Patents by Inventor Andreas UMBREIT-PLUTA

Andreas UMBREIT-PLUTA 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: 10450103
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lid consisting of metal for a beverage can, which lid is designed to be permanently connected to a can body and has a lid panel in which a rivet for a grip tab is formed and in which a predetermined breaking line defining a breaking-open area is impressed, along which line an opening in the lid panel can be opened by the grip tab, wherein a rivet base, which has resulted from a formation of the rivet, is present around the rivet, within which base the metal of the lid is thinner and/or more brittle than in adjoining regions of the lid panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: IMV INNOVATION MARKETING UND VERTRIEBS GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Hundeloh, Andreas Umbreit-Pluta, Matthias Nagel
  • Publication number: 20180148219
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lid (10) consisting of metal, in particular of aluminum. For a beverage can or the like, which lid is designed to be permanently connected to a can body and has a lid panel (20) on which a rivet (40) for a grip tab (14) is formed and in which a predetermined breaking line (34) defining a breaking open area is impressed, along which line an opening in the lid panel (20) can be opened by means of the grip tab (14), wherein a rivet base (47), which has resulted from a formation of the rivet (40), is present around the rivet (40), within which base the metal of the lid (10) is thinner and or more brittle than in adjoining region of the lid panel (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas HUNDELOH, Andreas UMBREIT-PLUTA, Matthias NAGEL