Patents by Inventor Bernd Schernikau

Bernd Schernikau 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).

  • YZ- latch for tying freight to a loading floor
    Patent number: 6139232
    Abstract: A YZ-latch for holding down a piece of freight on a loading floor in an aircraft which has a base holding an axle stub which in turn has mounted thereon two rollers for rolling contact with the freight piece. One roller holds against lateral displacement in the Y-direction. The other roller holds against vertical displacement in the Z-direction. Free movement is permitted in the X-direction. Either the axle stub with fixed rollers is rotatable, or the rollers are rotatable on the fixed axle stub, or at least one roller or both rollers are rotatable on a rotatable axle stub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Aerospace Airbus GmbH
    Inventors: Veronika Niklas, Hartmut Sempert, Torsten Eilts, Bernd Schernikau, Claus Voelker, Volker Eckert, Bernhard Czisz, Hans-Guenther Mix