Patents by Inventor Alexander Rowbut

Alexander Rowbut 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).

  • Patent number: 8714602
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a locking device provided with a latch (10) and a retaining pin (100), said latch (10) having a handle (11) and a locking arm (20) hinged to said handle (11) by a pivot peg (13). The retaining pin (100) comprising a first transverse branch (101) and a second transverse branch (102) separated by a space (103), a second end (22) of said locking arm (20) has a contact finger (23) provided with a first surface and with a second surface (25) opposite from said first surface (24), said first surface (24) comprising closure means for co-operating with said first transverse branch (101), said second surface (25) comprising extractor means of said latch (10) for co-operating with said second transverse branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Eurocopter
    Inventors: Alexander Rowbut, Cedric Cristiano, Xavier Koetzel
  • Patent number: 8360483
    Abstract: The invention relates to a door lock comprising a door catch system for double door-type helicopter doors that can, when being closed, additionally be displaced perpendicularly to the plane of the door opening into the closed position (flush fitting). Said door lock comprises a catch element (30) associated with the latch element (31) and actively linked therewith, said catch element maintaining the door ‘caught’ directly in front of its locked position when the door is manually closed until the door is translated to its final closed position via the latch element (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Koppel, Alexander Rowbut
  • Patent number: 8146864
    Abstract: A locking device having a door catch system for helicopter doors, which are embodied as sliding doors, which are to be additionally moved (flush-fitted) into the closed position at right angles to the plane of the door opening in response to their closing movement, consisting of a catch (15a), which is associated with the latch (13) and which is in active connected therewith, by which catch (15a) the sliding door is “caught” directly in front of its locked position in response to a manual closing process until the sliding door has been transferred into its final closed position via the latch (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Köppel, Alexander Rowbut
  • Publication number: 20110174929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a locking device provided with a latch (10) and a retaining pin (100), said latch (10) having a handle (11) and a locking arm (20) hinged to said handle (11) by a pivot peg (13). The retaining pin (100) comprising a first transverse branch (101) and a second transverse branch (102) separated by a space (103), a second end (22) of said locking arm (20) has a contact finger (23) provided with a first surface and with a second surface (25) opposite from said first surface (24), said first surface (24) comprising closure means for co-operating with said first transverse branch (101), said second surface (25) comprising extractor means of said latch (10) for co-operating with said second transverse branch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: EUROCOPTER
    Inventors: Alexander Rowbut, Cédric Cristiano, Xavier Koetzel
  • Publication number: 20100064741
    Abstract: A locking device having a door catch system for helicopter doors, which are embodied as sliding doors, which are to be additionally moved (flush-fitted) into the closed position at right angles to the plane of the door opening in response to their closing movement, consisting of a catch (15a), which is associated with the latch (13) and which is in active connected therewith, by which catch (15a) the sliding door is “caught” directly in front of its locked position in response to a manual closing process until the sliding door has been transferred into its final closed position via the latch (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Koppel, Alexander Rowbut
  • Publication number: 20100064740
    Abstract: A door lock includes a door catch system for double door-type helicopter doors that can, when being closed, additionally be displaced perpendicularly to the plane of the door opening into the closed position (flush fitting). The door lock includes a catch element (30) associated with the latch element (31) and actively linked therewith, the catch element maintaining the door ‘caught’ directly in front of its locked position when the door is manually closed until the door is translated to its final closed position via the latch element (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: EUROCOPTER DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Koppel, Alexander Rowbut