Patents by Inventor Thomas Taimler

Thomas Taimler 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).

  • Patent number: 12698670
    Abstract: A method for operating a system is formed by at least one furniture element, preferably a furniture drive or a furniture lock, with which at least one part of an item of furniture can be driven or activated, and at least one control device for controlling the at least one furniture element with a control command via an operating command. In a first receiving method step, the at least one control device wirelessly receives at least one digital operating command by at least one receiving device and, in a transmitting method step, the at least one control device wirelessly transmits at least one digital control command to a receiving device of the at least one furniture element by at least one transmitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Ruedisser, Florian Burtscher, Thomas Taimler
  • Patent number: 12499751
    Abstract: A device for receiving signals via an electrically driveable or adjustable furniture element includes a receiving device for receiving at least one wirelessly transmitted signal, and the at least one wirelessly transmitted signal that has been received by the receiving device can be transmitted on to a furniture element. The receiving device is designed such that the at least one wirelessly transmitted signal can be received and processed via a first transmission protocol and a second transmission protocol, wherein the first transmission protocol is different from the second transmission protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Ruedisser, Florian Burtscher, Thomas Taimler
  • Patent number: 12276150
    Abstract: A device for controlling a movable furniture element includes a main transmitter, an auxiliary transmitter, and a receiver. The auxiliary transmitter is separate from the main transmitter. The movable furniture element is controllable by a first wireless signal transmitted from the main transmitter to the receiver. The movable furniture element is also controllable by a second wireless signal transmitted from the auxiliary transmitter to the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: JULIUS BLUM GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Ruedisser, Florian Burtscher, Thomas Taimler
  • Publication number: 20230236580
    Abstract: A method for operating an assembly includes providing a furniture part which can be arranged by a furniture drive in at least two operating positions relative to a furniture body. In chronological order, a command transmitter spatially separated from the furniture drive transmits at least one digital command to a data transmission device of the furniture drive via the data transmission device of the command transmitter. A computing unit of the furniture drive compares the at least one digital command with at least one digital data set stored in a storage unit, and the computing unit makes a selection on the basis of the result of the comparison to carry out the at least one digital command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas RUEDISSER, Florian BURTSCHER, Thomas TAIMLER
  • Publication number: 20230213904
    Abstract: A system includes a furniture element with which a part of an item of furniture is drivable or activatable, and a control device for actuating the a furniture element with a control command through an operating command. The control device includes a transmitting device, with which at least one digital control command is wirelessly transmissible to the furniture element, a first receiving device, with which at least one digital operating command transmitted according to a first transmission protocol is receivable, and a second receiving device, with which at least one digital operating command transmitted according to a second transmission protocol, which is different from the first transmission protocol, is receivable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas RUEDISSER, Florian BURTSCHER, Thomas TAIMLER
  • Publication number: 20230184027
    Abstract: A device for controlling an electrically drivable or movable furniture element includes a main transmitter for emitting a wirelessly transmitted signal, and a receiver for receiving a wirelessly transmitted signal. The furniture element can be controlled by a first wirelessly transmitted signal, and the first wirelessly transmitted signal can be transmitted from the main transmitter to the receiver. An auxiliary transmitter separate from the main transmitter is provided, from which a second wirelessly transmitted signal can be sent to the receiver. The furniture element can be controlled by a second signal transmitted from the auxiliary transmitter to the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas RUEDISSER, Florian BURTSCHER, Thomas TAIMLER
  • Publication number: 20230165384
    Abstract: A method is provided for setting up a furniture drive via an electronic device, in particular a mobile terminal, smart phone, or computer, and the furniture drive includes a storage unit. The method includes, preferably in chronological order: in an assembly operator region of the electronic device, storing a digital data set relating to at least one static parameter and/or a dynamic parameter on the storage unit via the electronic device, in particular as a wireless signal transmission; and storing in an end user region of the electronic device, a digital data set relating to the dynamic parameter on the storage unit via the electronic device, in particular as a wireless signal transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas RUEDISSER, Florian BURTSCHER, Thomas TAIMLER
  • Publication number: 20230103435
    Abstract: A device for receiving signals via an electrically driveable or adjustable furniture element includes a receiving device for receiving at least one wirelessly transmitted signal, and the at least one wirelessly transmitted signal that has been received by the receiving device can be transmitted on to a furniture element. The receiving device is designed such that the at least one wirelessly transmitted signal can be received and processed via a first transmission protocol and a second transmission protocol, wherein the first transmission protocol is different from the second transmission protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas RUEDISSER, Florian BURTSCHER, Thomas TAIMLER
  • Publication number: 20230101191
    Abstract: A method for operating a system is formed by at least one furniture element, preferably a furniture drive or a furniture lock, with which at least one part of an item of furniture can be driven or activated, and at least one control device for controlling the at least one furniture element with a control command via an operating command. In a first receiving method step, the at least one control device wirelessly receives at least one digital operating command by at least one receiving device and, in a transmitting method step, the at least one control device wirelessly transmits at least one digital control command to a receiving device of the at least one furniture element by at least one transmitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas RUEDISSER, Florian BURTSCHER, Thomas TAIMLER
  • Publication number: 20120098649
    Abstract: An open-loop or closed-loop control device for electric components which are arranged in or on a piece of furniture or a part of a piece of furniture, having: a microprocessor, which carries out the open-loop and/or closed-loop control functions during operation, and an interface for wire-free communication between the open-loop or closed-loop control device and the outside world, wherein the microprocessor and the interface are arranged in a common housing and are arranged either on printed circuit boards which are detachably attached to one another or on printed circuit boards which are arranged separately from one another in or on the open-loop or closed-loop control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Mathias GRIMM, Thomas Taimler