Patents by Inventor Gerd Edel

Gerd Edel 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: 4983066
    Abstract: In a form-fitted connection for transferring moments of torque between two sheet metal elements of a vehicle, particularly a seat of a motor vehicle, both elements have respective tooth gaps (12) formed by bent tongues between any two successive teeth (5) in the area of their edge zones to be connected with each other, into which tooth gaps the respective teeth (5) of the other element (1) engage. At least on the one of the two elements to be secured against sliding in the longitudinal direction relative to the other element (1), at least one of the teeth (5) is bent in the same direction as its adjacent tongues into a position where it engages behind the other element (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Keiper Recaro GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Karin Becker, Dieter Braun, Gerd Edel