Patents by Inventor Thomas SPERGER

Thomas SPERGER 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: 20250386932
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a container having two side walls and a container rear wall, and a guide device for movement of the container relative to a fixed furniture part. A current interface for supplying a current sink with energy is arranged on the guide device and/or the container to be coupled with the container. In the use position of the arrangement, the current interface is arranged behind the container rear wall and/or the side walls, preferably at the end side behind one of the two side walls, of the container. A current interface is arranged on the guide device so that, when mounting or demounting the container, the container can be automatically coupled to/decoupled from the current interface, and/or a current interface includes a magnet or magnetic contact with which a current sink can be connected to a current source of the fixed furniture part in a current-conducting manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Christian HAUER, Thomas SPERGER, Daniel KOHLWEISS
  • Publication number: 20250375034
    Abstract: An assembly includes a container, in particular a drawer, and a drive unit for moving, at least partially automatedly, the container relative to a stationary furniture part, in particular furniture carcass. The drive unit includes an electric motor, which preferably can be supplied with 230 V, and an open-loop and/or closed-loop control device for controlling the electric motor. The electric motor, preferably the drive unit, is disposed on the container and/or on a guide device for the container such that the electric motor is coupled, with respect to motion, to the container, and the drive unit includes a connection device for the electric motor, by which the electric motor is releasably coupled or is coupled to the drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Inventors: Christian HAUER, Thomas Sperger, Daniel Kohlweiss
  • Patent number: 12049774
    Abstract: An assembly includes a longitudinal rail oriented substantially parallel to a closing plane, in which the a movable furniture door is arranged in the closing position, and a transverse rail arranged transversely to the longitudinal rail. The transverse rail can be arranged substantially parallel to a depth direction of a side space of a stationary furniture part. A fastening device can fasten the longitudinal rail and/or transverse rail to the stationary furniture part. The fastening device has an adjustment device for adjusting the longitudinal rail and/or transverse rail to be substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the transverse rail relative to the stationary furniture part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Sperger
  • Patent number: 11828096
    Abstract: A method for installing a guide assembly for a movable furniture part includes preferably carrying out chronologically in the following order: arranging on the furniture wall a first guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part, and arranging on a first elongated side of the first guide rail a drive device for influencing the movement of the movable furniture part on the furniture wall, the first guide rail and the drive device preferably being connected together. If the movable furniture part includes at least two door leaves connected together in an articulated manner, arranging a second guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part on the furniture wall on a second elongated side of the first guide rail, the first guide rail and the second guide rail preferably being connected together in a form-fitting and/or movable manner in particular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Koenig, Matthias Rupp, Thomas Sperger
  • Patent number: 11492833
    Abstract: A guide system includes a first guide rail, a guide carriage configured to be connected to the door wing and configured to run along the first guide rail, a second guide rail separate from the first guide rail, the second guide rail extending transversely to the first guide rail in a mounted condition, a carrier configured to be displaceable relative to the second guide rail, the guide carriage can be arranged on the carrier, and a transfer device for transferring the guide carriage at least from the first guide rail to the carrier. The transfer device includes a control curve configured to be bow-shaped at least over a region, so that the guide carriage, upon a transfer from the first guide rail to the carrier, can be moved at least over a region in a direction of the second guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Sperger, Benjamin Hoffmann, Ingo Gasser
  • Publication number: 20220307306
    Abstract: A method for installing a guide assembly for a movable furniture part includes preferably carrying out chronologically in the following order: arranging on the furniture wall a first guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part, and arranging on a first longitudinal side of the first guide rail a drive device for influencing the movement of the movable furniture part on the furniture wall, the first guide rail and the drive device preferably being connected together. If the movable furniture part comprises at least two door leaves connected together in an articulated manner, arranging a second guide rail for guiding the movable furniture part on the furniture wall on a second longitudinal side of the first guide rail, the first guide rail and the second guide rail preferably being connected together in a form-fitting and/or movable manner in particular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Bernd KOENIG, Matthias RUPP, Thomas SPERGER
  • Publication number: 20210363803
    Abstract: An assembly includes a longitudinal rail oriented substantially parallel to a closing plane, in which the a movable furniture door is arranged in the closing position, and a transverse rail arranged transversely to the longitudinal rail. The transverse rail can be arranged substantially parallel to a depth direction of a side space of a stationary furniture part. A fastening device can fasten the longitudinal rail and/or transverse rail to the stationary furniture part. The fastening device has an adjustment device for adjusting the longitudinal rail and/or transverse rail to be substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the transverse rail relative to the stationary furniture part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventor: Thomas SPERGER
  • Publication number: 20200018108
    Abstract: A guide system includes a first guide rail, a guide carriage configured to be connected to the door wing and configured to run along the first guide rail, a second guide rail separate from the first guide rail, the second guide rail extending transversely to the first guide rail in a mounted condition, a carrier configured to be displaceable relative to the second guide rail, the guide carriage can be arranged on the carrier, and a transfer device for transferring the guide carriage at least from the first guide rail to the carrier. The transfer device includes a control curve configured to be bow-shaped at least over a region, so that the guide carriage, upon a transfer from the first guide rail to the carrier, can be moved at least over a region in a direction of the second guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas SPERGER, Benjamin HOFFMANN, Ingo GASSER