Patents by Inventor Nikolaus Schmitt-Maass

Nikolaus Schmitt-Maass 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: 4687254
    Abstract: In order to bring about a single-handed actuation during the insertion operation of the buckle latch into a belt buckle arranged recessed in its non-use position in a pocket of a seat part, the pocket is lined by a shell and the shell is provided with a guide surface along which slides the emplaced buckle latch in the direction of the receiving funnel of the belt buckle. The guide surface may be provided with a guide groove for the positionally correct latch guidance. However, also a push button may extend therethrough whereby the stroke movement produced by actuation by the belt latch is transmitted onto the belt buckle by means of a transmission device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinz Baumert, Nikolaus Schmitt-Maass, Erich Karb