Patents by Inventor Heinz-Otto Baum

Heinz-Otto Baum 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: 5301397
    Abstract: A device for fastening the abutment of a bowden cable on a constructional element in which a T-bolt is fastened on the constructional element, a fastening tab is provided on the abutment the fastening tab has a keyhole-like recess, the recess has a greater opening for the passage of the head of the T-bolt and a smaller opening which is somewhat greater in diameter than the diameter of the shank of the T-bolt, and a collar for supporting the head of the T-bolt is provided round the small opening; when the T-bolt is introduced with its shank into the smaller opening of the recess and the head of the T-bolt rests on the collar. The abutment is secured on the constructional element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Emhart Inc.
    Inventor: Heinz-Otto Baum
  • Patent number: 5291639
    Abstract: A plastics push button for fastening an article such as trim strip or body panel to a motor body using weld studs attached to the surface of the motor body comprises a large circular retaining head at one end of a short, hollow cylindrical stem and a circular skirt at or near the other end of the stem, the diameter of the skirt being substantially equal to the diameter of mounting holes provided around a panel or at intervals along the length of a trim strip and the diameter of the head being greater than that of mounting holes, the skirt being provided with a plurality of protruding, resilient fringe members which can lightly engage the rim of a mounting hole and the bore of the cylindrical stem being provided with resilient fingers which can engage the projections of a weld stud when the push button is pressed through a mounting hole so that the cylindrical head abuts the top surface of the article and the cylindrical stem passes through the mounting hole and is pressed over the weld stud so that the articl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: Emhart Inc.
    Inventors: Heinz-Otto Baum, Lothar Schliessner
  • Patent number: 5154376
    Abstract: A cable-securing device having a locking head and a flexible strap extending therefrom in the form of a ladder having cross bars extending between parallel side members. The cross bars are larger than the separation of the side members so that they are bent as they lie in the plane of the side members. The device has a projecting locking peg which forms a cable-securing loop when a cross bar is engaged by the locking peg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Assignee: Emhart Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Heinz-Otto Baum, Johann Reindl