Patents by Inventor Norbert Kruger

Norbert Kruger 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).

  • Publication number: 20030020285
    Abstract: A rotary-latch lock (1), of which a rotary latch (8) has a fork mouth (9) for accommodating a mating locking part (6) which, in a locked position of the rotary-latch lock (1), is located in front of a blocking flank (16) formed by a fork-mouth leg (11), having a window-like opening (17, 25, 26) which promotes plastic deformation when the blocking flank (16) is subjected to increased loading, wherein the opening (17, 25, 26) forms a bending/extending web (18, 23, 24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Bernd Kluting, Norbert Kruger
  • Publication number: 20020159829
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for connecting components (2, 3) by clamping and by means of a spacer (7) which is arranged in the gap and a clamping component (15) which clamps the two components (2, 3) against each other, said components being situated at a distance from one another. The fixing movement of the clamping component (15) results in a displacement of the spacer (7) from a distanced position into a position of rest on the second component (3) and then results in the device being fixed to the first component (2) by means of clamping elements (13) that are brought to rest on the wall of an insertion cavity (6) pertaining to the first component (2). According to the invention, the spreading means (13) are allocated to the spacer (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Norbert Kruger, Edvard Ruckert
  • Patent number: 6135561
    Abstract: A seat back (35) with a headrest (40) on a vehicle seat (33). To reduce the whiplash effect during a front-end accident to a significant degree, the head rest (40) rests on a headrest support (38) that can be pivoted outward and forward around a horizontal axis (39), with the backward displacement of the support being restricted in terms of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Ewald Witte GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Kruger, Edvard Ruckert
  • Patent number: 6019424
    Abstract: A headrest (23) which pivots forward, by lever action, as a result of the mass of the upper body of a vehicle occupant acting on a pressure-bearing surface in the event of an impact from the rear. In order that in case of both a rear-end crash and a head-on crash of the vehicle, the headrest (23) follows the head of an individual sitting on the vehicle seat, the headrest (23) is positioned on a headrest carrier (17) which can be pivoted out of the backrest (3) in the forward direction and can be pivoted outward about a pin (19), this pin being located at a lower level than that of the pivot pin (21) of the headrest (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Ewald Witte GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Edvard Ruckert, Norbert Kruger