Patents by Inventor Dirk Hugo Groeneveld

Dirk Hugo Groeneveld 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: 6640498
    Abstract: A door structure has a first plate with an opening enclosed by a peripheral edge and a door connected to this first plate by a hinge construction, which first plate carries a number of clamps which are simultaneously rotatable by an operating mechanism with an operating handle and through rotation can co-act with the peripheral surfaces of corresponding non-round continuous holes in the door. The peripheral surfaces each have a contact surface inclining relative to the main plane of the door structure, and the continuous holes have a form such that the clamps can pass therethrough. The peripheral edge is deformable under the influence of an air pressure pulse acting on the door structure in the closed position such that at least the door can be pressed out of the main plane it occupies when the door structure is in the closed position while maintaining the sealing co-action between the door and the peripheral edge, and the mechanical integrity of the door structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO
    Inventor: Dirk Hugo Groeneveld
  • Patent number: 6260304
    Abstract: A door structure comprises: a first plate serving as fixed frame with an opening enclosed by a peripheral edge; and a door connected pivotally to this first plate by at least one hinge construction such that with its peripheral zone the door can co-act sealingly with said peripheral edge; which first plate carries a number of peripherally arranged clamps, which clamps are simultaneously rotatable by a collective operating mechanism with an operating handle and through rotation can co-act with the peripheral zones of corresponding non-round continuous holes in the door, which peripheral zones have for each clamp a contact surface inclining relative to the main plane of the door structure in the closed situation, which continuous holes have a form such that a clamp can pas therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Beheermaatschappij H.D. Groeneveld B.V.
    Inventor: Dirk Hugo Groeneveld