Patents by Inventor Ingo Munch

Ingo Munch 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: 6612647
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a safety device (3) for a vehicle bench seat (1) that can be moved via two lateral, parallel guide tracks (2) within a vehicle across an adjustable range and can be locked in various positions, consisting of a safety rail (4), which is arranged roughly in the center between the guide tracks (2) and parallel to these tracks, and of a safety sled (6), which is guided in a relatively flexible manner at least across the actual adjustable range of the bench seat (1). The safety sled (6) is arranged in such a manner that it can move freely lengthwise to the safety rail (4) during regular sliding motions and in positions within the adjustable range of the bench seat (1) and interlocks with the safety rail (4) due to irregular deformations in the area of the bench seat (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Ingo Münch, Sascha Pusch, Lutz Strieder, Bernd Deissmann
  • Patent number: 6488250
    Abstract: A seat guide for mounting a car seat and to its positional adjustment in a direction of an axis of displacement. The seat guide has two guide rails installed parallel to the axis of displacement and support rollers which cooperate with and move relative to the guide rails to support a vertical load. Lateral guide devices are provided for lateral support in a direction of a lateral axis running essentially perpendicular to both the axis of displacement and the guide rails. The relative motion of the lateral guide devices cooperates with the guide rails overcoming any conditions of elastic rolling friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventor: Ingo Munch