Patents by Inventor Franz Hafner

Franz Hafner 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: 7364450
    Abstract: A plug-in connector has a plug member and a locking device for securing the plug member on a counterpart. The locking device has at least one locking element having a release position and a locking position, wherein in the release position the plug member is removable from the counterpart and wherein in the locking position the plug member and the counterpart are locked relative to one another. An actuating element acting on the locking device is provided for moving the at least one locking element from the release position into the locking position in a radial direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the plug member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: Murr-Elektronik GmbH
    Inventors: Franz Hafner, Andreas Schuffenhauer, Friedemann Junghanns
  • Publication number: 20060033218
    Abstract: A plug-in connector has a plug member and a locking device for securing the plug member on a counterpart. The locking device has at least one locking element having a release position and a locking position, wherein in the release position the plug member is removable from the counterpart and wherein in the locking position the plug member and the counterpart are locked relative to one another. An actuating element acting on the locking device is provided for moving the at least one locking element from the release position into the locking position in a radial direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the plug member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: Murr-Elektronik Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Franz Hafner, Andreas Schuffenhauer, Friedemann Junghanns
  • Patent number: 4289300
    Abstract: There is provided a car jack comprising a column attached at its bottom to a base, and a load-carrying arm pivoted to the column and movable by a screw spindle. The screw spindle is pivotably supported by a nut at the top of the column and by an abutment of the load-carrying arm. The arm and the column are formed from metal sections of U-shaped cross-section with the edges of the side limbs outwardly bent. Each of the outwardly bent parts is formed as a bead extending along the entire length of the side limb with its edge disposed in the plane of the internal flat side of the respective limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Assignee: E.A. Storz GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Dieter Weisser, Franz Hafner