Patents by Inventor Bernhard Ahle

Bernhard Ahle 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: 4722029
    Abstract: The invention concerns a vehicle headlight with a reflector that is made out of a plastic with a high content of filler to increase its thermal stability and that is mounted in an accommodating component in such a way that it can be adjusted around at least one axis consisting of two ball-and-socket like pivot points. The articulating bushing for each ball-and-socket joint is shaped like a sleeve and inserted into a sleeve-shaped extension shaped onto the reflector. The outer surface of the sleeve-shaped articulating bushing is lightly tensioned against the inner surface of the sleeve-shaped extension by means of readily deforming sections. The articulating bushing has at least one resilient snap-in nose mounted radially in relation to the axis of the sleeve on the end of a resilient arm and engaging an undercut in the wall of the sleeve-shaped extension. The resilient arm is longer than the wall of the arm is thick by a multiple factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1988
    Assignee: Hella HG Hueck & Co.
    Inventors: Bernhard Ahle, Hubert Marks, Gerd Pokraka, Konrad Schmitz, Josef Sellman, Hermann-Josef Wigger, Franz Kathmann