Patents by Inventor Rolf Schuler

Rolf Schuler 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: 7345390
    Abstract: In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) of a vehicle seat, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, having at least an electronically commutated motor (12) and a gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), wherein the motor (12) has a stator (16) and at least one rotor (22, 24) rotating around an axis (A) and interacting magnetically with the stator (16), two rotors (22, 24) are provided which rotate in different directions, wherein the gear stage (14) bears directly at least one rotor (22, 24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rolf Schüler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
  • Patent number: 7329200
    Abstract: In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) of a vehicle seat, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, having at least one particularly electronically commutated motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14) is designed as a differential gear, which by making use of two different speeds and/or directions of rotation causes a movement of an output (54) around an axis (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rolf Schüler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
  • Patent number: 7306285
    Abstract: In the case of an adjuster (3) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, with a drivable geared fitting, the driven geared fitting moving a component of the adjuster (3) and/or of the vehicle seat (1), a gear stage (21) with a fluctuating transmission ratio is connected upstream of the geared fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rolf Schüler, Ulrich Lehmann
  • Patent number: 7294081
    Abstract: In a drive unit (10) for vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having at least one motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14) is designed as a switch gear, so that two different directions of rotation of the output (54) can be provided/selected between, while retaining one sole permanent direction of rotation of the motor (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rolf Schüler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
  • Publication number: 20070205647
    Abstract: A gear stage (14) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, has a driving shaft (16) and a driven shaft (18). The gear stage (14) reduces the rotational speed of the driving shaft (16) to a lower rotational speed of the driven shaft (18). The gear stage (14) comprises at least one row (24) of transmission balls upon which tangentially lie at least one, and in particular two driving surfaces (22) of the driving shaft (16), at least one driven surface (26) of the driven shaft (18) and at least one housing surface (28) of a housing (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Inventors: Bernd Bossmanns, Michael Berres, Karsten Kalmus, Rolf Schuler
  • Patent number: 7245252
    Abstract: In a method for determining the distance between two transmitting and receiving stations, a transmission signal is generated in each station and is transmitted as a series of microwave pulses having a predefined pulse repetition frequency to the other respective station. The coincidence of pulses of the transmission signal sent by the respective station and the signal received by the station is detected in each station as a coincidence event, and the number of pulses transmitted and received by the respective station at the time of the coincidence event is determined. The distance between the stations is then calculated on the basis of the number of the determined pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Knepper, Stefan Rau, Thomas Oexle, Rolf Schuler, Wolfgang Schulter
  • Patent number: 7240965
    Abstract: In the case of a fitting system for a vehicle seat (1), in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having at least one fitting (15, 35, 45) and a structural part (11) on which the fitting (15) is to be fixed, the fitting parts are substantially disk-shaped, can be rotated relative to each other, are axially held together by a clutch ring (19) arranged along the periphery, and the clutch ring (19) is designed in a manner such that it is integrated in the structural part (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rainer Messerschmidt, Rolf Schüler
  • Patent number: 7201079
    Abstract: In the case of a rotary actuator for an adjuster of a vehicle seat, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, having a manually actuatable operating element (7), a transmission gearing (11) on which the operating element (7) acts when actuated, and an output element (9) which is rotated at least intermittently by the transmission gearing (11) and, during a rotation, drives the adjuster (3), the transmission gearing (11) changing during the actuation by the operating element (7) from a higher transmission ratio to a lower transmission ratio, during the actuation by the operating element (7) the transmission gearing (11) runs through two phases during which the transmission ratios are constant in each case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jürgen Stemmer, Tobias Ewald, Rolf Schüler, Rainer Messerschmidt
  • Publication number: 20070069100
    Abstract: In the case of a longitudinal adjuster (1) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, with at least one first seat rail (5), at least one second seat rail (8) which is displaceable relative to the first seat rail (5) and is guided therein, at least one locking device (11) for locking the first seat rail (5) to the second seat rail (8), wherein a locking row (19) of the first seat rail (5) is assigned to the locking device (11), and a position recognition device (20) with a sensor (24), the sensor (24) interacts with the locking row (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Rolf Schuler, Joachim Flick
  • Publication number: 20070060433
    Abstract: In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) in a vehicle, having at least one particularly electronically commutated motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14) is designed as a differential gear, which by making use of two different speeds and/or directions of rotation causes a movement of an output (54) around an axis (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Rolf Schuler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
  • Publication number: 20070029888
