Patents by Inventor Marc Schaeffer

Marc Schaeffer 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: 11976681
    Abstract: A screw nut includes a through hole defined by the screw nut, an internal thread that projects into the through hole, and a face that surrounds the through hole. At least three barcode patterns are disposed on the face where the at least three barcode patterns have an identical content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Marc Schaeffer
  • Publication number: 20230133802
    Abstract: A package includes a string of capsules that includes at least three capsules which are disposed next to each other in a threadlike manner and an envelope where the string of capsules is encased in the envelope. At least a first one of the at least three capsules is an A-type capsule which encapsulates a portion of an A-component of a hardenable multi-component mass and at least a second one of the at least three capsules is a B-type capsule which encapsulates a portion of a B-component of the hardenable multi-component mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventor: Marc SCHAEFFER
  • Patent number: 11499307
    Abstract: A system includes an anchor body, having a head and a hollow chamber shaft coupled to the head. The system includes a housing component configured to support the anchor body. The system also includes one or more fasteners supported by the housing component. At least one of the fasteners is coupled to the head of the anchor body, and an apex of each fastener is positioned to be above the head of the anchor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Matteo Spampatti, Marc Schaeffer, Philipe Simek
  • Publication number: 20220356889
    Abstract: A screw nut includes a through hole defined by the screw nut, an internal thread that projects into the through hole, and a face that surrounds the through hole. At least three barcode patterns are disposed on the face where the at least three barcode patterns have an identical content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventor: Marc SCHAEFFER
  • Publication number: 20220341452
    Abstract: An expansion anchor includes a bolt, a spacer sleeve, an expansible sleeve, an expanding member, and a collar where the collar is disposed between the expansible sleeve and the spacer sleeve. The bolt is insertable into the spacer sleeve, the collar, and expansible sleeve in sequence and a thread of the bolt at a leading end of the bolt is connected to the expanding member to draw the expanding member into the expansible sleeve and expand the expansible sleeve radially. The collar is formed by a first material with a first hardness and a second material with a second hardness where the first hardness is different from the second hardness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaolong CHU, Xingda HU, Marc SCHAEFFER, Cheng LIN
  • Publication number: 20220235810
    Abstract: A screw including a shank, wherein a thread helix receiving groove that winds around the shank is provided in the shank, and wherein the shank has a screw tip, and further including a thread helix having a base and a crest, wherein the thread helix and the shank are separate parts, wherein the base of the thread helix is arranged in the thread helix receiving groove, and wherein the crest of the thread helix projects radially from the shank. The crest of the thread helix of the unconstricted screw is displaceable towards the shank by linearly driving the shank, together with the thread helix, into an undersized borehole in a concrete or masonry substrate. A method for installing such a screw is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventor: Marc SCHAEFFER
  • Patent number: 11261894
    Abstract: An anchor having a sleeve, a bolt which passes through the sleeve and at least one expansion element that is positioned in front of the sleeve and that is axially supported on the sleeve, whereby the bolt has an expansion area for the expansion element, is provided. According to the invention, it is provided for the sleeve to have a wavy shape with axial wave peaks in which the outer radius of the sleeve as well as the inner radius of the sleeve each have a maximum, and with wave valleys in which the outer radius of the sleeve as well as the inner radius of the sleeve each have a minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Simon Velten, Marc Schaeffer
  • Patent number: 10781842
    Abstract: An expansion anchor is disclosed. The expansion anchor has a bolt having a neck region and an expansion region adjoining the neck region in which the bolt tapers down towards the neck region. The bolt has a groove in the neck region which extends along the bolt, and is at least partially surrounded by an expansion sleeve, and which has on its inside a web. The web at least partially engages in the groove in the neck region and the wall thickness of the expansion sleeve is increased locally by the web. The expansion sleeve is displaceable under radial expansion of the expansion sleeve along the bolt from the neck region into the expansion region. The web, on displacement of the expansion sleeve from the neck region, at least by region, passes into the expansion area and is forced radially outward by the expansion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Marc Schaeffer
  • Publication number: 20200248444
    Abstract: A system includes an anchor body, having a head and a hollow chamber shaft coupled to the head. The system includes a housing component configured to support the anchor body. The system also includes one or more fasteners supported by the housing component. At least one of the fasteners is coupled to the head of the anchor body, and an apex of each fastener is positioned to be above the head of the anchor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Matteo Spampatti, Marc Schaeffer, Philipe Simek
  • Publication number: 20190136892
    Abstract: An anchor having a sleeve, a bolt which passes through the sleeve and at least one expansion element that is positioned in front of the sleeve and that is axially supported on the sleeve, whereby the bolt has an expansion area for the expansion element, is provided. According to the invention, it is provided for the sleeve to have a wavy shape with axial wave peaks in which the outer radius of the sleeve as well as the inner radius of the sleeve each have a maximum, and with wave valleys in which the outer radius of the sleeve as well as the inner radius of the sleeve each have a minimum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Simon VELTEN, Marc SCHAEFFER
  • Patent number: 10202999
