Patents by Inventor Frank Schlusener

Frank Schlusener 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).

  • Connecting device for a trough pan of extraction devices, trough pan and attachment therefor
    Patent number: 9096378
    Abstract: A connecting device for connecting an attachment to a side member of a trough pan of an extracting device is provided. The connecting device includes first fittings on a side member and counter fittings on the attachment, which are detachably connectable to the first fittings. At least one retaining piece prevents detachment of fitting and counter fitting. The first fitting tapers upward in a trapeze-shaped manner and the counter fitting tapers upward in a trapeze-shaped manner, so that by a vertical movement, the first fitting and the counter fitting are able to be fitted into each other or to be detached from each other, and the first fitting and counter fitting are provided with locking strips and/or grooves which interlock in a locking state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Tillessen, Frank Schlüsener, Ingo Pruss, Bernhard Wleklinski
  • CONNECTING DEVICE FOR A THROUGH PAN OF EXTRACTION DEVICES, TROUGH PAN AND ATTACHMENT THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20130306438
    Abstract: A connecting device for connecting an attachment to a side member of a trough pan of an extracting device is provided. The connecting device includes first fittings on a side member and counter fittings on the attachment, which are detachably connectable to the first fittings. At least one retaining piece prevents detachment of fitting and counter fitting. The first fitting tapers upward in a trapeze-shaped manner and the counter fitting tapers upward in a trapeze-shaped manner, so that by a vertical movement, the first fitting and the counter fitting are able to be fitted into each other or to be detached from each other, and the first fitting and counter fitting are provided with locking strips and/or grooves which interlock in a locking state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Ingo Pruss, Bernhard Wieklinski, Frank Schlusener, Uwe Tellessen