Patents by Inventor Rudolf Krist

Rudolf Krist 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).

  • Support and pneumatic pressure accumulator for a vehicle seat
    Patent number: 6612646
    Abstract: A support for a vehicle seat, which support can be fastened to a supporting element of the seat and is used to support a cushion of the seat upholstery. The support is designed as a hollow body which provides a pneumatic pressure accumulator to which a pneumatic pressure source and at least one pneumatic consumer can be connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Ewald Günther, Timothy Wynne-Jones, Rudolf Krist, Bernd Schmidt, Ralf-Henning Schrom, Petros Velimvassakis
  • Actuating arrangement for a vehicle seat
    Patent number: 6332650
    Abstract: An actuating device is provided for a vehicle seat whose seat back can be folded forward around a pivot axis into a deflected position to facilitate entrance and exit. The seat back is held in its folded-back end position by bilaterally provided rotary drop latches which can be unlocked remotely by a common actuating element in synchronization and with a tension arrangement being provided for remote unlocking. The rotary drop latches are rotationally coupled by a connecting rod and operably connected by a single tension strand with the actuating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Krist, Bernd Schmidt, Ralf-Henning Schrom, Volmar Schulz, Philip C. Shephard