Patents by Inventor Manfred Schnelle

Manfred Schnelle 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: 6739019
    Abstract: A mounting plate for attachment of a furniture fitting such as a hinge arm of a furniture hinge to a wall of a piece of furniture, includes a bottom plate having an end face intended for securement to an attachment surface of the wall; and a top plate configured for placement over the bottom plate and having throughholes for passage of screw fasteners and an adjustment member which is provided to allow displacement of the top plate relative to the bottom plate. The top plate has a central portion, which is in line with the end face of the bottom plate on the attachment surface, and a marginal area which is slightly set back relative to the attachment surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Hettich-ONI GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Schnelle, Ulrich Beneke
  • Publication number: 20020138944
    Abstract: A mounting plate for attachment of a furniture fitting such as a hinge arm of a furniture hinge to a wall of a piece of furniture, includes a bottom plate having an end face intended for securement to an attachment surface of the wall; and a top plate configured for placement over the bottom plate and having throughholes for passage of screw fasteners and an adjustment member which is provided to allow displacement of the top plate relative to the bottom plate. The top plate has a central portion, which is in line with the end face of the bottom plate on the attachment surface, and a marginal area which is slightly set back relative to the attachment surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: HETTICH-ONI GMBH & CO. KG, Industriestrasse
    Inventors: Manfred Schnelle, Ulrich Beneke
  • Patent number: 6070299
    Abstract: A furniture hinge, includes a hinge part securable to a movable component of a furniture piece, a hinge arm pivotally mounted to the hinge part, a mounting plate connected to the hinge arm, and fastening screws for securing the mounting plate to a body-related component of the furniture piece, with the mounting plate having support studs for projection in a corresponding number of mortises formed in the body-related component of the furniture piece, wherein the fastening screws are arranged in a directly adjoining area of the support studs when threaded in for securing the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Hettich-ONI GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Manfred Schnelle
  • Patent number: 5012551
    Abstract: A furniture hinge has a hinge arm connectible to the body of a piece of furniture and a lever connectible to a closure for the furniture. The closure is movable between a closed position and an open position. A damping device is disposed between the hinge arm and the lever and includes a housing having a bellows-like first part and a second part secured to the hinge arm. A piston rides in the housing and divides it into first and second chambers. The piston is provided with flow channels which allow hydraulic fluid in the housing to flow between the first and second chambers. The piston is mounted on a rod which extends through, and is coupled to, the first housing part and is articulately connected to the lever. A sealing member likewise mounted on the rod is arranged to seal the flow channels upon movement of the closure to its closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: Paul Hettich Gmbh & Co.
    Inventors: Ulrich Beneke, Jurgen Gross, Wilfried Oepping, Manfred Schnelle, Gunter Sundermeier
  • Patent number: 4361931
    Abstract: The invention relates to a furniture fitting in the form of a cup-shaped hinge housing which can be anchored into a bore of a furniture door and used as a door side pivot carrier for a furniture hinge. The hinge housing has a locking element which can be rotated about an axis at right angles to a circumferential wall and which has a section for holding the locking element when it is in a locked position. In a preferred embodiment of the hinge housing, two swivelling locking elements are provided which are connected to each other by a bracket shaped element so that when the bracket shaped element is swivelled to a given position by hand the locking element is moved into a locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1982
    Assignee: Firma Richard Heinze GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Manfred Schnelle, Manfred von Reden, Willi Pittasch, Peter Busse
  • Patent number: 4232423
    Abstract: The invention relates to a furniture hinge with hinge arm with at least one pivoting axis. The hinge arm can be fastened by means of a base or adjusting plate on a furniture side wall so that the hinge arm can be adjusted along three axes. The base plate consists of a cup shaped anchoring part inserted into a bore in the furniture side wall and an intermediate support which is fastened on the end face of the anchoring part which remains visible after the insertion of the anchoring part. The anchoring part and the intermediate support are connected to each other by at least one spring loaded ratchet element which engages behind a ratchet step and the ratchet element consists of at least one first wall section with a ratchet nose which projects in the direction of the pivot axis as well as at right angles to the end face. A wedge member locks the anchoring part and intermediate support into a disassembleable assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1980
    Inventor: Manfred Schnelle
  • Patent number: 3952367
    Abstract: A hinge for pivotally supporting a glass door to a furniture part or the like. The hinge comprises a housing which fits within a mating through aperture in the door. The housing is provided with a peripheral flange which abuts one surface of the door adjacent to the recess therein and also has a clamping means detachably secured thereto which abuts the opposite surface of the door so that the housing can be tightly secured to the glass door. A generally L-shaped hinge arm is provided which is secured to the furniture part and which defines therein a hollow interior portion. The hinge arm is pivotally mounted to the housing. A latch member within the interior portion of the hinge arm is pivotally supported therein, and a spring resiliently urges the latch in a direction to engage with an abutment on the housing when the glass door is moved to its closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Firma Richard Heinze
    Inventors: Manfred Schnelle, Ernst Zernig, Jurgen Wilke