Patents by Inventor Daniel Gründler

Daniel Gründler 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: 10487538
    Abstract: A door arrangement includes a door leaf movable relative to a frame. A locking device in a locked state locks the door leaf to the frame by at least one locking element and in an unlocked state releases the door leaf relative to the frame. An actuating element selects the state of the locking device. To transmit a movement of the actuating element, the locking device has a connecting bar which is arranged displaceably on the door leaf, wherein a motor-operated drive unit for driving the connecting bar is provided. A sensor device for the contactless detection of a movement of the connecting bar is provided and the motor-operated drive unit can be activated in accordance with a movement of the connecting bar detected by the sensor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: GRETSCH-UNITAS GMBH BAUBESCHLAEGE
    Inventors: Hans Bentheimer, Daniel Gruendler, Wolfgang Uebele, Zoltan Bencsik, Georg Bonn
  • Publication number: 20170089097
    Abstract: A door arrangement includes a door leaf movable relative to a frame. A locking device in a locked state locks the door leaf to the frame by at least one locking element and in an unlocked state releases the door leaf relative to the frame. An actuating element selects the state of the locking device. To transmit a movement of the actuating element, the locking device has a connecting bar which is arranged displaceably on the door leaf, wherein a motor-operated drive unit for driving the connecting bar is provided. A sensor device for the contactless detection of a movement of the connecting bar is provided and the motor-operated drive unit can be activated in accordance with a movement of the connecting bar detected by the sensor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Hans Bentheimer, Daniel Gruendler, Wolfgang Uebele, Zoltan Bencsik, Georg Bonn
  • Patent number: 6327881
    Abstract: A locking device for a door, window, or the like, has a main lock casing, at least one additional lock casing and at least one pushrod connecting the additional lock casing with the main lock casing. The additional lock casing has a retractable latch bolt, which can be freely pushed out of the latch position into the additional lock casing, which can be pushed into its locking position by means of a spring and/or a gear. The latch bolt on its side located opposite a leading incline and in the area of the latch end has a protrusion, on which a latch restoring lever acts, and the latch restoring lever has a first catch, by means of which a pushrod is taken along in the, and; one direction, a second catch, by means of which it is taken along by the pushrod in the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Gretsch-Unitas GmbH Baubeschlage
    Inventors: Daniel Gründler, Udo Dieners
  • Patent number: 6266981
    Abstract: A lock for a door including a latch bolt and a further bolt mounted in a housing for parallel displacement relative to the housing. A bearing is fixed in place in the housing and along with a turning element and a two-armed hinged lever, also mounted to the housing operate on the latch bolt and the further bolt. The two arms of the two-armed hinged lever are pivotably connected with each other at their free ends with one of the arms receiving the fixed bearing between its ends, and with one of the arms being connected to the turning element and the other of its arms being connected to the further bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Gretsch-Unitas GmbH
    Inventors: Julius von Resch, Walter Renz, Daniel Gründler, Udo Dieners