Patents by Inventor Harold Rothenberger

Harold Rothenberger 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).

  • Apparatus for retaining an airbag within an airbag module housing
    Patent number: 5676392
    Abstract: An improved retainer rod for a passenger-side airbag is formed of two different plastics having different physical characteristics by a dual durometer extrusion process. The improved retainer rod has a cylindrical main body of a hard rigid plastic which can withstand bag deployment forces and a sheet-like flag of softer flexible plastic which can be sewn to the bag material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignees: Morton International, Inc., A & B Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry F. Lunt, Donald J. Paxton, David L. Spilker, Harold A. Rothenberger
  • Retaining lock for chain link fence slats
    Patent number: 4995591
    Abstract: In a chain link fencing employing slats inserted vertically through adjacent links into an open channel which is inserted horizontally through the lowermost or uppermost course of links, a means of locking the slats to the channel to prevent easy removal of the slats from the fencing. Each slat is manufactured with a notch near one end thereof, and the channel is manufactured with a continuous barb along each free edge, one of which will engage the notch on the slat when the slat is inserted perpendicularly into the channel. For ease of assembly, the end of each slat nearest the notch is beveled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Inventors: William D. Humphrey, Harold Rothenberger