Patents by Inventor Dieter Ramsauer

Dieter Ramsauer 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: 8517653
    Abstract: A snap fastener, for fastening a first thin wall to a second wall, has a base part and a head part extending away from this base part The head part presents a guide/channel for one or more push/holding elements. The ends of the push/holding elements project out of the guide/channel. The head part is provided as a housing with fastening projections. The housing can be snapped into through-openings in the first and second walls such that it grips only one wall. Unlocking devices are provided in the housing, which can pull the push elements back into the housing from the front, and which can disengage the housing from the other thin wall. According to the invention, a compression spring extending between the support plane of the base part and the associated edge plane of the thin wall (front panel) is arranged on the support plane of the base part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Publication number: 20130205848
    Abstract: Described is a quarter-turn latch having a key receptacle and a cover for closing the access to the key receptacle, wherein the cover can be folded around an axis parallel to the fastening plane or door of the quarter-turn latch out of an open position into a closed position, and a contour protrudes in the interior of the covet in the region of the axis, which contour is adapted to the contour of the actuating means in such a way that it fixes the actuating means with respect to rotation in the closed position of the cover and accordingly forms a lock safeguard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Andreas Langenberg, Peter Höschler, Dieter Ramsauer
  • Patent number: 8413939
    Abstract: The description concerns a fastening element for a bolt provided with a thread, in particular a stud bolt, comprising a block which is made of plastic, provided with a threaded bore hole and can be screwed onto the bolt. The fastening element is characterized in that the threaded bore hole is open laterally by means of an axial slot in such a way that the block can also be fitted on the threaded bolt laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: DIRAK Dieter Ramsauer Konstruktionselemente GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Ramsauer, Armin Gorontzi, Peter Hoeschler
  • Patent number: 8381371
    Abstract: The description relates to a clip fastening for fastening fitting parts such as locks, hinges, grips and/or for fastening thin-walled structural component parts provided with an opening to a thin wall, such as a sheet-metal cabinet door, provided with an opening or openings, comprising a head part with a flange which overlaps the outer rim or edge of the opening after assembly, and a body part which proceeds from the head part and extends through the opening after assembly, a substantially U-shaped spring being held at the end of the body part and supported by its leg ends on the inner edge of the opening. According to the invention, the spring is a flat structural component part with U-legs that are cut off or shaped at the free end substantially at right angles to the running direction of the U-leg in such a way that they are supported on the rim or edge of the opening after assembly at a slight inclination to the plane of the thin wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Publication number: 20130025094
    Abstract: Snap fastener for fastening a first thin wall to a second thin wall, having a base part to be arranged in a through-opening of the first thin wall. A head part extends away from the base part. The head part presents a guide for two holding elements which are pressed by a spring so that they project out over the end of the guide. The head part includes a housing with fastening projections, and can be snapped into the through-opening so that it grips only one thin wall. Unlocking devices, via which the holding elements can be pulled back into the housing from the front, are provided in the housing. The holding elements are formed by the ends of a two-armed lever which is held on a shaft in the housing so as to be rotatable at an angle of approximately 45 to 90 degrees against spring force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Patent number: 8307515
    Abstract: The description relates to a handle shell to be installed in an opening in a thin wall such as a sheet-metal door leaf, a side wall of a sheet-metal cabinet, or the like, with a flange part, fastening elements proceeding from or being received in the flange part for fastening the flange part to the thin wall, and with a shell part. According to the invention, the flange part and shell part are two separate structural component parts, the flange part has a first flange supported on the edge of the opening in the thin wall, and the shell part of the handle shell has another flange which is enclosed in such a way by the first flange part after being installed that it extends between the thin wall and the first flange part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Patent number: 8297665
    Abstract: A snap closure suitable for a thin-walled cabinet such as a sheet-metal cabinet, particularly for drawers, plug-ins, doors, or the like which can be pushed into or swiveled into a sheet-metal cabinet, comprises a housing which can be mounted in an opening of the cabinet sheet metal. One side (the outer side) of the housing has a handle and a closure actuating element, while a closure hook proceeds from its other side (inner side) so as to be swivelable against spring force. The closure hook is connected to the actuating element by a freewheeling coupling. According to the invention, the actuating element is formed by the handle which is mounted in the housing so as to be swivelable around an axis, and this axis is parallel to or coaxial to the axis of the closure hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Patent number: 8291732
