Patents by Inventor Kai-Uwe Flottmann

Kai-Uwe Flottmann 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).

  • Electric hand plane with planing depth adjuster
    Patent number: 5427483
    Abstract: An electric hand plane has a wedge-shaped body having a lower wedge surface adapted to rest on a workpiece and an upper wedge surface, a plane housing supported on the upper wedge surface of the wedge-shaped body and having a counter-surface, a device for producing a clamping force between the upper wedge surface of the wedge-shaped body and the counter-surface of the housing, and a single handle operative for cancelling the clamping force during an adjustment and also for displacement of the wedge-shaped body, and a gear mechanism means arranged so that the handle displaces the wedge-shaped body relative to the plane housing via the gear mechanism means by rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1995
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Wunsch, Eugen Hild, Karl-Heinz Braunbach, Kai-Uwe Flottmann