Patents by Inventor Alfred Kasum

Alfred Kasum 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: 20110117320
    Abstract: A grained vehicle interior fitting part comprises a smooth or pre-grained film on a physically foamed support layer. The film may be multi-layered, such as of polypropylenes. The structure may be made by placing a film in a die with a surface structure and film insert molded with a foaming support material which subsequently hardens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Johnson Control Technology Company
    Inventors: Martin Wolff, Martin Kuckertz, Alfred Kasum, Heinz-Dieter Wellen, Hans-Jorg Diek, Thomas Erprath
  • Patent number: 5987944
    Abstract: A locking device for a container lid is provided, in particular for the lid of a storage compartment in a motor vehicle, with a spring-loaded closing cam which is arranged in a projecting manner at the free end of the lid and which, when the lid is closed, engages releasably in a latching recess of a latching recess housing arranged on the storage compartment, with a transducer element which is likewise arranged on the storage compartment and can be triggered via a central locking system with a view to locking and unlocking, and with a reversing linkage, mounted at one end on the transducer element and at the other end on the latching recess housing, for actuating a closing hook which can be pivoted into a latching opening of the closing cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Becker Group Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Reiner Brekiewicz, Alfred Kasum