Patents by Inventor Ralph NUSS

Ralph NUSS 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: 12263770
    Abstract: A vehicle equipment part having a base fixed to the bodywork and pivot part pivotable relative to the base about an axis, which pivot part can be locked in one pivot direction by a free-wheel device having a clamping member. The clamping member is arranged in a wedge-shaped clamping gap radially between a first counter-surface formed by a wedge structure fixed to the base and a circular cylindrical second counter-surface associated with the pivot part and is movable between a blocking position and a release position. The clamping member has a first contact surface, which faces the first counter-surface, and a second contact surface, which faces the second counter-surface. The second counter-surface is formed with a structure which is V-shaped in radial section and extends at least partly in the circumferential direction coaxially with the pivot axis and which is in the form of a recess or a projection, and the second contact surface is formed by a complementary structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Ralph Nuss
  • Publication number: 20250067305
    Abstract: A bearing unit having a receiving region with an opening in which a rod can be arranged so as to be relatively movable, including at least one first bearing structure and a second bearing structure, which are configured to be in contact with the rod when the rod is located in the receiving region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventor: Ralph NUSS
  • Publication number: 20240217415
    Abstract: An armrest having a base and an arm support pivotable relative to the base between a first and a second position, and having a locking device, with which the pivoting movement of the arm support relative to the base or relative to a pivoting part that can be pivoted with respect to the base can be locked. The locking device includes two rotatably mounted wheels having first locking surfaces, and a latch which is movable between a latching position and a release position and has second locking surfaces. The first and second locking surfaces are engaged in the latching position and disengaged in the release position. The locking device has first transfer mechanism associated with the wheel and second transfer mechanism associated with the base, with which the arm support can be supported on the base in the latching position in at least two different use positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventor: Ralph NUSS
  • Publication number: 20240092241
    Abstract: A vehicle equipment part having a base fixed to the bodywork and pivot part pivotable relative to the base about an axis, which pivot part can be locked in one pivot direction by a free-wheel device having a clamping member. The clamping member is arranged in a wedge-shaped clamping gap radially between a first counter-surface formed by a wedge structure fixed to the base and a circular cylindrical second counter-surface associated with the pivot part and is movable between a blocking position and a release position. The clamping member has a first contact surface, which faces the first counter-surface, and a second contact surface, which faces the second counter-surface. The second counter-surface is formed with a structure which is V-shaped in radial section and extends at least partly in the circumferential direction coaxially with the pivot axis and which is in the form of a recess or a projection, and the second contact surface is formed by a complementary structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventor: Ralph NUSS
  • Patent number: 11827131
    Abstract: The invention relates to an armrest with a support (15) for a vehicle seat (10), the support being movable by a side mechanism (27), relative to a base between a proximal and a distal position and is pivotable by a pivot assembly (28), between a first pivot position and a second pivot position, wherein the side mechanism (27) comprises a first part (16) of the base and a second part (18) on the support (15), wherein the first part (16) is connected to the second part (21) by an articulation (37).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Ralph Nuss
  • Publication number: 20230301436
    Abstract: A headrest with a head contact part, which can be moved between a front and a rear position by an adjustment device, wherein the adjustment device includes at least one link. The link forms at least one joint with the retaining device and at least one joint with the head contact part. The adjustment device includes an adjustment housing that at least partially covers the at least one link. The adjustment housing is motion-connected to the retaining device in such a way that it can follow a movement of the links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ralph NUSS, Manuel BÖSL
  • Patent number: 11731543
    Abstract: An accessory for a vehicle has a base and a pivot part that can be pivoted relative to the base in opposite first and second pivoting direction between first and second end positions. A first latch and a second latch can lock the pivoting movement of the pivot part in at least one of the directions. An actuator automatically and/or manually moves the latches between a latched position in which the first latch and the second latch engaged and a released position in which the latches disengaged. One of the latches has a rotatable wheel rotatable having first blocking surfaces. The base or the pivot part has a first teeth engaging second teeth of the wheel. The other latch is provided with second blocking surfaces that engage the first blocking surfaces in the latched position and disengage therefrom in the released position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Ralph Nuss
