Patents by Inventor Uwe Scheffknecht

Uwe Scheffknecht 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: 8303055
    Abstract: A furniture flap drive is provided with a first component having an electric motor and with a second component having an adjustment arm, wherein the first component and the second component can be fastened releasably to each other, and a force transmission device is provided to move the adjustment arm, wherein a positioning device can be used to adjust the position of the force transmission device, and wherein the first component can be fastened to the second component in at least two, preferably at least three, different positions of the adjustment arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Scheffknecht, Gerald Friesenecker
  • Publication number: 20120049709
    Abstract: A furniture flap drive is provided with a first component having an electric motor and with a second component having an adjustment arm, wherein the first component and the second component can be fastened releasably to each other, and a force transmission device is provided to move the adjustment arm, wherein a positioning device can be used to adjust the position of the force transmission device, and wherein the first component can be fastened to the second component in at least two, preferably at least three, different positions of the adjustment arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Uwe SCHEFFKNECHT, Gerald Friesenecker
  • Patent number: 7868578
    Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly comprising at least two electric drive units (4) for respectively driving one of at least two drawers (2) which are movably mounted within a common furniture carcass (3). A measuring instrument (10) is assigned to each drive unit (4) in order to detect a force (F) that a user applies to the respective drawer (2). The inventive assembly further comprises at least one control or regulation device (9) for controlling or regulating the drive units (4). The measuring signals of the measuring instrument (10) can be fed to the control or regulation device (9) while the control or regulation device (9) can trigger the associated drive unit (4) after receiving a predetermined measuring signal from one of the measuring instruments (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Scheffknecht, Edgar Huber
  • Patent number: 7602135
    Abstract: An arrangement having at least one movable furniture part, in particular having a drawer or the like, having at least one drive unit and at least one regulating device for regulating the at least one drive unit, wherein the arrangement (7) has at least one, preferably analog, acceleration measuring device (2), with the at least one acceleration measuring device (2) generating an acceleration signal that is characteristic of accelerations caused by forces applied to the at least one movable furniture part (3) from the outside and that may be supplied to the at least one regulating device (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Julius Blum Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Edgar Huber, Uwe Scheffknecht
  • Publication number: 20090206715
    Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly comprising at least two electric drive units (4) for respectively driving one of at least two drawers (2) which are movably mounted within a common furniture carcass (3). A measuring instrument (10) is assigned to each drive unit (4) in order to detect a force (F) that a user applies to the respective drawer (2). The inventive assembly further comprises at least one control or regulation device (9) for controlling or regulating the drive units (4). The measuring signals of the measuring instrument (10) can be fed to the control or regulation device (9) while the control or regulation device (9) can trigger the associated drive unit (4) after receiving a predetermined measuring signal from one of the measuring instruments (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Uwe Scheffknecht, Edgar Huber
  • Patent number: 7331643
    Abstract: A piece of furniture with a movable furniture component, in particular a drawer or door, includes a drive unit and a device for the mechanical transmission of force from the drive unit to the movable furniture component or the body of the furniture. In particular, a pin is arranged on a lever that can be powered by the drive unit, for the ejection and/or insertion of the movable furniture component. The device for the mechanical transmission of force is arranged in a guide track for the transmission of tensile and thrust forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Edgar Huber, Uwe Scheffknecht
  • Patent number: 7282884
    Abstract: A method of driving a moveable part and, in particular, a drawer by a drive unit and, in particular, an electric drive unit. At least over a partial length of track (S2), forming part of the total track traversed by the moveable part, the force exerted on the moveable part by the drive unit is controlled at a predetermined level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Edgar Huber, Uwe Scheffknecht
  • Publication number: 20060261775
    Abstract: Procedure for driving a moveable part and, in particular, a drawer by a drive unit and, in particular, an electric drive unit whereby over at least a partial length of track (S2) forming part of the total track traversed by the moveable part the force exerted on the moveable part by the drive unit is controlled at a predetermined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Edgar Huber, Uwe Scheffknecht
  • Publication number: 20060061245
    Abstract: Piece of furniture with a movable furniture component, in particular a drawer or door, a drive unit and a device for the mechanical transmission of force from the drive unit to the movable furniture component or the body of the furniture, in particular a pin arranged on a lever that can be powered by the drive unit, for the ejection and/or insertion of the movable furniture component, the device for the mechanical transmission of force (4) being arranged in a guide track (8) for the transmission of tensile and thrust forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Edgar Huber, Uwe Scheffknecht
  • Publication number: 20040100169
    Abstract: An arrangement having at least one movable furniture part, in particular having a draw or the like, having at least one drive unit and at least one regulating device for regulating the at least one drive unit, wherein the arrangement (7) has at least one, preferably analog, acceleration measuring device (2), with the at least one acceleration measuring device (2) generating an acceleration signal that is characteristic of accelerations caused by forces applied to the at least one movable furniture part (3) from the outside and that may be supplied to the at least one regulating device (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Edgar Huber, Uwe Scheffknecht