Patents by Inventor Manfred Kunz

Manfred Kunz 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: 4718261
    Abstract: A safety armature for a cylinder having a key aperture or keyway, comprises a safety element which is in the form of a magnetically encodeable closure which can be opened by a magnetically coded disk and, which, in its locked position, covers the key aperture or keyway. The magnetically codeable closure may either be a magnetically encodeable padlock having a steel shackle which is held between guide disks of a guide element on the safety armature, or a solidly mounted mounting with a slide unit which is movable on the mounting and that can be latched by means of the magnetically encodeable enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Inventor: Manfred Kunz
  • Patent number: 4196765
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel having a detachable rim ring with a rim flange. The fastening means for the rim ring may be covered by a detachable plate which also seals off an air duct which leads to the hollow interior of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1980
    Assignee: Continental Gummi-Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Herbert Heuer, Hans Kafer, Manfred Kunz
  • Patent number: 4007692
    Abstract: A braking device for sleds, according to which rollers are used as braking elements which by means of an actuating element are moved from a non-braking position into a braking position while being pressed against the surface of the sliding path for the sled. According to a preferred design of the invention, pairs of rollers are employed with the rollers of each pair having different diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1977
    Assignee: Continental Gummi-Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Manfred Kunz