Patents by Inventor Karl-Heinz Gersmann

Karl-Heinz Gersmann 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).

  • Device for connecting two tubular conducting parts
    Patent number: 5873609
    Abstract: The invention relates to an articulated pipe connection for two conducting arts of a motor vehicle which comprises spherical connecting pieces for joining the two conducting parts and has at least on one connecting piece a flange-shaped connecting piece abuttable axially against the latter, said connecting piece being connected with spring tension by spring means with the other connecting piece, with the connecting pieces being held together by the spring means with a pretensioning force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1999
    Assignees: Mercedes-Benz AG, K.A.T. Entwicklungsgesellschaft fuer Abgasreinigung und Thermographie mbH, ChristianBauer GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Jorg Abthoff, Rolf Fadini, Gunther Ebinger, Gunter Konig, Karl-Heinz Gersmann, August Kastner