Patents by Inventor Werner Taubmann

Werner Taubmann 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).

  • Publication number: 20090000424
    Abstract: A spindle or worm drive for adjusting devices, especially seat adjustment devices, window lifters and sliding roofs, in motor vehicles. The drive includes a fixed spindle or relatively fixed toothed rack which is secured to the second of the two parts. The gear elements are mounted in a housing which includes at least two plates that can be secured to each other by plug-in connectors. The connectors are also configured as supporting joints that absorb the forces of the gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Werner Taubmann, Alwin Macht, Bernhard Schrimpl, Matthias Liebetrau
  • Patent number: 7437962
    Abstract: A spindle or worm drive for adjusting devices, especially seat adjustment devices, window lifters and sliding roofs, in motor vehicles. The drive includes a fixed spindle or relatively fixed toothed rack which is secured to the second of the two parts. The gear elements are mounted in a housing which includes at least two plates that can be secured to each other by plug-in connectors. The connectors are also configured as supporting joints that absorb the forces of the gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Werner Taubmann, Alwin Macht, Bernhard Schrimpl, Matthias Liebetrau
  • Publication number: 20070051047
    Abstract: A spindle or worm drive for adjusting devices, especially seat adjustment devices, window lifters and sliding roofs, in motor vehicles. The drive includes a fixed spindle or relatively fixed toothed rack which is secured to the second of the two parts. The gear elements are mounted in a housing which includes at least two plates that can be secured to each other by plug-in connectors. The connectors are also configured as supporting joints that absorb the forces of the gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Werner Taubmann, Alwin Macht, Bernhard Schrimpl, Matthias Liebetrau
  • Patent number: 7156463
    Abstract: A motor vehicle seat has a pivoted backrest that can be swung forward in the direction of a seating of the seat, a longitudinal seat adjuster for adjusting the longitudinal position of the seat, a locking device of the longitudinal seat adjuster for locking a longitudinal seat position previously adjusted, and an unlocking mechanism for unlocking the locking device, and a flexible traction device via which the unlocking mechanism is coupled with the backrest so that the locking device is unlocked when the backrest is swung forward. An actuation element acts upon the traction device with a force component at an angle to the direction of extension of the traction device when the backrest is swung forward, thereby tightening the traction device and unlocking the locking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Werner Taubmann, Thomas Hein
  • Patent number: 7143513
    Abstract: A drive for adjusting devices includes gear elements mounted in a gear housing which includes at least two plates that can be secured to each other by plug connectors. The connectors are also configured as supporting joints that absorb the forces of the gear elements. A method for assembling the gear housing includes prefitting the gear elements and the housing plates by fitting the housing plates together about the gear elements with plug connectors, holding the housing plates with a holding device with sufficiently light holding forces so that the housing plates can be aligned when the gear elements are turned, turning the gear elements for the purpose of aligning bearing points of the gear elements, and securing the position of the gear elements and the housing plates relative to each other by permanently fixing the position of the housing plates in all three-dimensional directions through action on the plug connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg
    Inventors: Werner Taubmann, Alwin Macht, Bernhard Schrimpl, Matthias Liebetrau
  • Patent number: 7097250
    Abstract: A motor vehicle seat including: a seat frame; a pivotally mounted seat back which, when released, is tiltable forward out of its position of use and toward a seat surface of the seat frame; a longitudinal guide with which the seat frame is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the seat; a fixing device for fixing a seat frame in a previously adjusted longitudinal position of the seat; a coupling mechanism; and, a memory device by which the seat frame can be automatically held in an adjustable longitudinal position of the seat, which is defined as a memory position. An actuating mechanism is actively connected to a seat back release for the forward tilted seat back and actuates the seat back release when the memory position of the seat frame is reached, thereby enabling the seat back to be tilted into a position of use once again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Peter Rausch, Werner Taubmann, Jürgen Koppenstein
  • Patent number: 7051986
    Abstract: A spindle and worm drive for adjusting devices, especially seat adjustment devices, window lifters and sliding roofs, in motor vehicles. The drive includes a fixed spindle or relatively fixed toothed rack which is secured to one of relatively two moving parts and gear elements mounted in a housing which includes at least two plates that can be secured to each other by plug-in connectors. The connectors are also configured as supporting joints that absorb the forces of the gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Werner Taubmann, Alwin Macht, Bernhard Schrimpl, Matthias Liebetrau
  • Publication number: 20050082890
    Abstract: A spindle or worm drive for adjusting devices, especially seat adjustment devices, window lifters and sliding roofs, in motor vehicles. The drive includes a fixed spindle or relatively fixed toothed rack which is secured to the second of the two parts. The gear elements are mounted in a housing which includes at least two plates that can be secured to each other by plug-in connectors. The connectors are also configured as supporting joints that absorb the forces of the gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Werner Taubmann, Alwin Macht, Bernhard Schrimpl, Matthias Liebetrau
  • Publication number: 20040232752
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle seat that comprises a pivoted backrest that can be swung forward in the direction of a seating of the seat, a longitudinal seat adjuster for adjusting the longitudinal position of the seat, a locking device of the longitudinal seat adjuster for locking a longitudinal seat position previously adjusted, and an unlocking mechanism for unlocking the locking device, and a flexible traction device via which the unlocking mechanism is coupled with the backrest so that the locking device is unlocked when the backrest is swung forward. According to the invention, an actuation element (2) acts upon the traction device (5) with a force component at an angle to the direction of extension (E) of the traction device (5) when the backrest (R) is swung forward, thereby tightening the traction device (5) and unlocking the locking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Werner Taubmann, Thomas Hein
  • Publication number: 20040164600
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle seat comprising: a seat frame, a seat back, which is pivotally mounted on the seat frame and which, when released, can be tilted forward out of its position of use and toward a seat surface of the seat frame; a longitudinal guide with which the seat frame can be displaced in the longitudinal direction (L) of the seat in order to adjust the longitudinal position of the seat; a fixing device (120) for fixing the seat frame in a previously adjusted longitudinal position of the seat; a coupling mechanism, which acts upon the fixing device (120) and releases the same when the seat back is tilted forward toward the seat surface whereby enabling the seat frame to be displaced with the forward-tilted seat back in the longitudinal direction (L) of the seat, and; a memory device (104, 105) by means of which the seat frame can be automatically held in an adjustable longitudinal position of the seat, which is defined as a memory position, when the seat frame is displaced in the lo
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Peter Rausch, Werner Taubmann, Jurgen Koppenstein
  • Patent number: 5782533
    Abstract: A vehicle seat constructed in accordance with principles of this invention comprises stopping means that serve to conduct forces introduced via a movable belt mounting point during a frontal impact directly to the side rail, without having to transmit the entire load via the adjusting mechanism. A vehicle seat includes a seat frame having a seat belt mounting point, and an upper rail that is connected to the seat frame by at least one adjusting lever and at least one compensating lever extending from the upper rail to the seat frame. The seat includes a height adjusting mechanism for adjusting the height of the seat frame. The height adjusting mechanism includes a drive shaft connected to an end of the adjusting lever, wherein rotation of the shaft effects vertical movement of the adjusting lever and height adjustment of the seat frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Fischer, Jurgen Angermuller, Bernd Krug, Werner Taubmann, Gregor Kroner