Patents by Inventor Thomas Dills

Thomas Dills 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: 20060084547
    Abstract: In a geared fitting (11) for a vehicle seat, in particular for an automotive seat, having a first internal geared wheel (13), an eccentric (21) rotatable about an axis of rotation (A), a pinion (22) driven by the eccentric (21) and meshing with the first internal geared wheel (13), and a second internal geared wheel (31) in which the pinion (22) meshes and which is mounted on the first internal geared wheel (13), at least one wedge system (27) is provided axially offset from the eccentric (21), with respect to the axis of rotation (A), the wedge system (27) acting to compensate for the play between one of the internal geared wheels (13, 31) and the other internal geared wheel (13, 31) and/or the pinion (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Dill, Ulf Schaffling, Viktor Enns
  • Publication number: 20050217399
    Abstract: In the case of a geared fitting (11) for a vehicle seat, in particular for an automotive seat, having a first internal geared wheel (13), a pinion (21) which is driven by an eccentric (15) and meshes with the first internal geared wheel (13), and a second internal geared wheel (31) in which the pinion (21) meshes, the eccentric (15) forms part of an axial clamping (15, 41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Dill, Erdal Kuscu
  • Publication number: 20050012013
    Abstract: In a pair of seat rails for a vehicle seat, in particular for an automobile seat, with a first seat rail (1) and a second seat rail (2), with the first seat rail (1) being guided in the longitudinal direction for displacement in the second guide rail (2) and having at least one interlocking section (11) for interacting with the second seat rail (2) and an adapter section (13), which includes at least one mounting point (15) for arranging a structural component of the vehicle seat (5), a hole (21) is provided between the mounting point (15) and the interlocking section (21), and the hole is operative for operating advantageously in the event of a crash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Dill, Dieter Braun, Joachim Muhlberger, Ingo Teufel, Stefan Roth
  • Patent number: 6715832
    Abstract: In the case of a geared fitting (1) for a vehicle seat adjuster, having a first internal-geared wheel (11) and a second internal-geared wheel (22) which is mounted rotatably relative to the first one and is arranged axially thereto, as central gear wheels, and having at least one revolving planet wheel (18) which is arranged axially between the internal-geared wheels (11, 22) and is in engagement with the two internal-geared wheels (11, 22), the second internal-geared wheel (22) is mounted on the first internal-geared wheel (11) with an undulating and/or polygonal bearing bushing (21) positioned between the internal-geared wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Dill
  • Patent number: 6550863
    Abstract: In the case of a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, having a seat frame (3), a seat shell (21) which is fitted to the seat frame (3) and bears a seat cushion (23), and an inclination adjuster (11) by means of which one part (19) of the seat frame (3) and/or of the seat shell (21) can be moved in order to adjust the inclination of the seat cushion (23), the seat shell (21) is fitted at one end to the movable part (19) of the seat frame (3) and at the other end is mounted on a fixed part (7) of the seat frame (3) in a manner such that it can be moved by means of a guide (29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Thomas Dill, Joachim Mühlberger
  • Publication number: 20020167210
    Abstract: In the case of a geared fitting (1) for a vehicle seat adjuster, having a first internal-geared wheel (11) and a second internal-geared wheel (22) which is mounted rotatably relative to the first one and is arranged axially thereto, as central gear wheels, and having at least one revolving planet wheel (18) which is arranged axially between the internal-geared wheels (11, 22) and is in engagement with the two internal-geared wheels (11, 22), the second internal-geared wheel (22) is mounted on the first internal-geared wheel (11) with an undulating and/or polygonal bearing bushing (21) positioned between the internal-geared wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: KEIPER GmbH & Co
    Inventor: Thomas Dill
  • Publication number: 20020043847
    Abstract: In the case of a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, having a seat frame (3), a seat shell (21) which is fitted to the seat frame (3) and bears a seat cushion (23), and an inclination adjuster (11) by means of which one part (19) of the seat frame (3) and/or of the seat shell (21) can be moved in order to adjust the inclination of the seat cushion (23), the seat shell (21) is fitted at one end to the movable part (19) of the seat frame (3) and at the other end is mounted on a fixed part (7) of the seat frame (3) in a manner such that it can be moved by means of a guide (29).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas Dill, Joachim Muhlberger
  • Patent number: 6244812
    Abstract: An automated door removal and replacement system utilizes a combination of linear and rotational drive to remove a door of a wafer supporting device and store the door below the device. In one embodiment, the wafer-supporting device is a Front Opening Unified Pod (FOUP). A door-contacting assembly is pivotally mounted to include a horizontal rest position and a vertical unlocking position. In the horizontal rest position, the assembly resides below the wafer-supporting device. The assembly is rotated to a vertical position and then linearly moved to engage the door. Keys of the assembly are manipulated to release the door. The assembly and the door are moved rearwardly and the assembly is pivoted to the rest position, clearing the opening to the wafer-supporting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: H-Square Corporation
    Inventors: Jesse Patterson, Charles Thomas Dill