Patents by Inventor Thomas Bingert

Thomas Bingert 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: 11065986
    Abstract: A longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat having at least one pair of rails. The at least one pair of rails may be formed from a first seat rail for connecting to a seat structure, and from a second seat rail for connecting to a vehicle structure. The seat rails of the pair of rails are displaceable in the longitudinal direction relative to each other and mutually engage around each other to form an inner channel. A securing profile, which is fastened to the first seat rail, is arranged in the inner channel. A rack which is fixed relative to the second seat rail is arranged in the inner channel. The securing profile and the rack are normally spaced apart from each other and enter into engagement with each other in a form-fitting manner in reaction to a predetermined action of force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Emrich, Michael Koenig, Martin Reischmann, Frank Rheinheimer, Ralf Velten, Thomas Bingert, Erik Dick
  • Publication number: 20200130538
    Abstract: A longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat having at least one pair of rails. The at least one pair of rails may be formed from a first seat rail for connecting to a seat structure, and from a second seat rail for connecting to a vehicle structure. The seat rails of the pair of rails are displaceable in the longitudinal direction relative to each other and mutually engage around each other to form an inner channel. A securing profile, which is fastened to the first seat rail, is arranged in the inner channel. A rack which is fixed relative to the second seat rail is arranged in the inner channel. The securing profile and the rack are normally spaced apart from each other and enter into engagement with each other in a form-fitting manner in reaction to a predetermined action of force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH
    Inventors: HOLGER EMRICH, MICHAEL KOENIG, MARTIN REISCHMANN, FRANK RHEINHEIMER, RALF VELTEN, THOMAS BINGERT, ERIK DICK
  • Patent number: 9114733
    Abstract: A vehicle seat can be moved from a starting position to a laterally offset end position and back, and the vehicle seat is oriented in the same direction in the starting position and in the end position. The vehicle seat includes a first upper rail, which is movably guided in a first lower rail, a second upper rail, which is movably guided in a second lower rail, and a seat cushion, which is movably mounted on the at least one upper rail. The lateral motion of the seat cushion relative to the rails is accomplished by carrying out a predetermined relative motions of the rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: KEIPER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Pluta, Thomas Bingert, Thomas Christoffel
  • Publication number: 20130221720
    Abstract: A vehicle seat can be moved from a starting position to a laterally offset end position and back, and the vehicle seat is oriented in the same direction in the starting position and in the end position. The vehicle seat includes a first upper rail, which is movably guided in a first lower rail, a second upper rail, which is movably guided in a second lower rail, and a seat cushion, which is movably mounted on the at least one upper rail. The lateral motion of the seat cushion relative to the rails is accomplished by carrying out a predetermined relative motions of the rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Wolfgang Pluta, Thomas Bingert, Thomas Christoffel
  • Publication number: 20100014793
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement (5) between two components (9, 12) that can be pivoted relative to each other about an axis (A), particularly of a vehicle seat (1), has two bearing elements (7, 10) that can be pivoted relative to each other about the axis (A), and a bushing (20) that is disposed axially and/or radially between the bearing elements (7, 10). The bushing has resilient sections (20a, 20b) for the axial and/or radial compensation for play. The bushing (20) has a disk section (20a) acting as a disk spring for the axial compensation of play, and a barrel section (20b) acting as a barrel spring for the radial compensation of play.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventor: Thomas Bingert