Patents by Inventor Guenter Grabher

Guenter Grabher 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: 11896127
    Abstract: A metal furniture-drawer rear wall having a rectangular large surface-area element, an upper-side element and an attachment element. The large surface-area element has two broad side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another, two long side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another, and two narrow side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another. The upper-side element is provided adjacent a long side surface, the attachment element is provided adjacent a narrow side surface, and the upper-side element and the attachment element extend in the direction of a surface normal to a broad side surface so that the furniture-drawer rear wall extends by less than 20 mm in this direction. The attachment element has an assembly mechanism in order to be connected directly to a furniture fitting by means of a connecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Grabher, Patrick Pirker
  • Publication number: 20220175137
    Abstract: A metal furniture-drawer rear wall having a rectangular large surface-area element, an upper-side element and an attachment element. The large surface-area element has two broad side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another, two long side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another, and two narrow side surfaces spaced apart and opposite one another. The upper-side element is provided adjacent a long side surface, the attachment element is provided adjacent a narrow side surface, and the upper-side element and the attachment element extend in the direction of a surface normal to a broad side surface so that the furniture-drawer rear wall extends by less than 20 mm in this direction. The attachment element has an assembly mechanism in order to be connected directly to a furniture fitting by means of a connecting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter GRABHER, Patrick PIRKER
  • Patent number: 11344120
    Abstract: A power rail for arrangement on a pull-out guide for a movable furniture part, wherein the pull-out guide has a body rail and a drawer rail, which are supported such that they are movable relative to each other, wherein the power rail is designed such that it can be arranged on the body rail or on the drawer rail, wherein the power rail is designed, when arranged on the pull-out guide, to extend along the length of the body rail and/or along the length of the drawer rail in a direction of movement of the pull-out guide, wherein the power rail has two contact elements insulated electrically from each other, wherein the contact elements are designed to be electrically conductive, so that a current collector of a power supply unit can come into contact with one of the contact elements in order to produce an electrically conductive connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Günter Grabher
  • Publication number: 20210212464
    Abstract: A power rail for arrangement on a pull-out guide for a movable furniture part, wherein the pull-out guide has a body rail and a drawer rail, which are supported such that they are movable relative to each other, wherein the power rail is designed such that it can be arranged on the body rail or on the drawer rail, wherein the power rail is designed, when arranged on the pull-out guide, to extend along the length of the body rail and/or along the length of the drawer rail in a direction of movement of the pull-out guide, wherein the power rail has two contact elements insulated electrically from each other, wherein the contact elements are designed to be electrically conductive, so that a current collector of a power supply unit can come into contact with one of the contact elements in order to produce an electrically conductive connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Günter GRABHER
  • Publication number: 20210153647
    Abstract: A piece of furniture, with a furniture carcass which includes two carcass side walls which lie opposite one another, and with at least one pair of guide units for guiding a movable furniture part in the furniture carcass, wherein the carcass side walls each includes at least one assembly interface which includes at least two fastening holes which are arranged behind one another in a side wall depth direction and at which the guide units of the pair are fastened lying opposite one another, the carcass side walls for increasing their stiffness each comprise at least two embossings which are arranged above one another in a side wall height direction, wherein the embossings are designed in a raised manner on the inner side of the respective carcass side wall and wherein at least one assembly interface is arranged between two adjacent embossings in the side wall height direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Harald Klüh, Tobias Martin, Günter Grabher
  • Patent number: 10753381
    Abstract: A device for connecting two furniture parts, wherein the device comprises a housing arrangeable on a first furniture part and an eccentric element rotatably mounted in the housing. The housing is on one wall side flattened, and the flattened wall side of the housing has a continuous opening. The eccentric element is configured to cooperate with a connecting element, wherein the connecting element is arrangeable on a second furniture part, and wherein the connecting element can be coupled with the housing and the eccentric element such that the first and the second furniture part are fixedly connected to each other. The device is characterized in that the continuous opening in the housing on the flattened wall side is fully enclosed at the margin by wall portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Grabher, Zeljko Kovacic
