Patents Assigned to HÄFELE BERLIN GMBH & CO KG
  • Publication number: 20230287918
    Abstract: A connector for connecting without tools two panels has a pot-like housing with a radially outwardly protruding expansion sleeve. A clamping lever supported in the housing pivots about a pivot axis between a non-tensioned starting position and a tensioned end position. A tensioning contour extends eccentrically with respect to the pivot axis. A tension bolt has a bolt shaft, with a first bolt end being a first bolt head which is thickened with respect to the bolt shaft and is in the expansion sleeve. A second bolt end being a second bolt head is thickened with respect to the bolt shaft and is arranged inside the housing. The second bolt head is engaged from behind by the eccentric tensioning contour of the clamping lever in the tensioned starting position and is pulled in the direction away from the expansion sleeve. The expansion sleeve is expanded by the first bolt head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Robert Birkner
  • Publication number: 20230243374
    Abstract: A doubling-up fitting includes an expansion sleeve which has a sleeve base with a sleeve base opening and has at least one expansion tab which can be spread radially outward. An inner ring is axially displaceable in the expansion sleeve towards the sleeve base in a tightening direction in order to spread the at least one expansion tab radially outward. A threaded bolt with a screw thread and with a bolt head engages behind the inner ring in the tightening direction. A threaded part has a widened head and can be screwed to the screw thread of the threaded bolt. The opening diameter of the sleeve base opening and the clear opening diameter of the inner ring are each greater than the bolt diameter of the threaded bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Gerd Sawatzki
  • Publication number: 20230243373
    Abstract: A doubling-up fitting includes a clamp element with a clamp base and at least two clamp arms rising from the clamp base at its ends. The free clamp ends are angled inward and extend over the clamp base. A rotatably mounted spreading disc is arranged between the clamp base and the free clamp ends. A disc opening leads into a recess in the spreading disc where the diameter is greater than the disc opening diameter. A plurality of outer contour portions spread the free clamp ends radially outward less far in an initial rotational position of the spreading disc than in a final rotational position. An adjusting disc arranged in the recess of the spreading disc has a thread. The outer diameter of the adjusting disc is smaller than the diameter of the recess in the spreading disc and larger than the opening diameter of the disc opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Gerd Sawatzki, Ulrich Merz
  • Patent number: 11703073
    Abstract: A connection bolt for connecting two parts, in particular furniture panels, includes a cylindrical bolt shaft for anchoring in a bore of the one part and a bolt head for anchoring in a bore of the other part. The bolt head has a foot portion, which adjoins the bolt shaft, and a hook-shaped head portion with a radially outwardly projecting, blade-shaped projection. The foot portion is arranged with respect to the bolt shaft eccentrically offset in the radial direction in which the projection projects radially outwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Haefele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Peer Leistert, Lorenz Arnold
  • Publication number: 20230151838
    Abstract: A tightening element for the tool-free tightening of a clamping bolt includes a cylindrical pot-shaped housing having a pot opening. At the end side of the housing opposite the pot opening, at least one handle is pivotably supported about an axis which extends at right-angles to the center axis of the housing between a folded-up position which protrudes from the housing and a folded-down end position which rests against the end side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Robert Birkner, Gerd Sawatzki
  • Patent number: 11652342
    Abstract: A device for the electrification of furniture includes at least a first furniture panel, which has, in one of its two panel sides, two parallel grooves and two exposed busbars laid respectively in the two grooves and at least one electric plug for connecting to the two busbars. The plug has two electrical contacts, which are formed as exposed collector contacts on a connecting side of the plug housing and as connection contacts on a front side of the plug housing. The plug is inserted into a bore, interrupting the two grooves, in the one panel side of the first furniture panel. The collector contacts each lie against the two busbars in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Michael Von Wilcke, Robert Birkner
  • Publication number: 20230096589
