Patents by Inventor Gerrit v. BREITENBACH

Gerrit v. BREITENBACH 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: 9702491
    Abstract: Screw connection, in particular, a tension clamp, and method of forming the screw connection. The screw connection includes a screw having a screw head and an external thread with a thread turn profile and a thread axis, and a mating thread element having an internal thread, matched to the external thread, with at least one thread groove bordered by thread flanks to screwably receive the screw. A geometrically defined deformation of the external thread is arranged at a predetermined distance from the screw head to collide with at least one thread flank during the screwing of the screw into the mating thread element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Gerrit V. Breitenbach, Jonathan Heywood, Christian Sakowski, Christian Franke, Manuel Baudoin, Farhad Riyahi
  • Patent number: 9243731
    Abstract: Pipe clamp and method for retaining a tensioning element in a tensioning head of the pipe clamp. The pipe clamp includes a clamp band having a first end with a first tensioning head and a second end with a second tensioning head, a tensioning element guidable guided through the first tensioning head and engageable with the second tensioning head, and a securing element structured and arranged in the first tensioning head to secure the tensioning element against loss and including a spring element structured and arranged to act between the tensioning element and the first tensioning head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Gerrit V. Breitenbach, Achim Kamp, Gerhard Wachter, Jonathan Heywood
  • Publication number: 20140250638
    Abstract: Screw connection, in particular, a tension clamp, and method of forming the screw connection. The screw connection includes a screw having a screw head and an external thread with a thread turn profile and a thread axis, and a mating thread element having an internal thread, matched to the external thread, with at least one thread groove bordered by thread flanks to screwably receive the screw. A geometrically defined deformation of the external thread is arranged at a predetermined distance from the screw head to collide with at least one thread flank during the screwing of the screw into the mating thread element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Gerrit V. BREITENBACH, Jonathan HEYWOOD, Christian SAKOWSKI, Christian FRANKE, Manuel BAUDOIN, Farhad RIYAHI
  • Publication number: 20140028014
    Abstract: Pipe clamp and method for retaining a tensioning element in a tensioning head of the pipe clamp. The pipe clamp includes a clamp band having a first end with a first tensioning head and a second end with a second tensioning head, a tensioning element guidable guided through the first tensioning head and engageable with the second tensioning head, and a securing element structured and arranged in the first tensioning head to secure the tensioning element against loss and including a spring element structured and arranged to act between the tensioning element and the first tensioning head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventors: Gerrit v. BREITENBACH, Achim KAMP, Gerhard WACHTER, Jonathan HEYWOOD