Patents by Inventor Christian Rekert

Christian Rekert 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: 11203435
    Abstract: A fastening system for a vehicle has a rail with a flange, which has a bearing surface, and a crosspiece, which bears the flange, also has an accommodating device, arranged on the crosspiece and has an accommodating bore, arranged parallel to the flange and runs through the crosspiece, further has a barrel nut having a longitudinal axis and a bore, which runs transversely to the longitudinal axis, and additionally has a securing device. The flange has a flange opening directed towards the bore. The position of the bore in the nut is aligned with the flange opening when the nut is in the bore. The securing device fixes the nut along the longitudinal axis in the bore. The securing device or the shape of the nut and/or of the bore fix the nut in a rotationally fixed manner in the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Rekert, Frank Klive, Jan Richardson-Busshoff
  • Publication number: 20190233080
    Abstract: A fastening system for a vehicle has a rail with a flange, which has a bearing surface, and a crosspiece, which bears the flange, also has an accommodating device, arranged on the crosspiece and has an accommodating bore, arranged parallel to the flange and runs through the crosspiece, further has a barrel nut having a longitudinal axis and a bore, which runs transversely to the longitudinal axis, and additionally has a securing device. The flange has a flange opening directed towards the bore. The position of the bore in the nut is aligned with the flange opening when the nut is in the bore. The securing device fixes the nut along the longitudinal axis in the bore. The securing device or the shape of the nut and/or of the bore fix the nut in a rotationally fixed manner in the bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Christian REKERT, Frank KLIVE, Jan RICHARDSON-BUSSHOFF
  • Patent number: 9850931
    Abstract: A beam flange clamp includes a clamp body having a first vise jaw portion with a first gripping surface and a second vise jaw portion with a second gripping surface. The first gripping surface and the second gripping surface are oriented parallel to each other and are offset in height by a predetermined clamping distance. The clamp body further including a bolting portion protruding from the second vise jaw portion opposite of the first vise jaw portion, and at least one bolting hole is formed through the bolting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Westphal, Jan Richardson Busshoff, Christian Rekert, Benjamin Klotz, Marko Roeschmann, Goulamhossein Nalband-Abbasi
  • Patent number: 9849963
    Abstract: A beam flange clamp includes a clamp body having a first vise jaw portion with a first gripping surface and a second vise jaw portion with a second gripping surface. The first gripping surface and the second gripping surface are oriented parallel to each other, are facing the same direction and are offset in height by a predetermined clamping distance. The at least one bolting hole is formed through the first vise jaw portion perpendicularly to the first gripping surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Stephan Westphal, Jan Richardson Busshoff, Christian Rekert, Benjamin Klotz, Marko Roeschmann, Goulamhossein Nalband-Abbasi
  • Publication number: 20160084285
    Abstract: A beam flange clamp includes a clamp body having a first vise jaw portion with a first gripping surface and a second vise jaw portion with a second gripping surface. The first gripping surface and the second gripping surface are oriented parallel to each other and are offset in height by a predetermined clamping distance. The clamp body further including a bolting portion protruding from the second vise jaw portion opposite of the first vise jaw portion, and at least one bolting hole is formed through the bolting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Stephan WESTPHAL, Jan RICHARDSON BUSSHOFF, Christian REKERT, Benjamin KLOTZ, Marko ROESCHMANN, Goulamhossein NALBAND-ABBASI
  • Publication number: 20160083070
    Abstract: A beam flange clamp includes a clamp body having a first vise jaw portion with a first gripping surface and a second vise jaw portion with a second gripping surface. The first gripping surface and the second gripping surface are oriented parallel to each other, are facing the same direction and are offset in height by a predetermined clamping distance. The at least one bolting hole is formed through the first vise jaw portion perpendicularly to the first gripping surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Stephan WESTPHAL, Jan RICHARDSON BUSSHOFF, Christian REKERT, Benjamin KLOTZ, Marko ROESCHMANN, Goulamhossein NALBAND-ABBASI
  • Patent number: 9266600
    Abstract: A primary fuselage structure for an aircraft, including circumferential frames, a floor structure having lateral ends connected to the circumferential frames, at least one strut supporting the floor structure and including a lower end fixed on a circumferential frame and an upper end fixed on the floor structure, and at least one failure-initiating element associated with the strut, including a first arrangement for fastening the strut to a circumferential frame, at a distance from the lower end of the strut, as well as a second arrangement for attaching the circumferential frame to the strut, away from the ends of the strut. A fuselage segment and aircraft, such as an airplane, including the primary fuselage structure are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (SAS)
    Inventors: Jerome Milliere, Jean-Marc Faure, Edmond Froger, Christian Rekert, Sandrine Monlouis-Bonnaire
  • Publication number: 20140001312
    Abstract: A primary fuselage structure for an aircraft, including circumferential frames, a floor structure having lateral ends connected to the circumferential frames, at least one strut supporting the floor structure and including a lower end fixed on a circumferential frame and an upper end fixed on the floor structure, and at least one failure-initiating element associated with the strut, including a first arrangement for fastening the strut to a circumferential frame, at a distance from the lower end of the strut, as well as a second arrangement for attaching the circumferential frame to the strut, away from the ends of the strut. A fuselage segment and aircraft, such as an airplane, including the primary fuselage structure are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Jerome Milliere, Jean-Marc Faure, Edmond Froger, Christian Rekert, Sandrine Monlouis-Bonnaire