Patents by Inventor James Ludwig

James Ludwig 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).

  • Publication number: 20250127305
    Abstract: A body support assembly includes a seat assembly and backrest assembly supported by a tilt control assembly. Methods of using and assembling the body support assembly are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann, Gordon J. Peterson, David Bodnar, James Ludwig, Nathan R. Brock, Mark Spoelhof
  • Publication number: 20250086525
    Abstract: A room scheduling device is disclosed that provides a dial or knob for turning to adjust time being reserved. The room scheduling device further includes a tactile button to activating the device and setting a reservation after a duration has been selected via the dial. The room scheduling device further includes a software application running on a personal electronic device such as a smartphone. The software application identifies the room scheduling device via an identifier and then displays information from an electronic calendar system as an augmented reality. The system can further include an identifier on an exterior wall of the room that allows the software application to identify the space from a greater distance to allow users to identify and reserve space from a distance away from the room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: James LUDWIG, Andrew GOODE, Justin Glen BEITZEL, Julia Andress OLSON, Morrison Lee CUNNINGHAM
  • Patent number: 12161232
    Abstract: A body support assembly includes a seat assembly and backrest assembly supported by a tilt control assembly. Methods of using and assembling the body support assembly are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann, Gordon J. Peterson, David Bodnar, James Ludwig, Nathan R. Brock, Mark Spoelhof
  • Publication number: 20240245219
    Abstract: A body support structure includes a structural lattice structure having a first stiffness, and a compressive lattice structure supported by the structural lattice structure and having a second stiffness less than the first stiffness. A skin lattice structure is supported by the compressive lattice structure, wherein the skin lattice structure is resistant to shear deformation in response to a normal force and is expandable in a direction transverse to the normal force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Carl V. Forslund, III, John Hamilton, Kurt R. Heidmann, James Ludwig, Bruce Smith, Aaron Michael Porterfield, Sharon L. Tracy, Paul Noll
  • Publication number: 20240237826
    Abstract: A seating arrangement includes a support shell including a seat portion and a chair back portion each configured to support a seated user, the chair seat portion having a front region and a rear region and the chair back portion having an upper region and a lower region, where the rear region of the seat portion is coupled to the lower region of the chair back portion, a control member including a substantially flexible front support and an attachment point, where the front support engages the support shell in the front region of the seat portion and the control member engages the back portion, and a substantially rigid second support attached to the control member at the attachment point, wherein the control member is an integral, one-piece component including multiple flex regions configured to allow the support shell to move between an upright and reclined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: James Ludwig, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt Heidmann, Bruce Michael Smith, Mark Spoelhof
  • Patent number: 11974676
    Abstract: A body support structure includes a structural lattice structure having a first stiffness, and a compressive lattice structure supported by the structural lattice structure and having a second stiffness less than the first stiffness. A skin lattice structure is supported by the compressive lattice structure, wherein the skin lattice structure is resistant to shear deformation in response to a normal force and is expandable in a direction transverse to the normal force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Carl V. Forslund, III, John Hamilton, Kurt R. Heidmann, James Ludwig, Bruce Smith, Aaron Michael Porterfield, Sharon L. Tracy, Paul Noll
  • Patent number: 11963621
    Abstract: A seating arrangement includes a support shell including a seat portion and a chair back portion each configured to support a seated user, the chair seat portion having a front region and a rear region and the chair back portion having an upper region and a lower region, where the rear region of the seat portion is coupled to the lower region of the chair back portion, a control member including a substantially flexible front support and an attachment point, where the front support engages the support shell in the front region of the seat portion and the control member engages the back portion, and a substantially rigid second support attached to the control member at the attachment point, wherein the control member is an integral, one-piece component including multiple flex regions configured to allow the support shell to move between an upright and reclined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: James Ludwig, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt Heidmann, Bruce Michael Smith, Mark Spoelhof
  • Publication number: 20240074586
    Abstract: A body support assembly includes a seat assembly and backrest assembly supported by a tilt control assembly. Methods of using and assembling the body support assembly are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann, Gordon J. Peterson, David Bodnar, James Ludwig, Nathan R. Brock, Mark Spoelhof
  • Patent number: 11847307
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are devices, methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums for enhanced meeting room solutions to provide increased inclusiveness for both remote and in-room participants for network-based communication sessions, such as hybrid network-based communication sessions. Content of a first type is placed in a location exclusive of a discontinuity in a display device and content of a second type is placed in a location inclusive of the discontinuity of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Baribault, Samuel James Ludwig Albert, Shiraz Jitendra Cupala
  • Patent number: 11805913
    Abstract: A body support assembly includes a seat assembly and backrest assembly supported by a tilt control assembly. Methods of using and assembling the body support assembly are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann, Gordon J. Peterson, David Bodnar, James Ludwig, Nathan R. Brock, Mark Spoelhof
  • Publication number: 20230236715
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are devices, methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums for enhanced meeting room solutions to provide increased inclusiveness for both remote and in-room participants for network-based communication sessions, such as hybrid network-based communication sessions. Content of a first type is placed in a location exclusive of a discontinuity in a display device and content of a second type is placed in a location inclusive of the discontinuity of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Baribault, Samuel James Ludwig ALBERT, Shiraz Jitendra CUPALA
  • Patent number: 11561686
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are devices, methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums for enhanced meeting room solutions to provide increased inclusiveness for both remote and in-room participants for network-based communication sessions, such as hybrid network-based communication sessions. Content of a first type is placed in a location exclusive of a discontinuity in a display device and content of a second type is placed in a location inclusive of the discontinuity of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Baribault, Samuel James Ludwig Albert, Shiraz Jitendra Cupala
  • Publication number: 20220365663
    Abstract: Disclosed in some examples are devices, methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums for enhanced meeting room solutions to provide increased inclusiveness for both remote and in-room participants for network-based communication sessions, such as hybrid network-based communication sessions. Content of a first type is placed in a location exclusive of a discontinuity in a display device and content of a second type is placed in a location inclusive of the discontinuity of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Baribault, Samuel James Ludwig Albert, Shiraz Jitendra Cupala
  • Patent number: D961280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann, Gordon J. Peterson, Mark Spoelhof, James Ludwig
  • Patent number: D961281
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann, Gordon J. Peterson, Mark Spoelhof, James Ludwig
  • Patent number: D988048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Mark Spoelhof, James Ludwig
  • Patent number: D988049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Mark Spoelhof, James Ludwig
  • Patent number: D995179
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Mark Spoelhof, James Ludwig
  • Patent number: D995180
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Mark Spoelhof, James Ludwig
  • Patent number: D997878
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: James Ludwig, Julie Yonehara, Hyun Yoo