    Abstract: A method for fixing an expansion anchor to a substrate includes introducing an anchoring zone and at least one part of a middle zone of a bolt of the expansion anchor into a hole in the substrate together with an expansion sleeve of the expansion anchor. The bolt is then moved relative to the expansion sleeve in a pull-out direction, as a result of which the expansion anchor is anchored to the wall of the hole. The space between the wall of the hole and the bolt is then filled to the height of at least one part of the middle zone with a curable mass such that the curable mass on the middle zone reaches up to an annular collar of the bolt, where the collar is configured as one piece with the bolt and is locally larger in cross-section, and the curable mass is cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tanja Steinberg, Giuseppe Guida, Kathrin Sproewitz-Haefliger, Marc Schaeffer
  • Publication number: 20180313384
    Abstract: A method for fixing an expansion anchor to a substrate includes introducing an anchoring zone and at least one part of a middle zone of a bolt of the expansion anchor into a hole in the substrate together with an expansion sleeve of the expansion anchor. The bolt is then moved relative to the expansion sleeve in a pull-out direction, as a result of which the expansion anchor is anchored to the wall of the hole. The space between the wall of the hole and the bolt is then filled to the height of at least one part of the middle zone with a curable mass such that the curable mass on the middle zone reaches up to an annular collar of the bolt, where the collar is configured as one piece with the bolt and is locally larger in cross-section, and the curable mass is cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Tanja MEINDORFER, Giuseppe GUIDA, Kathrin HAEFLIGER, Marc SCHAEFFER
  • Patent number: 9856897
    Abstract: An expansion anchor with a bolt as a first element and with an expansion sleeve, which at least partially surrounds the bolt, as a second element, is disclosed. The bolt has an expansion region for widening the expansion sleeve. One of the two elements has a groove running in the longitudinal direction of the expansion anchor and the other element has a projection, which engages at least sectionally in the groove. The groove has a narrowing, which inhibits an axial movement of the expansion sleeve relative to the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Marc Schaeffer
  • Publication number: 20170343026
    Abstract: An expansion anchor is disclosed. The expansion anchor has a bolt having a neck region and an expansion region adjoining the neck region in which the bolt tapers down towards the neck region. The bolt has a groove in the neck region which extends along the bolt, and is at least partially surrounded by an expansion sleeve, and which has on its inside a web. The web at least partially engages in the groove in the neck region and the wall thickness of the expansion sleeve is increased locally by the web. The expansion sleeve is displaceable under radial expansion of the expansion sleeve along the bolt from the neck region into the expansion region. The web, on displacement of the expansion sleeve from the neck region, at least by region, passes into the expansion area and is forced radially outward by the expansion region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Marc Schaeffer
  • Patent number: 9810254
    Abstract: An expansion bolt including an anchor bolt having an expansion section, and further including an expansion sleeve which surrounds the anchor bolt and which can be expanded by retracting the expansion section, and a spring element arranged on the anchor bolt. The spring element can be tensioned by inserting the anchor bolt into a bore hole and can retract the expansion section of the anchor bolt into the expansion sleeve when it is released. An indicator element indicates when a rated tension of the spring element is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Eckstein, Mathias Goldt, Marc Schaeffer, Arjen Detmer Dijkhuis, Joerg Appl
  • Patent number: 9765804
    Abstract: An expansion anchor is disclosed. The expansion anchor has a bolt having a neck region and an expansion region adjoining the neck region in which the bolt tapers down towards the neck region. The bolt has a groove in the neck region which extends along the bolt, and is at least partially surrounded by an expansion sleeve, and which has on its inside a web. The web at least partially engages in the groove in the neck region and the wall thickness of the expansion sleeve is increased locally by the web. The expansion sleeve is displaceable under radial expansion of the expansion sleeve along the bolt from the neck region into the expansion region. The web, on displacement of the expansion sleeve from the neck region, at least by region, passes into the expansion area and is forced radially outward by the expansion region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Marc Schaeffer
  • Publication number: 20160238051
    Abstract: An expansion anchor with a bolt as a first element and with an expansion sleeve, which at least partially surrounds the bolt, as a second element, is disclosed. The bolt has an expansion region for widening the expansion sleeve. One of the two elements has a groove running in the longitudinal direction of the expansion anchor and the other element has a projection, which engages at least sectionally in the groove. The groove has a narrowing, which inhibits an axial movement of the expansion sleeve relative to the bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Marc Schaeffer
  • Publication number: 20160238052
    Abstract: An expansion anchor is disclosed. The expansion anchor has a bolt having a neck region and an expansion region adjoining the neck region in which the bolt tapers down towards the neck region. The bolt has a groove in the neck region which extends along the bolt, and is at least partially surrounded by an expansion sleeve, and which has on its inside a web. The web at least partially engages in the groove in the neck region and the wall thickness of the expansion sleeve is increased locally by the web. The expansion sleeve is displaceable under radial expansion of the expansion sleeve along the bolt from the neck region into the expansion region. The web, on displacement of the expansion sleeve from the neck region, at least by region, passes into the expansion area and is forced radially outward by the expansion region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Marc Schaeffer
  • Patent number: 9417169
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement, for example, on an anchor bolt, including at least one sensor (10). At least one bypass element (20) with a dilatant material is arranged in the area of the sensor (10), whereby impact forces that act upon the sensor (10) can be dissipated via the dilatant material of the bypass element (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andreas Eckstein, Mathias Goldt, Marc Schaeffer, Joerg Appl, Arjen Detmer Dijkhuis, Matthias Paetow
  • Patent number: D804940
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Matteo Spampatti, Marc Schaeffer