage device for a vehicle seat, comprising: a number of massage units which can be integrated in upholstery of a vehicle seat; a control device which is designed to activate the massage units, or a central connector which provides a connection for controlling the massage units; at least one connection apparatus which couples the massage units to the control device; wherein the control device or the central connector and/or the massage units and/or the connection apparatus comprise(s) means for ensuring that at least the massage units are installed in a manner that is unique in terms of position and/or orientation. The present invention also relates to a vehicle seat comprising a massage device of this kind, and to a method for producing a vehicle seat of this kind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Christian Mergl, Wojciech Falinski, Gregor Kröner
  • Patent number: 9409332
    Abstract: According to a method for producing support structures in motor vehicles, especially parts of a motor vehicle seat, at least one base element (BE) consisting of a thermoplastic material with a fabric back stay, especially a glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic (GMT) is inserted into tool (8) to form a support structure base (TB), is thermoplastically deformed and is subjected, at the same time or subsequently, to at least one additional process for reinforcing the support structure base (TB), integrally forming at least one additional structure (ZS), and integration of functional parts or integration of interfaces for additional components into the support structure (TB).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventor: Gregor Kröner
  • Publication number: 20120241999
    Abstract: According to a method for producing support structures in motor vehicles, especially parts of a motor vehicle seat, at least one base element (BE) consisting of a thermoplastic material with a fabric back stay, especially a glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic (GMT) is inserted into tool (8) to form a support structure base (TB), is thermoplastically deformed and is subjected, at the same time or subsequently, to at least one additional process for reinforcing the support structure base (TB), integrally forming at least one additional structure (ZS), and integration of functional parts or integration of interfaces for additional components into the support structure (TB).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventor: Gregor Kröner
  • Publication number: 20110126653
    Abstract: An adjusting gearing for an adjusting device of a motor vehicle is provided. The adjusting gearing having a gearing housing, having a drive input wheel which is arranged in the gearing housing and which has bearing collars formed at both sides of the drive input wheel, and having a drive output wheel which is arranged in the gearing housing and which meshes with the drive input wheel and the axis of which is aligned substantially perpendicular to the axis of the drive input wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Gregor Kröner, Matthias Süss, Jochen Hofmann, Guido Neumann, Andrea Bauersachs
  • Patent number: 7938488
    Abstract: A device for adjusting the seat depth of a motor vehicle seat includes a base element to be arranged in a manner fixed on the seat framework, a supporting element which is mounted in a longitudinally movable manner on the base element and is intended for supporting a seat user and guide device by means of which the supporting element is guided movably on the base element along an adjustment direction. The guide device includes a first guide mechanism, in the vicinity of which the supporting element is supported on the base element and at which the supporting element and the base element interact with play in a direction perpendicular to the adjustment direction and to the supporting direction, and a second guide mechanism with which the supporting element is guided on the base element in an essentially play-free manner perpendicular to the adjustment direction and to the supporting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Heiko Thiel, Jochen Hofmann, Gregor Kröner
  • Patent number: 7909401
    Abstract: A device for adjusting the seat depth of a motor vehicle seat includes a seat depth adjustment part which is movable relative to a seat lower part of the motor vehicle seat substantially in the direction of travel, an adjusting unit for the seat depth adjustment part as well as a guide device for cushion material covering the seat depth adjustment part. The adjustment unit for the seat depth adjustment part as well as the guide device for the cushion material form one unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Jochen Hofmann, Gregor Kröner
  • Patent number: 7815375
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement for an adjusting device in a motor vehicle comprises a bearing point in the form of a bearing opening of a base part and a bearing element extending through said bearing opening. The base part arranged on the edge of the bearing opening comprises at least one deformation area which protrudes in a radial manner from the edge to the inside and which acts as radial supports for the bearing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventor: Gregor Kröner
  • Patent number: 7600816
    Abstract: A memory device, for a rail longitudinal guide for a motor vehicle seat, comprising two longitudinal guide rails displaceable towards each other, for the setting of the longitudinal seat position, a first memory module, which may be displaced along one of the two guide rails to set a memory position, a locking device for locking a set memory position, a second memory module, arranged on the second of the guide rails and a stop which, on reaching a relative position of the two guide rail corresponding to one of the memory positions, engages with a counter stop on the first memory module. The second memory module comprises a base body made from plastic, by which the latter is fixed to the second guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Andrea Bauersachs, Andreas Prause, Gregor Kröner, Wolfgang Suck, Alwin Macht
  • Patent number: 7578555
    Abstract: A motor vehicle seat includes a seat frame, a backrest, a longitudinal rail guide, a fixing device for locking the longitudinal rail guide in a pre-set longitudinal seating position, a coupling mechanism which is able to move together with the seat frame in the longitudinal rail direction, a memory unit, an adjustment device configured to adjust the memory unit, and a locking device for the memory unit for the locking of a set memory position. The locking device for locking the memory unit includes a locking element configured to be engageable with at least one locking point of the locking rail associated with the fixing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Jochen Hofmann, Gregor Kröner, Ingo Quast
  • Publication number: 20090085387
    Abstract: A device for adjusting the seat depth of a motor vehicle seat includes a base element to be arranged in a manner fixed on the seat framework, a supporting element which is mounted in a longitudinally movable manner on the base element and is intended for supporting a seat user and guide device by means of which the supporting element is guided movably on the base element along an adjustment direction. The guide device includes a first guide mechanism, in the vicinity of which the supporting element is supported on the base element and at which the supporting element and the base element interact with play in a direction perpendicular to the adjustment direction and to the supporting direction, and a second guide mechanism with which the supporting element is guided on the base element in an essentially play-free manner perpendicular to the adjustment direction and to the supporting direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Heiko Thiel, Jochen Hofmann, Gregor Kroner
  • Publication number: 20090033134
    Abstract: A device for adjusting the seat depth of a motor vehicle seat is provided. The device comprising a seat depth adjustment part which is movable relative to a seat lower part of the motor vehicle seat substantially in the direction of travel, an adjusting unit for the seat depth adjustment part as well as a guide device for cushion material covering the seat depth adjustment part. The adjustment unit for the seat depth adjustment part as well as the guide device for the cushion material form one unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Jochen Hofmann, Gregor Kroner