Patents by Inventor Koen TERWIJN

Koen TERWIJN 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: 10030689
    Abstract: A fastening system for assembling appliances, in particular electrical appliances, comprising at least one profile rail provided with openings and comprising at least one quick-fastener which has a body in which at least one internal thread is formed, is characterized in that the body has over its length (L) at least two spaced-apart internal threads, wherein, in an exact position of the quick-fastener relative to the profile rail, each of the internal threads is brought into alignment with one of the openings of the profile rail, and in that a clamping blade having the same length L as the body is attached to the body, which clamping blade forms between it and the body a gap for receiving the profile side and holds the body against the profile rail by friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Bodo Thielmann, Kurt-Michael Schaffer, Koen Terwijn
  • Publication number: 20170074312
    Abstract: A fastening system for assembling appliances, in particular electrical appliances, comprising at least one profile rail provided with openings and comprising at least one quick-fastener which has a body in which at least one internal thread is formed, is characterized in that the body has over its length (L) at least two spaced-apart internal threads, wherein, in an exact position of the quick-fastener relative to the profile rail, each of the internal threads is brought into alignment with one of the openings of the profile rail, and in that a clamping blade having the same length L as the body is attached to the body, which clamping blade forms between it and the body a gap for receiving the profile side and holds the body against the profile rail by friction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Bodo THIELMANN, Kurt-Michael SCHAFFER, Koen TERWIJN