Patents by Inventor Harry Gau

Harry Gau 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).

  • Mounting means for a sensor device
    Patent number: 7613013
    Abstract: A retaining device for a sensor is mounted on a part having an opening, in particular, on an outer part of a motor vehicle. The retaining device includes an endplate attachable to an inner surface of the part and having an opening. The retaining device also includes a housing adjacent to the endplate for receiving at least part of the sensor. An additional member is mounted inside the opening in the endplate and includes a projection projecting outwards from the endplate. The additional member can be brought into engagement with the opening in the part such that the opening in the endplate is centrally aligned with respect to the opening in the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Decoma (Germany) GmbH
    Inventor: Harry Gau
  • Method of Punching an Opening into a Work Piece
    Publication number: 20070234859
    Abstract: A process for perforating workpieces and a tool for carrying out this process are envisaged. In the process described it is envisaged that a cutting tool is used to make an opening in a workpiece and stamping is carried out in the region of a cut edge of the opening purely by interlocking and frictional engagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Uwe Winkler, Harry Gau
  • Mounting means for a sensor device
    Publication number: 20050230581
    Abstract: A retaining device for a sensor is mounted on a part having an opening, in particular, on an outer part of a motor vehicle. The retaining device includes an endplate attachable to an inner surface of the part and having an opening. The retaining device also includes a housing adjacent to the endplate for receiving at least part of the sensor. An additional member is mounted inside the opening in the endplate and includes a projection projecting outwards from the endplate. The additional member can be brought into engagement with the opening in the part such that the opening in the endplate is centrally aligned with respect to the opening in the part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2005
    Publication date: October 20, 2005
    Applicant: Decoma GmbH
    Inventor: Harry Gau