Patents by Inventor Jörg Birkelbach

Jörg Birkelbach 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: 20220034081
    Abstract: An expansion joint includes a foam strip having first and second lateral side surfaces extending axially outward to an outer edge surface, and an elongated gasket having a laterally expandable portion adhered to the outer edge surface of the foam strip, with the laterally expandable portion extending between first and second lateral end portions. The first and second lateral end portions each define at least one of a laterally outward facing bonding surface and an axially inward facing bonding surface, with the at least one bonding surface being spaced apart axially outward from the corresponding one of the first and second lateral side surfaces of the foam strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Joerg Birkelbach, Brian M. Gagne, Robert Hagen, Charles Houk
  • Patent number: 9021754
    Abstract: The invention relates to a foam sealing strip (2, 2?, 2?) which is suitable for sealing, for example, a window frame (5) and which is impregnated for delayed elastic recovery, wherein the foam sealing strip (2, 2?, 2?) has, with reference to a cross section, two opposite narrow sides (3, 4) which, in the fitted state, each face the inner side or the outer side of the window frame (5), and wide sides suitable for bearing against the side of the window or soffit (6), wherein, furthermore, in the fully recovered state, at least one edge region of the cross section, which edge region is designed as a vertical region (15), is at a greater height from a base surface (F) provided on the wide side than an adjoining low-lying region in the width direction, wherein the vertical region and the low-lying region run in alignment with a longitudinal direction of the foam sealing strip (2, 2?, 2?) and, in the fully recovered state, a surface profile which is curved in cross section is provided on the surface opposite the ba
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Tremco Illbruck Produktion GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Wörmann, Markus Komma, Alfred Köppl, Helmar Nauck, Jörg Birkelbach
  • Publication number: 20110120038
    Abstract: The invention relates to a foam sealing strip (2, 2?, 2?) which is suitable for sealing, for example, a window frame (5) and which is impregnated for delayed elastic recovery, wherein the foam sealing strip (2, 2?, 2?) has, with reference to a cross section, two opposite narrow sides (3, 4) which, in the fitted state, each face the inner side or the outer side of the window frame (5), and wide sides suitable for bearing against the side of the window or soffit (6), wherein, furthermore, in the fully recovered state, at least one edge region of the cross section, which edge region is designed as a vertical region (15), is at a greater height from a base surface (F) provided on the wide side than an adjoining low-lying region in the width direction, wherein the vertical region and the low-lying region run in alignment with a longitudinal direction of the foam sealing strip (2, 2?, 2?) and, in the fully recovered state, a surface profile which is curved in cross section is provided on the surface opposite the ba
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: TREMCO ILLBRUCK PRODUKTION GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Wörmann, Markus Komma, Alfred Köppl, Helmar Nauck, Jörg Birkelbach