Patents by Inventor Willibald Strowick

Willibald Strowick 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: 4225184
    Abstract: The anchoring arrangement for safety belts surrounding a vertically and longitudinally adjustable seat in a motor vehicle comprises supporting rail fixedly mounted to the body of the vehicle, a clamping member surrounding the supporting rail and having locking bolts slidably supported on narrow sides of the rail, a swing lever having one arm pivotably connected to the clamping member, a bearing box rigidly connected to the seat and pivotably supporting the fulcrum point of the swing lever, the arm of the swing lever projecting into the bearing box having the form of a gear segment; a first locking pinion is fixedly arranged for rotation in the bearing box and being in mesh with the gear segment, and a second locking pinion supported for rotation at the free end of a splice strap which at its other end is connected to the safety belt; the second pinion being guided in tangential oblong holes in the bearing box and being spring biased to resume a normal position apart from the first locking pinion and in the ev
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1980
    Assignee: Keiper Automobiltechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Willibald Strowick
  • Patent number: 4165128
    Abstract: A motor-vehicle seat hinge has an upper hinge element secured to the back part of the seat and a lower hinge element secured to the seat part, a positioning plate securable at any of a plurality of angularly offset positions and coacting with an abutment on the upper element to define the rest position for the seat back. An inertial two-arm pawl is pivoted on the upper hinge element and has on one arm a stop face which is engageable with the positioning plate in a blocking position of this pawl to prevent forward pivoting of the seat back. The other arm of the pawl is weighted so as normally to pivot from this blocking position into a freeing position when The back part is slowly pivoted forwardly but to resist due to its inertia the change of its position when the back part is subject to an abrupt forward movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1979
    Assignee: Keiper Automobiltechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Willibald Strowick, Paul Werner
  • Patent number: RE31741
    Abstract: A motor-vehicle seat hinge has an upper hinge element secured to the back part of the seat and a lower hinge element secured to the seat part, a positioning plate securable at any of a plurality of angularly offset positions and coacting with an abutment on the upper element to define the rest position for the seat back. An inertial two-arm pawl is pivoted on the upper hinge element and has on one arm a stop face which is engageable with the positioning plate in a blocking position of this pawl to prevent forward pivoting of the back seat. The other arm of the pawl is weighted so as normally to pivot from the blocking position into a freeing position when the back part is slowly pivoted forwardly but to resist due to its inertia the change of its position when the back part is subject to an abrupt forward movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1984
    Assignee: Keiper U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Willibald Strowick, Paul Werner
  • Patent number: RE32790
    Abstract: A motor-vehicle seat hinge has an upper hinge element secured to the back part of the seat and a lower hinge element secured to the seat part, a positioning plate securable at any of a plurality of angularly offset positions and coacting with an abutment on the upper element to define the rest position for the seat back. An inertial two-arm pawl is pivoted on the upper hinge element and has on one arm a stop face which is engageable with the positioning plate in a blocking position of this pawl to prevent forward pivoting of the back seat. The other arm of the pawl is weighted so as normally to pivot from the blocking position into a freeing position when the back part is slowly pivoted forwardly but to resist due to its inertia the change of its position when the back part is subject to an abrupt forward movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1988
    Assignee: Keiper Recaro Incorporated
    Inventors: Willibald Strowick, Paul Werner