Patents by Inventor Wilco van Eijgen

Wilco van Eijgen 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: 20250382155
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a stairlift device configured for being controlled according to a plurality of predefined control profiles, wherein the stairlift device exhibits a drive unit and a control unit, wherein at least two or three individual or predefined control profiles are deposited or stored in the control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to control at least one of the drives according to predefined settings or parameters of a respective control profile, when a/the respective control profile is in activated state, wherein a/the respective control profile is activated according to at least one condition from the following group: a user selecting, the stairlift device autonomously detects at least one condition or parameter or predefined relative position, a momentary situation falls within a predefined time frame, user/remote control operation. The present disclosure relates to corresponding means and methods for controlling the stairlift device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Inventors: Wilco Van Eijgen, Cornelis Boxum
  • Patent number: 11261061
    Abstract: A stairlift may include a rail and a drive unit having a chair and a carrier. The carrier may be adapted to drive along the rail, and the chair may be supported by the carrier. The chair may have a folding mechanism that comprises a base body fixed to the carrier, a seat body that is foldably fixed by way of a seat joint to the base body, a leg body that is foldably fixed to the seat body by way of a leg joint, and a footrest body that is foldably fixed to the leg body by way of a footrest joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TK HOME SOLUTIONS S.V.
    Inventor: Wilco Van Eijgen
  • Patent number: 11198592
    Abstract: A stairlift may include a rail, a chair with an armrest, a carrier that has a drive motor and is drivable along the rail, a control unit, and a first input device located at the at least one armrest and configured to provide a signal to the control unit to transport a user in a first driving direction. The control unit may start or stop a movement of the carrier in the first direction based at least on the signal of the first input device. The stairlift may also include a second input device that is separate from the first input device, and configured to provide a signal to the control unit to transport the user in the first driving direction. Further, the control unit may be adapted to start or stop the movement of the carrier based on the signal of the second input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: TK Home Solutions B.V.
    Inventor: Wilco van Eijgen
  • Publication number: 20200172378
    Abstract: A stairlift may include a rail and a drive unit having a chair and a carrier. The carrier may be adapted to drive along the rail, and the chair may be supported by the carrier. The chair may have a folding mechanism that comprises a base body fixed to the carrier, a seat body that is foldably fixed by way of a seat joint to the base body, a leg body that is foldably fixed to the seat body by way of a leg joint, and a footrest body that is foldably fixed to the leg body by way of a footrest joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP STAIRLIFTS B.V., thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventor: Wilco VAN EIJGEN
  • Publication number: 20190382243
    Abstract: A stairlift may include a rail, a chair with an armrest, a carrier that has a drive motor and is drivable along the rail, a control unit, and a first input device located at the at least one armrest and configured to provide a signal to the control unit to transport a user in a first driving direction. The control unit may start or stop a movement of the carrier in the first direction based at least on the signal of the first input device. The stairlift may also include a second input device that is separate from the first input device, and configured to provide a signal to the control unit to transport the user in the first driving direction. Further, the control unit may be adapted to start or stop the movement of the carrier based on the signal of the second input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicants: THYSSENKRUPP STAIRLIFTS B.V., thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventor: Wilco van Eijgen