Patents by Inventor Gunter Stierle

Gunter Stierle 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: 4128921
    Abstract: A tension strap to be circumferentially positioned about a body to be tenned includes a strap member and a plurality of longitudinally movable tension blocks carried on the inside circumferential surface of the strap member for engaging the body. Means for maintaining each of the tension blocks in a defined predetermined position relative to the strap member is provided and includes at least one pin fixedly carried by either the tension block or the strap member and extending through a guideway in the other, and an elastic member such as a spring or elastomer acting on the pin of each tension block against longitudinal movement to predetermine its position relative to the strap member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1978
    Assignee: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Horst Heinze, Gunter Stierle, Ernst D. Sach