Patents by Inventor Andreas Schmidt, deceased

Andreas Schmidt, deceased 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).

  • Device for hemming of sheet metals, particularly of coachwork sheet metals in automobile manufacture
    Patent number: 6029493
    Abstract: A device for hemming of sheet metals, particularly of coachwork sheet metals in automobile manufacture, wherein a driven ram with superposed hemming bed arranged in a base rack presses the sheet metals to be hemmed against stationary hemming tools. The working stroke and the force for hemming of sheet metals is pneumatically transmitted to ram by the aid of a compressed-air cushion arranged between base rack and ram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Thyssen Industrie AG
    Inventors: Josef Maier, Andreas Schmidt, deceased