Patents by Inventor Dirk Kortmann

Dirk Kortmann 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).

  • Component with tolerance compensation function
    Patent number: 11754104
    Abstract: A component has a base bushing, which has a first axial end and an opposite second axial end and a first inner diameter, wherein the base bushing is equipped with a first internal thread with a first thread direction, and has a fastening bushing, which has a third axial end and an opposite fourth axial end and a second inner diameter. The fastening bushing is equipped with a second internal thread with a second thread direction which is opposite to the first thread direction, wherein the second inner diameter is smaller than the first inner diameter and the base bushing and the fastening bushing are separate elements and are arranged coaxially with respect to one another in the component. Alternatively, the base bushing and the fastening bushing are formed as a single piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH, KVT Bielefeld GmbH
    Inventors: Detlef Schulz, Michael Stumpf, Dirk Kortmann
  • COMPONENT WITH TOLERANCE COMPENSATION FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20210048052
    Abstract: A component has a base bushing, which has a first axial end and an opposite second axial end and a first inner diameter, wherein the base bushing is equipped with a first internal thread with a first thread direction, and has a fastening bushing, which has a third axial end and an opposite fourth axial end and a second inner diameter. The fastening bushing is equipped with a second internal thread with a second thread direction which is opposite to the first thread direction, wherein the second inner diameter is smaller than the first inner diameter and the base bushing and the fastening bushing are separate elements and are arranged coaxially with respect to one another in the component. Alternatively, the base bushing and the fastening bushing are formed as a single piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Detlef Schulz, Michael Stumpf, Dirk Kortmann