Patents by Inventor Hans-Joachim Winkler

Hans-Joachim Winkler 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).

  • Covering device for the load space of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6592165
    Abstract: A covering device for the load space of a motor vehicle, having a flexible surface structure, is held, in a rollable or extendable manner, on a winding shaft supported solidly with the loading space. A coiled spring apparatus for exerting the force for rolling up onto the surface structure is provided on the winding shaft. A form-stable extending element is positioned on one frontal end area of the surface structure. The surface structure is guided over its path of extension within the load space by a guiding device, in that at least one locking device for blocking the surface structure relative to the guiding device is provided in at least one partially-extended working position, and in that a manually-triggerable releasing device, by which the locking of the surface structure can be ended, is provided for the locking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: BOS GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Eduard Ament, Herbert Walter, Beate Krause, Hans-Joachim Winkler
  • Covering device for the load space of a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20020113452
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a covering device for the load space of a motor vehicle, having a flexible surface structure, which is held, in a rollable or extendable manner, on a winding shaft supported solidly with the loading space. A coiled spring apparatus for exerting the force for rolling up onto the surface structure is provided on the winding shaft. A form-stable extending element is positioned on one frontal end area of the surface structure. The surface structure is guided over its path of extension within the load space by means of a guiding device, in that at least one locking device for blocking the surface structure relative to the guiding device is provided in at least one partially-extended working position, and in that a manually-triggerable releasing device, by means of which the locking of the surface structure can be ended, provided for the locking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Eduard Ament, Herbert Walter, Beate Krause, Hans-Joachim Winkler
  • Gas washing device
    Patent number: 4711432
    Abstract: A gas washing device includes a permeable gas sink, a gas inlet for supplying gas through the sink to a molten metal container, a gas flow meter positioned upstream of the gas inlet, and a further gas sink having a gas permeability greater than that of the first-mentioned gas sink and positioned between the gas inlet and the first-mentioned gas sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: Didier-Werke AG
    Inventors: Michael Heinz, Joachim Lange, Udo Muschner, Herbert Naefe, Hans Rothfuss, Manfred Winkelmann, Hans-Joachim Winkler