Patents by Inventor Manfred Ruckert

Manfred Ruckert 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).

  • Device for the detachable fastening of an electrical service appliance
    Patent number: 5575163
    Abstract: A device for the detachable fastening of an electrical service appliance such as a car radio, a CD or cassette player, an amplifier, a traffic control unit, and the like, in an insertion opening wall (12) of a mounting frame (9), which may be the instrument panel of a motor vehicle, which appliance comprises countersupports (20) which grip behind the mounting frame (9) in a mounted state forming a back-locking position in which the appliance has been passed into the insertion opening (10) from the front, and which countersupports can be moved from the back-locking position into a release position for releasing the appliance, wherein the countersupport is formed by a latch (20) which is pivotable about a rotation shaft, which is loaded by a spring (30) in a direction towards the back-locking position, and which comprises a curved edge (42) against which an unlocking key (8) can be passed, which key when passing along the curved edge (42) pivots the latch (20) into the release position against the spring pressu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Kohl, Heinz Lunter, Klaus Rinneburger, Manfred Ruckert