Patents by Inventor Thiemo AMMANN

Thiemo AMMANN 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: 20230258220
    Abstract: A fastening apparatus is provided for fastening a component to a bolt of a carrier component. The fastening apparatus includes a housing device having a receiving space for receiving a bolt in an axial direction and a fastening clip arranged in the receiving space of the housing device, wherein the fastening clip includes at least two, preferably spring-like latching arms, at whose free ends preferably linear latching edges are formed so as to hold a bolt, wherein the latching edges of the latching arms are inclined relative to the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Christian PFEIFFER, Thiemo AMMANN
  • Publication number: 20220136550
    Abstract: A fastening apparatus includes a head element for abutting a first edge region of a component opening and an anchor foot element for rear engagement with a second edge region lying opposite the first edge region. The anchor foot element has a base section extending from the head element in axial direction and four locking arms arranged in pairs and connected to the base section. Each pair of locking arms is configured in order to be pivotable relative to an axial central plane of the fastening apparatus, and each pair of locking arms has locking/centering stages arranged offset from one another in axial direction. A locking/centering stage comprises a centering surface for centering the fastening apparatus relative to a component opening and a locking surface for rear engagement with a component opening. A locking surface and a centering surface of a locking/centering stage are arranged approximately orthogonally to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Christian PFEIFFER, Thiemo AMMANN, Roland CLASSEN
  • Patent number: 11261898
    Abstract: A fastening clip includes a clip body (1) having a pair of side walls (2) provided with windows (3); a pair of retaining portions (4) that are deflected during the placement of the fastening clip in its use position, each of the retaining portions (4) includes an end portion (5); and a head portion (6) provided at an end of the clip body (1) and protruding from the side walls (2). The end portions (5) include a bent portion (7), each end portion (5) being divided in two side portions (8) by a groove (9), and the bent portion (7) being in one of the two side portions (8). The fastening clip also includes a base body (11) having verification elements (12) that in the use position are placed in the groove (9) between the side portions (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Thiemo Ammann, Victor Diez Herrera
  • Patent number: 11174886
    Abstract: A fastening system for fastening in a receptacle of a carrier component includes a fastening element with a guide portion insertable into the receptacle along a direction of insertion, and a clip element which is plugged onto the guide portion and which, to hold the fastening element and clip element in the receptacle, has retaining edges which interact with an inner surface of the receptacle, wherein the guide portion and clip element have interacting latching portions formed in such a way that an axial pulling force to release the fastening element and clip element from the receptacle produces a radially outwardly acting force on the retaining edges of the clip element, wherein the fastening element and the clip element further have interacting stop portions which counteract release of the clip element from the fastening element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Roland Classen, Thiemo Ammann
  • Publication number: 20200392973
    Abstract: A fastening clip includes a clip body (1) having a pair of side walls (2) provided with windows (3); a pair of retaining portions (4) that are deflected during the placement of the fastening clip in its use position, each of the retaining portions (4) includes an end portion (5); and a head portion (6) provided at an end of the clip body (1) and protruding from the side walls (2). The end portions (5) include a bent portion (7), each end portion (5) being divided in two side portions (8) by a groove (9), and the bent portion (7) being in one of the two side portions (8). The fastening clip also includes a base body (11) having verification elements (12) that in the use position are placed in the groove (9) between the side portions (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Thiemo AMMANN, Victor DIEZ HERRERA
  • Patent number: 10851827
    Abstract: A vehicle component fastener for fastening a first component to a second component of a vehicle, including a first part having a pin socket for receiving a head of a pin of the second component, and a second part having a fastening structure for fastening of the first component. The first part and the second part are connected to each other via a preassembly locking device in a preassembly position from which axial displacement into a final assembly position can occur. The preassembly locking device is releasable by introduction of the head of the ball pin or T pin into the pin socket such that the axial displacement into the final assembly position a) can be carried out with less effort than when the head of the ball pin or T pin is not introduced into the pin socket, or b) can be carried out at all.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Marina Bohl, Thiemo Ammann, Markus Elsner
  • Publication number: 20200079450
    Abstract: An adjusting device is proposed for adjusting a first component and a second component of a passenger or freight transport vehicle relative to each other, wherein the two components are arranged adjacent to each other to form a gap. The device includes a base body, an adjusting element mounted in the base body and movable along a first axis and an actuating body mounted in the base body and movable along a second axis which cooperates with the adjusting element such that the movement of the adjusting element along the first axis converted into a movement of the actuating body and/or the adjusting element along the second axis; and a fixing device for fixing the adjusting element and the actuating body in a selectable position. The invention also relates to a passenger or freight transport vehicle with such a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicants: MOTHERSON INNOVATIONS COMPANY LIMITED, ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Eric Fischer, Claus Bleile, Dieter Gut, Victor Diez Herrera, Thiemo Ammann
  • Publication number: 20190136903
    Abstract: A vehicle component fastener for fastening a first component to a second component of a vehicle, comprising a first part having a pin socket for receiving a head of a pin of the second component, and a second part having a fastening structure for fastening of the first component. The first part and the second part are connected to each other via a preassembly locking device in a preassembly position from which axial displacement into a final assembly position can occur. The preassembly locking device is releasable by introduction of the head of the ball pin or T pin into the pin socket such that the axial displacement into the final assembly position a) can be carried out with less effort than when the head of the ball pin or T pin is not introduced into the pin socket, or b) can be carried out at all.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Marina BOHL, Thiemo AMMANN, Markus ELSNER
  • Publication number: 20190136896
    Abstract: A fastening system for fastening in a receptacle of a carrier component includes a fastening element with a guide portion insertable into the receptacle along a direction of insertion, and a clip element which is plugged onto the guide portion and which, to hold the fastening element and clip element in the receptacle, has retaining edges which interact with an inner surface of the receptacle, wherein the guide portion and clip element have interacting latching portions formed in such a way that an axial pulling force to release the fastening element and clip element from the receptacle produces a radially outwardly acting force on the retaining edges of the clip element, wherein the fastening element and the clip element further have interacting stop portions which counteract release of the clip element from the fastening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Roland CLASSEN, Thiemo AMMANN