Patents by Inventor Hans-Juergen Schlaffke

Hans-Juergen 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: 6796613
    Abstract: A folding rear seat for vehicles, especially passenger vehicles and station wagons, includes a folding seat back and a height-adjustable neck support mounted on the seat back. The neck support is mounted on at least one support rod that supports a padded head rest and is held such that it can shift axially within a guide in the seat back. The head rest can be retracted from a temporary vertical position to a minimum possible distance between the padded head rest and the seat back in order to allow the seat back to be folded down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Josef Klink, Hans-Juergen Schlaffke
  • Patent number: 6669284
    Abstract: A device for guiding a seat of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, has a running-rail arrangement comprising at least one guide rail arranged on the seat and at least one sliding rail fastened to the vehicle. At least one arresting element is provided. The arresting element arrests the seat of the vehicle in a desired position on the sliding rail and has at least one deformation element which absorbs energy in the event of a crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Achim Feichtinger, Josef Klink, Hans-Jürgen Schlaffke
  • Publication number: 20020053826
    Abstract: A folding rear seat for vehicles, especially passenger vehicles and station wagons, includes a folding seat back and a height-adjustable neck support mounted on the seat back. The neck support is mounted on at least one support rod that supports a padded head rest and is held such that it can shift axially within a guide in the seat back. The head rest can be retracted from a temporary vertical position to a minimum possible distance between the padded head rest and the seat back in order to allow the seat back to be folded down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Josef Klink, Hans-Juergen Schlaffke
  • Patent number: 5599062
    Abstract: A device for the stepless alteration of the seat depth of a seat cushion of a car seat, has a variable-pressure air cushion which is arranged, on the front side of the seat cushion, between a padded rest and a supporting surface. An extremely high degree of support is achieved if the air cushion is configured approximately in the form of a U and its legs, oriented in the direction of the rear edge of the seat cushion, bear on a side support which terminates towards the front side of the seat cushion and is formed by the extremely dimensionally stable supporting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Dieter Hagedorn, Hans-Juergen Schlaffke, Volker Speck, Emil Dinkel, Otto Hoelderlin
  • Patent number: 5593200
    Abstract: Backrests of a rear seat bench for an estate car which are asymmetrically divided in two can experience pronounced bending in the travel direction in the larger backrest part in the event of frontal impact. This bending can endanger the safety of people sitting on the rear seat bench. To prevent this, one energy absorber is arranged in the region of the at least two closure arrangements, between the frame of the larger backrest part and the housing profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Schlaffke, Armin Kienzle