Patents by Inventor Heinrich Heinrichs

Heinrich Heinrichs 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: 20240077097
    Abstract: A damping arrangement which is fastenable in an opening of a first component and by which a dampened connection of the first component with a second component are realizable. The damping arrangement comprises two structurally identical damping elements, wherein each damping element including a head portion with a first outer diameter, a shaft portion with a second outer diameter that is smaller than the first outer diameter and extends from an underside of the head portion, as well as a central first through opening that is arranged within the shaft portion. The shaft portion comprises a circumferential wall with a plurality of apertures so that the two structurally identical damping elements are fastenable to one another via the shaft portion by means of a form fit and/or friction fit connection wherein the undersides of the head portion are arranged facing each other and with the first component arranged therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jakob Klassen, Heinrich Heinrichs
  • Patent number: 11788564
    Abstract: A connection unit for connecting a first component to a second component with a distance in between. The connection unit has a connection screw having a head in the shape of a first ball segment and a shank. The shank has an outer thread. The connection unit also has a base element having: a second outer thread, and a first portion having a first inner diameter; a through-opening is provided at a second axial end and has a second inner diameter which is smaller than the first inner diameter, and an outer side of the base element is in the shape of a second ball segment. The first portion and the through-opening are distanced axially and are connected by a transition portion, which at least partly provides a bearing surface for the head of the connection screw, and the shank extends through the through-opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Heinrich Heinrichs
  • Patent number: 11761477
    Abstract: A coupling bolt or pin, in particular a ball pin, with a coupling head, such as a ball head, and a thread shaft. The thread shaft comprises a thread in a longitudinal portion of the thread shaft, which extends parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the thread shaft. Within the longitudinal portion of the thread a thread inhibition is provided by means of which a frictional connection between the thread and a counter thread engaging therein and being present at a radial inner wall of a thread opening is increasable. A disc-shaped support structure is provided between the coupling pin and the thread, a radial extension of which is adaptable to a diameter of the thread opening so that the coupling pin is supportable against a lateral load with respect to the axis of the coupling pin within the thread opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Heinrichs, Michael Kahre
  • Publication number: 20230279884
    Abstract: A coupling bolt includes a connecting portion with which the coupling bolt is fastenable to or in a first component, and a shaft extending from the connecting portion and defining a longitudinal axis of the coupling bolt. The shaft has a pre-fixation portion and a fastening portion, and along the longitudinal axis in the direction of the connecting portion the pre-fixation portion comprises a first head portion with a first diameter, a subsequent first, tapering transition portion and a first locking portion with a second diameter which is smaller than the first diameter. Along the longitudinal axis in the direction of the connecting portion, the fastening portion includes a second transition portion adjacent to the first locking portion, a subsequent second head portion with a third diameter that is larger than the first diameter, a third tapering transition portion and a second locking portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Heinrich Heinrichs, Waldemar Wedel
  • Patent number: 11702841
    Abstract: An arrangement for fastening first and second components with automatic compensation in spacing between the components has a base element with first and second axial ends and a holding structure for holding the base element in an opening of the first component. An adjusting unit screwable into the base element has a driver unit. A fastening screw is connectable to the adjusting unit via the driver unit, such that, when the fastening screw is rotated, the adjusting unit can be rotated conjointly and moved into contact with the second component. The holding structure has a holding segment arranged such that, by the holding segment, an angle between the first and second component can be compensated such that, when the adjusting unit makes contact with the second component, a longitudinal axis of the fastening arrangement runs perpendicular to a plane of the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Figge, Michael König, Heinrich Heinrichs, Gerald Welzel
  • Patent number: 11698093
    Abstract: A blind rivet for establishing a screw connection between a support component and a fastening part has an elastic outer body and a metal bushing arranged therein. The outer body is at least partially surrounded by a fixing sleeve which fixes the outer body on an end portion in the metal bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventor: Heinrich Heinrichs
  • Patent number: 11680593
    Abstract: A retaining clamp of a quick release fastening device, which is latchable in a component opening and in which a fastening bolt is lockable, comprising the following features: two spring legs arranged opposite to each other in a V-shape, the arrangement of which comprises a tapered open end at which the V-shaped spring legs are not connected to each other, and the arrangement of which comprises a widened end, at which the V-shaped arranged spring legs are connected to each other via a connection web with a central passage opening, and each of the two spring legs arranged in a V-shape comprises a central window with a spring web arranged therein, which is fastened at one side and is at least once angled in its course in the direction of the widened end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Michaela Muecke, Heinrich Heinrichs, Jan Norman Kratzsch
  • Patent number: 11549540
    Abstract: An extension adapter of a plug-in coupling, with which a free space between a male coupling element and a female coupling element can be bridged in a connecting manner and which comprises the following features: a male coupling end which can be inserted into the female coupling element, a female coupling end in which the male coupling element can be received and which is connected to the male coupling end via an intermediate piece, and a locking element which is displaceably arranged in the axial direction of the extension adapter and with which, in a locking position surrounding the female coupling end, the release of a male coupling element from the female coupling end is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Jasmin Fritzsch, Heinrich Heinrichs, Michael Kahre
  • Publication number: 20210396253