  • Publication number: 20230211739
    Abstract: An equipment part for a vehicle, including a wing device having at least one wing. The wing is pivotably about a pivot axis between a first pivot position and a second pivot position. The wing has a base part and an extension part that is supported movably relative to the base part in a translatory manner between a base position and an extended position. An adjusting device has at least one motor drive and a transmission for executing the pivoting movement as well as the translatory movement of the wing. By way of the transmission, a conversion takes place of a rotary movement of the drive to a translatory movement of the extension part, wherein a torque about the axis of rotation is produced in the base part, with which torque the wing is pivotable between the first pivot position and the second pivot position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventor: Ralph NUSS
  • Patent number: 11518282
    Abstract: An armrest has a base, a sliding part movable translationally relative to the base between a first end position and a second end position, and first and second guides on base. One of the guides has a first bearing and a second bearing at least one of which is pivotal in a respective bearing seat. The other guide has a first guide bar and a second guide bar spaced apart in a movement direction and movable jointly in the movement direction relative to the respective first and second bearings. The first guide bar extends in a straight line along a first longitudinal axis and the second guide bar in a straight line along a second longitudinal axis. The first longitudinal axis and/or the second longitudinal axis extends at an angle to a straight line extending through a center of the first bearing and a center of the second bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Ralph Nuss, Rainer Schollenberg
  • Publication number: 20220371495
    Abstract: The invention relates to an armrest with a support (15) for a vehicle seat (10), the support being movable by a side mechanism (27), relative to a base between a proximal and a distal position and is pivotable by a pivot assembly (28), between a first pivot position and a second pivot position, wherein the side mechanism (27) comprises a first part (16) of the base and a second part (18) on the support (15), wherein the first part (16) is connected to the second part (21) by an articulation (37).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventor: Ralph NUSS
  • Patent number: 11441606
    Abstract: A slide bearing for guiding a translationally movable sliding part has a first part having a first guide surface suitable for interacting with a first sliding surface of the sliding part and a second part having a second guide surface suitable for interacting with a second sliding surface of the sliding part. The second part is movable relative to the first part. A guide part is connected to the first part so as to be movable in a first direction and a second direction. A pressure device urges the second part toward the first guide surface such that the first guide surface directly engages the first sliding surface and the second guide surface directly engages the second sliding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Ralph Nuss
  • Patent number: 11427131
    Abstract: The invention relates to an accessory, with a base (11) and an adjustment part (12), movable in translation and/or in rotation relative to the base, that is movable along a path between a first end position and a second end position and can be locked in at least one position with a locking device (13) with first locking formations that are associated with the adjustment part (12) and second locking formations that are associated with the base (11), with a control system with a first controller associated with the adjustment part (12) and a second controller associated with the base (11), with which controller the locking device (13) is adjustable between a catch position and a release position depending on the position of the adjustment part (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Ralph Nuss
  • Patent number: 11358505
    Abstract: The invention relates to an armrest (10) for a seat, in particular for a vehicle seat, having a base (11) to which at least one container (18) having a cavity (27) is allocated, having an arm support (12) that is pivotable relative to the container (18) between a lower end position and an upper end position, having an arm support face (13), wherein at least one housing wall (19a, 19b, 19c) is allocated to the arm support (12), said housing wall (19a, 19b, 19c) being connected to the arm support (12) so as to move therewith in such a way that it closes an intermediate space arising between a stop face (25) of the arm support (12) and a support face (26) on the base part (11) when the arm support (12) pivots up, wherein the arm support (12) comprises an opening (16) through which access to the interior space (27) is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Ralph Nuss, Hubert Keller
  • Patent number: 11058225
    Abstract: An armrest has a base element, an arm-support element movable in a direction on the base element between a pair of end positions, a mount fixed on one of the elements and formed with a throughgoing hole extending in the direction, and a rod fixed on the other of the elements and extending along an axis with play through the hole of the mount. A pair of inelastic slide-bearing rings fixed in the hole at ends thereof loosely surrounds the rod. A respective elastic bearing block fixed in and relative to each of the rings presses the rod radially against a diametrally opposite inner-surface portion of the respective ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Ralph Nuss, Gerhard Delling
