Patents by Inventor Lars SCHOMACKER

Lars SCHOMACKER 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: 10882567
    Abstract: A rail system for a cabin of the vehicle comprises a rail with a main extension direction, a fixing element which can be fixed at various positions of the rail to hold a mounting element on the rail, and a cover device for covering the rail. The cover device has several planar cover elements arranged in continuous series extending along the rail, wherein the cover elements are each mounted so as to be pivotable between a closed state in which the respective cover element lies on the rail and an open state in which the respective cover element is removed from the rail. The fixing element has an engagement element which is configured, on displacement of the fixing element along the rail, to reach below a cover element and move the cover element from the closed state to the open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Schulz, Lars Schomacker, Malte Fuerstenberg, Sergej Schwenk, Rainer Ristow
  • Patent number: 10822093
    Abstract: An adapter rail system for mounting objects to a floor rail in a vehicle includes an elongate adapter rail element, an arresting element and a movement rail element. The adapter rail element has a surface contour having regularly consecutively arranged neckings and widenings, which surface contour corresponds to an opening contour of a floor rail, which includes regularly consecutively arranged grid openings, which are penetrated by a slit. The adapter rail element has protrusions extending perpendicular to the plane spanned by the surface contour and are each arranged in the region of a necking. The arresting element has a surface contour corresponding to the opening contour of at least one grid opening. The arresting element is dimensioned to be flush between two adjacent protrusions of the adapter rail element onto the adapter rail element. The movement rail element is connectable with the protrusions of the adapter rail element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Claus-Peter Gross, Lars Schomacker, Sven Jansen, Patrick Rollfink
  • Patent number: 10508686
    Abstract: Disclosed is a securing device for providing a movable unit of a linear guiding mechanism with additional safety in that the securing device prevents the movable unit from coming off a guiding rail in case of a bearing malfunction. The securing device comprises at least one securing portion and a coupling portion for coupling the at least one securing portion to the movable unit. The securing portion is engageable with the guiding rail in case of a failure of the movable unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignees: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, THK GMBH
    Inventors: Claus-Peter Gross, Lars Schomacker, Patrick Rollfink, Diana Siehndel, Eiji Hosaka, Torsten Berger
  • Patent number: 10450073
    Abstract: A seat track cover for a passenger seat of an aircraft is positionable on a seat track. The seat track cover is mechanically coupled at a first end to a seat leg structure of the passenger seat via a pivot joint. The seat track cover is arranged substantially parallel to the seat track and takes up a covering position which covers a seat track located therebeneath when the passenger seat is in its working position. The seat track cover takes up a stowed position in a second state, wherein, in the stowed position, the seat track cover is pivotable out of the parallel plane with respect to the seat track via a pivoting movement about the pivot of the pivot joint. The transition from the covering position to the stowed position takes place via the pivoting movement about the first end of the seat track cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Schulz, Lars Schomacker
  • Publication number: 20190308670
    Abstract: A rail system for a cabin of the vehicle comprises a rail with a main extension direction, a fixing element which can be fixed at various positions of the rail to hold a mounting element on the rail, and a cover device for covering the rail. The cover device has several planar cover elements arranged in continuous series extending along the rail, wherein the cover elements are each mounted so as to be pivotable between a closed state in which the respective cover element lies on the rail and an open state in which the respective cover element is removed from the rail. The fixing element has an engagement element which is configured, on displacement of the fixing element along the rail, to reach below a cover element and move the cover element from the closed state to the open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Alexander Schulz, Lars Schomacker, Malte Fuerstenberg, Sergej Schwenk, Rainer Ristow
  • Publication number: 20180298946
    Abstract: Disclosed is a securing device for providing a movable unit of a linear guiding mechanism with additional safety in that the securing device prevents the movable unit from coming off a guiding rail in case of a bearing malfunction. The securing device comprises at least one securing portion and a coupling portion for coupling the at least one securing portion to the movable unit. The securing portion is engageable with the guiding rail in case of a failure of the movable unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Claus-Peter GROSS, Lars SCHOMACKER, Patrick ROLLFINK, Diana SIEHNDEL, Eiji HOSAKA, Torsten BERGER
  • Publication number: 20180281973
    Abstract: A seat track cover for a passenger seat of an aircraft is positionable on a seat track. The seat track cover is mechanically coupled at a first end to a seat leg structure of the passenger seat via a pivot joint. The seat track cover is arranged substantially parallel to the seat track and takes up a covering position which covers a seat track located therebeneath when the passenger seat is in its working position. The seat track cover takes up a stowed position in a second state, wherein, in the stowed position, the seat track cover is pivotable out of the parallel plane with respect to the seat track via a pivoting movement about the pivot of the pivot joint. The transition from the covering position to the stowed position takes place via the pivoting movement about the first end of the seat track cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Alexander Schulz, Lars Schomacker