    Abstract: In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) of a vehicle seat, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, having at least an electronically commutated motor (12) and a gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), wherein the motor (12) has a stator (16) and at least one rotor (22, 24) rotating around an axis (A) and interacting magnetically with the stator (16), two rotors (22, 24) are provided which rotate in different directions, wherein the gear stage (14) bears directly at least one rotor (22, 24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Rolf Schuler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
  • Publication number: 20070032330
    Abstract: In a drive unit (10) for vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having at least one motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14) is designed as a switch gear, so that two different directions of rotation of the output (54) can be provided/selected between, while retaining one sole permanent direction of rotation of the motor (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Rolf Schuler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
  • Publication number: 20070032337
    Abstract: In a drive unit (10) of an adjuster (80) of a vehicle seat, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, having at least one particularly electronically commutated motor (12) and at least one gear stage (14) provided on the output side of the motor (12), the gear stage (14) is designed as a differential gear, which by making use of two different speeds and/or directions of rotation causes a movement of an output (54) around an axis (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Rolf Schuler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
  • Publication number: 20070029893
    Abstract: In an adjuster (80) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having at least two components (81, 82) forming a load-bearing gear, which are movable relative to each other by way of a drive unit (10), wherein the drive unit (10) has a particularly electronically commutated motor (12) and a gear stage (14), the drive unit (10) is integrated into the load-bearing gear, and the motor (12) has at least one rotor (22, 24) borne in the load-bearing gear and rotating around an axis (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Rolf Schuler, Michael Berres, Bernd Bossmanns, Karsten Kalmus, Christoph Schuhn, Heinz Voss
  • Patent number: 7114778
    Abstract: In a drive (1) for a vehicle seat adjuster (3), having a manually pivotable drive lever (15), which can be deflected out of a neutral position in order, after an element (35) has engaged in a drive wheel (51), to produce a directed rotational movement of an output element (63), at least one sliding element (35) which is moveable in a translatory manner is provided as the element which is to be engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: KEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rolf Schüler, Jürgen Stemmer, Rainer Messerschmidt, Michael Berres
  • Publication number: 20060124820
    Abstract: In the case of an adjuster (3) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, with a drivable geared fitting, the driven geared fitting moving a component of the adjuster (3) and/or of the vehicle seat (1), a gear stage (21) with a fluctuating transmission ratio is connected upstream of the geared fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Rolf Schuler, Ulrich Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20060125300
    Abstract: In the case of a rotary actuator for an adjuster of a vehicle seat, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, having a manually actuatable operating element (7), a transmission gearing (11) on which the operating element (7) acts when actuated, and an output element (9) which is rotated at least intermittently by the transmission gearing (11) and, during a rotation, drives the adjuster (3), the transmission gearing (11) changing during the actuation by the operating element (7) from a higher transmission ratio to a lower transmission ratio, during the actuation by the operating element (7) the transmission gearing (11) runs through two phases during which the transmission ratios are constant in each case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Jurgen Stemmer, Tobias Ewald, Rolf Schuler, Rainer Messerschmidt
  • Patent number: 7034676
    Abstract: In a method for securing an object against unauthorized use, an interrogation unit (1) transmits an interrogation signal (s) and tests whether a response unit (2), which is to be carried by an authorized user, responds to the interrogation signal with a response signal (r) that contains as information a code authorized for desecuring a security device (3). If so, the security device is desecured. The securing method shall prevent unauthorized persons from establishing a radio link via relay stations between the interrogation unit (1) and the response unit (2) for providing the authorized code via this radio link without being noticed by the authorized user. The securing method prevents the desecuring of the security device (3) if the signal transit time of a signal transmitted as the interrogation signal (s) and received as the response signal (r) by the interrogation unit (1) during a monitoring time interval (t4–t5) is greater than a prescribed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Haas, Udo Knepper, Karlheinz Mueller, Rolf Schuler
  • Publication number: 20060061197
    Abstract: In the case of a fitting system for a vehicle seat (1), in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having at least one fitting (15, 35, 45) and a structural part (11) on which the fitting (15) is to be fixed, the fitting parts are substantially disk-shaped, can be rotated relative to each other, are axially held together by a clutch ring (19) arranged along the periphery, and the clutch ring (19) is designed in a manner such that it is integrated in the structural part (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Rainer Messerschmidt, Rolf Schuler
  • Publication number: 20060049975
    Abstract: 1. Method for determining the distance between two transmitting and receiving stations. 2.1. In automotive engineering transmitting and receiving stations are usually used in keyless locking systems as electronic key modules or evaluation units for identifying the key module. Deactivation of the locking system is prevented, if the key module is not in the immediate vicinity of the evaluation unit. The novel method shall determine the distance between two transmitting and receiving stations with high resolution. 2.3. According to the novel method, a transmission signal is generated in each transmitting and receiving station and is transmitted as a series of microwave pulses having a predefined pulse repetition frequency to the other respective transmitting and receiving station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Udo Knepper, Stefan Rau, Thomas Oexle, Rolf Schuler, Wolfgang Schulter