Patents by Inventor Matthias RUPP
Matthias RUPP 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: 11828096Abstract: A method for installing a guide assembly for a movable furniture part includes preferably carrying out chronologically in the following order: arranging on the furniture wall a first guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part, and arranging on a first elongated side of the first guide rail a drive device for influencing the movement of the movable furniture part on the furniture wall, the first guide rail and the drive device preferably being connected together. If the movable furniture part includes at least two door leaves connected together in an articulated manner, arranging a second guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part on the furniture wall on a second elongated side of the first guide rail, the first guide rail and the second guide rail preferably being connected together in a form-fitting and/or movable manner in particular.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Julius Blum GmbHInventors: Bernd Koenig, Matthias Rupp, Thomas Sperger
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Patent number: 11795748Abstract: A control curve arrangement includes a base member having a first control curve, a switch element separate from the base member and having a second control curve, a pressure portion to be displaceably supported along the first control curve and the second control curve, and a spring device for applying a force to the pressure portion. The pressure portion, in the first operating position and in a first movement direction, is displaceable along the second control curve of the switch element. The pressure portion, in the second operating position and in a second movement direction opposite the first movement direction, is displaceable along the first control curve of the base member. A timing element is operative between the base member and the switch element, and the switch element can be transferred from the second operating position into the first operating position by the timing element in a time-delayed manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventors: Marc Meusburger, Markus Irgang, Matthias Rupp
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Patent number: 11725441Abstract: A guide carriage includes a chassis having a rotatably supported running wheel and a connecting member for connecting the guide carriage to the furniture part. The chassis and the connecting member are configured as constructional units separate from one another and are configured to be connected to one another by a fastening device. The fastening device includes a force storage member and at least one locking element configured to be pressurized by the force storage member. The chassis and the connecting member are configured to be releasably locked to one another by a force of the force storage member. A holding device separate from the fastening device is provided for fastening the connecting member to the chassis. The connecting member is configured to be hung into the chassis via the holding device, can be pivoted about a, preferably horizontally extending, axis in the hung-in condition, and can be locked to the chassis by the locking element.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventors: Stefan Duer, Matthias Rupp
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Patent number: 11613922Abstract: A guide system includes a first guide rail for guiding a door wing, a second guide rail for guiding the door wing. A carrier can move the door wing relative to the second guide rail in a direction extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the first guide rail. A drive device has a force storage member, and the carrier can be at least partially ejected by the drive device from the retracted position of the carrier by a force of the force storage member. The drive device includes a coupling portion and a control curve, and the coupling portion and the control curve are decoupled over a large part of the movement of the carrier between the extended position and the retracted position. The carrier can be retracted into the retracted position starting from a position immediately before the retracted position when the coupling portion couples with the control curve.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventors: Matthias Rupp, Christian Hauer, Hermann Haemmerle, Ingo Gasser, Franz Kohlweiss
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Patent number: 11585136Abstract: A guide system for a door assembly including a door, which door can be attached to the guide system in a pivotal manner, has a closed position in which at least one device object can be covered on the front side and a parked position in which the door can be moved, preferably slid, in a direction transversely to the front of the at least one device object, preferably into a lateral receiving shaft, by the guide system. The guide system for the door is assembled or formed on a support structure separate from the device object to be covered, the support structure having at least one stand surface for standing on the floor of a room and/or at least one assembly device for assembling on the wall of a room.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventors: Matthias Rupp, Christian Hauer, Hermann Haemmerle, Ingo Gasser
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Patent number: 11536069Abstract: An ejecting device for a folding door is movably arranged on a furniture body. First and second door leaves of the folding door are interconnected in an articulated manner. The ejecting device has an ejecting element for folding open the folding door from a closed position, in which the door leaves are in a common closed plane, into an open position, in which the door leaves form an angle not equal to 180°. The ejecting device has a first fitting part for mounting the ejecting device on the first door leaf. The ejecting element can move the second door leaf from the closed position into the open position by a scissor mechanism having at least two scissor levers, and is mounted between the first and second door leaves by an articulated connection formed by an intermediate lever connected in an articulated manner to the first and/or second scissor lever.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventors: Franz Kohlweiss, Matthias Rupp, Dominik Gabl