    Abstract: A fitting for connecting two parts includes a cup-shaped housing for insertion into an open-edge bore in the one part. Two double-armed levers are connected in an articulated manner about an axis running, in the housing, parallel to the cup axis and which each have an inner lever arm which is arranged in the housing and an outer lever arm which projects outwards beyond the circumference of the housing and is intended for engaging in a surface-area bore in the other part. A handle can be moved from a starting position into an end position and has an actuating element for rotating the inner lever arms in relation to one another such that the two outer lever arms are spread further apart in the end position of the handle than in the starting position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Lorenz Arnold, Ulrich Merz
  • Patent number: 11512727
    Abstract: A connecting bolt has a bolt shank and a bolt head which has a radially outwardly projecting bolt projection. The bolt head has a latching projection between the bolt shank and the bolt projection on the side opposite the bolt projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Robert Birkner
  • Publication number: 20220290709
    Abstract: A connecting bolt has a bolt shank and a bolt head which has a radially outwardly projecting bolt projection. The bolt head has a latching projection between the bolt shank and the bolt projection on the side opposite the bolt projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Robert Birkner
  • Publication number: 20220239087
    Abstract: A device for the electrification of furniture includes at least a first furniture panel, which has, in one of its two panel sides, two parallel grooves and two exposed busbars laid respectively in the two grooves and at least one electric plug for connecting to the two busbars. The plug has two electrical contacts, which are formed as exposed collector contacts on a connecting side of the plug housing and as connection contacts on a front side of the plug housing. The plug is inserted into a bore, interrupting the two grooves, in the one panel side of the first furniture panel. The collector contacts each lie against the two busbars in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Michael Von Wilcke, Robert Birkner
  • Publication number: 20220071395
    Abstract: A one-part plastic furniture wall part, in particular a plastic side wall part, includes a lattice-like skeleton structure which is closed toward the outside by an outer wall and is open toward the inside. The skeleton structure has at least one inwardly open recess for receiving a furniture fitting or an electrical component and/or at least one inwardly protruding functional element, in particular a pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Peer Leistert, Michael Von Wilcke, Rico Marquardt
  • Patent number: 11268556
    Abstract: A joining device for parts of furniture and furnishing accessories includes a casing or container body suitable for being inserted in a seat formed in one of the components of the item of furniture to be joined and provided with an expansion bushing externally projecting with respect to a first end or front end of said casing or container body and suitable for engaging with a further seat of a further component of the item of furniture to be joined to the component wherein the casing or container body is inserted. Said joining device includes a cam mechanism for a linear motion of actuation means co-operating in an expansion and retraction deformation movement of the expansion bushing and simultaneous expansion of at least one portion of said casing or container body, with said cam mechanism and actuation means housed in the casing or container body and actuated by a tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: HÄFELE BERLIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Antonio Giovannetti
  • Publication number: 20220061530
    Abstract: A corner fitting includes a strip-like base member for a clamping connection between two furniture panels which are arranged substantially perpendicularly to each other. A lip protrudes from the corner fitting in an end region of the base member along at least a portion of the width. In the opposing end region of the base member a pin protrudes, wherein the lip and the pin protrude at the same side of the base member substantially in the same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Ulrich Merz
  • Publication number: 20220003265
    Abstract: A fitting part for tool-free fastening in a bore in a panel includes a radially outwardly expandable expansion sleeve for insertion into the bore and a fitting housing, which is mounted in the expansion sleeve so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation between a starting rotary position and a final rotary position, has a lever arm which is arranged outside the expansion sleeve and has a latching device, and has an expansion contour which is arranged inside the expansion sleeve and, upon rotation of the fitting housing in the expansion direction of rotation from the starting rotary position to the final rotary position, expands the expansion sleeve radially outwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Haefele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Robert Birkner
  • Patent number: 11204053
