Patents by Inventor Werner Schwanse

Werner Schwanse 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).

  • Actuator for electric adjusting device of vehicle seat with several adjusting functions
    Patent number: 9000641
    Abstract: An actuator for an electric adjusting device of a vehicle seat has several adjusting functions. The actuator includes a frame, an electric drive motor disposed on the frame, having an output shaft and a pinion gear disposed on the output shaft, and rotating between a first position and a second position, a first toothed wheel disposed on the frame and engaging with a pinion gear at a first position of the drive motor, a second toothed wheel disposed on the frame and engaging with the pinion gear at a second position of the drive motor, and an adjusting unit disposed on the frame and selectively moving an electric or mechanical actuating part and a motor to the first position or the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, C. Rob. Hammerstein GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Burckhard Becker, Werner Schwanse, Van-Toan Ho
  • ACTUATOR FOR ELECTRIC ADJUSTING DEVICE OF VEHICLE SEAT WITH SEVERAL ADJUSTING FUNCTIONS
    Publication number: 20120153755
    Abstract: An actuator for an electric adjusting device of a vehicle seat has several adjusting functions. The actuator includes a frame, an electric drive motor disposed on the frame, having an output shaft and a pinion gear disposed on the output shaft, and rotating between a first position and a second position, a first toothed wheel disposed on the frame and engaging with a pinion gear at a first position of the drive motor, a second toothed wheel disposed on the frame and engaging with the pinion gear at a second position of the drive motor, and an adjusting unit disposed on the frame and selectively moving an electric or mechanical actuating part and a motor to the first position or the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicants: C. Rob. Hammerstein GmbH & Co. KG, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Becker Burckhard, Werner Schwanse, Van-Toan Ho