Patents Assigned to Häfele GmbH & Co. KG
  • Patent number: 11608850
    Abstract: A connector for butt-connecting two chipboard components having two connector parts, which, mutually rotated through 90°, can be pushed together, into one another, into a locked assembly position and are in the form of U-shaped brackets having two outer bracket arms, which respectively have a rear plug-in portion for insertion into a circular drill hole of one component and an expandable front plug-in portion, forming the free bracket end, for insertion into a circular drill hole of the other component. A middle bracket arm is for expansion of the two front plug-in portions of the respectively other bracket in the assembly position. At least one locking portion for the mutual locking of the two brackets in the assembly position is provided. The outer sides of the rear plug-in portions are each configured, at least approximately, as partial lateral surfaces of the same circular cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Häfele GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Michael von Wilcke, Peer Leistert, Gerd Sawatzki, Gunter Nitschmann
  • Patent number: 11401961
    Abstract: A double connector for butt-connecting two components includes a guide bolt having a respective bolt section tapering in the direction of each bolt end on both sides of a middle bolt section. Two spreading sockets are movably guided on the guide bolt and which in each case can be pushed together from an outer socket end position toward the middle bolt section into a mounted position. The two spreading sockets are latched against being pushed back, wherein the spreading sockets each have at least one spreading tab which is expanded outwardly via the guide bolt in the mounted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Häfele GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Gunter Nitschmann
  • Patent number: 11098741
    Abstract: A double connector for butt-joining two components includes two connector components which can be pushed together as far as a locked assembly position and which each have an spreadable first end portion for inserting into a hole of a component, and a second end portion for spreading the first end portion of the other connector component in each case in the assembly position and at least one locking portion for interlocking the two connector components in the assembly position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Häfele GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Gunter Nitschmann, Lory Arnold
  • Patent number: 10711499
    Abstract: A soft closing damper fitting includes a soft closing damper fastenable to an internal door leaf of a multi-leaf sliding door and can be used for right-hand or left-hand closing. A Z-shaped profiled sheet has a central leg and with two outer legs angled in each case by 90° in opposing directions. For fastening the soft closing damper for right-hand closing the central leg comprises first fastening holes and a first marking for its fastening position on the internal door leaf. For fastening the soft closing damper for left-hand closing the central leg comprises second fastening holes and a second marking for its fastening position on the internal door leaf. The first fastening holes are spaced apart from the second fastening holes and the first marking is spaced apart from the second marking in each case by the same distance A in the longitudinal direction of the profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: HÄFELE GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Rüdiger Walz
  • Patent number: 10161432
    Abstract: A spreading connector for connecting two furniture parts, including a built-in pot having a pot bottom, the pot being pressable, pot bottom first, into a housing bore of a first of the furniture parts. The pot further has a hollow-cylindrical pot wall that has a wall opening and at least one spreading tab that is cut free in the hollow-cylindrical pot wall and is pivotable about an axis running tangentially to the hollow-cylindrical pot wall. A tightening element is rotatably mounted inside the built-in pot for tightening a fastening bolt of a second of the furniture parts which passes through the wall opening. The tightening element has an outer eccentric surface for spreading the at least one spreading tab. The at least one spreading tab has a free tab end that extends in an axial direction away from the pot bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: HÄFELE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Gunter Nitschmann
  • Patent number: 8939673
    Abstract: A shelf carrier having an insertion pot with a T-shaped suspension opening on a side wall, the suspension opening being formed by a longitudinal slit extending parallel to the pot axis and by a transverse slit extending perpendicularly thereto. The longitudinal slit is open at an end facing away from the transverse slit. A slider is supported in the insertion pot so as to be displaceable transversely to the longitudinal slit. A longitudinal slit is formed on the slider, which extends parallel to the longitudinal slit of the insertion pot and is open at an end facing away from the insertion pot transverse slit, and forms a common insertion slit together with the insertion pot longitudinal slit in a center position of the slider. The slider is lockable with the insertion pot in the center position and/or in end positions transversely shifted to both sides of the center position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Häfele GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Rüdiger Walz
  • Publication number: 20140356093
    Abstract: A spreading connector for connecting two furniture parts, including a built-in pot having a pot bottom, the pot being pressable, pot bottom first, into a housing bore of a first of the furniture parts. The pot further has a hollow-cylindrical pot wall that has a wall opening and at least one spreading tab that is cut free in the hollow-cylindrical pot wall and is pivotable about an axis running tangentially to the hollow-cylindrical pot wall. A tightening element is rotatably mounted inside the built-in pot for tightening a fastening bolt of a second of the furniture parts which passes through the wall opening. The tightening element has an outer eccentric surface for spreading the at least one spreading tab. The at least one spreading tab has a free tab end that extends in an axial direction away from the pot bottom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Häfele GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gunter NITSCHMANN
  • Patent number: 7578633
    Abstract: A connector for plates, particularly for shelves or trays, includes a mounting member which is insertable into a recess of a first part, wherein a fastening member for a second part is insertable into the mounting member approximately in axial direction. A bolt or the like which is rotatable between a release position and a locking position is mounted in the mounting member, wherein a support member is provided between the bolt and the wall of the mounting member on the circumference of the bolt, and wherein the bolt and/or the support member have for pressing against each other a particularly arc-shaped thickened portion or at least a partially eccentric configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Häfele GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Rüdiger Walz
  • Patent number: 6939075
    Abstract: A fitting for releasably connecting two plates, particularly furniture plates includes a clamping member which is rotatably mounted in a housing between a released position and a locked position, wherein the clamping member receives the head of a corresponding tightening bolt. The housing is composed of an upper part and a lower part which can be lockably connected with each other, wherein the two parts and the clamping member arranged between the two parts are manufactured in a single work step so as to be connected through intended breaking points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Häfele GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Rüdiger Walz
  • Patent number: D799313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: HÄFELE GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Michael von Wilcke
  • Patent number: D799950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Häfele GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Michael von Wilcke