Patents by Inventor Hans G. Reinl

Hans G. Reinl 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: 5176482
    Abstract: In a component mounting in motor vehicle bodies with a sheet metal nut and a screw bolt, wherein the sheet metal nut has in its base plate a funnel-shaped relief preceding the tubular projection comprising the thread and a holding arm preceding the base plate and comprising a through-opening, and the screw bolt is provided with a point, and the sheet metal nut is provided in the holding arm preceding the funnel-shaped relief with a through-opening which corresponds approximately to the size of the external diameter of the funnel-shaped relief, and the sheet metal nut is held in a restricted and readily movable manner on the body sheet by a holding opening and lateral beads in a region corresponding approximately to the difference between the internal and external diameters of the funnel-shaped relief.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: Hans G. Reinl