  • Publication number: 20210207654
    Abstract: The invention relates, inter alia, to a slide bearing (10) for guiding a translationally movable sliding part, comprising a first part (11) having a first guide surface (12) suitable for interacting with a first sliding surface (67) of the sliding part, and comprising a second part (14) having a second guide surface (26) suitable for interacting with a second sliding surface (68) of the sliding part. The special feature is that the second part (14) is movable relative to the first part (11) and is pressed by a pressure device (29) toward the first guide surface (12) such that the first guide surface (12) can be moved into contact with the first sliding surface (67) and the second guide surface (26) can be moved into contact with the second sliding surface (68).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventor: Ralph NUSS
  • Publication number: 20210170952
    Abstract: The invention relates to an accessory, with a base (11) and an adjustment part (12), movable in translation and/or in rotation relative to the base, that is movable along a path between a first end position and a second end position and can be locked in at least one position with a locking device (13) with first locking formations that are associated with the adjustment part (12) and second locking formations that are associated with the base (11), with a control system with a first controller associated with the adjustment part (12) and a second controller associated with the base (11), with which controller the locking device (13) is adjustable between a catch position and a release position depending on the position of the adjustment part (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventor: Ralph NUSS
  • Publication number: 20210138946
    Abstract: The invention relates to an accessory comprising a base (11) and a sliding part (12) movable in a straight line relative to the base (11), comprising a guide device, the base (11) comprising first guide unit and the sliding part (12) comprising second guide unit, the first guide unit and second guide unit interacting and one guide unit comprising at least one first bearing (25a, 25b) and at least one second bearing (28a, 28b) and the other guide unit comprising at least one first guide bar (22a, 22b) and one second guide bar (23a and 23b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Ralph NUSS, Rainer SCHOLLENBERG
  • Publication number: 20210138947
    Abstract: The invention relates to an accessory for a vehicle comprising a base (11) and a pivot part (12) that can be pivoted relative to the base (11) about a pivot axis (a1) in a first pivoting direction (u1) and a second pivoting direction (u2) between a first end position and a second end position, comprising a latch assembly (14) that has a first latch and second latch for locking the pivoting movement of the arm support (12) in at least one direction, comprising an actuating device (42) for automatically and/or manually moving the latch assembly (14) between a latched position in which the first latch and the second latch are in engagement, and a released position in which the latch are out of engagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventor: Ralph NUSS
  • Publication number: 20210009019
    Abstract: The invention relates to an armrest (10) for a seat, in particular for a vehicle seat, having a base (11) to which at least one container (18) having a cavity (27) is allocated, having an arm support (12) that is pivotable relative to the container (18) between a lower end position and an upper end position, having an arm support face (13), wherein at least one housing wall (19a, 19b, 19c) is allocated to the arm support (12), said housing wall (19a, 19b, 19c) being connected to the arm support (12) so as to move therewith in such a way that it closes an intermediate space arising between a stop face (25) of the arm support (12) and a support face (26) on the base part (11) when the arm support (12) pivots up, wherein the arm support (12) comprises an opening (16) through which access to the interior space (27) is possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Ralph Nuss, Hubert Keller
  • Patent number: 10821866
    Abstract: The invention relates to a headrest, in particular for a vehicle seat, with a head contact part (11), with a support (12) for mounting the headrest (10) on a fixed structure, with at least one parallelogrammatic linkage (23) between the head contact part (11) and the support (12) that carries the head contact part (11) for movement relative to the support (12) between a first position and a second position, wherein the parallelogrammatic linkage (23) comprises at least two links (16, 17), and each link (16, 17) forms at least one pivot joint (G1A, G2A, G1C, G2C) with the support (12) and at least one pivot joint (G1B, G2B, G1D, G2D) with the head contact part (11), with a latch (19), with a first latch formation on the support (12) and a second latch formation on the head contact part (11), wherein the first latch formation and the second latch formation are in engagement in a locked position and are disengaged in a release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Ralph Nuss, Gerhard Delling, Manuel Boesl, Erwin Himmelhuber, Hubert Keller