Patents by Inventor H. J. Schlaffke

H. J. Schlaffke 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: 5215347
    Abstract: A seat unit can be screwed automatically to the body platform at four fixing points without the need to alter the seat setting during screwing and has a sufficiently rigid connection, in particular a sufficiently firm connection for seat belts which are fixed to the seat, to the body platform. The fixing regions are provided in the floor rail itself, in particular in each case at a distance from the free ends of the latter and in a profile region, extending essentially parallel to the body platform, of the floor rail. These regions are joined directly to a steep wall and, with the latter, in each case form a ramp, and are oriented such that they enclose as small an angle as possible with the floor rail, although this angle is kept sufficiently large that, in an installation setting of the seat unit, the axes of the holes extend in front of the front side of the seat and behind the rear side of the seat with a clearance of a few centimeters, which makes possible the use of a screwdriver unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1993
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Josef Klink, Bernd Schmidt, H. J. Schlaffke, Volker Speck, Emil Dinkel, Burckhard Becker, Ernst-Reiner Frohnhaus, Heinz-Jurgen Wagener