Patents by Inventor Breido Botkus
Breido Botkus 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).
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Publication number: 20240099429Abstract: A connecting apparatus includes a first connecting part, which has a first basic body and at least one engagement protrusion arranged rigidly on the first basic body, and a second connecting part, which is attachable to the first connecting part in a closing direction and which has a second basic body with an engagement portion arranged rigidly on the second basic body. The first connecting part has a first magnetic device and the second connecting part has a second magnetic device. The first magnetic device and the second magnetic device interact in a magnetically attracting manner along the closing direction to assist the attachment of the first connecting part and the second connecting part to each other. The first connecting part has a blocking portion which is designed, in the connected position, to interact with the second connecting part in order to block the engagement of the engagement portion with the at least one engagement protrusion counter to an engagement direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: David Richter, Joachim Fiedler, Breido Botkus
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Publication number: 20240084831Abstract: A closure device includes a first closure part, which includes a base element and at least one closure element movably arranged on the base element with a form-fitting portion arranged thereon, and a second closure part, which includes an engagement element with an engagement portion formed thereon. In an open position of the closure device the first closure part and the second closure part are separated from each other and can be attached to each other along a closing direction for closing the closure device. The form-fitting portion of the at least one closure element can be brought into engagement with the engagement portion of the engagement element in an engagement direction substantially transversely to the closing direction. On the at least one closure element of the first closure part a first magnetic element is arranged and on the engagement element of the second closure part a second magnetic element is arranged.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2021Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicant: Fidlock GmbHInventors: Michael Schröder, Breido Botkus
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Patent number: 11889901Abstract: A closure device includes a first closure part which has a body, and a second closure part. A locking element and an engagement portion in a closing position are mutually engaged in such a manner that the first closure part and the second closure part are locked to one another. The first closure part has a first magnetic installation, and the second closure part has a second magnetic installation, said first magnetic installation and said second magnetic installation when placing the first closure part and the second closure part against one another interact in a magnetically attractive manner. The at least one locking element is magnetically configured in such a manner that the at least one locking element in the closing position by way of the first magnetic installation and/or the second magnetic installation is loaded in the direction of engaging with the at least one engagement portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Fidlock GmbHInventors: Heiko Büttner, Lasse Hiller, Breido Botkus, Joachim Fiedler
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Patent number: 11857033Abstract: A closure device for connecting two assemblies to each other includes a first closure part, which is associated to a first one of the assemblies and includes a first magnetic element, and a second closure part which includes a second magnetic element. The first closure part and the second closure part can be attached to each other along a closing direction by magnetic attraction between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element, are mechanically and/or magnetically held at each other in a closed position, and can be separated from each other for opening the closure device. A connecting part includes a fastening device for fastening the second closure part to the connecting part and an integration portion for fixing the connecting part to a second one of the assemblies.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Fidlock GmbHInventors: Breido Botkus, Oliver Schaub, Björn Bleckat, Philip Klein
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Publication number: 20230389680Abstract: Provided is a drink bladder, including a hollow body for receiving a liquid, which includes a closure device with a closure compound. The closure compound can be adjusted from a release position, in which the first and second closing portions can be properly separated from each other against a magnetic force applied by first and second closure parts to clear an opening on the hollow body, by folding or rolling the first and second closing portions at least once into a sealing position. The closure compound disposed in its sealing position is secured via a securing mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2022Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Philip Naftali, Izik Moalem, Breido Botkus, Joachim Fiedler, Holger Knorr, Timo Severain, Joschan Aderhold, Friedemann Richter
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Patent number: 11835081Abstract: A connecting device for releasably connecting two assemblies, having a closure module which is assigned to a first of the assemblies, and has a housing assembly, an adjustment element disposed so as to be adjustable on the housing assembly, and a vacuum element; and an attachment assembly which is assigned to a second of the assemblies. The vacuum element is connectable to the attachment assembly along an attachment direction and in a connected position interacts with the attachment assembly in such a manner that the vacuum element and the attachment assembly, when the closure module and the attachment assembly are stressed relative to one another, are held together by virtue of a vacuum effect between the vacuum element and the attachment assembly. The adjustment element for releasing the vacuum element from the attachment assembly is able to be tilted about different spatial directions in relation to the housing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Fidlock GmbHInventors: Björn Bleckat, Breido Botkus, Joachim Fiedler
