Patents by Inventor Toralf Mueller
Toralf Mueller 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).
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Patent number: 12122320Abstract: A vehicle seat structure has a structural component which has an automatic belt unit. The automatic belt unit is arranged in a hollow space of the structural component and the structural component is connected in a positive-locking and/or materially engaging and/or non-positive-locking manner to at least one other component of the vehicle seat structure. The vehicle seat structure has a seat substructure and the structural component which has an automatic belt unit forms a component of the seat substructure. The structural component which has the automatic belt unit forms a seat frame side portion of the seat substructure A method for assembling such a vehicle seat structure is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2023Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Adient US LLCInventors: Ludger Muehlenbrock, Toralf Mueller, Tobias Schaffert, Klaus Tupuschies
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Patent number: 11945398Abstract: A vehicle seat structure for a vehicle seat may have a structural component having an inertia belt reel. The inertia belt reel may be arranged in a cavity of the structural component, and the structural component may be connected to at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure. A method for assembling such a vehicle seat structure may include providing a structural component having an inertia belt reel and at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure that are displaced and/or rotated relative to one another such that the structural component and the at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure take up an end position with respect to one another. In a further step, the structural component and the at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure are connected to one another in a form-fitting and/or integrally bonded and/or force-fitting manner.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Adient US LLCInventors: Ludger Muehlenbrock, Toralf Mueller, Tobias Schaffert, Klaus Tupuschies
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Publication number: 20230264650Abstract: A vehicle seat structure has a structural component which has an automatic belt unit. The automatic belt unit is arranged in a hollow space of the structural component and the structural component is connected in a positive-locking and/or materially engaging and/or non-positive-locking manner to at least one other component of the vehicle seat structure. The vehicle seat structure has a seat substructure and the structural component which has an automatic belt unit forms a component of the seat substructure. The structural component which has the automatic belt unit forms a seat frame side portion of the seat substructure A method for assembling such a vehicle seat structure is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: Adient US LLCInventors: Ludger MUEHLENBROCK, Toralf MUELLER, Tobias SCHAFFERT, Klaus TUPUSCHIES
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Patent number: 11458924Abstract: A vehicle seat may have a seat part and a backrest. At least the seat part or the backrest may have a frame. The frame may have at least one frame side part. The frame side part may have an embossing for attaching a gas pressure generator for an airbag.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Adient US LLCInventors: Ludger Muehlenbrock, Toralf Mueller
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Publication number: 20210394706Abstract: A vehicle seat structure for a vehicle seat may have a structural component having an inertia belt reel. The inertia belt reel may be arranged in a cavity of the structural component, and the structural component may be connected to at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure. A method for assembling such a vehicle seat structure may include providing a structural component having an inertia belt reel and at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure that are displaced and/or rotated relative to one another such that the structural component and the at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure take up an end position with respect to one another. In a further step, the structural component and the at least one further component of the vehicle seat structure are connected to one another in a form-fitting and/or integrally bonded and/or force-fitting manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBHInventors: Ludger Muehlenbrock, Toralf Mueller, Tobias Schaffert, Klaus Tupuschies
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Publication number: 20210046892Abstract: A vehicle seat may have a seat part and a backrest. At least the seat part or the backrest may have a frame. The frame may have at least one frame side part. The frame side part may have an embossing for attaching a gas pressure generator for an airbag.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBHInventors: LUDGER MUEHLENBROCK, TORALF MUELLER
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Patent number: 8967580Abstract: A seat base frame has pairs of tracks, each having an upper rail longitudinally displaceably guided relative to a lower rail and lockable by means of a locking device on the lower rail. A seat structure is connected to the upper rails, and a transverse support extends substantially perpendicular to the upper rails and is connected thereto. The transverse support is fixed in the axial direction thereof relative to the upper rails and rotatably connected thereto, wherein an actuating lever and a control lever are disposed rotationally fixed relative to each other and spaced apart from each other on the transverse support such that each can be engaged by a locking device for adjusting the locking device between a locked position fixing the upper rail relative to the lower rail and a release position releasing the upper rail relative to the lower rail.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2011Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: C. Rob. Hammerstein GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Wilfried Beneker, Andre Dick, Toralf Müller, Stephan Springenberg, Dirk Hanisch
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Publication number: 20130200675Abstract: A seat base frame has pairs of tracks, each having an upper rail longitudinally displaceably guided relative to a lower rail and lockable by means of a locking device on the lower rail. A seat structure is connected to the upper rails, and a transverse support extends substantially perpendicular to the upper rails and is connected thereto. The transverse support is fixed in the axial direction thereof relative to the upper rails and rotatably connected thereto, wherein an actuating lever and a control lever are disposed rotationally fixed relative to each other and spaced apart from each other on the transverse support such that each can be engaged by a locking device for adjusting the locking device between a locked position fixing the upper rail relative to the lower rail and a release position releasing the upper rail relative to the lower rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Inventors: Wilfried Beneker, Andre Dick, Toralf Müller, Stephan Springenberg, Dirk Hanisch
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Publication number: 20070262573Abstract: A steering device (10) for a motor vehicle includes a steering wheel (12) and a gas bag (20) accommodated in the steering wheel (12). The steering wheel (12) is connected with a steering column (16) via a hub (14). The steering device (10) further includes a gas generator (22) which is able to be activated to fill the gas bag (20). The gas generator (22) is arranged on a side of the hub (14) facing away from the steering wheel (12) outside the steering column (16). The steering column (16) forms a part of a flow connection between the gas generator (22) and the gas bag (20) when the gas generator (22) is activated.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2007Publication date: November 15, 2007Inventors: Stefan Faeth, Matthias Helmstetter, Ralph Frisch, Toralf Mueller