Patents by Inventor Rainer Funk

Rainer Funk 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: 7521633
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for guiding a power supply chain (30). Said device includes a distribution trough (4), which has a distribution surface (6) and lateral guides (8), for distributing the power supply chain (30). According to the invention, the power supply chain (30) includes at least one magnet (12, 16, 28), which enables said chain to be freely suspended, at least over sections of its length, in the distribution trough (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Murrplastik Systemtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Jostmeier, Rainer Funk
  • Patent number: 7288730
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for covering and sealing a hole (10) through a wall provided for leading cables therethrough, said hole being provided in, for example, a switchgear cabinet. The device comprises a retaining frame (16), which can be fastened to the edge (66) of the hole through the wall (12), and comprises a number of bushes (30, 31), which are made of elastomeric material, can be removeably inserted inside frame openings (28), and which can be fixed therein. A least one part of the bushes (30, 31) is provided with at least one through opening for a cable. In order to equip the cable leadthrough with cables in a particularly easy manner and to be able to mount it on the switchgear cabinet, the invention provides that the frame openings (28) are open on one side for inserting the bushes (30, 31). In addition, one of the bushes (31), which can be inserted into the frame openings, can be arrested in a direction of insertion in the area of the sidewalls (36) that delimit the frame openings (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Murrplastik Systemtechnick GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Habel, Wolfgang Sohn, Lutz Scharf-Martini, Rainer Funk
  • Publication number: 20070144376
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for guiding a power supply chain (30). Said device comprises a distribution trough (4), which has a distribution surface (6) and lateral guides (8), for distributing the power supply chain (30). According to the invention, the power supply chain (30) comprises at least one magnet (12, 16, 28), which enables said chain to be freely suspended, at least over sections of its length, in the distribution trough (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: MURPLASTIK SYSTEMTECHNIX GMBH
    Inventors: Helmut Jostmeier, Rainer Funk
  • Publication number: 20060185875
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for covering and sealing a hole (10) through a wall provided for leading cables therethrough, said hole being provided in, for example, a switchgear cabinet. The device comprises a retaining frame (16), which can be fastened to the edge (66) of the hole through the wall (12), and comprises a number of bushes (30, 31), which are made of elastomeric material, can be removeably inserted inside frame openings (28), and which can be fixed therein. A least one part of the bushes (30, 31) is provided with at least one through opening for a cable. In order to equip the cable leadthrough with cables in a particularly easy manner and to be able to mount it on the switchgear cabinet, the invention provides that the frame openings (28) are open on one side for inserting the bushes (30, 31). In addition, one of the bushes (31), which can be inserted into the frame openings, can be arrested in a direction of insertion in the area of the sidewalls (36) that delimit the frame openings (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Martin Habel, Wolfgang Sohn, Lutz Scharf-Martini, Rainer Funk
  • Patent number: 5996330
    Abstract: A link of a conduit chain, the link comprising two side plates adapted to be disposed in a substantially parallel relationship to each other and defining an interior space between them, and two crosspieces each for releasably connecting to each other corresponding ends of said the plates, the crosspieces further defining the interior space, each of the side plates and each of the crosspieces having respective free ends, a receptacle formed in the free end of each side plate for accommodating the free end of a crosspiece, engaging means adjacent to the free end of each side plate, and means adjacent to each free end in each crosspiece for engaging the crosspiece with the engaging means in a side plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Murplastik System-Technik GmbH
    Inventors: Bruno Ehmann, Rainer Funk