Patents by Inventor Rainer Bernd Zierer

Rainer Bernd Zierer 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).

  • Universal latch assembly to allow selective latch handle orientations
    Patent number: 12209444
    Abstract: Latch assemblies are provided with a paddle lever having an outwardly extending actuator flange and a rotary actuator plate which includes a fixed actuator pin extending outwardly from the actuator plate and adapted to being operatively engaged with the actuator flange of the paddle lever when manually moved into the unlatched condition thereof. At least one pair of arcuate spirally patterned and circumferentially separated cam slots are defined in the rotary actuator plate such that a latch pin associated with a latch bolt is operatively received within a selected one of the cam slots. Movement of the paddle lever from the latched condition into the unlatched condition thereof responsively engages the actuator flange with the actuator pin thereby causing rotation of the actuator plate about a rotary axis thereof and movement of the latch pin within the selected one of the cam slots whereby the latch pin is retracted to unlatch a moveable component from a fixed component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: EMBRAER S.A.
    Inventor: Rainer Bernd Zierer
  • UNIVERSAL LATCH ASSEMBLY TO ALLOW SELECTIVE LATCH HANDLE ORIENTATIONS
    Publication number: 20230167661
    Abstract: Latch assemblies are provided with a paddle lever having an outwardly extending actuator flange and a rotary actuator plate which includes a fixed actuator pin extending outwardly from the actuator plate and adapted to being operatively engaged with the actuator flange of the paddle lever when manually moved into the unlatched condition thereof. At least one pair of arcuate spirally patterned and circumferentially separated cam slots are defined in the rotary actuator plate such that a latch pin associated with a latch bolt is operatively received within a selected one of the cam slots. Movement of the paddle lever from the latched condition into the unlatched condition thereof responsively engages the actuator flange with the actuator pin thereby causing rotation of the actuator plate about a rotary axis thereof and movement of the latch pin within the selected one of the cam slots whereby the latch pin is retracted to unlatch a moveable component from a fixed component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventor: Rainer Bernd ZIERER
  • Module for passenger service unit
    Patent number: D915969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: EMBRAER S.A.
    Inventors: Fernanda Loth Pugliesi, Bruno Kimura Castanha, Jay Beever, Joshua Rea, Rainer Bernd Zierer
  • Module for passenger service unit
    Patent number: D1038856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: EMBRAER S.A.
    Inventors: Fernanda Loth Pugliesi, Bruno Kimura Castanha, Jay Beever, Joshua Rea, Rainer Bernd Zierer