Patents by Inventor Ralph Kuschmann

Ralph Kuschmann 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: 9308840
    Abstract: A seat includes a seat base and a seat back that is connected to the seat base by a hinge mechanism for movement between a seating position and a folded forward position. The seat back closes an opening between the passenger compartment and the trunk compartment in the seating position and uncovers the opening in the folded forward position. A spring is operatively connected to the seat back to bias the seat back to the folded forward position. A damper is connected to the seat back that limits the speed that the seat back is folded forward as a result of the biasing force exerted by the spring on the seat back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Anton Stesl, Christian Verweyst, Frederic Chevallier, Goeran Brkic, Peter Alexander Wolf, Ralph Kuschmann
  • Publication number: 20140138999
    Abstract: A seat includes a seat base and a seat back that is connected to the seat base by a hinge mechanism for movement between a seating position and a folded forward position. The seat back closes an opening between the passenger compartment and the trunk compartment in the seating position and uncovers the opening in the folded forward position. A spring is operatively connected to the seat back to bias the seat back to the folded forward position. A damper is connected to the seat back that limits the speed that the seat back is folded forward as a result of the biasing force exerted by the spring on the seat back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anton STESL, Christian VERWEYST, Frederic CHEVALLIER, Goeran BRKIC, Peter Alexander WOLF, Ralph KUSCHMANN
  • Patent number: 6595588
    Abstract: In a vehicle seat (1), in particular a motor-vehicle rear-seat bench, which takes up at least one seat position and at least one non-use or folded position in order to enlarge the loading area, having an articulated seat frame (3, 5, 7, 9), which has a cushion carrier (21) provided with a seat cushion (22), and having a backrest (27), which is coupled to the seat frame (3, 5, 7, 9) and has a backrest cushion (30), in which, during the transformation from the seat position into the non-use or folded position, the seat frame (3, 5, 7, 9) moves onto itself, and the backrest (27) and the cushion carrier (21) move relative to each other, the moving of a single part (5) of the vehicle seat (1) causes both a movement of the seat frame (3, 5, 7, 9) and a relative movement of the backrest (27) and the cushion carrier (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frank Ellerich, Joachim Kämmerer, Ralph Kuschmann, Holger Kunz
  • Publication number: 20020130542
    Abstract: In a vehicle seat (1), in particular a motor-vehicle rear-seat bench, which takes up at least one seat position and at least one non-use or folded position in order to enlarge the loading area, having an articulated seat frame (3, 5, 7, 9), which has a cushion carrier (21) provided with a seat cushion (22), and having a backrest (27), which is coupled to the seat frame (3, 5, 7, 9) and has a backrest cushion (30), in which, during the transformation from the seat position into the non-use or folded position, the seat frame (3, 5, 7, 9) moves onto itself, and the backrest (27) and the cushion carrier (21) move relative to each other, the moving of a single part (5) of the vehicle seat (1) causes both a movement of the seat frame (3, 5, 7, 9) and a relative movement of the backrest (27) and the cushion carrier (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: Keiper GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Frank Ellerich, Joachim Kammerer, Ralph Kuschmann, Holger Kunz