Patents by Inventor Heinz-Werner Dettmer

Heinz-Werner Dettmer 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: 11338708
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a seat height adjustment device for adjusting the height of a seat cushion in relation to a seat frame, in particular, an upper rail, the seat height adjustment device comprising an actuating device, which may be, in particular, an electric motor, with a toothed pinion driven by the actuating device, and a toothed gear rack, the toothed gear rack comprising a hinge end for hinging onto the vehicle seat, and a front end including a gear rod region engaging with the toothed pinion, for adjusting the hinge end upon rotation of the toothed pinion. The present disclosure provides that the toothed gear rack is hot forged, the toothed gear rack comprises, between the hinge end and the gear rod region, a reinforced region, and the reinforced region comprises a profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Faurecia Autositze GmbH
    Inventors: Hosen Sulaiman, Heinz-Werner Dettmer, Markus Schenke, Jens Witt
  • Publication number: 20210078457
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a seat height adjustment device for adjusting the height of a seat cushion in relation to a seat frame, in particular, an upper rail, the seat height adjustment device comprising an actuating device, which may be, in particular, an electric motor, with a toothed pinion driven by the actuating device, and a toothed gear rack, the toothed gear rack comprising a hinge end for hinging onto the vehicle seat, and a front end including a gear rod region engaging with the toothed pinion, for adjusting the hinge end upon rotation of the toothed pinion. The present disclosure provides that the toothed gear rack is hot forged, the toothed gear rack comprises, between the hinge end and the gear rod region, a reinforced region, and the reinforced region comprises a profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Hosen SULAIMAN, Heinz-Werner DETTMER, Markus SCHENKE, Jens WITT
  • Publication number: 20200009640
    Abstract: A method for producing a component comprising a row of teeth for adjusting a motor vehicle seat. A method of producing the component includes the row of teeth being pre-cut to its raw contours and subsequently heated and, in this state, shaped into its final contours in a stamping tool, or in that the region of the component in which the row of teeth is to be formed is heated and subsequently, in this state, cut to its final shape in punching tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Hosen Sulaiman, Heinz-Werner Dettmer, Markus Schenke, Jens Witt