Patents by Inventor Michael Brinkmann

Michael Brinkmann 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).

  • Publication number: 20100192465
    Abstract: A structural element for the fabrication of a panel of a sectional door, which is movable between a closed and an open position along a predetermined pathway. The sectional door possesses a shell, generally of metal, having two mutually parallel sides, bent back on themselves, thus essentially creating structural elements aligned somewhat perpendicularly to the predetermined pathway. When in the closed position, the shell is characterized by forming an outer door surface which is external to the space to be closed, and forming an internal door surface opposed thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: HORMANN KG BROCKHAGEN
    Inventors: Thomas J. Hörmann, Michael Brinkmann
  • Patent number: 7484332
    Abstract: The invention relates to a door comprising a leaf that is movable between an open position and a closed position, a guiding element which is fixed to the door leaf, interacts with a guide rail, and directs the movement of the door leaf, and a locking device that is movable between a released position in which said locking device releases movement of the door leaf and a locked position in which said locking device counteracts movement of the door leaf. The locking device is provided with a locking element which stops at a contact surface of the guide rail when said locking device is moved into the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Hörmann KG Brockhagen
    Inventors: Thomas J. Hörmann, Herbert Brinkmann, Franz Kraft, Michael Brinkmann
  • Patent number: 7454815
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coupling device for creating a hinged connection between adjacent panels of a sectional door leaf, comprising a connecting element that is fixed to the adjacent panels and a support element holding a guiding element which interacts with a guide rail. Said support element is fixed, preferably in a detachable manner, to the connecting element once said connecting element has been fastened to the panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Hörmann KG Brockhagen
    Inventor: Michael Brinkmann
  • Publication number: 20080070708
    Abstract: An assembled camshaft comprising a tubular shaft and a plurality of components each provided with a through-aperture, more particularly cams which have been slid on to the tubular shaft and are fixed thereon at a distance from one another, wherein, between the components, the tubular shaft comprises inwardly formed side indentations, wherein at least individual indentations extend underneath at least one of the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Brinkmann, Jochen Wolf, Jochen Asbeck, Rudiger Rossberger
  • Publication number: 20070215295
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a sectional door with a door leaf movable longitudinally along a preset path between a closed and an open position, with said door leaf having a shell-like or single-wall design, with a shell bottom forming an outer boundary surface of the door leaf, and two shell edges preferably extending over the entire door leaf width in the direction of the articulating axes and protruding from the shell bottom in the direction of the space closed off thereby, with one of the shell edges having a hollow protrusion extending over the entire width of the door leaf and the other shell edge comprising a recess designed to accommodate a protrusion of an adjacent door leaf element, and with an insulating element, being inserted into the shell-like door leaf element, with the insulating element having a flange capable of being inserted into the hollow protrusion of the door leaf element and/or an edge profile on or in an edge of an insulating element, with said edge profile being des
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: HORMANN KG BROCKHAGEN
    Inventors: Thomas J. Hormann, Michael Brinkmann
  • Publication number: 20060053694
    Abstract: The invention relates to a door comprising a leaf that is movable between an open position and a closed position, a guiding element which is fixed to the door leaf, interacts with a guide rail, and directs the movement of the door leaf, and a locking device that is movable between a released position in which said locking device releases movement of the door leaf and a locked position in which said locking device counteracts movement of the door leaf. The locking device is provided with a locking element which stops at a contact surface of the guide rail when said locking device is moved into the locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Thomas Hormann, Herbert Brinkmann, Franz Kraft, Michael Brinkmann
  • Publication number: 20050224195
    Abstract: A gate includes a gate leaf, which can be moved between a closed position and an open position; and has a plurality of gate leaf elements, which can be tilted with respect to each other around tilt axes which are parallel to each other. A door is integrated into the gate leaf has a door leaf, which with respect to the gate leaf elements adjacent to it in the direction of the tilt axes, can be swung around a pivot axis which is essentially perpendicular to the tilt axes; and which, when closed, is accommodated in an opening in the gate leaf; and when closed, is preferably essentially parallel to the plane of the gate leaf. A stabilizing arrangement, which opposes the deformation of the gate leaf, is provided, wherein the stabilizing arrangement has a threshold element which rests preferably on the bottom of the opening closed by the gate leaf when the gate leaf is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Hormann, Michael Brinkmann
  • Publication number: 20050102956
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coupling device for creating a hinged connection between adjacent panels of a sectional door leaf, comprising a connecting element that is fixed to the adjacent panels and a support element holding a guiding element which interacts with a guide rail. Said support element is fixed, preferably in a detachable manner, to the connecting element once said connecting element has been fastened to the panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Inventor: Michael Brinkmann