Patents by Inventor Gunnar Grün

Gunnar Grün 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).

  • AIRCRAFT AND METHOD FOR CLIMATIZING AT LEAST A PART-REGION OF THE INTERIOR OF AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20130040546
    Abstract: An aircraft including a fuselage having at least one seat frame attached to a seating surface. A seat including a seating surface, backrest and armrest. An air supply channel including an outflow element coupled to the seat providing air flow to the interior of the aircraft, and an exhaust air channel including an inflow element disposed on the ceiling of the aircraft interior. Climate control is provided for at least a partial area of the interior of the aircraft by supplying air into the interior through an outflow element which is part of a seat, and exhaust air is drawn off at least at the ceiling of the interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Iris Nöske, Gunnar Grün
  • Device for the improvement of individual comfort in an airplane
    Patent number: 8353477
    Abstract: A device and method for increasing comfort in an aircraft. The device and method utilizes a surface arranged between a ceiling paneling of a cabin of the aircraft and a passenger. The surface is arranged to face the passenger and is positionable so that a distance between the surface and the passenger is changeable. The device is structured and arranged to at least one of affect a thermal comfort of the passenger and supply air to the passenger via the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V.
    Inventors: Erhard Mayer, Andreas Holm, Gunnar Gruen
  • DEVICE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL COMFORT IN AN AIRPLANE
    Publication number: 20110057072
    Abstract: A device and method for increasing comfort in an aircraft. The device and method utilizes a surface arranged between a ceiling paneling of a cabin of the aircraft and a passenger. The surface is arranged to face the passenger and is positionable so that a distance between the surface and the passenger is changeable. The device is structured and arranged to at least one of affect a thermal comfort of the passenger and supply air to the passenger via the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Inventors: Erhard Mayer, Andreas Holm, Gunnar Gruen