Patents by Inventor Gerold Ross

Gerold Ross 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: 9562557
    Abstract: Punch pins which have further extending lobes, and which are designed to punch sockets that have deeper flutes while not having lobes which extend further toward a center axis of the fastener. Using such a punch pin to form a socket in a fastener provides that the resulting socket has flutes which are deeper than they otherwise would be, without having to provide corresponding lobes which extend further toward the center axis of the socket. This extra deepness in the flutes helps to provide extra room for a coating to deposit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Acument Intellectual Properties, LLC
    Inventor: Gerold Ross
  • Publication number: 20150104271
    Abstract: Punch pins which have further extending lobes, and which are designed to punch sockets that have deeper flutes while not having lobes which extend further toward a center axis of the fastener. Using such a punch pin to form a socket in a fastener provides that the resulting socket has flutes which are deeper than they otherwise would be, without having to provide corresponding lobes which extend further toward the center axis of the socket. This extra deepness in the flutes helps to provide extra room for a coating to deposit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: Gerold Ross
  • Patent number: 7258517
    Abstract: A self-punching fastener (10), which in a way safe against rotation and pressing out can be pressed into a metal sheet member (40) having an annular body, the side of which facing the metal sheet is having radially disposed projections (15, 25), which, during the pressing-in, are pressed into the metal sheet member (40) and thereby are securing the fastener (10) against rotation, wherein in the centre an interior thread (11) is positioned and, wherein on the side facing the metal sheet member (40) in the set state there is provided an annular depression (12) into which the material displaced during the setting is pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Textron Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. OHG
    Inventors: Gerold Ross, Detlef Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20040247380
    Abstract: A self-punching fastener (10), which in a way safe against rotation and pressing out can be pressed into a metal sheet member (40) having an annular body, the side of which facing the metal sheet is having radially disposed projections (15, 25), which, during the pressing-in, are pressed into the metal sheet member (40) and thereby are securing the fastener (10) against rotation, wherein in the centre an interior thread (11) is positioned and, wherein on the side facing the metal sheet member (40) in the set state there is provided an annular depression (12) into which the material displaced during the setting is pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Gerold Ross, Detlef Ludwig
  • Patent number: 6817815
    Abstract: A fastener (10) being pressable into a metal sheet in a way safe against rotation and pressing out having a head (12), the side of which after insertion facing the metal sheet is having radially positioned ridges (22), which, when setting the fastener (10), are pressed into the metal sheet, wherein a cylindrical thread-carrier (14) is positioned in the centre of said ridges (22) projecting through the metal sheet beyond the other side of the metal sheet and which in the vicinity of the side of the head (12) facing the metal sheet in the set state is having a surrounding annular recess (20) into which the material of the metal sheet displaced during the setting can be pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Textron Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gerold Ross
  • Publication number: 20040202524
    Abstract: A self-punching fastener (10), which in a way is safe against rotation and pressing out and which can be pressed into a metal sheet member (40) having an annular body, the side of which facing the metal sheet has radially disposed projections (15, 25), which, during the pressing-in, are pressed into the metal sheet member (40) and thereby secure the fastener (10) against rotation, wherein in the center an interior thread (11) is positioned and, wherein on the side facing the metal sheet member (40) in the set state there is provided an annular depression (12) into which the material displaced during the setting is pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: TEXTRON Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co. oHG.
    Inventors: Gerold Ross, Detlef Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20030108400
    Abstract: A fastener (10) being pressable into a metal sheet in a way safe against rotation and pressing out having a head (12), the side of which after insertion facing the metal sheet is having radially positioned ridges (22), which, when setting the fastener (10), are pressed into the metal sheet, wherein a cylindrical thread-carrier (14) is positioned in the centre of said ridges (22) projecting through the metal sheet beyond the other side of the metal sheet and which in the vicinity of the side of the head (12) facing the metal sheet in the set state is having a surrounding annular recess (20) into which the material of the metal sheet displaced during the setting can be pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: Textron Verbindungstechnik GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Gerold Ross
  • Publication number: 20030039530
    Abstract: A self-punching fastener (10), which in a way safe against rotation and pressing out can be pressed into a metal sheet member (40) having an annular body, the side of which facing the metal sheet is having radially disposed projections (15, 25), which, during the pressing-in, are pressed into the metal sheet member (40) and thereby are securing the fastener (10) against rotation, wherein in the centre an interior thread (11) is positioned and, wherein on the side facing the metal sheet member (40) in the set state there is provided an annular depression (12) into which the material displaced during the setting is pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Gerold Ross, Detlef Ludwig
  • Publication number: 20020006319
    Abstract: A fastener (10) being pressable into a metal sheet in a way safe against rotation and pressing out having a head (12), the side of which after insertion facing the metal sheet is having radially positioned ridges (22), which, when setting the fastener (10), are pressed into the metal sheet, wherein a cylindrical thread-carrier (14) is positioned in the center of said ridges (22) projecting through the metal sheet beyond the other side of the metal sheet and which in the vicinity of the side of the head (12) facing the metal sheet in the set state is having a surrounding annular recess (20) into which the material of the metal sheet displaced during the setting can be pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Inventor: Gerold Ross