Patents by Inventor Thomas GERSTL

Thomas GERSTL 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).

  • Adjustable Vehicle Seat Unit, and Vehicle
    Publication number: 20260217162
    Abstract: An adjustable vehicle seat unit has a vehicle seat with a seat base and a seat back. A vehicle seat bracket couples the vehicle seat to a vehicle structure. The vehicle seat bracket has a device for longitudinally adjusting a seat and a device, which is functionally coupled to the device for longitudinally adjusting a seat, for adjusting seat inclination. The device for longitudinally adjusting a seat has a first slotted guide system, along which the vehicle seat unit, when displaced in the longitudinal direction of the seat relative to the vehicle structure, is guided in a longitudinally-adjustable and height-adjustable manner. The device for adjusting seat inclination has a second slotted guide system, along which the vehicle seat unit, when displaced in the longitudinal direction of the seat relative to the vehicle structure, is guided in an inclination-adjustable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Inventors: Ismar COLIC, Thomas GERSTL, Andre HARTWIG, Florian OBER
  • Operator control of an air-conditioning system for the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10434839
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system for the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle is provided, wherein the air conditioning system has at least one operator control unit and at least two air outlets. The operator control unit has a touch-sensitive strip. The air-conditioning system is configured to perform the following: separate control of the temperature of the air which flows out of the first air outlet and the temperature of the air which flows out of the second air outlet; determination of the temperature of the air for the first and the second air outlets independently of one another, and as a function of sensed contact with the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Tille, Anton Sappler, Florian Miedl, Thomas Gerstl
  • Operator Control of an Air-Conditioning System for the Passenger Compartment of a Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20170028818
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system for the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle is provided, wherein the air conditioning system has at least one operator control unit and at least two air outlets. The operator control unit has a touch-sensitive strip. The air-conditioning system is configured to perform the following: separate control of the temperature of the air which flows out of the first air outlet and the temperature of the air which flows out of the second air outlet; determination of the temperature of the air for the first and the second air outlets independently of one another, and as a function of sensed contact with the strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas TILLE, Anton SAPPLER, Florian MIEDL, Thomas GERSTL