Patents by Inventor Ronald Liebsch

Ronald Liebsch 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: 10398227
    Abstract: A piece of furniture with a sensor device is provided. The sensor device includes an electrode arrangement which is arranged on a furniture section of the piece of furniture. The electrode arrangement, which is located at one side of the piece of furniture, detects changes in an electric field in a surrounding region with or without touching the electrode arrangement or the piece of furniture. The sensor device includes a detection unit, wherein a position of a body in the surrounding region of the piece of furniture is determined by a detected change in the electric field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Ronald Liebsch
  • Publication number: 20170181545
    Abstract: A piece of furniture with a sensor device is proposed. According to the invention, the sensor device comprises an electrode arrangement which is arranged on a furniture section of the piece of furniture in such a way that, by using the electrode arrangement, changes in an electric field in a surrounding region, which is located at one side of the piece of furniture, can be detected with or without touching the electrode arrangement or the piece of furniture, and that the sensor device comprises a detection unit by means of which a position of a body in the surrounding region of the piece of furniture can be determined by means of a detected change in the electric field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: Grass GmbH
    Inventor: Ronald LIEBSCH
  • Patent number: 8013558
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a closing gap in a piece of furniture, which comprises a device for moving a movable furniture part relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit, by means of which the furniture part can be driven to move relative to the stationary furniture part via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the movable furniture part, with the closing gap being formed between a front part of the movable furniture part and the stationary furniture part when the movable furniture part is in a closed position with respect to the stationary furniture part. According to the invention, the closing gap is adjusted in an activated, electronically assisted, adjusting mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: Grass GmbH, Küster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Ronald Liebsch, Holger Wenzel
  • Publication number: 20090079309
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a closing gap in a piece of furniture, which comprises a device for moving a movable furniture part relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit, by means of which the furniture part can be driven to move relative to the stationary furniture part via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the movable furniture part, with the closing gap being formed between a front part of the movable furniture part and the stationary furniture part when the movable furniture part is in a closed position with respect to the stationary furniture part. According to the invention, the closing gap is adjusted in an activated, electronically assisted, adjusting mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicants: Grass GmbH, Kuster Automotive Door Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Ronald Liebsch, Holger Wenzel