Patents by Inventor Sebastian Geithner

Sebastian Geithner 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: 11052798
    Abstract: An air supply device and a method of operating same are provided for a vehicle seat having an air discharge opening provided in the upper region of the vehicle seat, via which opening a head, shoulder, and neck region of the seat occupant can be supplied with an airflow. The airflow is adjustable by a control unit for controlling or regulating a fan rotational speed of a blower and can be heated via a heating element. The control unit is supplied at least one activation signal for activating the air supply device and a temperature signal that provides information about the interior temperature. The control unit activates the heating element and the blower according to the activation signal and then controls at least the blower as a function of the interior temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hendrik Nordalm, Sebastian Geithner
  • Publication number: 20160236599
    Abstract: An air supply device and a method of operating same are provided for a vehicle seat having an air discharge opening provided in the upper region of the vehicle seat, via which opening a head, shoulder, and neck region of the seat occupant can be supplied with an airflow. The airflow is adjustable by a control unit for controlling or regulating a fan rotational speed of a blower and can be heated via a heating element. The control unit is supplied at least one activation signal for activating the air supply device and a temperature signal that provides information about the interior temperature. The control unit activates the heating element and the blower according to the activation signal and then controls at least the blower as a function of the interior temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Hendrik NORDALM, Sebastian GEITHNER
  • Patent number: 8104789
    Abstract: A seat assembly having a seat structure, a cover, a back panel, and a package plate. The back panel has a lateral wall that covers a receiving space in which a side airbag module is arranged. The package plate is arranged between the lateral wall and the side airbag module. The package plate has a back end that engages the seat structure and a front end disposed opposite the back end that is located within the receiving space. An airbag of the side airbag module is configured to deploy between the front end and the cover and between the cover and a free end of the lateral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Tracht, Rainer Penzel, Thomas Klisch, Sebastian Geithner, Wolfgang Hermann
  • Publication number: 20110095513
    Abstract: A seat assembly having a seat structure, a cover, a back panel, and a package plate. The back panel has a lateral wall that covers a receiving space in which a side airbag module is arranged. The package plate is arranged between the lateral wall and the side airbag module. The package plate has a back end that engages the seat structure and a front end disposed opposite the back end that is located within the receiving space. An airbag of the side airbag module is configured to deploy between the front end and the cover and between the cover and a free end of the lateral wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicants: LEAR CORPORATION, BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Michael Tracht, Rainer Penzel, Thomas Klisch, Sebastian Geithner, Wolfgang Herrmann
  • Patent number: 7891701
    Abstract: A seat (1), in particular a backrest (2) comprises a seat structure (3), a cover (4), and a back panel (5), which back panel (5) has at least one lateral wall (6) covering a receiving space (7) formed in a side wall (8) of the backrest (2), in which a soft cover side airbag module SAM (9) is arranged, wherein the airbag of the SAM (9) will deploy between cover (4) and a free end (10) of the lateral wall (6) in a deployment direction (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignees: Lear Corporation, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Michael Tracht, Rainer Penzel, Thomas Klisch, Sebastian Geithner, Wolfgang Herrmann
  • Publication number: 20080211274
    Abstract: A seat (1), in particular a backrest (2) comprises a seat structure (3), a cover (4), and a back panel (5), which back panel (5) has at least one lateral wall (6) covering a receiving space (7) formed in a side wall (8) of the backrest (2), in which a soft cover side airbag module SAM (9) is arranged, wherein the airbag of the SAM (9) will deploy between cover (4) and a free end (10) of the lateral wall (6) in a deployment direction (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicants: LEAR CORPORATION, BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Michael Tracht, Rainer Penzel, Thomas Klisch, Sebastian Geithner, Wolfgang Herrmann