Patents by Inventor Karsten Kalmus
Karsten Kalmus 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).
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Patent number: 8931843Abstract: A fitting (10), in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having a first fitting part (11), on which a gear rim (17) is formed and a second fitting part (12) on which a gearwheel (16) is formed. The gearwheel meshes with the gear rim (17), whereby the two fitting parts (11, 12) are in geared connection with each other. The fitting also has a rotatably mounted, revolving eccentric driven by a driving element for driving a relative rolling motion of gearwheel (16) and gear rim (17). During this rolling motion a tooth flank (16d) of a tooth (16a) of the gearwheel (16) rests against a tooth flank (17d) of a tooth (17a) of the gear rim (17) at a contact point (K). The tooth flanks (16d, 17d) of the teeth (16a, 17a) of the gearwheel (16) and gear rim (17) resting against each other at the contact point (K) each follow the course of a portion of a respective logarithmic spiral.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Johnson Controls Components GmbH & Co. KG.Inventors: Rolf Schüler, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Peter Thiel
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Patent number: 8435150Abstract: A gear stage (10), in particular of a vehicle seat (3), is embodied as a friction wheel gear stage. The gear stage includes a housing (5), a drive (12), an output (14) that is set off from the drive (12) by an excentricity (e) and at least one sphere (15) or another rolling body for the transmission of force between the drive (12) and the output (14). The position of the excentricity (e) relative to the housing (5) is arranged in a spatially fixed manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2007Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schüler, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus
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Publication number: 20120086254Abstract: A fitting (10), in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having a first fitting part (11), on which a gear rim (17) is formed and a second fitting part (12) on which a gearwheel (16) is formed. The gearwheel meshes with the gear rim (17), whereby the two fitting parts (11, 12) are in geared connection with each other. The fitting also has a rotatably mounted, revolving eccentric driven by a driving element for driving a relative rolling motion of gearwheel (16) and gear rim (17). During this rolling motion a tooth flank (16d) of a tooth (16a) of the gearwheel (16) rests against a tooth flank (17d) of a tooth (17a) of the gear rim (17) at a contact point (K). The tooth flanks (16d, 17d) of the teeth (16a, 17a) of the gearwheel (16) and gear rim (17) resting against each other at the contact point (K) each follow the course of a portion of a respective logarithmic spiral.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2010Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: KEIPER GMBH & CO.KGInventors: Rolf Schüler, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Peter Thiel
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Publication number: 20110319216Abstract: A gear stage (10), in particular of a vehicle seat (3), is embodied as a friction wheel gear stage. The gear stage includes a housing (5), a drive (12), an output (14) that is set off from the drive (12) by an excentricity (e) and at least one sphere (15) or another rolling body for the transmission of force between the drive (12) and the output (14). The position of the excentricity (e) relative to the housing (5) is arranged in a spatially fixed manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2007Publication date: December 29, 2011Inventors: Rolf Schüler, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus
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Publication number: 20110037306Abstract: A gear stage (10), in particular of a vehicle seat (3), is embodied as a friction wheel gear stage. The gear stage (10) includes a housing (5), a drive (12), an output (14) that is set off from the drive (12) by an excentricity (e) and at least one sphere or another rolling body (15) for the transmission of force between the drive (12) and t he output (14). According to the invention, the position of the excentricity (e) relative to the housing (5) is arranged in a spatially fixed manner and the gear stage has at least two different direction-dependent and/or shiftable gear ratios.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2008Publication date: February 17, 2011Inventors: Rolf Schüler, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus
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Patent number: 7631578Abstract: In the case of a gear stage (1) of an actuating drive, in particular for a vehicle seat, having a bearing (12) which defines an axis (A12) and having an oscillatory body (11) which is mounted in a rotatable manner by the bearing (12), defines a further axis (A11) and, upon rotation of a driving mechanism (21), executes a rolling movement on the bearing (12), the axis (A11) of the oscillatory body (11) is inclined obliquely at an angle (?) relative to the axis (A12) of the bearing (12).Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2008Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schüler, Karsten Kalmus
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Patent number: 7585245Abstract: A gear step (1) for an actuator in a motor vehicle, in particular for a vehicle seat, comprises a housing (3) provided with a drive (1) mounted thereon in such a way that it is rotatable around an axis (A), and a driven output (21) rotatable about a second axis (B) differing from the axes (A). The drive (11) is used for receiving the driven output (21) by way of at least one rolling body (31), so that the axes (A, B) are parallelly offset by an eccentricity (E) and the driven output is driven by rotating the thus obtained rolling eccentricity, wherein the driven output (21) carries out a tumbling rolling movement on the housing (3) by way of a friction oscillating gear (33, 35).Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2008Date of Patent: September 8, 2009Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schüler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus
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Patent number: 7544143Abstract: In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) in a vehicle, having at least one particularly electronically commutated motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14) is designed as a differential gear, which by making use of two different speeds and/or directions of rotation causes a movement of an output (54) around an axis (A).Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schüler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
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Patent number: 7544142Abstract: In an adjuster (80) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having at least two components (81, 82) forming a load-bearing gear, which are movable relative to each other by way of a drive unit (10), wherein the drive unit (10) has a particularly electronically commutated motor (12) and a gear stage (14), the drive unit (10) is integrated into the load-bearing gear, and the motor (12) has at least one rotor (22, 24) borne in the load-bearing gear and rotating around an axis (A).Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schüler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