    Abstract: A connection unit for connecting a first component to a second component with a distance in between. The connection unit has a connection screw having a head in the shape of a first ball segment and a shank. The shank has an outer thread. The connection unit also has a base element having: a second outer thread, and a first portion having a first inner diameter; a through-opening is provided at a second axial end and has a second inner diameter which is smaller than the first inner diameter, and an outer side of the base element is in the shape of a second ball segment. The first portion and the through-opening are distanced axially and are connected by a transition portion, which at least partly provides a bearing surface for the head of the connection screw, and the shank extends through the through-opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventor: Heinrich Heinrichs
  • Publication number: 20210355979
    Abstract: A coupling seat provides a seat space in which the coupling head of a coupling bolt can be releasably locked and moved linearly in the seat space. The seat has a wall that surrounds the seat space, and the dome has a locking structure to fasten the coupling seat in an installation opening in a component. The seat has an open end and a closed end with a locking structure for the head of the coupling bolt. The locking structure of the dome comprises latching bars that are arranged opposite each other on an inner wall of the seat space and parallel to a longitudinal axis of an inner dome cross-section and form an undercut opposite the insertion direction. The locking structure permits movement of a coupling bolt along the latching bars in the seat space transverse to the insertion direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Heinrich Heinrichs, Jan Norman Kratzsch, Michael Kahre
  • Patent number: 11047416
    Abstract: To fasten a first component to a second component, a fastening clip has an integral, elongated structure with a first and a second fastening end. The first fastening end comprises an at least one-armed independent latching structure. The second fastening end is formed by a resilient clamp. The first and second latching structure act on an intermediate support structure. To connect the two components, the latching structure is latched in a component opening in a first component, and the second component is fastened between the support structure and a spring loop of the resilient clamp with the assistance of a cutout or a slot that is open on one side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Heinrichs, Wolfgang Hesse, Stefan Gruss
  • Publication number: 20210190105
    Abstract: A retaining clamp of a quick release fastening device, which is latchable in a component opening and in which a fastening bolt is lockable, comprising the following features: two spring legs arranged opposite to each other in a V-shape, the arrangement of which comprises a tapered open end at which the V-shaped spring legs are not connected to each other, and the arrangement of which comprises a widened end, at which the V-shaped arranged spring legs are connected to each other via a connection web with a central passage opening, and each of the two spring legs arranged in a V-shape comprises a central window with a spring web arranged therein, which is fastened at one side and is at least once angled in its course in the direction of the widened end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Michaela Muecke, Heinrich Heinrichs, Jan Norman Kratzsch
  • Publication number: 20210071708
    Abstract: A coupling bolt or pin, in particular a ball pin, with a coupling head, such as a ball head, and a thread shaft. The thread shaft comprises a thread in a longitudinal portion of the thread shaft, which extends parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the thread shaft. Within the longitudinal portion of the thread a thread inhibition is provided by means of which a frictional connection between the thread and a counter thread engaging therein and being present at a radial inner wall of a thread opening is increasable. A disc-shaped support structure is provided between the coupling pin and the thread, a radial extension of which is adaptable to a diameter of the thread opening so that the coupling pin is supportable against a lateral load with respect to the axis of the coupling pin within the thread opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Heinrich Heinrichs, Michael Kahre
  • Publication number: 20210062849
    Abstract: A blind rivet for establishing a screw connection between a support component and a fastening part has an elastic outer body and a metal bushing arranged therein. The outer body is at least partially surrounded by a fixing sleeve which fixes the outer body on an end portion in the metal bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Heinrich Heinrichs
  • Publication number: 20200325685
    Abstract: An arrangement for fastening first and second components with automatic compensation in spacing between the components has a base element with first and second axial ends and a holding structure for holding the base element in an opening of the first component. An adjusting unit screwable into the base element has a driver unit. A fastening screw is connectable to the adjusting unit via the driver unit, such that, when the fastening screw is rotated, the adjusting unit can be rotated conjointly and moved into contact with the second component. The holding structure has a holding segment arranged such that, by the holding segment, an angle between the first and second component can be compensated such that, when the adjusting unit makes contact with the second component, a longitudinal axis of the fastening arrangement runs perpendicular to a plane of the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Hans-Ulrich Figge, Michael König, Heinrich Heinrichs, Gerald Welzel
  • Publication number: 20190186523
    Abstract: To fasten a first component to a second component, a fastening clip has an integral, elongated structure with a first and a second fastening end. The first fastening end comprises an at least one-armed independent latching structure. The second fastening end is formed by a resilient clamp. The first and second latching structure act on an intermediate support structure. To connect the two components, the latching structure is latched in a component opening in a first component, and the second component is fastened between the support structure and a spring loop of the resilient clamp with the assistance of a cutout or a slot that is open on one side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Heinrich Heinrichs, Wolfgang Hesse, Stefan Gruss
  • Publication number: 20190113064
    Abstract: An extension adapter of a plug-in coupling, with which a free space between a male coupling element and a female coupling element can be bridged in a connecting manner and which comprises the following features: a male coupling end which can be inserted into the female coupling element, a female coupling end in which the male coupling element can be received and which is connected to the male coupling end via an intermediate piece, and a locking element which is displaceably arranged in the axial direction of the extension adapter and with which, in a locking position surrounding the female coupling end, the release of a male coupling element from the female coupling end is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Jasmin Fritzsch, Heinrich Heinrichs, Michael Kahre