    Abstract: A retractable hand lever actuator which can be locked in a trough for driving a latch for a switch cabinet or the like is described. The hand lever is articulated at a drive shaft supported in the trough. According to the invention, the hand lever actuator comprises a handle such as a T-handle or L-handle having two connection levers which are arranged relative to one another in a parallelogram configuration and which are articulated by one end at the drive shaft and by the other end in a similar manner at the handle in such a way that, on the one hand, they hold the handle in its direction parallel to the extension of the trough when the handle is folded out of the trough and, on the other hand, are able to transmit a rotational movement of the handle to the drive shaft in the folded out position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: DIRAK Dieter Ramsauer Konstruktionselemente GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Ramsauer, Klaus Bergmann, Reinhard Gottschling
  • Patent number: 8276412
    Abstract: The description relates to a grip trough to be installed in a rectangular opening of a thin wall such as a sheet-metal wall or door leaf of a sheet-metal cabinet. The trough has a base and four side walls proceeding therefrom, which four side walls run into a rectangular flange-like rim which surrounds the bearing surface of the opening in the thin wall in the installed state. Two shorter, oppositely located side walls extend substantially parallel to one another and extend perpendicular to the thin wall, while the two other, longer side walls are oriented diagonally at an acute angle and obtuse angle, respectively, relative to the thin wall. Wall webs project in direction of the thin wall from the side wall extending at an obtuse angle to the thin wall. According to the invention, at least one receptacle for a closure device, such as a closing cylinder with a sash fastener, is provided in the area of the side wall that extends at an acute angle to the thin wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Patent number: 8262142
    Abstract: A clampable fastening device for mounting fittings or other objects in an opening having opposite edges, such as a rectangular opening in a wall, including a head part which is arranged on the outer side of the thin wall and which covers the outer rim of the opening, and from which there proceeds in the mounted position a foot part which penetrates through the opening, holding elements which are displaceable relative to one another in a channel formed in the foot part project from the foot part in direction of its outer surface. The free end of the holding elements having an inclined surface or obliquely arranged points. Wherein the foot part and the holding element are separate parts. Wherein the holding elements are displaceable along the channel by a screw preferably having a conically shaped region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Patent number: 8251413
    Abstract: A bar guide for guiding locking bars on sheet metal cabinet doors, or the like, comprises a carrier which can be secured, e.g., spot welded, to the inside surface of the door leaf and a guide element which can be mounted on the carrier and which has a guide surface whose distance from the inside surface of the door leaf is adjustable. According to the invention, the carrier which is spot welded to the door leaf is a pin with a circumferential thread, and an adjusting screw or adjusting nut can be screwed, or is screwed, on this pin. The guide element is a housing which encloses the adjusting screw and which has a guide channel forming the guide surface for the locking bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: DIRAK Dieter Ramsauer Konstruktionselemente GmbH
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Patent number: 8191941
    Abstract: A pull-turn bolt latch for mounting in an opening in a thin wall, particularly for securing plug-ins, doors or flaps in switch cabinets, comprises a housing that can be secured in a non-round opening in a thin wall, a shaft which is provided with an external thread and which is mounted in the housing so as to be rotatable but fixed with respect to axial displacement, on which external thread a bolt provided with a matching threaded bore hole is guided in the housing so as to be acted upon by pressure by a spring engaging around the shaft such that when the shaft is rotated by hand or by a tool into the stop position at the outer end of the shaft or when the pressure is relaxed the bolt carries out a rotational movement with the shaft covering at least 90°, and in the position remote of the stop position accompanied by axial guidance, such as in an axial slot formed for the bolt in the housing carries out a translational movement in axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Publication number: 20120117768
