Patents by Inventor Berthold Gerhart

Berthold Gerhart 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: 5707144
    Abstract: A lamp housing for a surgical lamp having a light exit opening at one end thereof, an access opening disposed on a side opposite from the light exit opening and a cover member for closing the access opening. The cover member is attached to a pivotable spring member located in the interior of the housing. The cover member is held in the access opening through spring action by a flange-type circumferential flange on the inside of an edge surrounding the access opening. The spring member is a leaf spring connected to the cover member and is pivotably hinged to the interior of the lamp housing. By applying external pressure to the cover member, the cover member is inserted into the housing and shifted along the interior of the lamp housing by a swivel motion to the extent that access, for example, for changing the bulb, without difficulty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Heraeus Med GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Gampe, Berthold Gerhart, Stefan Maier, Rudolf Marka
  • Patent number: 4233939
    Abstract: A cage battery e.g. for chickens wherein the feeding assembly extending in front of the cage row consists of a feed conveying trough containing a conveyor element and a separate feed trough extending parallel with the conveying trough and recessed into the bottom of the cages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1980
    Assignee: Hans Giesbert Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventors: Walter Sauer, Berthold Gerhart