Patents by Inventor Franz Band

Franz Band 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: 7293935
    Abstract: A connector system that provides a profile connection having two profiled rods that are to be connected to one another and that each comprise at least one undercut, longitudinally oriented profile groove. The connector system may include a connecting screw with a screw head and a screw shaft as well as a threaded sleeve. The connecting screw is dimensioned such that it passes through the threaded sleeve and with part of its shaft, by way of the sleeve, can be engaged with a thrust bearing piece in the profile groove of the second profiled rod. The connecting screw is fixed in the threaded sleeve by a releasable anchoring element so as to be ready for installation. Thus, an assembly unit is created that can be screwed as a whole into the profile groove of the first profiled rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Inventors: Richard Band, Franz Band
  • Publication number: 20050260032
    Abstract: Connector system designed and intended for a profile connection comprising two profiled rods (11, 12) made of metal, in particular of aluminum, that are to be connected to one another and that each comprise at least one undercut, longitudinally oriented profile groove (13, 14), such that said connector system consists of a connecting screw (15) with a screw head (16) and a screw shaft (17) as well as a threaded sleeve (18).. The connecting screw (15) is dimensioned such that it passes through the threaded sleeve (18) and with part of its shaft (17), by way of the sleeve, can be engaged with a thrust-bearing piece in the profile groove (14) of the second profiled rod (12). The connecting screw is fixed in the threaded sleeve (18) by a releasable fixation means (19) so as to be ready for installation; thus an assembly unit (20) is created that can be screwed as a whole into the profile groove (13) of the first profiled rod (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Richard Band, Franz Band