Patents by Inventor Eberhard Steinhauser

Eberhard Steinhauser 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: 4598583
    Abstract: A meter comprising a receptacle and cover structured to receive, respectively, a metering component and a registering component and provided with forcibly interengageable internally non-accessible latching elements which inhibit disengagement of the cover from the receptacle after assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Inventor: Eberhard Steinhauser
  • Patent number: 4308453
    Abstract: An odometer i.e. a distance recorder, for a vehicle has a counting mechanism driven by a stepping mechanism which is in turn driven with rotation of a vehicle wheel. The stepping mechanism has a plurality of pawls which reciprocate with wheel rotation and which can advance respective ratchet wheels. For a given vehicle wheel size, one of the pawls is selected to operate its ratchet wheel by a cam means which then disables the or each other pawl from engagement with associated ratchet(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1981
    Assignee: E. Wehrle GmbH
    Inventors: Jorg G. Faller, Horst Kretz, Eberhard Steinhauser