Patents by Inventor Ludger Styra

Ludger Styra 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: 6098696
    Abstract: A sectional upward-acting door, particularly adapted for use with mobile cargo containers and the like includes extruded door panels or sections which are hingedly connected to each other by hook-like hinge members integrally formed along a top edge of one section and an arcuate channel defined by a bottom wall and an integral pintle on an adjacent section. An elastomer seal and bearing member fits within the channel formed along the bottom edge of a section for engaging the hinge member and for aiding in forming a weather and light seal at the hinge joint between sections. The sections are laterally assembled by engagement of the hook-like hinge member in the channel of an adjacent section and are retained in assembly by a releasable retainer and seal member which may be formed as a co-extruded dual durometer part. Door side edge seals are insertable in a space formed between door side edge guide tracks and an inner surface of a rear wall of the cargo container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Overhead Door Corporation
    Inventor: Ludger Styra