Patents by Inventor Armin Heese

Armin Heese 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: 6439009
    Abstract: A plurality of doors in a structure, wherein each door comprises a locking apparatus and an access arrangement. The access arrangement comprises a housing unit and a plurality of alternatively interchangeable inserts configured to be inserted into said housing unit. The inserts are also configured to permit access through a corresponding door. The inserts are designed to have different access configurations, such as a cylinder lock or an electronic code lock. Differently configured inserts can be interchangeably inserted into the housing to change the access configuration at a corresponding door without having to change the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: DORMA GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Armin Heese, Manfred Kampmann
  • Patent number: 6420970
    Abstract: An improved emergency door with an emergency door opening system having a control box comprising a housing with a cylinder lock, an emergency door opening button, and an audio alarm sensor to provide an optimized user-friendly and customer-friendly arrangement of optical display elements that can be easily assembled with the emergency door. This is achieved by surrounding the emergency door opening button with a display module which can be closed by a covering frame that is provided with integrated safety glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Dorma GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Kampmann, Axel Schmidt, Armin Heese
  • Publication number: 20020066294
    Abstract: A plurality of doors in a structure, each said door comprising: locking apparatus; said locking apparatus having at least a first position for unlocking said door, and a second position for locking said door; an access arrangement; and said access arrangement comprising: a housing unit; a plurality of alternatively interchangeable inserts; said plurality of alternatively interchangeable inserts each comprising a first part; said plurality of inserts each being configured to permit access through its corresponding door upon an authorized manifestation; said housing unit having an insertion opening; said insertion opening being configured and dimensioned to interchangeably receive said first part of each and every one of said plurality of inserts; said insertion opening being configured to surround a substantial portion of said first part; said insertion opening being configured to receive solely one insert at a time; said plurality of inserts comprising at least a first insert and a second insert; said first i
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Armin Heese, Manfred Kampmann