Patents by Inventor Andreas Holzapfel

Andreas Holzapfel 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: 20130257252
    Abstract: The invention relates to a furniture fitting for fastening a front panel to a drawer frame, comprising a connecting element, which is associated with the front panel and which can be pre-mounted on the front panel, and a fastening device, which is associated with the drawer frame and which can be connected to the frame and which has a frame plate, an adjusting plate, and adjusting elements that are arranged, in particular rotatably, on the adjusting plate and that act on the adjusting plate, by means of which adjusting elements the adjusting plate can be adjusted relative to the frame plate in the height direction (HR) and in the lateral direction (SR), wherein the connecting element can be hooked onto the adjusting plate and, while hooked in, follows the adjustment motions of the adjusting plate relative to the frame plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas HOLZAPFEL, Benjamin HOFFMANN
  • Patent number: 7971691
    Abstract: A danger for movable furniture parts includes a housing and a cylinder disposed in the housing, in which a piston with a piston rod is movably supported. At least one set of gears is supported movably on the housing, by which the cylinder and/or a stop for the piston rod can be adjusted relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Holzapfel
  • Publication number: 20110067964
    Abstract: The invention relates to a damping device with damper arranged on a first part of a piece of furniture or furniture fitting, operable by a second part of a piece of furniture or furniture fitting thus damping a relative movement of both parts, wherein the damping effect of the damper may be deactivated by a switchable coupling switched by means of a preferably manually operated switch body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Bernhard Krammer, Andreas Holzapfel
  • Publication number: 20060220284
    Abstract: Damper for movable furniture parts with a housing and a cylinder disposed in the housing, in which a piston with a piston rod is movably supported therein, with at least one set of gears supported movably on the housing, via which the cylinder and/or a stop for the piston rod can be adjusted relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventor: Andreas Holzapfel
  • Patent number: D649791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Holzapfel
  • Patent number: D649860
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Julius Blum GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Holzapfel