Patents by Inventor Gerhard Masler

Gerhard Masler 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: 4925072
    Abstract: A locking system defined between a stationary support housing defining an interior space to be closed by a closure, and a closure movably mounted upon the stationary support housing between an open, unlocked position and a closed, locked position, includes first and second cams fixedly mounted upon the closure, and a rotatable control element rotatably mounted upon the stationary support housing. When the closure (10) is disposed in its closed, locked position within the stationary support housing (11), the first cam (32) is engaged with a first end (27) of the rotatable control element (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: ITW-Ateco GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Masler, Uwe Harder
  • Patent number: 4646932
    Abstract: An opening stopper of elastomeric material, especially for sealing lacquer outflow openings in automotive vehicle bodies, comprising a closed bottom, an elastically shapable flange covering the edge of the workpiece opening, a collar connecting the bottom to the flange, and a shoulder disposed at the outer surface of the collar, said shoulder engaging behind the oppositely disposed opening edge, wherein the shoulder is formed by a circumferentially extending free edge of a lip configurated like a conical disc which is tied at a location level with the countersunk bottom and extends obliquely outward towards the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Assignee: ITW Ataco GmbH
    Inventor: Gerhard Masler