  • Publication number: 20180222593
    Abstract: An adapter rail system for mounting objects to a floor rail in a transportation means includes an elongate adapter rail element, an arresting element and a movement rail element. The adapter rail element has a surface contour having regularly consecutively arranged neckings and widenings, which surface contour corresponds to an opening contour of a floor rail, which includes regularly consecutively arranged grid openings, which are penetrated by a slit. The adapter rail element has protrusions extending perpendicular to the plane spanned by the surface contour and are each arranged in the region of a necking. The arresting element has a surface contour corresponding to the opening contour of at least one grid opening. The arresting element is dimensioned to be flush between two adjacent protrusions of the adapter rail element onto the adapter rail element. The movement rail element is connectable with the protrusions of the adapter rail element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Claus-Peter GROSS, Lars SCHOMACKER, Sven JANSEN, Patrick ROLLFINK
  • Patent number: 9887586
    Abstract: A floor system for a vehicle is provided. The floor system includes at least one floor panel having a top surface, a bottom surface and a first recess extending through the top surface, at least one primary coil device having at least one primary coil and a connection line, and at least one cover plate. The at least one primary coil device is positioned inside the first recess and the at least one cover plate is located in the recess above the at least one primary coil device so as to close the first recess flush with the top surface. It is possible to provide the at least one floor panel made from a carbon fiber reinforced material as it cannot electrically shield the at least one primary coil to a space above the top surface, when the at least one cover plate is made from a non-conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Lars Schomacker
  • Patent number: 9713969
    Abstract: A folding passenger seat and a corresponding passenger seating system for means of passenger transport are provided. The folding passenger seat comprises a seat frame, on which a front seat leg having a first fastening element and a rear seat leg having a second fastening element are arranged. The first fastening element and the second fastening element are configured to be connected to rails on a cabin floor of the means of passenger transport and to be displaced in the rails. A first joint element is arranged between the first fastening element and the second fastening element such that a spacing between the first fastening element and the second fastening element is variable. In particular, the first joint element may be arranged between the front seat leg and the seat frame or between the rear seat leg and the seat frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Lars Schomacker, Frank Quatmann
  • Patent number: 9663041
    Abstract: A passenger seat including a holding device for a media reproducing apparatus, includes a base holding fixture attached to a backrest of said passenger seat, at least one adapter adapted to be detachably connected with said base holding fixture, said adapter being configured for holding said media reproducing apparatus at said base holding fixture, a standardized electronic interface to the power supply of said media reproducing apparatus, and a protective shutter fixedly connected with said backrest. The protective shutter is adapted to be moved from an open position in which access to said adapter and said media reproducing apparatus is allowed, into a closed position in which said media reproducing apparatus and said adapter are completely covered by said protective shutter. The protective shutter is of break-proof configuration and made at least partially from a translucent material such that a screen is visible through said protective shutter in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: Lufthansa Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Dueser, Carsten Wolgast, Lars Schomacker, Thomas Felske, Joerg Liebe, Peter Hommel, Heiko Waechter, Mohamed Lakhloufi, Peter Miehlke, Jochen Schroeder, Erwin Ilias, Horst Pohlenz
  • Patent number: 9656753
    Abstract: A holding device is provided for fastening passenger seats in a means of passenger transport and a corresponding passenger seating system. The holding device comprises a seat leg fixing element, a sliding element and a rail element. The seat leg fixing element is designed to receive a seat leg of a passenger seat. The sliding element is provided on the opposite side of the holding device to the seat leg fixing element and is designed to be inserted in a seat rail located on the floor of the means of passenger transport. The rail element is provided on the same side as the seat leg fixing element and is designed to receive and fix a sliding element of an additional holding device. The holding device is provided on a front seat leg and the additional holding device is provided on a rear seat leg of a folding passenger seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Lars Schomacker, Frank Quatmann
  • Patent number: 9457905
