Patents by Inventor Hermann Kahlefeld

Hermann Kahlefeld 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: 5447341
    Abstract: A molded hose branch of rubber includes an assembly formed by slipping completely vulcanized rubber hose lengths with ends onto free ends of a plastic tubing branching piece. The assembly is placed into a mold, and a thermoplastic material, for instance a blended mixture of polypropylene and EPDM, is injection molded around the assembly so as to join the thermoplastic material to the rubber hose lengths. This results in a sleeve around the rubber hose lengths and free parts of the tubing branching piece between the ends of the rubber hose lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Metzeler Automotive Profiles GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Hartel, Carl Heynemann, Hermann Kahlefeld
  • Patent number: 5302336
    Abstract: A method for producing molded hose branches of rubber and a molded hose branch produced according to the method, includes slipping completely vulcanized rubber hose lengths with ends onto free ends of a plastic tubing branching piece for forming an assembly, placing the assembly into a mold, and injection molding a thermoplastic rubber material in the form of a blended mixture of polypropylene and EPDM around the assembly for joining the thermoplastic material to the rubber hose lengths for forming a sleeve around the rubber hose lengths and free parts of the tubing branching piece between the ends of the rubber hose lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Metzeler Automotive Profiles GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Hartel, Carl Heynemann, Hermann Kahlefeld