Patents by Inventor Martina Bräutigam

Martina Bräutigam 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).

  • Publication number: 20220176874
    Abstract: A holding element for holding a component to be secured includes: a base region with a first receiving and holding region for an elongate fixing element, a second receiving and holding region for the component, and a first hollow cylindrical engagement region; a spacer element with a spacer surface and a second hollow cylindrical engagement region in engagement with the first hollow cylindrical engagement region; and a sealing element, of a softer material than the spacer element, and having a hollow insertion region, wherein the insertion region has an inner round casing surface configured to bear against the elongate fixing element all around when the fixing element is secured in the holding element and thus seal against wet or dirt, wherein the distance from the spacer surface to the base region can be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Martina BRÄUTIGAM, Johann STEIN
  • Patent number: 11111949
    Abstract: A system includes an attachment part and a holding element for holding the attachment part on a carrier part, the holding element having a threaded part connected to the attachment part and an internal thread for a holding screw, and a spacer part, the spacer part and the threaded part having interacting threads, the spacer part having a through opening flush with the internal thread of the threaded part when the spacer part is screwed to the threaded part, with the result that the carrier part can be held between a head of the holding screw and the spacer part, the threaded part having a holding section for holding the attachment part, the holding section having at least one latching element which interacts with at least one corresponding latching element of the attachment part for releasably latching the attachment part on the threaded part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Martina Bräutigam, Matthias Wolf
  • Patent number: 10557488
    Abstract: Spacer nut for connecting spaced-apart fastening portions of two components, having a threaded part forming an internal thread for a screw, having an intermediate piece forming a thread and a through-passage opening, wherein the threaded part and the intermediate piece can be, or are, connected to one another such that an accommodating space for the fastening portion of a first component is formed between them and the internal thread and the through-passage opening in the intermediate piece are arranged in alignment, and having a spacer piece with a thread, which can be screwed together with the thread of the intermediate piece, a through-passage opening, which is in alignment with the internal thread, and a contact surface, which incorporates the one end of the through-passage opening of the spacer piece and is provided for abutment against the fastening portion of the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Martina Bräutigam
  • Publication number: 20180298936
    Abstract: A system includes an attachment part and a holding element for holding the attachment part on a carrier part, the holding element having a threaded part connected to the attachment part and an internal thread for a holding screw, and a spacer part, the spacer part and the threaded part having interacting threads, the spacer part having a through opening flush with the internal thread of the threaded part when the spacer part is screwed to the threaded part, with the result that the carrier part can be held between a head of the holding screw and the spacer part, the threaded part having a holding section for holding the attachment part, the holding section having at least one latching element which interacts with at least one corresponding latching element of the attachment part for releasably latching the attachment part on the threaded part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Martina Bräutigam, Matthias Wolf
  • Publication number: 20180172043
    Abstract: Spacer nut for connecting spaced-apart fastening portions of two components, having a threaded part forming an internal thread for a screw, having an intermediate piece forming a thread and a through-passage opening, wherein the threaded part and the intermediate piece can be, or are, connected to one another such that an accommodating space for the fastening portion of a first component is formed between them and the internal thread and the through-passage opening in the intermediate piece are arranged in alignment, and having a spacer piece with a thread, which can be screwed together with the thread of the intermediate piece, a through-passage opening, which is in alignment with the internal thread, and a contact surface, which incorporates the one end of the through-passage opening of the spacer piece and is provided for abutment against the fastening portion of the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Martina Bräutigam