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a backrest, a recess made in the backrest, a holder base fitted to a rear wall of the recess, an upper holder clip which is movably and resiliently mounted in a clip rail extending vertically from top to bottom in the holder base, and a fold-out tray which can be folded out from the recess by two folding hinges which are fitted to the inner side walls of the recess inside the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Felske, Lars Schomacker, Carsten Wolgast, Gerd Dueser, Erwin Ilias, Peter Miehlke, Horst Pohlenz, Dino Miler
  • Publication number: 20160009394
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a backrest, a recess made in the backrest, a holder base fitted to a rear wall of the recess, an upper holder clip which is movably and resiliently mounted in a clip rail extending vertically from top to bottom in the holder base, and a fold-out tray which can be folded out from the recess by two folding hinges which are fitted to the inner side walls of the recess inside the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas FELSKE, Lars SCHOMACKER, Carsten WOLGAST, Gerd DUESER, Erwin ILIAS, Peter MIEHLKE, Horst POHLENZ, Dino MILER
  • Publication number: 20150367787
    Abstract: A passenger seat including a holding device for a media reproducing apparatus, includes a base holding fixture attached to a backrest of said passenger seat, at least one adapter adapted to be detachably connected with said base holding fixture, said adapter being configured for holding said media reproducing apparatus at said base holding fixture, a standardized electronic interface to the power supply of said media reproducing apparatus, and a protective shutter fixedly connected with said backrest. The protective shutter is adapted to be moved from an open position in which access to said adapter and said media reproducing apparatus is allowed, into a closed position in which said media reproducing apparatus and said adapter are completely covered by said protective shutter. The protective shutter is of break-proof configuration and made at least partially from a translucent material such that a screen is visible through said protective shutter in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Gerd Dueser, Carsten Wolgast, Lars Schomacker, Thomas Felske, Joerg Liebe, Peter Hommel, Heiko Waechter, Mohamed Lakhloufi, Peter Miehlke, Jochen Schroeder, Erwin Ilias, Horst Pohlenz
  • Publication number: 20150061380
    Abstract: A floor system for a vehicle is provided. The floor system includes at least one floor panel having a top surface, a bottom surface and a first recess extending through the top surface, at least one primary coil device having at least one primary coil and a connection line, and at least one cover plate. The at least one primary coil device is positioned inside the first recess and the at least one cover plate is located in the recess above the at least one primary coil device so as to close the first recess flush with the top surface. It is possible to provide the at least one floor panel made from a carbon fibre reinforced material as it cannot electrically shield the at least one primary coil to a space above the top surface, when the at least one cover plate is made from a non-conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Lars SCHOMACKER
  • Publication number: 20140349042
    Abstract: A rail cover for a seat rail includes a plurality of longitudinal section parts, wherein each longitudinal section part includes a first partial longitudinal section and a second partial longitudinal section, which abut one another in the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal section part. A first longitudinal section part is movable in the longitudinal direction of the rail cover with respect to a second longitudinal section part abutting the first longitudinal section part in the longitudinal direction of the rail cover, wherein in a non-expanded state of the rail cover, the first partial longitudinal section of the second longitudinal section part overlaps the second partial longitudinal section of the first longitudinal section part in the longitudinal direction of the rail cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Lars Schomacker
  • Publication number: 20140306060
    Abstract: A holding device is provided for fastening passenger seats in a means of passenger transport and a corresponding passenger seating system. The holding device comprises a seat leg fixing element, a sliding element and a rail element. The seat leg fixing element is designed to receive a seat leg of a passenger seat. The sliding element is provided on the opposite side of the holding device to the seat leg fixing element and is designed to be inserted in a seat rail located on the floor of the means of passenger transport. The rail element is provided on the same side as the seat leg fixing element and is designed to receive and fix a sliding element of an additional holding device. The holding device is provided on a front seat leg and the additional holding device is provided on a rear seat leg of a folding passenger seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Lars SCHOMACKER, Frank QUATMANN
  • Publication number: 20140306061
    Abstract: A folding passenger seat and a corresponding passenger seating system for means of passenger transport are provided. The folding passenger seat comprises a seat frame, on which a front seat leg having a first fastening element and a rear seat leg having a second fastening element are arranged. The first fastening element and the second fastening element are configured to be connected to rails on a cabin floor of the means of passenger transport and to be displaced in the rails. A first joint element is arranged between the first fastening element and the second fastening element such that a spacing between the first fastening element and the second fastening element is variable. In particular, the first joint element may be arranged between the front seat leg and the seat frame or between the rear seat leg and the seat frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Lars SCHOMACKER, Frank QUATMANN