Patents Assigned to Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GmbH
  • Patent number: 8991893
    Abstract: A profile element for connecting a vehicle pane to a water draining chamber includes a U-shaped snap-in recess formed by a bearing rib and a resilient leg disposed below the bearing rib. At an entrance into the snap-in recess, the bearing rib protrudes downward towards the resilient leg and the resilient leg protrudes upward towards the bearing rib so as to define an engagement aperture into the snap-in recess between an upper-most part of the protrusion of the resilient leg and a lower-most part of the protrusion of the bearing rib. A detent element is disposed in the snap-in recess behind the engagement aperture in an insertion direction of a rib of the water draining chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Platt, Michael Ortmueller, Daniel Weller
  • Publication number: 20140327267
    Abstract: A molding element for joining a part to a vehicle window pane includes a molding body having a first section configured to be secured to an edge of the window pane and a second section including a latching recess being configured to receive, in an insertion direction, a rib of the part through an engagement opening so as to detachably fasten the part to the molding element. A closure element is formed on the molding body so as to at least partially close off the latching recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: ELKAMET KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Deussen, Lutz Bergmann, Wolfgang Platt, Michael Ortmueller, Hartmut Roth
  • Publication number: 20140062037
    Abstract: A profile element for connecting a vehicle pane to a water draining chamber includes a U-shaped snap-in recess formed by a bearing rib and a resilient leg disposed below the bearing rib. At an entrance into the snap-in recess, the bearing rib protrudes downward towards the resilient leg and the resilient leg protrudes upward towards the bearing rib so as to define an engagement aperture into the snap-in recess between an upper-most part of the protrusion of the resilient leg and a lower-most part of the protrusion of the bearing rib. A detent element is disposed in the snap-in recess behind the engagement aperture in an insertion direction of a rib of the water draining chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Platt, Michael Ortmueller, Daniel Weller
  • Patent number: 8444205
    Abstract: A molded component to connect a motor vehicle window with a water box includes a first segment affixable to the vehicle window and a second segment having a detent cavity bounded by a resilient leg and configured to receive a rib of the water box in an insertion direction so as to detachably affix the water box in a frictionally and/or geometrically interlocking manner in the detent cavity. A detent element projects into the detent cavity at an acute angle relative to the insertion direction such that the resilient leg is elastically deformed to a greater extent during an extraction of the rib of the water box from the detent cavity than during an insertion of the rib of the water box into the detent cavity. This facilitates the insertion and presents a greater resistance to the extraction of the rib from the detent cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Eberhard Flammer, Wolfgang Platt
  • Publication number: 20110285177
    Abstract: (57) Main claim: A molded component (10) to connect a motor vehicle window (40) to a water box (50). comprising a first segment (20) affixable to said window and a second segment (30) having or forming a detent cavity (60) to allow detachable affixation of said water box (50), said water box being fitted with a rib (51) which is affixable frictionally and/or in geometrically interlocking manner in said detent cavity (60), the first segment (20) partly enclosing at its edge the motor vehicle window (40), characterized in that said molded component comprises at least one detent element (70) designed to ease inserting the rib (51) of the water box (50) into the detent cavity (60) in a first direction (R1, whereas making it comparatively more difficult to extract the rib (51) from the detent cavity (60) in the opposite direction (R2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: ELKAMET KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Eberhard Flammer, Wolfgang Platt
  • Publication number: 20110115261
    Abstract: A contoured structure (10) to connect a vehicle pane (40) to a water draining chamber (50) comprises a first segment (20) affixable to the vehicle pane and a second segment (30) fitted with or subtending a snap-in recess (60) serving to detachably install the water draining chamber (50). Said water draining chamber comprises a rib (51) which is frictionally and/or geometrically interlocking into said recess, furthermore at least one seal (90) that, in the installed position of said water draining chamber, subtends a substantially flat and flush transition between the surfaces of the vehicle pane (40) and of the water draining chamber (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: ELKAMET KUNSTSTOFFTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Platt, Michael Ortmüller, Daniel Weller
  • Publication number: 20110064394
    Abstract: A heatable liquid container made from plastic material, particularly for holding water/urea mixtures and having an internal cavity and a heating element arranged essentially in the internal cavity of the container, and with at least one connection end, the heating element is braced by a bracing element in at least one bearing area in the internal cavity of the liquid container. The heating element is supported in a horizontally floating manner by the bracing element. The bracing element is an insert part that is at least partially encased in the plastic material by sintering and is made from the same material as the inner wall of the liquid container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Bier, Thomas Prinz
  • Patent number: 6769700
    Abstract: A sealing assembly for vehicle windscreens (10) comprises a profiled element (20) to be attached to a lower marginal area (12) of the windscreen. A spring member (25) serves for sealed locking engagement with a snapper fin (16) of a water box cover (14) and has a sealing lip (30), fitting between the bottom edge (13) of the windscreen and the upper edge (18) of the water box cover (14). The sealing lip 30 is substantially flush with external surfaces A and G and is bonded to, or integral with, an inclined surface (22) that projects outwardly from a supporting or wedge-shaped rib (21) and has a resiliently deformable, preferably wedge-shaped curved element which is clamped between, and supported by, the bottom edge (12) of the windscreen and the fin (16). The profiled element (20) and/or the sealing lip (30) can be composite elements which are soft on the outside and hard on the inside. Stiffeners 26 and 26′ increase the elasticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Ortmüller, Günter Gründel
  • Patent number: 5921663
    Abstract: A street light, outdoor light or the like is mounted on a tubular pole or similar vertical holder and has a lamp socket and a bulb. A lampshade to be detachably connected to the lamp socket includes a plastic transparent bulb cover for surrounding the bulb at a given level. The bulb cover has a sharply offset zone with a cross-sectional enlargement at the given level, an upper end with a domelike bulge and a lower edge with one component of a bayonet mount for connection to the lamp socket. A sheet-metal shade ring disposed inside the bulb cover at the given level is nondisplaceably fixed in axial direction in the enlargement. A lamp canopy disposed above the bulb outside the bulb cover has a central opening through which the domelike bulge protrudes and beyond which the domelike bulge extends. A funnel-shaped metal heat shield body is disposed inside the domelike bulge and spaced apart from the bulb cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Eberhard Flammer