Furniture Fitting for a Movable Furniture Part, and Piece of Furniture

• US 20140129033A1
• Filed: 05/11/2012
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Grass GmbH (Thyssenkrupp AG)
• Original Assignee: Grass GmbH (Thyssenkrupp AG)
• Inventors: Wenzel, Holger
• Application Number:
  US14/116,618
• Publication Number:
  US 20140129033A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/275
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/611 for swinging wings
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 15/70 with automatic actuation
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/36 Speed control, detection or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/44 Sensors therefore E05Y2400/322, E05Y2400/33, E05Y2400/55, E05Y2400/56, E05Y2400/852 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/65 Power or signal transmission
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2400/66 Wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2800/113 Power assistance
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/20 for furnitures, e.g. cabinets
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 27/02 characterised by the use of electric means

Abstract

In a furniture fitting for a movable furniture part, in particular a shutter, door or drawer, having an actuating drive, via which the movable furniture part can be driven, the furniture fitting has arranged in or on it a sensor means via which, with the furniture fitting installed in the use state, physical state variables to which the movable furniture part is subjected via the user, and which serve for monitoring the movement of said furniture part, can be sent and transmitted by signal transmission for the purpose of controlling the actuating drive in dependence on at least one of the sensed physical state variables.

Claims

1. A furniture fitting for a movable furniture part, in particular a flap, door or drawer, having an actuating drive via which the movable furniture part can be driven, wherein there is arranged on or in the furniture fitting a sensor device, via which, in the assembled useful state of the furniture fitting, physical state variables which act via the user on the movable furniture part and which are used for controlling the movement thereof can be detected and can be transmitted by means of signal transmission in order to control the electrical drive in accordance with at least one of the detected physical state variables.

2. A furniture fitting according to claim 1, wherein the sensor device is in the form of a subassembly which is constructed separately from the furniture fitting and which can be assembled releasably in or on the furniture fitting.

3. A furniture fitting according to claim 1, wherein the sensor device has at least one state variable recorder.

4. A furniture fitting according to claim 3, wherein the state variable recorder is in the form of a force transducer in order to detect force applied by the user to the movable furniture part.

5. A furniture fitting according to claim 3, wherein the state variable recorder is in the form of a displacement transducer in order to detect the movement path of the movable furniture part.

6. A furniture fitting according to claim 3, wherein the state variable recorder is a state variable sensor which can be operated with auxiliary electrical energy obtained from the movement of the movable furniture part.

7. A furniture fitting according to claim 1, wherein the sensor device has a control or adjustment unit for controlling or adjusting the actuating drive.

8. A furniture fitting according to claim 1, wherein the sensor device has a data store, in which movement profiles of the movable furniture part are stored or can be stored.

9. A furniture fitting according to claim 1, wherein the sensor device is configured for a wireless signal transmission between itself and the actuating drive.

10. A furniture fitting according to claim 1, wherein the actuating drive is in the form of an electrical actuating drive.

11. A piece of furniture having at least one movable furniture part, such as a flap, door or drawer, comprising a furniture fitting according to claim 1.