Patents by Inventor Thomas Gittermann

Thomas Gittermann 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).

  • Method and device for producing a sliding rail of a longitudinal adjustment device of a vehicle seat
    Patent number: 9956596
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a sliding rail of a longitudinal adjustment device for a vehicle seat, in which the longitudinal adjustment device has at least one pair of rails having two sliding rails and having sliding and/or rolling elements, the two sliding rails can be moved in the longitudinal direction against one another, the sliding and/or rolling elements are disposed between the sliding rails, and the sliding rails have contact tracks by which the sliding and/or rolling elements are in contact. A sliding rail is produced and then painted. Subsequently, at least one contact track is irradiated with a laser. In this way the layer of paint located on the contact track is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: C. Rob. Hammerstein GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Burckhard Becker, Peter Fuchs, Thomas Gittermann, Harald Schmidt
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A SLIDING RAIL OF A LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTMENT DEVICE OF A VEHICLE SEAT
    Publication number: 20130287965
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a sliding rail of a longitudinal adjustment device for a vehicle seat, in which the longitudinal adjustment device has at least one pair of rails having two sliding rails and having sliding and/or rolling elements, the two sliding rails can be moved in the longitudinal direction against one another, the sliding and/or rolling elements are disposed between the sliding rails, and the sliding rails have contact tracks by which the sliding and/or rolling elements are in contact. A sliding rail is produced and then painted. Subsequently, at least one contact track is irradiated with a laser. In this way the layer of paint located on the contact track is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Burckhard Becker, Peter Fuchs, Thomas Gittermann, Harald Schmidt