Patents by Inventor Karl L. Engelbach

Karl L. Engelbach 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: 5131449
    Abstract: A folding door storage system for an opening of a closet including a first door panel and a second door panel, which panels are pivotal with respect to one another, and a carrier arrangement which can be moved, in a folded state of the door panels in which they are aligned parallel with one another, together with the door panels into a storage space. In order to achieve a safe guiding and moving of the door panels and in order to be able to use the system also for very large dimensions, the first door panel is mounted for movement transversely with respect to the front side of the closet on a guide rail by means of a guide element, wherein the guide element, in the folded state of the door panels, can be transferred into a second guide rail arranged parallel with respect to an outside wall of the closet. A locking mechanism is mounted on the carrier arrangement, which locking mechanism prevents unintended movements and swivellings of the door panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: Weyel KG
    Inventors: Klaus K. Winn, Karl L. Engelbach, Ulrich Franz
  • Patent number: 4811508
    Abstract: A plug-in connection has two wedges (1, 2) with wedge surfaces (4, 4') inclined such that forces are created through the cooperation of the wedge surfaces (4, 4') in directions which are at a right angle to one another. A wobble-free fit in these two directions is achieved in this manner.The fastening of an information carrier (T.sub.1) on posts (P.sub.1) is suggested as a special use, whereby with a short plug-in path of movement, a wobble-free fit of the information carrier (T.sub.1) on the post (P.sub.1) is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1989
    Assignee: Weyel KG
    Inventor: Karl L. Engelbach