Patents by Inventor Franz Hammer

Franz Hammer 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).

  • Publication number: 20140050548
    Abstract: In a fastening clip (10) for fastening a component to a carrier (24), in particular a lining part (26) of a motor vehicle to a body sheet, having an anchoring member (12) which can be inserted into an opening (22) of the carrier (24) and has latching tabs (38) which, in a latching position, can rest against an edge of the opening (22) and/or can latch thereon, and having a locking member (16) which can cooperate with the component, extends through the anchoring member (12) and is displaceable relative to these between a mounting position and a locking position in which the locking member (16) fixes the latching tabs (38) in place in the latching position, holding members (40) are provided on the anchoring member (12), with the locking member (16), upon a movement of the locking member (16) from the locking position to the mounting position, urging the holding members (40) radially outwards to a holding position, in which they engage the edge of the opening (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: TRW Automotive Electronics & Components GmbH
    Inventors: Hubert Loewe, Juergen Hofmann, Philipp Kroell, Franz Hammer, Carsten Lange
  • Patent number: 6698305
    Abstract: A linear module having a housing with a holder being secured against rotation and having an element for axial adjustment relative to the housing. The holder is surrounded by a sleeve proximate the housing, with the sleeve being provided with an external thread and an internal thread with the same direction of rotation, but with a differing lead. A guiding tube, being a first tube, is shaped as a rectangular tube and is located within the housing. A second tube is located within the guiding tube and is also constructed as a rectangular tube, which is capable of coaxial movement within the guiding tube. A linear motor connected to the second tube with the linear motor exerting a force on the second tube which is coaxial to a common axis of the guiding tube and the second tube. The linear motor is rigidly connected at one end to the holder. Guiding rail include a bearing for guiding coaxial movement of the second tube within the first tube with the guiding rails allowing for adjusting the bearing spatially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Inventor: Franz Hammer
  • Patent number: 6022623
    Abstract: In order to effectively stop noises in the interior of a vehicle occurring to relative movements between individual components or a component and associated support part, it is proposed to coat them with a lacquer at the contact points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignees: Dow Coring GmbH, Bayerishe Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Vittorio Clerici, Martin Muller, Klaus Steinberg, Harald Markolwitz, Anton Weber, Franz Hammer, Josef Huber-Hesselberger, Johann Weindl, Franz Wimmer, Gerhard Prechtl
  • Patent number: 5893359
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an arrangement for assembling and mounting a built-in cooktop such as a glass-ceramic cooktop wherein the cooktop is seated latchably secured from above in a countertop cutout provided therefor. Tolerance problems between the built-in cooktop and the countertop cutout are avoided in that, in the assembly into the countertop cutout, an ancillary assembly frame is premounted with a precise fit to the built-in cooktop. The built-in cooktop is seated in the ancillary assembly frame and is secured via clamping connections or latch connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Assignee: Schott Glaswerke
    Inventors: Bernd Schultheis, Martin Taplan, Otmar Stengg, Franz Hammer
  • Patent number: 3998307
    Abstract: A parking indicator can be adjusted to assume at least an inoperative position or condition, the presence of which indicates lack of parking permission. Change-over from a condition which does not indicate parking permission, i.e. an operative condition or position, into the inoperative condition and back again, results in the destruction or loss of at least one value symbol. A time indicator is provided in order to indicate the time when parking commences. The time indicator is adjustable only when the parking indicator is in an inoperative condition or while it is being brought into this condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1976
    Inventors: Felix D. Kolben, Franz Hammer, George Tauber