Patents by Inventor Michael Kusen

Michael Kusen 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: 20020000727
    Abstract: A vehicle lock has a latching housing which can be fixed to a support or the body of the vehicle at a variable location, and a lock housing which can be introduced therein. Guide elements for latching wedges provided in the latching housing are composed of first and second rough- and fine-positioning guide elements. The first, rough-positioning guide means comprise a bore running in the latching direction within a latching wedge and a guide rod which engages axially in the bore and is fastened rigidly to the latching housing with guide play between the hole of a latching wedge and the associated guide rod. The second, fine-positioning guide elements in each case comprise a planar, inner guide surface of a side wall of the latching housing and a planar side surface of the particular latching wedge, which side surface is assigned to the particular guide surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Focke Rass, Michael Kusen
  • Patent number: 5645667
    Abstract: A method is utilized in which, when approaching the corner, a nozzle is rotated from a position with a nozzle slot positioned essentially transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the edge strip section in the direction of a position with a nozzle slot positioned in parallel to the median line of the corner area and, during the subsequent removal from the corner, continuously in the direction of a position with a nozzle slot positioned essentially transversely to the longitudinal direction of the present edge strip section. As a result, an edge strip, which has no interruptions and is acute-angled in the corner areas conforming to the surface, can be applied in one operation. The method can be employed, for example, in applying an adhesive bead to a vehicle window pane to be glued into a vehicle body opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Mercedes-Benz AG
    Inventor: Michael Kusen