Patents by Inventor Juergen Otto

Juergen Otto 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: 20240343166
    Abstract: A vehicle seat for an autonomously driven motor vehicle may have a seat substructure and a backrest which is articulated on the seat substructure. The seat substructure may have a base, a seat frame and adjustment kinematics which are effective between the base and the seat frame. The adjustment kinematics may have a first front swing arm, a second front swing arm and a rear swing arm. An angle between the first front swing arm and the second front swing arm may be adjustable by a linear drive. A first articulation point of the linear drive is articulated on the base to be pivotable about a sixth rotation axis. A second articulation point of the linear drive may be articulated on the second front swing arm to be pivotable about a seventh rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Tobias EWALD, Hilmar WAHLEN, Juergen OTTO, Antonios SIMEONIDIS, Martin KONAK, Martin KOZÁCEK
  • Patent number: 10150388
    Abstract: An actuating device (100) has a first part (5a; 334; 434) and a second part (5b; 310; 412) which can be pivoted about a first axis (A) relative to the first part (5a). A first segment (140) can be coupled to the first part. A second segment (150) can be rotated about the first axis (A) relative to the first segment (140) and can be connected to a locking device of a component (20) and/or to a locking device (350; 450) of another component (330; 430). Rotation of a deflecting element (120) moves a transfer element (130) such that the second segment (150) is not rotated about the first axis (A). Changing a distance between the first axis (A) and a second axis © allows the second segment (150) to be rotated about the first axis by the transfer element (130). A vehicle seat includes such an actuating device (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Adient Luxembourg Holding S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Rolf Schueler, Juergen Otto
  • Publication number: 20170291510
    Abstract: An actuating device (100) has a first part (5a; 334; 434) and a second part (5b; 310; 412) which can be pivoted about a first axis (A) relative to the first part (5a). A first segment (140) can be coupled to the first part. A second segment (150) can be rotated about the first axis (A) relative to the first segment (140) and can be connected to a locking device of a component (20) and/or to a locking device (350; 450) of another component (330; 430). Rotation of a deflecting element (120) moves a transfer element (130) such that the second segment (150) is not rotated about the first axis (A). Changing a distance between the first axis (A) and a second axis © allows the second segment (150) to be rotated about the first axis by the transfer element (130). A vehicle seat includes such an actuating device (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Adient Luxembourg Holding S.A.R,L.
    Inventors: Rolf SCHUELER, Juergen OTTO
  • Patent number: 9056565
    Abstract: A device locks and unlocks a first hardware component and a second hardware component relative to each other, particularly for a motor vehicle seat. The first hardware component and the second hardware component form a housing having an interior and are disposed on a common axis. At least one latching device is disposed in a first plane perpendicular to the axis and at least one second latching device is disposed in a second plane also perpendicular to the axis and displaced along the axis relative to the first plane. The first latching device comprises a first latch and first retaining cam and the second latching device comprises a second latch and a second retaining cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Otto, Ingo Kienke, Andreas Schug
  • Publication number: 20150034287
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for cooling a vehicle battery, in particular for hybrid or electric vehicles, having at least one fluid collector made of plastic, which is connected to at least one cooling element. In a heat exchanger in which the energy efficiency of the motor vehicle is increased, the cooling element is designed as a plastic tube, in which a fluid is conducted from the first fluid collector to a second fluid collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Juergen OTTO, Marta LUCKA-GABOR, Katia HENDRICKX, Heiko NEFF, Caroline JANZEN
  • Patent number: 8240768
    Abstract: An adjustment device for a vehicle component, in particular for the back rest of a vehicle seat, is proposed having a first fitting and a second fitting, wherein the relative position of the two fittings to one another can be changed by means of eccentric means, wherein a rotation of the eccentric means by means of a drive element is provided, wherein the adjustment device has a central element which is connected in a rotationally fixed fashion to the first fitting, wherein the drive element is provided mounted in an overlapping region by means of the central element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Controls GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Kienke, Juergen Otto, Mario Budweg, Albert Reginold Kirubaharan, Bruce A. Hiemstra, Michael Kapusky, Michael Bittner
  • Publication number: 20120093577
    Abstract: A device for locking and unlocking a first hardware component and a second hardware component relative to each other, particularly for a motor vehicle seat, wherein the first hardware component the second hardware component form a housing having an interior and are disposed on a common axis, wherein at least one latching device is disposed in first plane perpendicular to the axis and at least one second latching device is disposed in a second plane also perpendicular to the axis and displaced along the axis relative to the first plane, wherein the first lathing device comprises a first latch and first retaining cam and the second latching device comprises a second latch and a second retaining cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Juergen Otto, Ingo Kienke, Andreas Schug
  • Publication number: 20100171352
    Abstract: An adjustment device for a vehicle component, in particular for the back rest of a vehicle seat, is proposed having a first fitting and a second fitting, wherein the relative position of the two fittings to one another can be changed by means of eccentric means, wherein a rotation of the eccentric means by means of a drive element is provided, wherein the adjustment device has a central element which is connected in a rotationally fixed fashion to the first fitting, wherein the drive element is provided mounted in an overlapping region by means of the central element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: Johnson Controls GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Kienke, Juergen Otto, Mario Budweg, Albert Reginold Kirubaharan
  • Patent number: 6343485
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus is disclosed which includes a housing and a plurality of chambers which are arranged therein, sealed tightly and filled with a storage medium. The chambers have a substantially flat cross section and are arranged in at least one group. Passages extend between the chambers. The chambers of a group are combined to form a block, and at least one passage is provided between each pair of adjacent chambers. Each of the passages is connected to distribution and collection chambers formed in the housing, in the area of the distribution and collection chambers, with at least one feed port and a return port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Gottfried Duerr, Guenther Feuerecker, Karl Fulterer, Hans-Dieter Hinderberger, Dietrich Klingler, Kurt Molt, Juergen Otto, Wolfgang Reier, Ulrich Salzer, Dieter Schmadl, Markus Schmid, Werner Schwahn, Luay Ghussein, Werner Rauland
  • Patent number: 6279866
    Abstract: A holding device for a motor, particularly for an electric fan wheel motor of a heating or air condition system of a motor vehicle, having an adapter which can be fixed on an exterior motor component and surrounds it at least partially on the circumference side, as well as having a motor holder connected with the adapter and having at least one vibration-uncoupling supporting element. According to the invention, primarily axially stressed supporting elements are provided between axially spaced parts of the adapter, on the one hand, and of the motor holder, on the other hand, or between the exterior motor component and a bottom surface of a cup-shaped adapter which can be fixed thereto, or such supporting elements which are mounted radially between motor holder fastening arms and adapter holding fingers, while being fastened on one part and engaging form-lockingly in receiving pockets on the other part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Behr GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Andreas Eilemann, Manfred Fuchs, Joachim Gehrig, Christoph Hipp-Kalthoff, Juergen Otto, Gunnar Schlinke, Paul Zerelles