IP Library Granted Patent US 9,751,437
Granted Patent B2
US 9,751,437 · App. 15/003,090 · Granted Sep 5, 2017

Drive for motor-vehicle accessory

Inventors: Maximilian Kotz (Rieden, DE); Michael Roemer (Altdorf, DE); Joerg Damaske (Freiberg, DE); Ulrich Hohl (Heilbronn, DE); Heiner Fees (Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE)
Assignee: GRAMMER AG
B60N2/4805B60N2/4808B60N2/4829B63B2029/043
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Patent No.
US 9,751,437
App. No.
15/003,090
Granted
Sep 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A drive for a motor-vehicle accessory has a drive motor, a controller that regulates the drive motor, and a sensor associated with the drive motor and that measures the motor speed of the drive motor and transmits to the controller a signal having a pulse rate corresponding to the motor speed. A pulse-rate modifier between the sensor of the drive motor and the controller serves to modify the pulse rate received from the drive motor in such a way that this rate is within a range of the pulse rate processable by the controller and to transmit a modified value of the pulse rate to the controller.

Claims (15)

1. A drive for a motor-vehicle accessory comprising:

a drive motor;

a controller that regulates the drive motor;

a sensor associated with the drive motor and that measures the motor speed of the drive motor and transmits to the controller a signal having a pulse rate corresponding to the motor speed; and

a pulse-rate modifier between the sensor of the drive motor and the controller that

modifies the pulse rate received from the drive motor in such a way that this rate is within a range of the pulse rate processable by the controller, and

transmits a modified value of the pulse rate to the controller.

2. The drive according to claim 1 , wherein the pulse-rate modifier is an electronic component.

3. The drive according to claim 1 , wherein the pulse-rate modifier is a frequency divider.

4. The drive according to claim 1 , wherein the pulse-rate modifier is an electronic controller.

5. A displacement device comprising a component for a motor-vehicle accessory and a support, wherein the component can be moved relative to the support by a drive according to claim 1 .

6. A head restraint with a head part mounted by at least one support rod in at least one bearing on a seat back of a vehicle seat, the head part being displaceable relative to the seat back, wherein

the head part and the seat back form a displacement device for moving the head part relative to the seat back,

the head part is a component and the seat back is a support, and

the head part can be moved relative to the seat back by a drive according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Sep 23, 2021
From: GRAMMER AG
To: GRAMMER AG
Reel/Frame 057575/0558 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2016
From: KOTZ, MAXIMILIAN; ROEMER, MICHAEL; DAMASKE, JOERG; HOHL, ULRICH; FEES, HEINER
To: GRAMMER AG
Reel/Frame 037705/0451 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 000 937 · Jan 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160218658A1 · Jul 28, 2016