Patents by Inventor Axel Rathmann

Axel Rathmann 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: 7931421
    Abstract: A cover grating for a drainage channel or a similarly hollow body which can be installed in the ground is presented, wherein the cover grating is produced in a single piece and more particularly from a sheet metal strip, comprising at least two longitudinal webs extending on the underside of the cover grating and inlet slots formed in the cover grating between these longitudinal webs and comprising transverse webs resulting from the slot forming operation and extending on the lower side of the cover grating wherein the transverse webs are provided at each of their end regions with at least one receiving projection which at least partially engages in to a respective complementarily formed receiving slot in the longitudinal web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: ACO Severin Ahlmann GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Axel Rathmann, Hans-Julius Ahlmann
  • Publication number: 20100008719
    Abstract: A cover grating for a drainage channel or a similarly hollow body which can be installed in the ground is presented, wherein the cover grating is produced in a single piece and more particularly from a sheet metal strip, comprising at least two longitudinal webs extending on the underside of the cover grating and inlet slots formed in the cover grating between these longitudinal webs and comprising transverse webs resulting from the slot forming operation and extending on the lower side of the cover grating wherein the transverse webs are provided at each of their end regions with at least one receiving projection which at least partially engages in to a respective complementarily formed receiving slot in the longitudinal web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Axel Rathmann, Hans-Julius Ahlmann
  • Patent number: 6945733
    Abstract: A cover for a drainage device, in particular a drainage channel with a channel body such that the cover can be set on an upper edge of the channel body, which comprises detent ridges that extend into the channel body and which has at least one fixing element to attach the cover to the channel body or to a frame disposed on the channel body to reinforce its upper edge, such that in a locked state the fixing element engages a recess in the channel body or frame. In order to achieve durable fixation of the cover on the channel body, while enabling the fixing element to be simple to manufacture and install, and the channel cross-section to remain free, the detent ridges comprise at least one aperture to guide the fixing element, which projects out of that aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: ACO Severin Ahlmann GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Axel Rathmann, Manfred Rinckens
  • Publication number: 20040126187
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cover for a drainage device, in particular a drainage channel with a channel body such that the cover can be set on an upper edge of the channel body, which comprises detent ridges that extend into the channel body and which has at least one fixing element to attach the cover to the channel body or to a frame disposed on the channel body to reinforce its upper edge, such that in a locked state the fixing element engages a recess in the channel body or frame. In order to achieve durable fixation of the cover on the channel body, while enabling the fixing element to be simple to manufacture and install, and the channel cross-section to remain free, the detent ridges comprise at least one aperture to guide the fixing element, which projects out of that aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Axel Rathmann, Manfred Rinckens