Patents by Inventor Hermann Jost

Hermann Jost 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).

  • Longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat
    Patent number: 7025319
    Abstract: In a longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat, in particular for an automobile seat, having a first seat rail, a second seat rail that can be made to slide relatively to the first seat rail, rollers (9) arranged between the two seat rails, and at least one ball retainer (11) for retaining the rollers (9), the rollers (9) are arranged at irregular intervals (a,b) in the rails' longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Boris Willems, Hermann Jost, Jürgen Krebs
  • Longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat
    Publication number: 20050051694
    Abstract: In a longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat, in particular for an automobile seat, having a first seat rail, a second seat rail that can be made to slide relatively to the first seat rail, rollers (9) arranged between the two seat rails, and at least one ball retainer (11) for retaining the rollers (9), the rollers (9) are arranged at irregular intervals (a,b) in the rails' longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Boris Willems, Hermann Jost, Jurgen Krebs
  • Vehicle seat subassembly, in particular motor-vehicle seat adjuster
    Publication number: 20030062462
    Abstract: In the case of a vehicle-seat subassembly, in particular in the case of a motor-vehicle seat adjuster, having a first component (11) which defines an axial direction, and a second component (20) which is fixed in the axial direction at a certain point of the first component (11), the two components (11, 20) being subject to tension or compression in the axial direction during use of the vehicle-seat subassembly, the two components (11, 20) are connected to each other by displacement of material (17′) of at least one component (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventor: Hermann Jost