Patents by Inventor Gerhard-Helmut Hoof

Gerhard-Helmut Hoof 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: 6145726
    Abstract: Device for conveying and fitting components which are to be inserted in a workpiece and are guided in a rail, which serves as a magazine and, at one end, has an opening (33) for delivering a component (17). The opening merges into a receiving part for a single component, which receiving part is connected to the rail via a hinge and is aligned with this rail, and the rail, together with the receiving part, is mounted in a longitudinally displaceable manner in a guide in which the receiving part, in order to receive a component, is, in the pushed-back position of the rail, held in a receiving position in which it is aligned with the rail. The receiving part is arranged in such a way that, when the rail is pushed forward, the receiving part, together with the component, projects out of the guide and, via the hinge, pivots through approximately 90.degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: EJOT Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gerhard-Helmut Hoof