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Publication number: 20230380560Abstract: Provided is a sealing arrangement for sealing an opening that is formed between a first closing portion and a second closing portion. The sealing arrangement includes a first sealing part for arrangement on the first closing portion and a second sealing part for arrangement on the second closing portion. The sealing arrangement includes an additional securing mechanism via which a closure compound is secured, which is disposed in a sealing position and includes a first and a second sealing part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2022Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Philip Naftali, Izik Moalem, Breido Botkus, Joachim Fiedler, Holger Knorr, Timo Severain, Joschan Aderhold, Friedemann Richter
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Publication number: 20230383781Abstract: A closure device has a first closure part including a body and a second closure part. Closure parts for closing the closure device are placeable against one another along a closing direction and in a closing position being connected to one another. The closure device also includes at least one locking element which is disposed so as to be adjustable on the body of the first closure part, and at least one engagement portion which is molded on the second closure part. The at least one locking element and the at least one engagement portion in a closing position are mutually engaged in such a manner that the first closure part and the second closure part are locked to one another. The first closure part has a first magnetic installation and the second closure part has a second magnetic installation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Joachim Fiedler, Breido Botkus, Lasse Hiller
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Patent number: 11805865Abstract: A fastener device includes a first fastener part and a second fastener part which can be mounted on one another along a closing direction and are held against one another in a closed position, and are releasable from one another in order to open the fastener device. The second fastener part has a winding element on which a tension element can be arranged and which is rotatable relative to the first fastener part in order to wind up the tension element on the winding element in a winding direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Fidlock GmbHInventors: Joachim Fiedler, Breido Botkus, Heiko Buettner
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Patent number: 11739786Abstract: A connecting apparatus detachably connects two assemblies. The connecting apparatus includes a fastener module securable to a first of the assemblies and including a negative-pressure element, and an attachment component of a second of the assemblies. The negative-pressure element is connectable in an attachment direction to the attachment component for connecting the assemblies with one another, wherein, in a connected position, the negative-pressure element interacts with the attachment component such that, in the event of a load acting in between the fastener module and the attachment component opposite to the attachment direction, the negative-pressure element and the attachment component are held against one another by a negative pressure acting between the negative-pressure element and the attachment component. The fastener module includes an adjustment element which is adjustable relative to the negative-pressure element and which is movable relative to the negative-pressure element.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Fidlock GmbHInventors: Breido Botkus, Joachim Fiedler, Björn Bleckat
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Publication number: 20230210224Abstract: Provided is a closure device including a first closure part that includes a locking element, a force transmission element operatively connected to the locking element, which can be loaded along a force direction, and an actuating element movable relative to the locking element, and a second closure part that includes an engagement element. The locking element and the engagement element can be attached to each other for connecting the first closure part and the second closure part to each other and are connected to each other in a closed position. In the closed position, when the force transmission element is loaded along the force direction, the locking element is loaded in a locking direction towards contact with the engagement element by the action of force of the force transmission element. The actuating element can be actuated in order to adjust the locking element against the locking direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Christopher Granitzer, Artur Siebert, Breido Botkus
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Patent number: 11571033Abstract: Provided is a closure device for the releasable connecting of two parts to each other including a first closure part, having a first base body, at least two first engaging sections formed on the first base body, spaced apart from each other along a loading direction and forming between them a gap, and at least one first magnetic section arranged on the first base body, and a second closure part, having a second base body, at least one second engaging section formed on the second base body, and at least one second magnetic section arranged on the second base body.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Fidlock GmbHInventors: Joachim Fiedler, Breido Botkus, Philip Klein
