Patents by Inventor Marcel REPS

Marcel REPS 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).

  • Vehicle seat with a crash-modified panel holder with a primary frame and an auxiliary frame
    Patent number: 11970097
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a panel arranged as a trim part on a structure of the vehicle seat by means of a panel holder so as to be fixed to the seat structure. Provision is made that the panel holder includes, in addition to a primary frame, a crash-modified auxiliary frame, which frames are made of formed wires, wherein the auxiliary frame, in the assembled state of the panel holder and the panel, is arranged in a critical region of the panel where a high crash force acts on the panel in the event of a crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Steffen Maciej, Marcel Reps
  • VEHICLE SEAT WITH A CRASH-MODIFIED PANEL HOLDER WITH A PRIMARY FRAME AND AN AUXILIARY FRAME
    Publication number: 20220266731
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a panel arranged as a trim part on a structure of the vehicle seat by means of a panel holder so as to be fixed to the seat structure. Provision is made that the panel holder includes, in addition to a primary frame, a crash-modified auxiliary frame, which frames are made of formed wires, wherein the auxiliary frame, in the assembled state of the panel holder and the panel, is arranged in a critical region of the panel where a high crash force acts on the panel in the event of a crash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Steffen MACIEJ, Marcel REPS