  • Patent number: 10269097
    Abstract: A microscope (10) for generating a combined image (34; 54; 64) from multiple individual images (28a to 28d; 52a to 52d; 62a to 62d) of an object (30; 50; 60) encompasses at least one illumination device (22) for illuminating the object (30; 50; 60) from at least two different illumination directions (24a, 24b); an image acquisition unit (26) for acquiring multiple individual images (28a to 28d; 52a to 52d; 62a to 62d) of the object (30; 50; 60) illuminated from the at least two different illumination directions (24a, 24b); and an image combination unit (32) for combining the individual images (28a to 28d; 52a to 52d; 62a to 62d) in order to obtain the combined image (34; 54; 64).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Harald Schnitzler, Robert Paulus, Guenter Grabher
  • Patent number: 10087670
    Abstract: A damping device for damping the opening movement of a moveable furniture part comprises a base unit and a movement unit that is moveable in relation to the base unit. The base unit comprises a furniture body of a piece of furniture and a first damping mechanism having a first clamping mechanism. The movement unit comprises the furniture part and a second damping mechanism that dampens an end position when the moveable furniture part approaches the open position. The second damping mechanism has a second clamping mechanism. The first and second clamping mechanisms can be detachably and dynamically clamped to one another for damping the movement of the moveable furniture part when the moveable furniture part approaches the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Günter Grabher
  • Patent number: 9901173
    Abstract: A frame for a drawer having a frame body which comprises a cavity for receiving a drawer guiding system, wherein the frame body includes an inner base part and an outer covering element which covers the base part, and wherein the inner base part comprises receiving means for the drawer guiding system as well as a support for a bottom part of a drawer bottom. According to the invention, the covering element covers the base part fully or almost fully at least over the length thereof, wherein a top horizontal portion of the covering element is supported on the base part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Grabher, Juergen Amann, Patrick Pirker
  • Patent number: 9803411
    Abstract: A device for moving a movable furniture part, the device including a force accumulator such that when the device is fitted to an item of furniture, the movable furniture part in the case of an opening procedure by action of the force accumulator is capable of being put in an opening position by way of an ejector. A coupling installation is included, which in the case of a charging procedure of the force accumulator is effective between the ejector and the force accumulator. The ejector is designed in such a manner that the latter in the region of the end of the path thereof in the case of the opening procedure couples to the coupling installation. For a following closing procedure of the movable furniture part and a charging procedure of the force accumulator associated therewith, the coupling between the ejector and the force accumulator is in a clearance-free manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Guenter Grabher
  • Patent number: 9655449
    Abstract: A wall construction element of a drawer is proposed, wherein the wall construction element has a frame body, having a base part which provides a cavity for receiving a drawer guide system, and having a casing element for casing the base part, wherein in a covering portion of the frame body a material layer of the casing element covers a material layer of the base part. According to the invention, a support part which upwardly projects in the fashion of a column is present on the frame body, wherein for attaching the support part in an end-side end region of the frame body a tongue-like flat portion of the support part is secured between the base part and the casing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Grabher, Juergen Amann, Patrick Pirker
  • Publication number: 20170049230
    Abstract: A device for moving a movable furniture part, the device including a force accumulator such that when the device is fitted to an item of furniture, the movable furniture part in the case of an opening procedure by action of the force accumulator is capable of being put in an opening position by way of an ejector. A coupling installation is included, which in the case of a charging procedure of the force accumulator is effective between the ejector and the force accumulator. The ejector is designed in such a manner that the latter in the region of the end of the path thereof in the case of the opening procedure couples to the coupling installation. For a following closing procedure of the movable furniture part and a charging procedure of the force accumulator associated therewith, the coupling between the ejector and the force accumulator is in a clearance-free manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Guenter GRABHER
  • Publication number: 20170024859
    Abstract: A microscope (10) for generating a combined image (34; 54; 64) from multiple individual images (28a to 28d; 52a to 52d; 62a to 62d) of an object (30; 50; 60) encompasses at least one illumination device (22) for illuminating the object (30; 50; 60) from at least two different illumination directions (24a, 24b); an image acquisition unit (26) for acquiring multiple individual images (28a to 28d; 52a to 52d; 62a to 62d) of the object (30; 50; 60) illuminated from the at least two different illumination directions (24a, 24b); and an image combination unit (32) for combining the individual images (28a to 28d; 52a to 52d; 62a to 62d) in order to obtain the combined image (34; 54; 64).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Harald SCHNITZLER, Robert PAULUS, Guenter GRABHER
