Patents by Inventor Jurgen Rathenberg

Jurgen Rathenberg 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: 5509222
    Abstract: A receiving container for card-like information carriers comprises a container part having a rear surface provided with a plug button and a plurality of friction projections surrounding the plug button, and a plug part having a receiving opening which is releasably engageably pluggable on the plug button and having a plurality of engaging projections, the plug part being frictionally and form-lockingly releasably and turnably pluggable on the plug button, the plug part being provided with a clamping member for mounting on a clothing piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Inventor: Jurgen Rathenberg
  • Patent number: 5494082
    Abstract: A plastic filler insert for use with (i) a writing instrument having a converter device including (a) a piston-cylinder unit adapted to receive and dispense writing fluid and (b) an aspirating connector, and (ii) a writing fluid container (1) having a cylindrical neck opening (2), which can be closed off with a cap. The filler insert permits refilling, from the container, of the writing instrument. The filler insert includes a closure plate (3) having a sealing edge (4). The sealing edge (4) is configured to be seated on a rim of the cylindrical neck opening (2) of the writing fluid container (1). The closure plate includes a receiving connector (6) formed on the bottom (5) of the closure plate (3). The receiving connector (6) has a cylindrical receiving opening (7), is open toward the outside, and extends into the interior of the container (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: rotring-werke Riepe KG
    Inventor: Jurgen Rathenberg
  • Patent number: 5406991
    Abstract: A device for filling a converter with writing fluid, including a connector designed to be sealingly engaged with the orifice of a converter. The connector has an orifice in the shape of an orifice of a conventional ink cartridge. The device also includes a pipe-shaped conduit segment, connecting to the connector and extending into the interior of a reservoir containing writing fluid. The pipe-shaped conduit segment extends from the connector in an inclined fashion to a free end proximate to the bottom of the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Rotring-werke Riepe KG
    Inventors: Jurgen Rathenberg, Petra Maurer, Klaus Nicolai