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Publication number: 20220364403Abstract: A guide assembly for guiding at least one sliding door or folding sliding door relative to a stationary furniture part, includes a guide rail to be secured on the stationary furniture part; a guide device having a running mechanism that can be moveably mounted on the guide rail and having a securing device for securing the guide device on the sliding door or folding sliding door; and at least two retaining devices, each having a mounting section for mounting the retaining devices on a frame and an engaging mechanism. The retaining devices can be secured on the guide rail by the engaging mechanism, and at least one, preferably both, of the at least two retaining devices has a sheet metal bent part, preferably consisting of the sheet metal bent part.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Matthias RUPP, Kai HOLLENSTEIN
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Publication number: 20220307306Abstract: A method for installing a guide assembly for a movable furniture part includes preferably carrying out chronologically in the following order: arranging on the furniture wall a first guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part, and arranging on a first longitudinal side of the first guide rail a drive device for influencing the movement of the movable furniture part on the furniture wall, the first guide rail and the drive device preferably being connected together. If the movable furniture part comprises at least two door leaves connected together in an articulated manner, arranging a second guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part on the furniture wall on a second longitudinal side of the first guide rail, the first guide rail and the second guide rail preferably being connected together in a form-fitting and/or movable manner in particular.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Bernd KOENIG, Matthias RUPP, Thomas SPERGER
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Publication number: 20220307307Abstract: A guide system for guiding a movably-supported door wing, in particular a folding-sliding-door, relative to a stationary furniture part, includes a carrier for movably supporting the door wing, a guide rail for guiding the carrier, the guide rail being configured to be fixed to the stationary furniture part, and a guiding device for displaceably supporting the carrier along the guide rail. The running carriage being configured to be coupled to the door wing, a receiving device for receiving the running carriage, the receiving device and the carrier being configured as constructional units separate from one another and being configured to be fixed to one another. The carrier includes an interface for fixing the receiving device, the interface being configured such that the receiving device and the carrier can be fixed to one another by sliding in a sliding direction extending parallel to the guide rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Matthias RUPP, Lukas KOLHAUPT, Kai HOLLENSTEIN
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Patent number: 11453402Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for determining the fatigue of a driver of a motor vehicle, wherein the fatigue is determined while taking into account the steering behavior of the driver, characterized in that the method includes the following steps: determination of a hysteresis of the steering system or the fatigue detection system, and taking into account the detected hysteresis in the determination of the fatigue of the driver. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a device that is set up to execute the method.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Benedikt Stiller, Matthias Rupp, Stefan Hoefle, Valentin Loeffelmann
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Patent number: 11428034Abstract: An arrangement includes a first guide system to be fixed to a furniture wall and a second guide system to be fixed to the furniture wall a vertical distance from the first guide system. Each of the two guide systems has a guide and a guide body displaceably arranged on the guide, a carrier to which the sliding door or folding-sliding door can be fixed, and a cable pulling device for compensating for a tilting moment of the carrier. The cable pulling device includes a first pulling cable arranged between the guide body of the first guide system and an end of the guide of the first guide system and without connection to the second guide system. A second pulling cable is between the guide body of the second guide system and an end of the guide of the second guide system and without connection to the first guide system.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Julius Blum GmbHInventors: Matthias Rupp, Christian Hauer, Hermann Haemmerle, Ingo Gasser
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Patent number: 11391076Abstract: A rail for guiding a carriage of a furniture door, in which the rail has at least one mounting part. The at least one mounting part can be fastened to a furniture part, which is formed by a side wall of a piece of furniture, and can be releasably connected to a guide part. The guide part has at least one guide for the carriage.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventors: Matthias Rupp, Ingo Gasser, Franz Kohlweiss
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Patent number: 11274482Abstract: A guide system includes a first and second guide rail for guiding furniture parts. The second guide rail, in the mounted position, extends transversely relative to the first guide rail. A guiding device is connected to the first furniture part, and is movable relative to the first and second guide rails and has a fitting portion for fastening to the first furniture part. A carrier is displaceable relative to the second guide rail and is connected to a second fitting portion for fastening to the second furniture part. A first drive device moves the guiding device, starting from the second guide rail, at least over a region in a direction towards the first guide rail. The guide system has a second drive device for moving the guiding device, starting from the first guide rail, into a position in which the first and second fitting portion are aligned.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Julius Blum GmbHInventors: Matthias Rupp, Christian Hauer, Hermann Haemmerle, Ingo Gasser, Franz Kohlweiss