    Abstract: A snap fastener, for fastening a first thin wall to a second wall, has a base part and a head part extending away from this base part The head part presents a guide/channel for one or more push/holding elements. The ends of the push/holding elements project out of the guide/channel. The head part is provided as a housing with fastening projections. The housing can be snapped into through-openings in the first and second walls such that it grips only one wall. Unlocking devices are provided in the housing, which can pull the push elements back into the housing from the front, and which can disengage the housing from the other thin wall. According to the invention, a compression spring extending between the support plane of the base part and the associated edge plane of the thin wall (front panel) is arranged on the support plane of the base part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Patent number: 8176758
    Abstract: A swivel lever can be locked in a trough in a swiveled in position and comprises a locking device which is accommodated in the swivel lever and which can be unlocked by way of an access opening in the swivel lever. The access opening can be made inaccessible by means of a cover. According to the invention, the cover can be blocked mechanically, particularly electromechanically, in its covering position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Dirak Dieter Ramsauer Kontruktionselemente GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Ramsauer, Sebastian Koch, Andreas Langenberg
  • Patent number: 8122745
    Abstract: The invention relates to a handle (e.g., a fixed handle, rotary handle, or swivel lever handle) particularly with a lock insert or the like or escutcheon for mounting in a preferably thin wall (e.g., a sheet metal cabinet door leaf, sheet metal drawer front, or sheet metal box lid). Wherein the handle has a longitudinal extension at whose ends is arranged at least one fastening means (e.g., a screw, nut, hook fastening or clip-in fastening). The lock insert includes a housing with a collar in the vicinity of its front end, and a receiving space for the front end of the housing with the collar is provided at this end of the handle in the vicinity of the fastening means proceeding from the contact surface contacting the thin wall, this receiving space passing through the handle to the front side of the handle while changing in cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Dirak Dieter Ramsauer Konstruktionselemente GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Ramsauer, Klaus Bergmann, Frank Noethe, Thorsten Kuester
  • Patent number: 8123183
    Abstract: A fastening device for a fitting or housing of plastic such as a swivel lever control, socket wrench control, or sash closure which can be fixed in at least one preferably rectangular opening in a thin wall such as a sheet metal cabinet door and with tongues which project from the fitting or housing so as to be integral therewith, the free ends of the tongues being supported on the rear rim area or the edge of the opening. A supporting spring which is made of spring metal and which is bent to form a profile that is U-shaped in cross section encloses the free end of the tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Patent number: 8118334
    Abstract: The description relates to an adjusting device for hook spindle rotating bolts, sash fastener rotating bolts, pull-turn bolts, swiveling bolts and the like of closures, particularly of closures for mounting in thin walls, such as sheet-metal cabinets with a frame and door, in which the closures have a closure driveshaft which is provided with an external thread and which holds a bolt so as to be axially adjustable, and/or a bolt which is provided with an internal thread or bore hole near its free end and which holds a back-engaging device so as to be adjustable perpendicular to the back-engagement plane. According to the invention, the rotating bolt carries or forms an internal thread for screwing in the closure driveshaft and one side of a coupling, such as a claw coupling, which acts by positive engagement, whose other side is held by the closure driveshaft so as to be rigid against rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Patent number: 8001656
    Abstract: A handle has at least one holding plate which can be mounted in an opening in a thin wall such as a sheet-metal cabinet door, a head part, such as a flange or olive-shaped handle, which overlaps the rim of the opening of the thin wall on its (outer) side, and a body part which proceeds from the head part and can be pushed through the opening in the thin wall, and a holding part which is carried by the body part, supported on the other (rear) side of the thin wall, and is separate from the body part, wherein the holding part is formed by holding elements which project in a flexible manner from the body part in the direction of its outer surface and whose free end has an inclined surface for supporting the body part on the rim or edge of the opening without play.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Publication number: 20110118042
    Abstract: A golf club with a club head attached to a shaft. The club head includes a wide front area, a narrower middle area, and a rear area. A straight line runs from the front area through the middle area to the rear area, extends perpendicular to the striking face of the front area viewed from the perspective of the user. A bore hole along the straight line in the middle area has, on a first plane, a first marking and has, on a second plane, a second marking visible to the user through the first opening, the second plane being farther from the eye of the user than the first plane. The second marking is visible to the eye of the user within the first marking when the club head is oriented in a certain way with respect to the eye of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Patent number: D655361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer