Patents by Inventor Michael von Wilcke

Michael von Wilcke 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: 11652342
    Abstract: A device for the electrification of furniture includes at least a first furniture panel, which has, in one of its two panel sides, two parallel grooves and two exposed busbars laid respectively in the two grooves and at least one electric plug for connecting to the two busbars. The plug has two electrical contacts, which are formed as exposed collector contacts on a connecting side of the plug housing and as connection contacts on a front side of the plug housing. The plug is inserted into a bore, interrupting the two grooves, in the one panel side of the first furniture panel. The collector contacts each lie against the two busbars in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Michael Von Wilcke, Robert Birkner
  • Patent number: 11608850
    Abstract: A connector for butt-connecting two chipboard components having two connector parts, which, mutually rotated through 90°, can be pushed together, into one another, into a locked assembly position and are in the form of U-shaped brackets having two outer bracket arms, which respectively have a rear plug-in portion for insertion into a circular drill hole of one component and an expandable front plug-in portion, forming the free bracket end, for insertion into a circular drill hole of the other component. A middle bracket arm is for expansion of the two front plug-in portions of the respectively other bracket in the assembly position. At least one locking portion for the mutual locking of the two brackets in the assembly position is provided. The outer sides of the rear plug-in portions are each configured, at least approximately, as partial lateral surfaces of the same circular cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Häfele GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Michael von Wilcke, Peer Leistert, Gerd Sawatzki, Gunter Nitschmann
  • Publication number: 20220239087
    Abstract: A device for the electrification of furniture includes at least a first furniture panel, which has, in one of its two panel sides, two parallel grooves and two exposed busbars laid respectively in the two grooves and at least one electric plug for connecting to the two busbars. The plug has two electrical contacts, which are formed as exposed collector contacts on a connecting side of the plug housing and as connection contacts on a front side of the plug housing. The plug is inserted into a bore, interrupting the two grooves, in the one panel side of the first furniture panel. The collector contacts each lie against the two busbars in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Michael Von Wilcke, Robert Birkner
  • Publication number: 20220071395
    Abstract: A one-part plastic furniture wall part, in particular a plastic side wall part, includes a lattice-like skeleton structure which is closed toward the outside by an outer wall and is open toward the inside. The skeleton structure has at least one inwardly open recess for receiving a furniture fitting or an electrical component and/or at least one inwardly protruding functional element, in particular a pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Peer Leistert, Michael Von Wilcke, Rico Marquardt
  • Publication number: 20200224704
    Abstract: A connector for butt-connecting two chipboard components having two connector parts, which, mutually rotated through 90°, can be pushed together, into one another, into a locked assembly position and are in the form of U-shaped brackets having two outer bracket arms, which respectively have a rear plug-in portion for insertion into a circular drill hole of one component and an expandable front plug-in portion, forming the free bracket end, for insertion into a circular drill hole of the other component. A middle bracket arm is for expansion of the two front plug-in portions of the respectively other bracket in the assembly position. At least one locking portion for the mutual locking of the two brackets in the assembly position is provided. The outer sides of the rear plug-in portions are each configured, at least approximately, as partial lateral surfaces of the same circular cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Michael von Wilcke, Peer Leistert, Gerd Sawatzki, Gunter Nitschmann
  • Patent number: 10584732
    Abstract: A connecting expansion bolt over-molded with an expansion sleeve includes a bolt head at one bolt end and a bolt cone tapering in the direction of the bolt head. At the other bolt end, the bolt cone and an adjoining bolt shaft portion are over-molded with a plastic expansion sleeve, the sleeve end of which that surrounds the bolt cone is divided into a plurality of spreadable sleeve segments by open-ended slits. Provision is made for the sleeve end that surrounds the bolt cone to be divided into at least three sleeve segments. For at least two of the slits on the bolt cone that separate the sleeve segments from one another do not extend parallel to the bolt axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: HÄFELE BERLIN GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Rüdiger Walz, Michael Von Wilcke
  • Publication number: 20180209461
    Abstract: A connecting expansion bolt over-molded with an expansion sleeve includes a bolt head at one bolt end and a bolt cone tapering in the direction of the bolt head. At the other bolt end, the bolt cone and an adjoining bolt shaft portion are over-molded with a plastic expansion sleeve, the sleeve end of which that surrounds the bolt cone is divided into a plurality of spreadable sleeve segments by open-ended slits. Provision is made for the sleeve end that surrounds the bolt cone to be divided into at least three sleeve segments. For at least two of the slits on the bolt cone that separate the sleeve segments from one another do not extend parallel to the bolt axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Rüdiger Walz, Michael Von Wilcke
  • Publication number: 20080315467
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a plastic sleeve, particularly an expanding sleeve, includes injection molding the plastic sleeve with an inserted core in an injection molding tool, subsequently pulling the core and inserting the metal pin without heads, cones or the like into the bore of the plastic sleeve placed in the injection molding tool, and subsequently injection molding in the same injection molding tool the heads, cones or the like on both ends of the metal pin, and subsequently injecting the plastic sleeve with inserted metal pin from the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: Michael von Wilcke
  • Patent number: D799313
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: HÄFELE GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Michael von Wilcke
  • Patent number: D799950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Häfele GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Michael von Wilcke