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Publication number: 20220056746Abstract: A control curve arrangement including a base member having a first control curve, a switch element separate from the base member and having a second control curve, a pressure portion to be displaceably supported along the first control curve and the second control curve, and a spring device for applying a force to the pressure portion. The pressure portion, in the first operating position and in a first movement direction, is displaceable along the second control curve of the switch element. The pressure portion, in the second operating position and in a second movement direction opposite the first movement direction, is displaceable along the first control curve of the base member. A timing element is operative between the base member and the switch element, and the switch element can be transferred from the second operating position into the first operating position by the timing element in a time-delayed manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Marc MEUSBURGER, Markus IRGANG, Matthias RUPP
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Patent number: 11136804Abstract: A guide system is hingedly connected to a second furniture part, and has a rail arrangement including a guide rail having a longitudinal direction for guiding the furniture parts, and a carrier movably mounted transversely to the longitudinal direction of the guide rail. The carrier can be moved into a transfer position in which the carrier adjoins the guide rail in the longitudinal direction such that a guiding device to be connected to one of the furniture parts and movable along the guide rail can be transferred to and from between the guide rail and the carrier. The guide system includes a column connected to the carrier, the column being arranged vertically, and can be moved together with the carrier transversely to the longitudinal direction of the guide rail. The first furniture part is connected to the guiding device, and the second furniture part is movably connected to the column.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Julius Blum GmbHInventors: Matthias Rupp, Christian Hauer, Hermann Haemmerle, Ingo Gasser, Franz Kohlweiss
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Patent number: 11118386Abstract: A guide carriage for displaceably supporting a furniture part on a guide rail, includes a chassis having at least one pivotally mounted running wheel and at least one connecting portion for connecting the guide carriage to the furniture part. At least one positioning device is provided for positioning the connecting portion relative to the chassis in at least one linear direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventors: Matthias Rupp, Ingo Gasser, Franz Kohlweiss
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Publication number: 20210262266Abstract: A guide carriage includes a chassis having a rotatably supported running wheel and a connecting member for connecting the guide carriage to the furniture part. The chassis and the connecting member are configured as constructional units separate from one another and are configured to be connected to one another by a fastening device. The fastening device includes a force storage member and at least one locking element configured to be pressurized by the force storage member. The chassis and the connecting member are configured to be releasably locked to one another by a force of the force storage member. A holding device separate from the fastening device is provided for fastening the connecting member to the chassis. The connecting member is configured to be hung into the chassis via the holding device, can be pivoted about a, preferably horizontally extending, axis in the hung-in condition, and can be locked to the chassis by the locking element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Stefan DUER, Matthias RUPP
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Patent number: 11098512Abstract: A guide system for guiding a furniture door, in particular a folding door or folding-sliding door, relative to a fixed furniture part includes a first guide rail and a running carriage which can be connected to the furniture door and which has a rolling body via which the running carriage is movably mounted on the first guide rail. The first guide rail has a running surface for the rolling body of the running carriage, and the first guide rail is assembled in the longitudinal direction from a first rail piece and one second rail piece. The two rail pieces can be releasably connected via a connecting piece on which there is formed a portion of the running surface for the rolling body of the running carriage.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventors: Lukas Blum, Ingo Gasser, Matthias Rupp
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Patent number: 11008791Abstract: A guide system includes a first guide rail and a second guide rail for guiding furniture parts. The second guide rail extends transversely relative to the first guide rail in a mounted position. A guiding device is to be connected to one of the furniture parts, and is movable relative to the first and second guide rails and can be transferred in a crossing region between the first and second guide rail. The guide system has a drive device with an entrainment member acted upon by a force storage member and configured to be releasably coupled to the guiding device. The entrainment member is locked in a parking position and can be unlocked by an entry of the guiding device into the crossing region. Thus, the entrainment member and the guiding device coupled therewith can be retracted along the second guide rail by a force of the force storage member.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: Julius Blum GmbHInventors: Matthias Rupp, Christian Hauer, Hermann Haemmerle, Ingo Gasser, Franz Kohlweiss
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Patent number: 10947763Abstract: An arrangement for guiding a sliding door or folding-sliding door on a furniture wall includes a first guide system to be fastened on the furniture wall and a second guide system to be fastened on the furniture wall at a vertical distance from the first guide system. The two guide systems each have at least one guide and a guide body which is displaceably mounted on the guide, and a carrier on which the sliding door or folding-sliding door is to be fastened and which is connected in a movement-coupled manner to the two guide bodies of the guide systems. The carrier is assembled in the vertical direction from at least two carrier portions, and the at least two carrier portions can be releasably connected.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBHInventors: Lukas Blum, Ingo Gasser, Matthias Rupp