    Abstract: A rear wall/panel connector includes a stud, which has a receiving groove and two walls projecting vertically from the stud on both sides of the receiving groove. The two walls each have an opening configured for screwing in a screw. One of the two walls forms an arm of a rocker which is mounted on the stud wherein it is pivotable between a starting position and an end position about an axis which is parallel or almost parallel to the longitudinal direction of the receiving groove. The inside of the second wall is positioned obliquely outwards with respect to the longitudinal center plane of the receiving groove in the starting position and extends parallel to the longitudinal center plane in the end position. The other rocker arm projects outwards over the stud, at least in the end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: HÄFELE BERLIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Rüdiger Walz, Gunter Nitschmann
  • Publication number: 20210381538
    Abstract: An expansion connector connecting two furniture panels includes a bolt having a cylindrical bolt shaft with a bolt head opposite an expansion cone. A plastics expansion sleeve is mounted displaceably on the bolt having at least two expansion tabs, each of which has a radially outwardly protruding collar. The expansion sleeve can be transferred, by a displacement relative to the bolt, from a non-expanded starting position into an expanded end position where the expansion tabs are radially outwardly expanded. In the starting position, the expansion tabs bear against the bolt shaft by a guide portion and divides the expansion tabs into a first tab portion facing the bolt head and a second tab portion facing away from the bolt head. The first tab portions are radially spaced apart from the bolt shaft, and, in the end position, the expansion tabs are each pivoted about the edge of the guide portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Ulrich Merz
  • Patent number: 11098740
    Abstract: A joining device for parts of furniture and furnishing accessories includes a casing or container body suitable for being inserted in a seat formed in one of the components of the item of furniture to be joined. An expansion bushing externally projects with respect to a first end or front end of said casing or container body and is suitable for engaging with a further seat of a further component of the item of furniture to be joined to the component wherein the casing or container body is inserted. Said joining device includes a cam mechanism for a linear motion of actuation means co-operating in an expansion and retraction deformation movement of the expansion bushing and simultaneous expansion of at least one portion of said casing or container body, with said cam mechanism and actuation means housed in the casing or container body and actuated by a tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Antonio Giovannetti
  • Publication number: 20210254648
    Abstract: A connection bolt for connecting two parts, in particular furniture panels, includes a cylindrical bolt shaft for anchoring in a bore of the one part and a bolt head for anchoring in a bore of the other part. The bolt head has a foot portion, which adjoins the bolt shaft, and a hook-shaped head portion with a radially outwardly projecting, blade-shaped projection. The foot portion is arranged with respect to the bolt shaft eccentrically offset in the radial direction in which the projection projects radially outwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Haefele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Peer Leistert, Lorenz Arnold
  • Patent number: 11085476
    Abstract: A fitting for releasably connecting two furniture parts includes a first fitting part fastened on a first furniture part and a second fitting part fastened on a second furniture part. The second fitting part has at least one rigid latching cam which is engaged behind by a latching nose being provided on a deflectable latching tongue of the first fitting part. The latching tongue can be moved from its locking position engaged behind the latching cam, into a release position which can be fixed to the second fitting part. The latching tongue has at least one latching spring which can be deflected transversely to the deflecting plane of the latching tongue by a counter bearing of the second fitting part. The free spring end of the latching spring remains deflected by the counter bearing from the locking position until before the release position of the latching tongue is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Rüdiger Walz, Peer Leistert, Gunter Nitschmann
  • Patent number: 11047415
    Abstract: An insert wedge is configured for fixedly clamping a first panel within a groove in a second panel. The insert wedge includes a square angle which has a broad limb and a wedge-like, narrow limb. A spring tongue is integrally formed on the outer side of the broad limb and extends by way of its free tongue end beyond the outer side of the narrow limb. The outer side of the narrow limb and the inner side of the broad limb may form an angle of 90°. The spring tongue may be inclined in relation to the inner side of the broad limb. The outer side of the narrow limb and the outer side of the spring tongue may form an angle of between 10° and 20°. The outer and/or inner side of the narrow limb and/or the outer side of the spring tongue may have projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: HÄFELE BERLIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Peer Leistert