Patents by Inventor Karl Mettenleiter

Karl Mettenleiter 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: 6490832
    Abstract: A sliding door system is provided which has a support frame including vertical posts and a horizontal transom. An assembly supporting a sliding door wing is supported at the support frame and includes a running mechanism operable to carry the door wing disposed in a running mechanism housing. A drive motor assembly disposed in a drive motor assembly housing is operably connected to the running mechanism to move the door wing. The running mechanism housing and the drive motor assembly housing are disposed one behind the other in a direction transverse to the transom and door wing and are configured and dimensioned to form a parallelepiped with a vertical height fitting within a vertical height of the transom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: GEZE GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Stefan Fischbach, Josef Fuechtmann, Heinz Luithlen, Karl Mettenleiter
  • Patent number: 4663800
    Abstract: A door holding device for door closers is described in which a door is held only at a predetermined angle of opening and in which the selected holding position can remain unchanged over a long period of time but can nevertheless be released by electrical means. For this purpose the switching of the door is effected, starting from a known mechanical door holding device which can be switched in and switched out, via a control unit which is biased into a door holding position by the hydraulic pressure which is in any event present in the closer and which can be released again via a magnetic valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: GEZE GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Mettenleiter, Ralf Storandt, Georg Scheck
  • Patent number: 4653229
    Abstract: A holding installation with an integrated closing sequence regulation is described for double doors comprising a leading door which is the first to close and a trailing door which then closes. The hydraulic door closer associated with the trailing door is provided with a signal generating device which is actuated in dependence on the piston position, and with an additional return flow passage for hydraulic fluid. The signal generating device controls the solenoid valve which holds the leading door by preventing the movement of hydraulic fluid contained in the door closer for the leading door, thus preventing movement of the associated piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: GEZE GmbH
    Inventors: Fritz Feucht, Karl Mettenleiter, Ralf Storandt
  • Patent number: 4536916
    Abstract: A door closing apparatus is described which embraces a unit for generating a closing force, a lever attached thereto via a releasable clutch for actuating the door and a controllable blocking device. The releasable clutch consists of a threaded connection which permits relative rotation between the actuating lever and the drive axle over a predetermined stroke. An abutment for frictionally locking the actuating lever is provided, with the frictional locking abutment becoming effective relative to the actuating lever at at least one end of the stroke. The holding force which sets in between the actuating lever and the frictional locking abutment is smaller than the holding force of the blocking device which blocks the unit for generating the closing force in the closing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1985
    Assignee: Geze GmbH
    Inventors: Ralf Storandt, Karl Mettenleiter