Patents by Inventor Matthias Gimpel

Matthias Gimpel 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: 20090095862
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mounting system, especially for a lamp, with a mounting unit (1) and a housing bottom plate (4) which are connected by a connecting device to connecting elements (2, 5) cooperating in pairs. The first connecting element (2) is formed as a ring with a surrounding ridge (3), and the second connecting element (5) is formed like a cover with a cover bottom (7) and a collar portion (6) consisting of individual clips. The second connecting element (5) is slidable on the first connecting element (2) in such a way that its collar portion (6) with the clips lockingly engages the back face of the ridge (3) of the first connecting element (2) and can be brought into a removal position by a force acting on the cover (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventor: Matthias Gimpel
  • Patent number: 6554904
    Abstract: The invention concerns a roller arrangement for a product to be coated in a molten metal bath, having a roller (1) which rotates in the metal bath and is retained at the ends rotatably on support arms (2) by way of rolling bearings (4), the rolling bearings (4) each being arranged in a bearing housing (5) sealed with respect to the metal bath (M), which is characterized in that in order to seal the bearing housing (5) with respect to the roller (1), sealing surfaces (15, 16) extending transversely to the roller axis (X) are configured [on a radially projecting shoulder (14) of the roller (1)] and on the bearing housing (5), and are retained under pressure against one another or against an interposed seal element (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Inventors: Matthias Gimpel, Eckhard Siegmann