Patents by Inventor Hans-Heiner BRUNS

Hans-Heiner BRUNS 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).

  • Motor vehicle
    Patent number: 9505319
    Abstract: A motor vehicle is provided which has a rear seat row, wherein the rear seat row can be changed such that at least three child seats can be arranged on the rear seat row. Two seat surfaces can be displaced from a lowered position into a raised position and back, and two optionally present lateral support members can be moved from a raised position into a lowered position. A middle seat surface portion can be moved from a raised position into a lowered position. The upwardly directed outer surfaces of the side members, the upwardly directed outer surfaces of the seat surfaces and the upwardly directed outer surface of the middle seat surface portion form a flat bench seat surface of the rear seat row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hans-Heiner Bruns
  • Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20150321580
    Abstract: A motor vehicle is provided which has a rear seat row, wherein the rear seat row can be changed such that at least three child seats can be arranged on the rear seat row. Two seat surfaces can be displaced from a lowered position into a raised position and back, and two optionally present lateral support members can be moved from a raised position into a lowered position. A middle seat surface portion can be moved from a raised position into a lowered position. The upwardly directed outer surfaces of the side members, the upwardly directed outer surfaces of the seat surfaces and the upwardly directed outer surface of the middle seat surface portion form a flat bench seat surface of the rear seat row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventor: Hans-Heiner BRUNS