Patents by Inventor Harald Klug

Harald Klug 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: 6745994
    Abstract: A device for restoring a rotary member into a defined normal position, with a spatially stationary fixed catch, which predetermines the normal position, and a driver catch, which is coupled to the rotary member and can be moved past the fixed catch, each of which has stop surfaces embodied on each of its opposing sides, and with a clamping spring, which encompasses the catches in a prestressed fashion with two bent spring legs, in order to prevent a rotary play between the clamping spring and the catches in the normal position, and an elastic spring element in at least one leg section of the spring legs extending across the stop surfaces of the catches, which spring element is supported against the associated stop surface with a spring force that is less powerful than the prestressing force of the clamping spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Klug, Alexander Braun, Friedrich Wendel, Claudio Pupo, Reiner Schweinfurth, Klaus Kaiser, Johannes Meiwes, Michael Brozio, Uwe Hammer, Stefan Josten
  • Publication number: 20030145827
    Abstract: In a device for restoring a rotary member into a defined normal position, with a spatially stationary fixed catch (13), which predetermines the normal position, and a driver catch (14), which is coupled to the rotary member and can be moved past the fixed catch (13), each of which has stop surfaces (131, 132, 141, 142) embodied on each of its opposing sides, and with a clamping spring (18), which encompasses the catches (13, 14) in a prestressed fashion with two bent spring legs (181, 182), in order to prevent a rotary play between the clamping spring (18) and the catches (13, 14) in the normal position, in at least one leg section of the spring legs (181) extending across the stop surfaces (141) of the catches (14), an elastic spring element (19) is provided, which is supported against the associated stop surface (141) with a spring force that is less powerful than the prestressing force of the clamping spring (18) (FIG. 1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Harald Klug, Alexander Braun, Friedrich Wendel, Claudio Pupo, Reiner Schweinfurth, Klaus Kaiser, Johannes Meiwes, Michael Brozio, Uwe Hammer, Stefan Josten