Patents by Inventor Fred Kleinebenne

Fred Kleinebenne 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: 4598922
    Abstract: In a bicycle frame including a plurality of tubes, at least one sleeve coupling connecting two of these tubes together, a separate pipe socket fastened within the sleeve coupling so as to project therefrom, with one of the two tubes being fitted around the pipe socket to contact the exterior surface of the pipe socket, and a layer of a metal adhesive or the like disposed between, and connecting together, the interior surface of the one tube and the exterior surface of the pipe socket, the exterior surface of the pipe socket is mechanically roughened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: Huffy Corporation
    Inventors: Dieter Kleinebenne, Fred Kleinebenne
  • Patent number: 4487423
    Abstract: In a bicycle frame including a plurality of tubes, at least one sleeve coupling connecting two of these tubes together, a separate pipe socket fastened within the sleeve coupling so as to project therefrom, with one of the two tubes being fitted around the pipe socket to contact the exterior surface of the pipe socket, and a layer of a metal adhesive or the like disposed between, and connecting together, the interior surface of the one tube and the exterior surface of the pipe socket, the exterior surface of the pipe socket is mechanically roughened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1984
    Inventors: Dieter Kleinebenne, Fred Kleinebenne