Patents by Inventor Thomas BITTERMANN

Thomas BITTERMANN 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).

  • Publication number: 20250290510
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compressor system, in particular a screw compressor, for compressing gases, preferably air, comprising a compressor block (11) in which a compressor chamber (12) is formed in which the gas is compressed via mechanical compression means (13), wherein the compressor chamber (12) has an inlet opening (14) on the inflow side and an outlet opening (15) on the outflow side, and a control device (16) for controlling a drive (17) of the compression means (13), wherein the control device (16) is operatively connected to a temperature sensor (19) and/or a humidity sensor (20) in order to determine state conditions of the gas entering at the inlet opening (14), characterized in that the temperature sensor (19) and/or the humidity sensor (20) are arranged at or in the control device (16) within the compressor system for detecting a temperature Tc prevailing there or a humidity Fc prevailing there, and the control device (16) comprises a processing device (23) in order to draw conclusions from t
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Inventors: Peter LUCKNER, Thomas BITTERMANN, Andreas BIRKENFELD
  • Patent number: 12122268
    Abstract: A backrest for a vehicle seat, comprising a backrest frame on which a backrest head support element provided for supporting a seat user in the shoulder region can be pivoted. In particular, the support element can be pivoted via a drive unit arranged on the support element and a lever mechanism which interacts with the drive unit so as to be actuated by an external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Bittermann, Jochen Hofmann, Marcel Amstein, Jörg Gropp, Jacqueline Albrecht
  • Publication number: 20240280157
    Abstract: A liquid absorber is for absorbing and damping vibrations in structures, in particular in slender, vertically oriented structures. It is therefore an object to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art and to provide a liquid absorber which lessens the sloshing effect of a fluid in the liquid absorber. A further object is to provide a liquid absorber which achieves an increase in the damping ratio for containers with sloshing lengths of more than 80 cm. A further object is to enable fine adjustments to be made with regard to the damping ratio and to develop a vibration absorber which has optimal damping properties (“Den Hartog”) and considerably improves the response behavior over a broad frequency spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Kersten Latz, Sebastian Voelkel, Thomas Bittermann, Hannah Klinner, Anne Schildhauer, Kay-Hennig Kruse
  • Publication number: 20240149762
    Abstract: It is provided a lever for a vehicle seat, comprising two bearing portions for pivotally connecting the lever to a further component in each case; a carrier element via which forces can be transmitted between the bearing portions; a displacement element on which one of the bearing portions is provided; and an elongate guide portion which is blocked in an initial position by a deformation portion so that the displacement element is fixed relative to the carrier element, wherein the deformation portion can be deformed by the action of forces acting between the bearing portions such that the guide portion is released and the displacement element is displaceable relative to the carrier element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Roman KLIE, Jochen HOFMANN, Christoph SINGER, Thomas BITTERMANN
  • Publication number: 20210245634
    Abstract: A backrest for a vehicle seat, comprising a backrest frame on which a backrest head support element provided for supporting a seat user in the shoulder region can be pivoted. In particular, the support element can be pivoted via a drive unit arranged on the support element and a lever mechanism which interacts with the drive unit so as to be actuated by an external force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventors: Thomas BITTERMANN, Jochen HOFMANN, Marcel AMSTEIN, Jörg GROPP, Jacqueline ALBRECHT
  • Publication number: 20180126885
    Abstract: It is provided a structural assembly for a vehicle seat backrest, with a surface element which is configured and designed to form at least one part of a rear wall of the vehicle seat backrest and/or to close a recess for a load through-opening in the vehicle seat backrest, and at least one interface element which is configured and designed for connecting to a further component of the vehicle seat backrest. The surface element is produced from a thermoformable composite material and is connected by a material connection to at least one part of the interface element. The at least one interface element is configured as a duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Ulf HARTMANN, Jochen HOFMANN, Thomas BITTERMANN, Andrea BAUERSACHS