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Publication number: 20230033255Abstract: A closure device for connecting two assemblies to each other includes a first closure part, which is associated to a first one of the assemblies and includes a first magnetic element, and a second closure part which includes a second magnetic element. The first closure part and the second closure part can be attached to each other along a closing direction by magnetic attraction between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element, are mechanically and/or magnetically held at each other in a closed position, and can be separated from each other for opening the closure device. A connecting part includes a fastening device for fastening the second closure part to the connecting part and an integration portion for fixing the connecting part to a second one of the assemblies.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Breido Botkus, Oliver Schaub, Björn Bleckat, Philip Klein
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Patent number: 11525470Abstract: The invention relates to a closure device (V) comprising at least one first and second closure part (1, 2).Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Fidlock GmbHInventors: Friedemann Richter, Breido Botkus, Joachim Fiedler
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Publication number: 20220312904Abstract: A closure device includes a first closure part which has a body, and a second closure part. A locking element and an engagement portion in a closing position are mutually engaged in such a manner that the first closure part and the second closure part arc locked to one another. The first closure part has a first magnetic installation, and the second closure part has a second magnetic installation, said first magnetic installation and said second magnetic installation when placing the first closure part and the second closure part against one another interact in a magnetically attractive manner. The at least one locking element is magnetically configured in such a manner that the at least one locking element in the closing position by way of the first magnetic installation and/or the second magnetic installation is loaded in the direction of engaging with the at least one engagement portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Heiko Büttner, Lasse Hiller, Breido Botkus, Joachim Fiedler
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Publication number: 20220307544Abstract: Provided is a connecting device for releasably connecting two functional groups. The connecting device includes a first connecting part which is assigned to a first of the functional groups and configured as an area portion, and a second connecting part which is assigned to a second of the functional groups and has a vacuum element which along a fitting direction is connectable to the area portion of the first connecting part and in a connected position bears on the area portion with a vacuum effect. The first connecting part in the connected position is mounted in relation to the second connecting part so as to be movable along the plane perpendicular to the fitting direction. By moving the first connecting part relative to the second connecting part, the position of the vacuum element relative to the area portion is variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2020Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Björn Bleckat, Lasse Hiller, Oliver Pankoke, Breido Botkus, Joachim Fiedler
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Publication number: 20220248810Abstract: A fastener device includes a first fastener part and a second fastener part which can be mounted on one another along a closing direction and are held against one another in a closed position, and are releasable from one another in order to open the fastener device. The second fastener part has a winding element on which a tension element can be arranged and which is rotatable relative to the first fastener part in order to wind up the tension element on the winding element in a winding direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Joachim Fiedler, Breido Botkus, Heiko Buettner
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Patent number: 11406149Abstract: Provided is a closure device for the releasable connecting of two parts to each other including a first closure part, having a first base body, at least two first engaging sections formed on the first base body, spaced apart from each other along a loading direction and forming between them a gap, and at least one first magnetic section arranged on the first base body, and a second closure part, having a second base body, at least one second engaging section formed on the second base body, and at least one second magnetic section arranged on the second base body.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Fidlock GmbHInventors: Joachim Fiedler, Breido Botkus, Philip Klein
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Publication number: 20220194507Abstract: Provided is a closure device for connecting two assemblies to one another. The closure device includes a first closure part which has a locking piece with a first locking section and a first magnetic element, a second closure part which has a second locking section and a second magnetic element, and an arresting mechanism which is arranged on the second closure part and which has an arresting element and an actuating mechanism operatively connected to the arresting element. The arresting element can be brought into operative connection with the locking piece in the closed position, in order to lock the positively locked engagement between the first locking section and the second locking section. The actuating mechanism may be actuated in order to adjust the arresting element relative to the locking receptacle so that the first locking section and the second locking section are releasable from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Joachim Fiedler, Breido Botkus, Friedemann Richter, Dennis Dierschke
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Patent number: D1008602Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Fidlock GmbHInventors: Heiko Büttner, Breido Botkus