Patents by Inventor Walter Peetz

Walter Peetz 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: 4538855
    Abstract: An adjusting arrangement for inclination adjustment of a backrest of a seat has two hinges adjustably connecting the backrest with a seat part at each side and having first and second hinge levers associated with the backrest and the seat part and connected with one another by a pivot axle, and a displacing and fixing device determining the position of the hinge lever relative to one another and formed as a wobble drive including an eccentric associated with the pivot axle and retained in a force-transmitting abutment on the pivot axle, wherein the pivot axle is formed as a continuous shaft which connects the hinges with one another and has end portions supporting the hinge levers, the shaft having a recess provided in each of the end portions and receiving the eccentric, and each hinge lever surrounding the eccentric received in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1985
    Assignee: Keiper Recaro GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Walter Peetz, Hans Wilking, Egon Kafitz
  • Patent number: 4505515
    Abstract: A hinge, particularly for a seat with an adjustable back rest, has two hinge parts and an adjusting and fixing transmission including an internal gear and a spur gear therebetween and an axle provided with an eccentric, wherein the spur gear and the internal gear are formed as cup-shaped members connected for joint rotation with the hinge part, and the cup-shaped member forming the spur gear has teeth on its outer surface, whereas the cup-shaped member forming the internal gear has teeth on its inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1985
    Assignee: Keiper Automobiltechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hans Wilking, Kurt Heinrich, Walter Peetz