Patents by Inventor Horst Budde

Horst Budde 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).

  • VARIABLE-LENGTH, ADJUSTABLE SPACER
    Publication number: 20140064881
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustable spacer. The spacer includes an elongate member. The spacer includes a sleeve extendable around the elongate member. The elongate member is moveable relative to the sleeve. The sleeve has a locking member. The spacer includes an engaging member configured to selectively engage the locking member for inhibiting movement of the sleeve relative to the elongate member when a desired spacing of the elongate member relative to the sleeve is determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: Horst Budde
  • Variable-length, adjustable spacer
    Patent number: 8651788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustable spacer. The spacer includes an elongate member. The spacer includes a sleeve extendable around the elongate member. The elongate member is moveable relative to the sleeve. The sleeve has a locking member. The spacer includes an engaging member configured to selectively engage the locking member for inhibiting movement of the sleeve relative to the elongate member when a desired spacing of the elongate member relative to the sleeve is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Inventor: Horst Budde
  • Quick-connect coupling for a gas appliance
    Patent number: 7185877
    Abstract: A quick-connect coupling for a gas line has a socket member for connection to a gas line and a nipple for connection to a gas appliance, the nipple being engageable in the socket member for coupling the gas line to the appliance, with a sleeve displaceable between a locking position for securing the nipple in the socket member and a released position in which the nipple is free to be uncoupled from the socket member. A locking member is displaceable along a path of movement into an extended position to retain the sleeve in the locking position. A control knob connected to the gas valve is rotatable for opening and closing the gas valve to control gas flow through the socket member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Inventor: Horst Budde
  • Quick-connect coupling for a gas appliance
    Publication number: 20060219970
    Abstract: A quick-connect coupling for a gas line has a socket member for connection to a gas line and a nipple for connection to a gas appliance, the nipple being engageable in the socket member for coupling the gas line to the appliance, with a sleeve displaceable between a locking position for securing the nipple in the socket member and a released position in which the nipple is free to be uncoupled from the socket member. A locking member is displaceable along a path of movement into an extended position to retain the sleeve in the locking position. A control knob connected to the gas valve is rotatable for opening and closing the gas valve to control gas flow through the socket member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventor: Horst Budde