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Publication number: 20090005207Abstract: In the case of a gear stage (1) of an actuating drive, in particular for a vehicle seat, having a bearing (12) which defines an axis (A12) and having an oscillatory body (11) which is mounted in a rotatable manner by the bearing (12), defines a further axis (A11) and, upon rotation of a driving mechanism (21), executes a rolling movement on the bearing (12), the axis (A11) of the oscillatory body (11) is inclined obliquely at an angle (?) relative to the axis (A12) of the bearing (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schuler, Karsten Kalmus
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Patent number: 7467827Abstract: A gear stage (14) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, has a driving shaft (16) and a driven shaft (18). The gear stage (14) reduces the rotational speed of the driving shaft (16) to a lower rotational speed of the driven shaft (18). The gear stage (14) comprises at least one row (24) of transmission balls upon which tangentially lie at least one, and in particular two driving surfaces (22) of the driving shaft (16), at least one driven surface (26) of the driven shaft (18) and at least one housing surface (28) of a housing (32).Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2007Date of Patent: December 23, 2008Assignee: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Bernd Bossmanns, Michael Berres, Karsten Kalmus, Rolf Schüler
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Publication number: 20080146394Abstract: A gear step (1) for an actuator in a motor vehicle, in particular for a vehicle seat, comprises a housing (3) provided with a drive (1) mounted thereon in such a way that it is rotatable around an axis (A), and a driven output (21) rotatable about a second axis (B) differing from the axes (A). The drive (11) is used for receiving the driven output (21) by way of at least one rolling body (31), so that the axes (A, B) are parallelly offset by an eccentricity (E) and the driven output is driven by rotating the thus obtained rolling eccentricity, wherein the driven output (21) carries out a tumbling rolling movement on the housing (3) by way of a friction oscillating gear (33, 35).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2008Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schüler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus
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Patent number: 7345390Abstract: In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) of a vehicle seat, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, having at least an electronically commutated motor (12) and a gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), wherein the motor (12) has a stator (16) and at least one rotor (22, 24) rotating around an axis (A) and interacting magnetically with the stator (16), two rotors (22, 24) are provided which rotate in different directions, wherein the gear stage (14) bears directly at least one rotor (22, 24).Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schüler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
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Patent number: 7329200Abstract: In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) of a vehicle seat, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, having at least one particularly electronically commutated motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14) is designed as a differential gear, which by making use of two different speeds and/or directions of rotation causes a movement of an output (54) around an axis (A).Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schüler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
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Patent number: 7294081Abstract: In a drive unit (10) for vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having at least one motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14) is designed as a switch gear, so that two different directions of rotation of the output (54) can be provided/selected between, while retaining one sole permanent direction of rotation of the motor (12).Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: November 13, 2007Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Rolf Schüler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
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Publication number: 20070205647Abstract: A gear stage (14) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, has a driving shaft (16) and a driven shaft (18). The gear stage (14) reduces the rotational speed of the driving shaft (16) to a lower rotational speed of the driven shaft (18). The gear stage (14) comprises at least one row (24) of transmission balls upon which tangentially lie at least one, and in particular two driving surfaces (22) of the driving shaft (16), at least one driven surface (26) of the driven shaft (18) and at least one housing surface (28) of a housing (32).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2007Publication date: September 6, 2007Inventors: Bernd Bossmanns, Michael Berres, Karsten Kalmus, Rolf Schuler
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Publication number: 20070060433Abstract: In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) in a vehicle, having at least one particularly electronically commutated motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14) is designed as a differential gear, which by making use of two different speeds and/or directions of rotation causes a movement of an output (54) around an axis (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2006Publication date: March 15, 2007Inventors: Rolf Schuler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
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Publication number: 20070029888Abstract: In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) of a vehicle seat, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, having at least an electronically commutated motor (12) and a gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), wherein the motor (12) has a stator (16) and at least one rotor (22, 24) rotating around an axis (A) and interacting magnetically with the stator (16), two rotors (22, 24) are provided which rotate in different directions, wherein the gear stage (14) bears directly at least one rotor (22, 24).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2006Publication date: February 8, 2007Inventors: Rolf Schuler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
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Publication number: 20070032330Abstract: In a drive unit (10) for vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having at least one motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14) is designed as a switch gear, so that two different directions of rotation of the output (54) can be provided/selected between, while retaining one sole permanent direction of rotation of the motor (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2006Publication date: February 8, 2007Inventors: Rolf Schuler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
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Publication number: 20070032337Abstract: In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) of a vehicle seat, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, having at least one particularly electronically commutated motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14) is designed as a differential gear, which by making use of two different speeds and/or directions of rotation causes a movement of an output (54) around an axis (A).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2006Publication date: February 8, 2007Inventors: Rolf Schuler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss