Patents by Inventor Klaus Spickenheier

Klaus Spickenheier 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: 11668337
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for compensating tolerances between a first component and a second component to be screwed to it by means of a connecting screw, comprising a base element and a compensation element that is in thread engagement with the base element, the thread engagement being non-self-locking in such a way that the compensation element moves out of the base element when the connecting screw exerts an axial force on the compensation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: WITTE Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Mosch, Klaus Spickenheier, Vladimir Radanovic
  • Publication number: 20230167841
    Abstract: A device for compensating for tolerances between two components to be connected to one another may have a fastening element for fastening to a first component provided with an opening and for connecting the component to a second component. The device may also have at least two axial tolerance compensation stages for compensating axial tolerances between the two components. The at least two axial tolerance compensation stages are each arranged between the fastening element and one of the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Glen LEE, Klaus SPICKENHEIER
  • Patent number: 11506233
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a spring element for a device for compensating for tolerances between a first component and a second component, wherein the spring element comprises: at least two axial webs extending in the direction of a longitudinal center axis of the spring element and spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction of the spring element, each of which, viewed in the direction of the longitudinal center axis of the spring element, has two opposite end sections connected by an intermediate section, wherein the end sections of an axial web have at least approximately the same radial distance from the longitudinal center axis of the spring element and the intermediate section arranged between these end sections has a different radial distance from the longitudinal center axis; and at least one connecting ring which connects the axial webs to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: WITTE Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus Spickenheier
  • Publication number: 20220049733
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a spring element for a device for compensating for tolerances between a first component and a second component, wherein the spring element comprises: at least two axial webs extending in the direction of a longitudinal center axis of the spring element and spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction of the spring element, each of which, viewed in the direction of the longitudinal center axis of the spring element, has two opposite end sections connected by an intermediate section, wherein the end sections of an axial web have at least approximately the same radial distance from the longitudinal center axis of the spring element and the intermediate section arranged between these end sections has a different radial distance from the longitudinal center axis; and at least one connecting ring which connects the axial webs to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: WITTE Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Klaus SPICKENHEIER
  • Publication number: 20200332825
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for compensating tolerances between a first component and a second component to be screwed to it by means of a connecting screw, comprising a base element and a compensation element that is in thread engagement with the base element, the thread engagement being non-self-locking in such a way that the compensation element moves out of the base element when the connecting screw exerts an axial force on the compensation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Gerhard MOSCH, Klaus SPICKENHEIER, Vladimir RADANOVIC
  • Patent number: 10473142
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the compensation of tolerances between components to be screwed to one another, comprising a hollow-cylindrical base element and a hollow-cylindrical compensation element which is in threaded engagement with the base element and which can be moved from a starting position into a compensation position by rotation relative to the base element. The apparatus is characterized in that a fixing means is provided by which the compensation element can be fixed in the compensation position relative to the base element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: WITTE Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Lütgenau, Klaus Spickenheier
  • Publication number: 20170009799
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the compensation of tolerances between components to be screwed to one another, comprising a hollow-cylindrical base element and a hollow-cylindrical compensation element which is in threaded engagement with the base element and which can be moved from a starting position into a compensation position by rotation relative to the base element. The apparatus is characterized in that a fixing means is provided by which the compensation element can be fixed in the compensation position relative to the base element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Frank Lütgenau, Klaus Spickenheier
  • Patent number: 9482264
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the compensation of tolerances between components to be screwed to one another, comprising a hollow-cylindrical base element and a hollow-cylindrical compensation element which is in threaded engagement with the base element and which can be moved from a starting position into a compensation position by rotation relative to the base element. The apparatus is characterized in that a fixing means is provided by which the compensation element can be fixed in the compensation position relative to the base element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: WITTE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Lütgenau, Klaus Spickenheier
  • Publication number: 20140234054
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the compensation of tolerances between components to be screwed to one another, comprising a hollow-cylindrical base element and a hollow-cylindrical compensation element which is in threaded engagement with the base element and which can be moved from a starting position into a compensation position by rotation relative to the base element. The apparatus is characterized in that a fixing means is provided by which the compensation element can be fixed in the compensation position relative to the base element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: WITTE Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Lütgenau, Klaus Spickenheier
  • Patent number: 6280132
    Abstract: An arrangement for fastening of an assembly part on a carrier part includes at least one fastening screw, a sleeve, and a flexible assembly ring whose inner diameter is smaller than an outer diameter of a sleeve head flange and foot flange and which is arranged between the head flange and foot flange on the sleeve. The assembly part includes a through-bore in the assembly part whose inner diameter is at lest as large as the outer diameter of the foot flange, into which the sleeve is inserted. The lower side of the head flange is indirectly or directly supported on the upper edge region of the through-bore. The inner diameter of the through-bore is dimensioned such that the assembly ring is radially pressed together therein and by way of this clamped in and/or the through-bore comprises an undercut with an inner diameter so that the assembly ring under radial compression and subsequent expansion is pushed through the undercut and by which the assembly ring is retained in the through-bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: ITW Automotive Products GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Adi Szczukowski, Klaus Spickenheier, Peter Kirchhoff