Patents by Inventor Jörn Kleffmann

Jörn Kleffmann 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).

  • Patent number: 11976683
    Abstract: A tolerance compensation arrangement enables fastening two components with compensation of tolerances between the components. The arrangement includes a base element with a passage opening, an inner thread, an adjusting element with a supporting collar and with a thread sleeve having an outer thread which matches the inner thread. On a first front side of the base element, the adjusting element is screwed into the passage opening and on a second front side of the base element, a holding structure faces away from the adjusting element. The holding structure has at least one locking web and a supporting structure, so that via a lateral or an axial insert opening in the front-sided holding structure, a fastening structure configured with two steps is fastenable friction-fit and form-fit in the holding structure an opening in the front-sided holding structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Michaela Mücke, Michael Kahre, Jörn Kleffmann
  • Publication number: 20220290705
    Abstract: A tolerance compensation arrangement enables fastening two components with compensation of tolerances between the components. The arrangement includes a base element with a passage opening, an inner thread, an adjusting element with a supporting collar and with a thread sleeve having an outer thread which matches the inner thread. On a first front side of the base element, the adjusting element is screwed into the passage opening and on a second front side of the base element, a holding structure faces away from the adjusting element. The holding structure has at least one locking web and a supporting structure, so that via a lateral or an axial insert opening in the front-sided holding structure, a fastening structure configured with two steps is fastenable friction-fit and form-fit in the holding structure an opening in the front-sided holding structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Michaela Mücke, Michael Kahre, Jörn Kleffmann