Patents by Inventor Hans Weinfurtner

Hans Weinfurtner 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).

  • Publication number: 20040209053
    Abstract: A laminated safety glass pane having a predetermined breaking location and an impact point is described which contains at least two toughened glass panes and an intermediate layer, wherein predetermined breaking lines (=the predetermined breaking location), which are formed by discontinuities in the intermediate layer, are present in order to create an emergency exit and the intermediate layer is embodied in one location (for example on one side) of the laminated safety glass such as to be flexible and not able to be broken through, such that when the predetermined breaking lines are broken through, an emergency exit flap is formed which is connected to the remainder of the pane in tear-resistant manner and in a manner pivotable therewith by means of a hinged joint, and wherein the laminated glass pane contains, in at least one location (at the impact point) in the intermediate layer, one or more bodies made of a material whereof the hardness is greater than that of the glass used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Klaus Holtmann, Hans Weinfurtner, Mario Tassarek-Metz, Michael Schwamb
  • Publication number: 20040023039
    Abstract: A composite safety glass panel with a predetermined breaking position is described, containing at least two prestressed glass panels and a polymeric intermediate layer. The polymeric intermediate layer contains two plastics materials of different fracture resistance, different elongation at break and different fracture propagation resistance. The composite glass panel contains as predetermined breaking position the plastics material having the lower fracture resistance, the lower elongation at break and the lower fracture propagation resistance, and in the region that does rot constitute the predetermined breaking position contains the plastics material having the higher fracture resistance, the higher elongation at break and the higher fracture propagation resistance. The composite glass panel also contains at at least one place (at the striking point) one or more bodies of a material whose hardness is greater than that of the glass that is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Schwamb, Hans Weinfurtner, Klaus Holtmann, Jorg Herasimtschuk, Klaus Weitzel