  • Publication number: 20170023042
    Abstract: A device for connecting two furniture parts, wherein the device comprises a housing arrangeable on a first furniture part and an eccentric element rotatably mounted in the housing. The housing is on one wall side flattened, and the flattened wall side of the housing has a continuous opening. The eccentric element is configured to cooperate with a connecting element, wherein the connecting element is arrangeable on a second furniture part, and wherein the connecting element can be coupled with the housing and the eccentric element such that the first and the second furniture part are fixedly connected to each other. The device is characterized in that the continuous opening in the housing on the flattened wall side is fully enclosed at the margin by wall portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: GRASS GMBH
    Inventors: Guenter GRABHER, Zeljko KOVACIC
  • Publication number: 20160324318
    Abstract: In a guide device for guiding a furniture part, in particular a drawer, an extractable or the like, which can be moved relative to a furniture body, having at least one guide unit which comprises a body rail which can be fastened on the furniture body, a central rail mounted displaceable relative to the body rail by a lower rail guide, and an extraction rail mounted displaceable relative to the central rail by an upper rail guide and is connectable to an extractable, lower rail support for supporting the central rail on the body rail being provided in addition to the lower rail guide, and upper rail support for supporting the extraction rail on the central rail being provided in addition to the upper rail guide, the lower rail support and the upper rail support are actively connected to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Peter LANGGUTH, Günter GRABHER
  • Publication number: 20160319582
    Abstract: A damping device for damping the opening movement of a moveable furniture part comprises a base unit and a movement unit that is moveable in relation to the base unit. The base unit comprises a furniture body of a piece of furniture and a first damping mechanism having a first clamping mechanism. The movement unit comprises the furniture part and a second damping mechanism that dampens an end position when the moveable furniture part approaches the open position. The second damping mechanism has a second clamping mechanism. The first and second clamping mechanisms can be detachably and dynamically clamped to one another for damping the movement of the moveable furniture part when the moveable furniture part approaches the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventor: Günter GRABHER
  • Publication number: 20160299327
    Abstract: The invention relates to a microscope (100) having a transmitted illumination device (10) for critical illumination of an object (O) to be viewed, comprising: a light source (20) comprising an LED arrangement having a light emitting surface; a light directing unit (30, 30?) comprising a collimator (35, 35?) and a reflective enveloping surface (34, 34?), both of them for aligning light coupled into the light directing unit (30, 30?), also comprising an outcoupling surface (32, 32?), the outcoupling surface (32, 32?) possessing an outcoupling surface dimension (D), the light emitting surface of the light source (20) being smaller than the outcoupling surface (32, 32?) of the light directing unit (30, 30?), the light directing unit (30, 30?) being arranged in such a way that light emitted from the light source (20) is coupled in, and is coupled out from the outcoupling surface (32, 32?); a condenser (40) between the outcoupling surface (32, 32?) of the light directing unit (30, 30?) and the object (O) to be view
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Günter Grabher, Robert Paulus
  • Publication number: 20160106213
    Abstract: A frame for a drawer having a frame body which comprises a cavity for receiving a drawer guiding system, wherein the frame body includes an inner base part and an outer covering element which covers the base part, and wherein the inner base part comprises receiving means for the drawer guiding system as well as a support for a bottom part of a drawer bottom. According to the invention, the covering element covers the base part fully or almost fully at least over the length thereof, wherein a top horizontal portion of the covering element is supported on the base part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Guenter GRABHER, Juergen AMANN, Patrick PIRKER
  • Publication number: 20160106212
    Abstract: A wall construction element of a drawer is proposed, wherein the wall construction element has a frame body, having a base part which provides a cavity for receiving a drawer guide system, and having a casing element for casing the base part, wherein in a covering portion of the frame body a material layer of the casing element covers a material layer of the base part. According to the invention, a support part which upwardly projects in the fashion of a column is present on the frame body, wherein for attaching the support part in an end-side end region of the frame body a tongue-like flat portion of the support part is secured between the base part and the casing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Guenter GRABHER, Juergen AMANN, Patrick PIRKER
  • Patent number: D757474
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: GRASS GmbH
    Inventor: Günter Grabher