Patents by Inventor Norbert Koppel

Norbert Koppel 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).

  • Fixing element and method for fixing insulation tracks or plates on a fixed substructure
    Patent number: 6558098
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fixing element (1) for fixing insulation and scaling tracks on a fixed substructure. Said element comprises a screw (9) and a large washer (7) with a cylindrical extension (8). The screw (9) has two thread segments (13, 14), wherein one thread segment (13) interacts with the through hole in a reciprocal thread engagement located in a narrowed area (12) of the cylindrical extension (8). An axial relative movement of both parts can be achieved by reciprocally rotating the cylindrical extension (8) and the screw (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: SFS Industrie Holding AG
    Inventors: Beda Angehrn, Daniel Gasser, Norbert Köppel, Helmut Öesterle, Werner Patsch
  • Packaging for rod-shaped parts
    Patent number: 5823338
    Abstract: A package for elongated parts (2) has a supporting element (1) made of a supporting strip (4) and of a tear-off covering strip (5). The supporting strip (4) has openings (6) in which the elongated parts (2) are laid, forming a row of parallel elongated parts. The package may be easily removed by tearing the covering strip (5) along perforated lines (13, 14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: SFS Industrie Holding AG
    Inventors: Helmut Osterle, Daniel Gasser, Guido Hasler, Richard Sahli, Walter Seifert, Norbert Koppel, Markus Steffen
  • Self-drilling fastener
    Patent number: 5551818
    Abstract: A self-drilling fastener includes a fastening element and a plate-shaped drilling insert inserted in a slot of the fastening element. The lateral peripheral surfaces of the insert have channels which extend over the whole width of the insert. Pressed into the channels are edges of jaws which define the slot of the fastening element so that the insert is held in the fastening element by plastic deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignee: SFS Industrie Holding AG
    Inventor: Norbert Koppel
  • Screw with unthreaded portion formed for absorbing bending loads
    Patent number: 5433570
    Abstract: A screw has an elongated shank and a head. The shank has two threaded portions and at least one unthreaded portion extending therebetween. A plurality of axially spaced grooves formed by the removal of material from the unthreaded portion of the shank are provided therein to enable the screw to withstand transverse forces acting on the head when the screw is screwed in.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Assignee: SFS Industrie Holding AG
    Inventor: Norbert Koppel